Salem-News.com Medical Marijuana articles Page 33

Psychological Stress Times X = PTSD

The psychological tension is sometimes super intense...

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Two incidents during last week caught my attention for the causation of PTSD.

The first was the Chilean mine disaster. Those miners were trapped in something like an artillery barrage, only worse, for 69 days. The first 17 days were by far the worst with starvation and/or a further mine collapse which could have killed them all. It is miraculous that they even survived those 17 days with less than a few spoonfuls of tuna fish, daily or every other day. This will rank as one of the miracles of survival.

Medical Marijuana: Valuable Medicine: at 4500 Years- the Best Record

Dr. Phil Leveque, Physician, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist; is an instrumental aspect of Oregon's evolving medical marijuana laws.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Anybody who reads my postings must know that I am a strong advocate of the above title. I get a ton of bitches and complaints. I usually conclude critiques are talking about Heroin or Oxycontin which are real killers. Alternatively, because both are smoked,

I think they are confusing Marijuana with tobacco which kills about 400,000 U.S. citizens per year.

Marijuana Studies Clear the Air For Those That Care to Look

Falsehoods are put to rest by going straight to the source: read the studies.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In our ongoing coverage of the pros and cons of Cannabis, we get many submissions that are worthy of publishing. The following list from reader Malcolm Kyle is especially valuable because he details ten significant marijuana studies that "the Feds wish they'd never commissioned".

MPP Says Attorney General Holder is Wrong to Oppose California`s Marijuana Initiative

The group says Proposition 19 offers California voters an alternative to the failed policies of marijuana prohibition

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to the Associated Press, U.S. AG Eric Holder sent a letter earlier this week to former heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration in which he promised that the Justice Department would continue to enforce federal marijuana laws in California even if the state’s voters approve Proposition 19.

In response, Steve Fox, director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project, offered the following statement...

Marijuana Update

A cultural evolution is underway with cannabis and Americans of all ages.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - “Marijuana, Once Divisive, Brings Some Families Closer” is the title of the article in Saturday’s New York Times.

The title says it all. Fewer than 1 percent of people over 65 reported smoking marijuana last year. Nearly 4 percent, about six times as many, in the 50-65 age group, made the same admission.

U.S. War Veterans Gain Medical Marijuana: Best News for Vets Since WWII

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department finally woke up to smell the coffee...

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I have been yearning for this title in Salem-News.com for about 11 years, since Oregon legalized Medical Marijuana in 1999.

Many of my first patients, of 5000, were veterans who discovered in Viet Nam that Marijuana was very effective therapy for BATTLE TERRORS, formerly called BATTLE FATIGUE or SHELL SHOCK which it isn’t.

United States War Veterans Gain Access to Medicinal Marijuana

For the US, it’s part of a slow, broad shift away from the old cultural ramparts erected in the 1960s and 1970s by the conservative "silent majority" and the tie-dyed, antiwar masses on the left.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The military culture and the counterculture once stood apart across a great divide in the United States, one side waving red, white and blue, the other side letting its freak flag fly — often through a cloud of cannabis.

Times change...

Marijuana Hazards and Schizophrenic Anti-Cannabis Pseudoexperts

Includes a list and answer his complaints about Medical Marijuana.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I must thank the Oregonian Newspaper for continually giving me information for my stories.

The Worst Notorious Modern Medical Fraud

Drug companies have sold their ideas to the Veterans Administration and they prescribe hard drugs by the ton to PTSD Veterans. The evidence is that they don’t help much and cause a lot of harm.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I’m sure some people will take umbrage at my title. Keep on reading. First of all there are about 30 of them – why? It’s easy, most don’t work. In fact placebos (fake sugar pills) frequently work better.

Another point, their adverse side effects are horrible. Some even cause worse depression and even suicide.

A Sit Down with Top Underground Artist Gambino yA bOi

In this interview we talk about the music industry today, Bino's personal life, and plans for next year.

(SALEM / PITTSBURGH) - Albanian-American author Agron Belica and Poet Christopher DelOrfano, who is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, conversed briefly at an undisclosed location in Boston, MA about promoting future projects they are putting together.

Because their projects include music, DelOrfano suggested they contact his long time friend and associate for advice, Gambino of La Familia Entertainment out of Pittsburg, PA.