Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana extended for five years

2007-11-13T14:59:00.001-08:00

The medical marijuana program has been extended in The Netherlands. The Dutch Health Minister (Ab Klink) has decided that the program, that started in 2003, should be extended for five years.

Government-licensed growers grow marijuana under controlled conditions to supply pharmacies with medical marijuana, (better known in The Netherlands as medi-wiet), and Minister Klink has decided that they should be given an extra five years to see whether they can gain further medical evidence about medical marijuana/cannabis.

Minister Klink wrote in his letter to the Government on Wednesday:

"This development track will take years, but it can yield scientific evidence and give insight into the balance between safety and effectiveness of medical cannabis," he wrote.

"By making medical marijuana available as a raw material for five years, I want to give this track a serious chance."

Read the full story on the medical cannabis program, sourced from the International Herald Tribune

Sativex® the medical marijuana spray gets the all clear

2007-11-13T13:55:00.000-08:00

The first time I ever heard about Sativex® as a medical marijuana was when I was on the SCIA website (spinal cord injury association). There was a post in the forum referring to a new spray that had come onto the market from a company called GW Pharmaceuticals.

I was really interested in finding out more about Sativex® because I suffer from neuropathic pain due to back trouble (spinal cord injury) and anything that would help ease the pain would be a godsend! As it is I am dosed up on another medicine that helps at times but I must admit that todays findings from Porton Down on Sativex® look very promising.

If any of you have used Sativex® and found that it works, let me know. In the meantime I'll contact the medical marijuana bond here in The Netherlands and keep you posted on my findings.

Medical Marijuana gets Ron Paul's approval

2007-11-13T12:49:00.001-08:00

The debate on medical marijuana has been ongoing in the States, and I'm sure will remain debate for the foreseeable future, but if Ron Paul gets his way, it may swing the debate the other way. Here's what Ron Paul had to say when he met a medical marijuana user on November 9th.

The original post came from an evening looking through Bloglines and the original movie came from Youtube.