You might have read about the latest outrageous judgement by Judge Bernie Kelly a member of the bench in the United Kingdom. She’s a judge in Derry in Northern Ireland in the event you don’t know, who decided to offer her medical wisdom on the subject of cannabis. It’s become an old story, crotchety old judge hands down ridiculous decision accompanied by a fountain of ignorance on the subject of cannabis.
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Arthritis sufferers warned off cannabis
Finn Hemingway talks to patients who disagree with a short nonsense article in the London Times claiming cannabis does not help conditions such as fibromyalgia and arthritis.
Continue readingNew Study: Cannabis may treat alcohol brain damage
CBD may help reduce alcohol induced brain damage.
Continue readingCannabis and autism?
Cannabis may be used to treat symptoms associated with learning disabilities such as autism and ADHD.
Continue readingCannabis helps with pain and depression
Medicinal cannabis consumer, Jacob, talks about how cannabis helped him with pain and depression, after pharmaceutical drugs failed and gave him nasty side-effects.
Continue readingWhat are the real risks of taking cannabis?
By Richard Shrubb The right wing press would have you believe that cannabis makes you a psychotic knife wielding monster, about to progress through the gateway to a lonely death from an OD on heroin and crack cocaine speedballs. Never believe everything you read in the papers … Many years ago I was surprised to […]
Continue readingCannabis Treats Schizophrenia.
By Richard Shrubb In an ideal world, on the 20th March 2012 the Daily Mail should have raved CANNABIS TREATS SCHIZOPHRENIA. It didn’t. We know that the Daily Mail believes cannabis is worse than heroin and has no therapeutic benefits whatsoever! On that day a study was published in The Journal of Translational Psychiatry that […]
Continue readingA Controversial Treatment for a Controversial Disorder
A NORML UK member shares her experiences using cannabis to treat severe adult ADHD I’d like to tell you a little about what it feels like to live with ADHD on a daily basis, and how cannabis helps me cope with my symptoms. I’ve also developed a significant anxiety disorder as well, which is a […]
Continue readingHow to read and understand cannabis science
By Richard Shrubb NORML recently posted a link to a blog on Facebook. The blog in question suggested that cannabis can be beneficial to bipolar disorder. On one line of thinking this is very interesting – cannabis is a nice sedative, and I have seen studies that show it can actually be good at treating […]
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