Medical Marijuana - Cannabis in Australia

New trials for epilepsy testing synthetic cannabis on children

New trials for epilepsy using synthetic cannabis on children

Well this is interesting news! After the recent death of Dean Shield you'd think the government would be very cautious of any form of synthetic cannabis, especially trialed on children.
There's also been this recent tragedy; drug company apologises after death of man left brain-dead in French trial
At least GWPharma's - Epidiolex (soon to be tested in Australia) is a natural cannabis extract high in CBD.Why do we need to synthesis molecules found in cannabis, why fool around with something that already works and is easy to grow organically? Cannabis is actually pest resistant, because insects don't have an endocannabiniod system (interesting fact)

Study Finds THC Inhibits Weight Gain

By NORML

Calgary, Canada: THC administration prevents weight gain in mice fed a high fat diet, according to preclinical trials data published in the journal PLOS ONE.

Investigators at the University of Calgary and at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario assessed the impact of small, daily doses of THC in diet-induced obese mice....

Synthetic Cannabis For Sale, Natural Non-Toxic Cannabis Prohibited

It baffles me how one thing that's seemingly extremely dangerous can be sold legally in a variety of stores, a clinically untested product and yet cannabis a non-toxic herb is still prohibited, both medicinally and in a recreational manner.
Cannabis has been around and used medicinally for centuries without any documented fatalities.

The right to choose how we die

Many years ago my father gracefully grew old and died at age 93, he had a long and happy life with a family that loved him dearly.
I can't recall exactly why, but at some stage (towards his end) his doctor prescribed morphine to him, and it change him dramatically. He lapsed into a dream-like state in which his family couldn't comunicate with him as before.He'd nod off like a heroin addict.
Nightly, as a family, we'd generally sit around the television and interact, laugh, comment, etc.
But the morphine changed our relationship, changed my father.
Week by week the doctor increased his dosage until dad drifted off and died.
In the following article Linda Horan said "What I have in front of me is not opioids, and that's the most important thing to me. I did not want to go out in an opioid haze. I wanted to be awake and aware as long as I can."

I feel the same, I've practised vipassana meditation off and on for the past 35 years to cultivate awareness and insight. I don't wish to spend my last moments in this world in an "opioid haze" I'd like to experience those last minutes of life, it's a pretty special time.
Who knows, maybe I'll cry out for opiates, but I'd like the choice and not have to break the law.
As my friend said this morning "cannabis is a herb, not a drug. Drugs are what pharmaceutical companies make, herbs are made by god."

Woman who fought for medical marijuana ID card dies.

Linda Horan sued state for card to let her buy marijuana in Maine.

MANCHESTER, N.H. —An Alstead woman who successfully fought to get a medical marijuana ID card in New Hampshire before state dispensaries opened has died.
Linda Horan, 64, sought medical marijuana to help relieve the pain and nausea that she experienced from stage 4 lung cancer.

Horan sued New Hampshire to get a medical marijuana ID after state health officials determined that they couldn't issue ID cards until after state dispensaries opened. Horan said that if she had an official ID from New Hampshire, she could go to Maine to buy and use medical marijuana.

A judge ruled in November that the state could begin issuing ID cards once it was clear where the dispensaries would be built and who was building them. Since that requirement was met, the Department of Health and Human Services could issue the ID.

Horan bought marijuana in Maine in December.

"What I have in front of me is not opioids, and that's the most important thing to me," she said. "I did not want to go out in an opioid haze. I wanted to be awake and aware as long as I can."

Rep. Renny Cushing, D-Hampton, confirmed Monday that Horan had died. Cushing helped Horan in her fight to get her medical marijuana ID card.

reference: http://www.wmur.com/health/woman-who-fought-for-medical-marijuana-id-card-dies/37755522