Cannabis Club

Medical Cannabis Butter A-Z

2008-03-04T11:06:00.000-08:00

Canadian Legal Medical Cultivator Jason Wilcox demonstrates how to make medical grade cannabutter for cooking. This is a detailed step by step show so as other medical cultivators can make a safer cannabutter.

Jason suffers from HIV/AIDS which he has had for 15 years now as one could imagine making a priority out of cultivating safely is proprietary to making good safe cooking material.

You can visit his website at:
http://www.medicalcannabisandcanada.shawbiz.ca/

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Cannabis that won't make you stoned

2007-12-23T06:04:00.000-08:00

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London, have discovered a new way to separate the therapeutic benefits of cannabis from its mood-altering side-effects.

See Video here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk

THC binds to and activates proteins in the brain known as 'CB1 cannabinoid receptors'. Activating these receptors can relieve pain and prevent epileptic seizures; but it also causes the mood-altering effect experienced by people who use cannabis as a recreational drug.

Now, SBCS's Professor Maurice Elphick and Dr Michaela Egertová may have found a way of separating out the effects of cannabis – a discovery which could lead to the development of new medicines to treat conditions such as epilepsy, obesity and chronic pain. The research is described in the December 2007 issue of the journal Molecular Pharmacology.

Working in collaboration with scientists from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Medical College of Georgia, USA, they have identified a protein that binds to the CB1 receptors in the brain. But unlike THC, this 'Cannabinoid Receptor Interacting Protein' or CRIP1a, suppresses the activity of CB1 receptors.

Professor Elphick explains: "Because CRIP1a inhibits the activity of the brain’s cannabinoid receptors, it may be possible to develop drugs that block this interaction, and in turn enhance CB1 activity. This may give patients the pain relief associated with CB1 activity, without the 'high' that cannabis users experience."

http://www.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/news/index.shtml

However, other scientists question the utility of such process, since Schizophrenia risk is not influenced by variations in the cannabinoid receptor, as reported by UK researchers, who have found no evidence for the purported effects of cannabis use on schizophrenia according to variation in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene.

Schizophrenia is associated with an increased use of tobacco and cannabis, with evidence suggesting that patients may use the drug to alleviate neurophysiological symptoms. The benefits of these substances are thought to be mediated through their effects on CHRNA7 and CNR1, respectively, notes the team.

They therefore looked at the effects of variants in the genes encoding CHRNA7 and CNR1 on the risk for schizophrenia and the potential effects of tobacco and cannabis use.

Stanley Zammit, from Cardiff University, and colleagues genotyped 750 patients with schizophrenia and 688 mentally healthy controls for the CHRNA7 promoter polymorphism -86C/T and the CNR1 polymorphism rs1049353. They also gathered information on tobacco and cannabis use via interviews and case-note records.

In addition, the team conducted a case-only study of 493 participants from the schizophrenia group, examining interactions between cannabis use and the Val¹⁵⁸Met polymorphism in the COMT gene, as well as the rs737865 and rs165599 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).

The team reports in the British Journal of Psychiatry that there was no evidence of an association between the CHRNA7 -86C/T genotype and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia patients were 4.4 times more likely than controls to smoke, but among the schizophrenia patients, there was no association between tobacco use and the -86C/T genotype.

Similarly, there was no significant association between the CNR1 rs1049353 genotype and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia patients were 2.6 times more likely than controls to use cannabis, but cannabis use was not affected by rs1049353 genotype among schizophrenia patients.

The results also showed that there were no associations between the Val¹⁵⁸Met genotype and cannabis use, or between cannabis use and the variations at rs737865 and rs165599.

The only genetic effect on phenotypes of schizophrenia was a weak association between the -86C/T genotype and a younger age at onset of schizophrenia.

“In summary, we failed to find any evidence that variation at the CHRNA7 or CNR1 locus was associated with schizophrenia, or that the effect of variation at these loci was modified by use of tobacco or cannabis, respectively,” the researchers write.

They add: “Cannabis use was not associated with the presence of valine allele at Val¹⁵⁸Met with COMT in our sample, therefore our findings do not support a previous report of a putative gene–environment interaction between COMT genotype and cannabis use on risk of schizophrenia.”

More Info:

http://www.medwire-news.md/

Hollyweed

2007-10-16T12:58:00.000-07:00

HOLLYWEED, THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOACTIVE FILM FESTIVAL

It will take place on November 8th.9th,, 10th and 11th, 2007 at the Centro Arte Alameda Alameda 139, Santiago de Chile.

Organized by:

Revista CAÑAMO - www.canamo.cl
Gitano Producciones - www.gitano.cl

The Objectives of this Festival are to help to generate a change of mentality in Chile about the topics associated to psycho actives substances by means of a participated and democratic dialogue present in the audiovisual arts.
It is also intended to give Chilean and foreign audiovisual producers a space for diffusion and competition, promoting the artistic and technical quality production and making easier the contacts and creating new support networks.

All films and cultural expressions wishing to participate in this Festival must be related in a clearly and directly way to psychoactive substances (natural, legal or illegal) and/or to different phenomenon associated to it (social, cultural, politics, penalty law, economics); including any kind of use (recreational, experimental, therapeutic, social) and even self cultivate.

The pre-selection format film, in any category, must be on DVD

The screenplay format, in any category, should be on DVD or Mini DV, required for pre-selected films, although they will also accept copies with NTSC or PAL•
Every film, for all categories in competition, must be displayed in Spanish version or with Spanish subtitles.

The Categories of the Festival are as follows:

a) Documentary: Official competition for documentary work no longer than 120 minutes (credits included). Will be able compete any documentary finished since January 2005 and ahead.
b) Fiction: Official competition for fiction work no longer than 120 minutes (credits included). Will be able compete any documentary finished since January 2005 and ahead.
c) Animation: Official competition for animation work no longer than 15 minutes (credits included). Will be able compete any documentary finished since January 2005 and ahead.
d) Self-cultivation (special category): Official competition to all films, fiction or documentary, involved in Self-cultivation topic for some psychoactive species. Maximum extension: 60 minutes. Will be able compete any documentary finished since January 2005 and ahead.

The Festival is gibing the followings awards:

Best Motion Film in documentary category
Best Motion Film in fiction category
Best Animated Short film
Special Award: Best Film Self-cultivation Category
Audience Award (chosen by Internet, at www.hollyweedfestival.com)

The jury will be conformed by outstanding people from the Chilean audiovisual, arts and national culture world.

More Info:
www.hollyweedfestival.com

Using Spider-Web Patterns To Determine Toxicity

2007-08-28T15:01:00.000-07:00

SPIDERS on marijuana are so laid back, they weave just so much of their webs and then ... well, it just doesn't seem to matter any more. On the soporific drug chloral hydrate, they drop off before they even get started.

A spider's skill at spinning its web is so obviously affected by the ups and downs of different drugs that scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama think spiders could replace other animals in testing the toxicity of chemicals.

Different drugs have varying effects on the average arachnid addict. On benzedrine, a well-known upper, the house spider spins its web with great gusto, but apparently without much planning, leaving large holes. On caffeine it seems unable to do more than string a few threads together at random.

http://www.newscientist.com/

Author(s):	Noever, David A.; Cronise, Raymond J.; Relwani, Rachna A.
Abstract:	Method of determining toxicities of chemicals involves recording and analysis of spider-web patterns. Based on observation spiders exposed to various chemicals spin webs that differ, in various ways, from normal webs. Potential alternative to toxicity testing on higher animals.
NASA Center:	Marshall Space Flight Center
Publication Date:	Apr 1, 1995
Document Source:	National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC), Wheeling, WV http://ntrs.nasa.gov/

LSD and THC affect higher brain functions in the neocortex, an area of the brain which spiders lack.
It is highly unlikely that they would react to drugs in the same way people would.
And it is more than likely another hoax "informing us of the Dangers of Marijuana.

The Ganja Protocol

2007-06-17T04:46:00.000-07:00

Crazy, but true. New recommendations for the tratment of Autism include marijuana. However, tongue planted firmly in cheek, mary jane might be a good idea when you consider what some of the DAN! kids go through everyday. After all, who wouldn't enjoy a doobie after getting your butt stuck with injectible vitamins, having to sit inside a toy balloon, getting sweaty in a sauna, eating rock hard GFCF food, taking your 40 pills of herbs and vitamins from Kirkman's everyday, sitting through hours of ABA, getting intravenous glutathione, having nasty sulfur smelling creams applied to your body, having all the minerals stripped out of your body from chelation, cranio-sacral therapy, getting your blood drawn to send off to suspect labs, and having to listen to your parents whine about how tough you made their lives and all they are doing for you to make you acceptable.

from ChristSchool

Therapeutic Help from Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis

2007-06-16T03:35:00.000-07:00

Therapeutic Help from Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis

For over 5 years THC4MS supplied Canna-Biz chocolate to Multiple Sclerosis sufferers across the UK and Europe.
Following the successful prosecution of Mark Gibson, Lezley Gibson and Marcus Davies in December 2007 production ceased.
Mark, Lezley and Marcus were sentenced to 9 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years.

WWW.THC4MS.ORG now continues to exist as an historical record of their work over that period.

Cannabis 'cut MS symptoms'
The biggest-ever trial of drugs based on cannabis
has confirmed the belief of multiple sclerosis patients
that they can ease their symptoms.
Read the story at BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3247571.stm

Marijuana Uses

2007-02-11T11:14:00.000-08:00

A very interesting website loaded with information about the different uses of Marijuana:

"I have yet to mention my favorite use of pot, alone in nature, no agenda, nothing to do, nothing to be, just unstructured time to see, smell, feel the wind, to watch the sun crash over the bay. I love to be outdoors when I am stoned, walking down alleys, the quiet streets in my neighborhood, wild desert trails, and the streets of far-flung cities and towns. The joy and sense of connection with the environment is the main reason I smoke pot.

Marijuana heightens the senses - hearing, seeing, taste, touch, and smell - and I have experienced all my senses sharpened after smoking grass."

http://www.marijuana-uses.com/essays/018.html

Marijuana Uses also has some interesting Essays, Testimonials and Short Stories:

ESSAYS
Title		Author
A Cannabis Odyssey		Lester Grinspoon
A Life Cycle Perspective on Cannabis		Anonymous
A Little Dab Will Do You: Marijuana and Literary Composition		Tim Brown
A Mental Journey Into Creativity		Brandon Thomas
A School Teacher's Confession		Bob Smith
A Single Episode		A Gentle Person
A Way of Life		Emancipated
Allen Ginsberg and Mary Jane		Lester Grinspoon
Amateur's Notes		"John Shade"
Basements		"Dear 23"
Cannabis and Music		Anonymous
Cannabis and Planetary Surfaces		Anonymous
Cannabis and PTSD		Michael McKenna
Cannabis and the Legend of the Sand Dollar		Airie Hicks
Cannabis as a Philosophic Sacrament		David
Chronic Pain From Hell		Jana Christian
Cross-Cultural Discovery		Tucker Clark
Dear Dr. Grinspoon		Richard Pisano
Dear Honey		Timothy
Dear Mom and Dad		Rob
Deep Spirit and Great Heart		Louis Silverstein
Discovering a Bridge		Florence Siegel
Discovery		Sherry Hall
Ego Trips		Del Cogswell Brebner
The Emerald City of Oz		"Prarie Dog"
Fat Angel		Jatayu
Four Leaf Clovers		Jeremy Wells
Freeing Time		"Ferrell Beck"
Ganja the Musicmaker		"Herb Garden"
George's Rainbow		Jeff Syrop
Grass, the Exponent		Harry Bailey
How I Learned I Didn't Have a Head for Ganja		Jamie Gaffney
How I Use Pot		Paul DeFelice
How Marijuana Ruined My Life		Stephen Kessler
I Am An Addict		Chris Ferguson
Lady Chatterly Stoned		Robert Burruss
(Some Experiences With) Language and Learning		T.D.
Living Better with Cannabis		B.W.
Living Life as a Human Being		Mr. O
Marijuana and Its Meaning for Me		Anonymous
Marijuana and Music		Peter Webster
Marijuana and My Fear of Death		Anonymous
Marijuana and Spirituality		Kevin Nelson
Marijuana as an Enhancer of Music Therapy		Pete Brady
Marijuana as Family Medicine and Sacrament		Synonymous
Marijuana, My Wonder Drug		Brian C. Bennett
Marijuana Stimulates Creativity and Enhances Experience		Jon Byrne, MD
Me and Mary Jane: Marijuana's Influence on My Fiction		Theodore Pelton
Medicinal...Recreational...and Beyond		Joel Lindau
Memories of the Moment		Elizabeth Amberg
Miraculous Marijuana		Paul Handshy
Mr. Barr and the Fountain of Youth		Lester Grinspoon
Mr. X		Carl Sagan
Mother Marijuana		Dawnhuman
My Father Within		Candace
My Friend Cannabis		Adam Meadows
My Marijuana Experiences		John Irwin
My Religious Experience		"Rich Goss"
On Marijuana, Musical Creativity, and the Collective Unconscious		Russell Ambrose
Pot: My Drug of Choice		"Simona Place"
Pot: Not Just a Phase		D.S.
Pot and Poetry		Floyd Salas
Pot in Prison		Anonymous
Pot to Alleviate Alcoholism		A Working Mother
Puffy World		Bootsy B.
Reefer Sanity		Anonymous
Restoration of the Body		Anonymous
Stress Control		Doug Dusalle
THC and the Topical Gag		Jeff Ward
The Case of the Conscious Connoisseur		Anonymous
The Composition of Music		Anonymous
The Great Marijuana Hoax		Allen Ginsberg
The Healthy Effects of Marijuana		"Mark James"
The Laidback Meerkat		"Carla"
The Old Pothead Poems		Sam Abrams
The Screening Room		Doug Magee
The Senses		Anonymous
The Spice of Life		Martin Martinez
Twinkly		Twinkly
Up From Illegitimacy		Anonymous
We're Not Bluffing Anymore		E. Cleaves
What Marijuana has Done for Me		Steven

BRIEF ACCOUNTS
Title		Author
A Musician Describes His Use of Marijuana for Creative Purposes		Anonymous
A Scientist Reports on the Contribution of Cannabis to His Work		Anonymous
After Two Decades of Just Saying No, I Finally Said Yes!		Sergio Reyes
Cannabis Through the Years		KNL
Elevating Consciousness		MCLH86
Experiencing Highs to Deepen Understanding		Wendy from Australia
Father's Little Helper?		George De La Cruz
Marijuana and College		Anonymous
Marijuana and Religion		Nimsu
Nature's Remedy		Andre
Parenting		T K

Medical cannabis used to treat ADD in children

2007-02-08T13:37:00.000-08:00

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann interviews a physician and pediatrician from the University of Southern California who explains how medical cannabis can be used to treat ADD in children:

www.youtube.com

Another option to treat patients

2007-02-08T13:31:00.000-08:00

"We are not talking about legalizing drugs, we are talking about giving another option to doctors who are educated enough to know what to suggest to patients"

-- Emmy Award-winner, Talk Show host, Montel Williams

Hemp for Victory!

2007-02-08T13:28:00.000-08:00

An USDA film that was long denied until Jack Herer ("The Emperor Wears No Clothes") proved the US government did make this short film.

History and Aplications of Marijuana

2007-02-08T13:18:00.000-08:00

Video that shows how Marijuana was widely used around the world for many different applications.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8410436555236949417&q=History+of+Marijuana

Cooking With Marijuana

2007-02-08T13:13:00.000-08:00

Marijuana, Threat or Menace

2007-02-03T13:01:00.000-08:00

A deranged view on Marijuana

"Threat" or "Menace"

The absurd war against marijuana

Foro de Cannabis Club

2007-01-29T01:06:00.000-08:00

Foro de Cannabis Club en Google Groups para promocionar el uso del Cáñamo (cannabis), una planta usada en todo el mundo desde hace miles de años, con una variedad de usos inacabable, que servirían para solucionar algunos de los problemas que sufre nustra Madre Tierra.

Podeis acceder al Foro en el siguiente enlace:
http://groups.google.com/group/cannabis-club?hl=en

P.D.
Escribo este Post bajo los efectos de susodicha planta.
Su uso me permite trabajar perfectamente en el ordenador y además
estimula mi creatividad.
También la he utilizado para calmar dolores intensos de espalda, que
no conseguía aliviar con fármacos.

P.D.2.
Me refiero a la planta en su estado natural, no a esa mierda que
venden como "Chocolate" en las calles españolas y que es auténtico
veneno.

P.D.3.
"No te fies del Hombre que no fuma Cannabis"

Cannabis Sativa

2007-01-28T10:48:00.000-08:00

Cannabis

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Cannabaceae
Genus:	Cannabis L.

Species

Cannabis sativa L

Cannabis is a genus of flowering plant that includes one or more species.

The plant is believed to have originated in the mountainous regions just north-west of the Himalayas. It is also known as hemp, although this term usually refers to varieties of Cannabis cultivated for non-drug use. Cannabis plants produce a group of chemicals called cannabinoids which produce mental and physical effects when consumed. As a drug it usually comes in the form of dried flowers and leaves (marijuana), resin (hashish), or various extracts.^[1]. In the early 20th century, it became illegal in most of the world to cultivate or possess Cannabis for drug purposes. Unlike ordinary nicotine cigarettes Cannabis is not addictive, although increased frequent use may cause a psychological addiction.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cannabis Club

Medical Cannabis Butter A-Z

Cannabis that won't make you stoned

Hollyweed

Using Spider-Web Patterns To Determine Toxicity

The Ganja Protocol

Therapeutic Help from Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis

Marijuana Uses

Medical cannabis used to treat ADD in children

Another option to treat patients

Hemp for Victory!

History and Aplications of Marijuana

Cooking With Marijuana

Marijuana, Threat or Menace

Foro de Cannabis Club

Cannabis Sativa

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