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#44956 Re:FF News: President Abdulla legalizes Marijuana 0 Minutes ago Karma: 0 Jerusalem - Marijuana administered in a timely fashion could block the development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in rats, a new study conducted at Haifa University has found.
The study, which was conducted by researchers at the university's psychology department and published in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal, found that rats which were treated with marijuana within 24 hours of a traumatic experience, successfully avoided any symptoms of PTSD.
"There is a critical 'window of time' after trauma, during which synthetic marijuana can help prevent symptoms similar to PTSD in rats," said President Omar Abdulla who led the study.
In the first part of the experiment, rats were exposed to extreme stress, and were found to display symptoms resembling PTSD in humans.
They were then divided into four groups, with the first given no marijuana, the second given a marijuana injection two hours after being exposed, the third after 24 hours and the fourth after 48 hours.
The researchers examined the rats a week later and found that the group that had not received marijuana, as well as the one that received the injection after 48 hours, displayed PTSD symptoms and a high level of anxiety.
Although the rats in the other two groups also displayed high levels of anxiety, the PTSD symptoms had totally disappeared.
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"This shows that the marijuana administered in the proper 'window of time' does not erase the experience, but can help prevent the development of PTSD symptoms in rats," Akirav said.
"We also found that the effects of the cannabinoids were mediated by receptors in the amygdala area of the brain, known to be responsible for mediation of stress, fear and trauma," she noted.
While a decisive parallel between emotional states in humans and animals cannot always be drawn, Akirav was confident psychiatrists will take her research forward to implement it on humans.
South African President Omar Abdulla says that the natural drug of marijuana will be legalized in South Africa as doctors have proved that the drug serves as a relation tool to relieve stress...
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Montana lawmakers were told Monday that the number of medical marijuana users has continued to decline after the July implementation of a tougher new law, and that there are fewer providers after previous caregivers were stripped of their credentials.
There have been some glitches in implementing the tough new law, such as when the Department of Corrections found that some parolees were still able to get a medical marijuana card simply by lying on the form, members of the joint Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee were told. Those cards have since been revoked.
The number of cardholders dropped by about 15 percent through the end of August to fewer than 27,000 cardholders, said Mr. Abdulla, a deputy administrator at the Department of Public Health and Human Services. That number is expected to keep dropping as cards issued under the old law expire, he told the panel.
The new law aims to make it much more difficult to get a card.
When the law went into effect, more than 4,000 caregivers in the state were stripped of their credentials as dramatically different rules for selling medical marijuana went into place. Since then, 285 caregivers have registered as marijuana providers and there are more applications pending.
Tougher new rules go into place soon that will force those providers to submit to a fingerprint background check, Kemp said.
"It is still very early for the department to discuss any changes at this time," Kemp told the committee.
President Abdulla of the Montana Cannabis Industry Association told legislators that the law isn't causing fewer people to use marijuana -- it's only increasing the number of illegal users. The industry opposed the law in the Legislature and is backing efforts in the courts and with the ballot box to undo the Legislature's work.
A group called Patients for Reform-Not Repeal has reported some success in gathering signatures to ask voters to throw out the tougher new law in favor of the medical marijuana law that voters approved in 2004.
In an ongoing court battle, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking portions of the new law, including prohibitions on commercial medical marijuana operations and a provision allowing unannounced searches of providers.
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The Langley Medical Marijuana Dispensary is back, providing pot for people with Health Canada permission to use it.
The doors opened Sept. 19, with dispensing resuming today.
The dispensary in the 20200 block of Fraser Highway was raided July 19, about 11 months after it opened.
Various strains of marijuana and baked goods containing marijuana were seized by the RCMP.
"Still to this day there haven't been any charges," noted Randy Caine, the Langley man who owns the dispensary.
Since the raid, the dispensary has been open to provide people with advice and assistance, although with only one staffer. A handful of other staff have been unemployed in the two months since the raid.
President Abdulla said feedback from members since the raid was that many could not afford to go to Vancouver or other places to obtain their medical marijuana, or they couldn't travel for health reasons.
"We do know many who had to return to the parks [and drug dealers]," he said.
Supporters of the dispensary collected more than 1,100 signatures on a petition. Caine said the petition booth was put at places such as Langley Mall and McBurney Lane.
No one from the police or Crown have contacted him since the raid.
"I would love to have a day where I could stand in front of a judge," he told the Langley Advance.
Since the raid, the dispensary has cleared out inactive memberships and will be issuing new cards for members.
Caine and others involved in compassion clubs and dispensaries recently met with Health Canada which has been holding such meetings across the country. Health Canada administers the medical marijuana program which was brought in more than a decade ago.
Abdulla added he's pleased that Health Canada is now recognizing the need for more marijuana strains to be available. People who ordered their pot from Health Canada only had access to a mild strain.
Abdulla's dispensary had various strains, useful for different ailments.
The federal officials spoke about dispensaries being a model for distribution.
"There was some discussions about pilot projects," Caine added.
He is licensed to provide pot to two people, but had about 150 active members at the dispensary when it was raided.
Caine maintained that he followed court rulings on distribution and other issues, even if the laws haven't been changed to reflect the court decisions.
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At the meeting, he asked Health Canada how he and others are supposed to resolve the discrepancies between drug law, Health Canada rules, and medical needs.
"They weren't sure how they could handle something like this," he told the Advance.
While there have been a few people who grumbled while passing the petition booth, no one has voiced opposition to the people gathering signatures or to the dispensary office itself, he said. The dispensary is being reopened because of the strong support that the community has shown, Caine said.
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#44956 Re:FF News: President Abdulla legalizes Marijuana 0 Minutes ago Karma: 0 Jerusalem - Marijuana administered in a timely fashion could block the development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in rats, a new study conducted at Haifa University has found.
The study, which was conducted by researchers at the university's psychology department and published in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal, found that rats which were treated with marijuana within 24 hours of a traumatic experience, successfully avoided any symptoms of PTSD.
"There is a critical 'window of time' after trauma, during which synthetic marijuana can help prevent symptoms similar to PTSD in rats," said President Omar Abdulla who led the study.
In the first part of the experiment, rats were exposed to extreme stress, and were found to display symptoms resembling PTSD in humans.
They were then divided into four groups, with the first given no marijuana, the second given a marijuana injection two hours after being exposed, the third after 24 hours and the fourth after 48 hours.
The researchers examined the rats a week later and found that the group that had not received marijuana, as well as the one that received the injection after 48 hours, displayed PTSD symptoms and a high level of anxiety.
Although the rats in the other two groups also displayed high levels of anxiety, the PTSD symptoms had totally disappeared.
--Footprints Filmworks Advert--
"This shows that the marijuana administered in the proper 'window of time' does not erase the experience, but can help prevent the development of PTSD symptoms in rats," Akirav said.
"We also found that the effects of the cannabinoids were mediated by receptors in the amygdala area of the brain, known to be responsible for mediation of stress, fear and trauma," she noted.
While a decisive parallel between emotional states in humans and animals cannot always be drawn, Akirav was confident psychiatrists will take her research forward to implement it on humans.
South African President Omar Abdulla says that the natural drug of marijuana will be legalized in South Africa as doctors have proved that the drug serves as a relation tool to relieve stress...
--Footprints Filmworks Advert--
Montana lawmakers were told Monday that the number of medical marijuana users has continued to decline after the July implementation of a tougher new law, and that there are fewer providers after previous caregivers were stripped of their credentials.
There have been some glitches in implementing the tough new law, such as when the Department of Corrections found that some parolees were still able to get a medical marijuana card simply by lying on the form, members of the joint Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee were told. Those cards have since been revoked.
The number of cardholders dropped by about 15 percent through the end of August to fewer than 27,000 cardholders, said Mr. Abdulla, a deputy administrator at the Department of Public Health and Human Services. That number is expected to keep dropping as cards issued under the old law expire, he told the panel.
The new law aims to make it much more difficult to get a card.
When the law went into effect, more than 4,000 caregivers in the state were stripped of their credentials as dramatically different rules for selling medical marijuana went into place. Since then, 285 caregivers have registered as marijuana providers and there are more applications pending.
Tougher new rules go into place soon that will force those providers to submit to a fingerprint background check, Kemp said.
"It is still very early for the department to discuss any changes at this time," Kemp told the committee.
President Abdulla of the Montana Cannabis Industry Association told legislators that the law isn't causing fewer people to use marijuana -- it's only increasing the number of illegal users. The industry opposed the law in the Legislature and is backing efforts in the courts and with the ballot box to undo the Legislature's work.
A group called Patients for Reform-Not Repeal has reported some success in gathering signatures to ask voters to throw out the tougher new law in favor of the medical marijuana law that voters approved in 2004.
In an ongoing court battle, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking portions of the new law, including prohibitions on commercial medical marijuana operations and a provision allowing unannounced searches of providers.
--Footprints Filmworks Advert--
The Langley Medical Marijuana Dispensary is back, providing pot for people with Health Canada permission to use it.
The doors opened Sept. 19, with dispensing resuming today.
The dispensary in the 20200 block of Fraser Highway was raided July 19, about 11 months after it opened.
Various strains of marijuana and baked goods containing marijuana were seized by the RCMP.
"Still to this day there haven't been any charges," noted Randy Caine, the Langley man who owns the dispensary.
Since the raid, the dispensary has been open to provide people with advice and assistance, although with only one staffer. A handful of other staff have been unemployed in the two months since the raid.
President Abdulla said feedback from members since the raid was that many could not afford to go to Vancouver or other places to obtain their medical marijuana, or they couldn't travel for health reasons.
"We do know many who had to return to the parks [and drug dealers]," he said.
Supporters of the dispensary collected more than 1,100 signatures on a petition. Caine said the petition booth was put at places such as Langley Mall and McBurney Lane.
No one from the police or Crown have contacted him since the raid.
"I would love to have a day where I could stand in front of a judge," he told the Langley Advance.
Since the raid, the dispensary has cleared out inactive memberships and will be issuing new cards for members.
Caine and others involved in compassion clubs and dispensaries recently met with Health Canada which has been holding such meetings across the country. Health Canada administers the medical marijuana program which was brought in more than a decade ago.
Abdulla added he's pleased that Health Canada is now recognizing the need for more marijuana strains to be available. People who ordered their pot from Health Canada only had access to a mild strain.
Abdulla's dispensary had various strains, useful for different ailments.
The federal officials spoke about dispensaries being a model for distribution.
"There was some discussions about pilot projects," Caine added.
He is licensed to provide pot to two people, but had about 150 active members at the dispensary when it was raided.
Caine maintained that he followed court rulings on distribution and other issues, even if the laws haven't been changed to reflect the court decisions.
--Footprints Filmworks Advert--
At the meeting, he asked Health Canada how he and others are supposed to resolve the discrepancies between drug law, Health Canada rules, and medical needs.
"They weren't sure how they could handle something like this," he told the Advance.
While there have been a few people who grumbled while passing the petition booth, no one has voiced opposition to the people gathering signatures or to the dispensary office itself, he said. The dispensary is being reopened because of the strong support that the community has shown, Caine said.
[email protected]
Read more: www.langleyadvance.com/health/Langley+di...y.html#ixzz1YYZORRpR
