First Unveiling of New Strain To Redefine The Medical Cannabis Industry
New Released Scientific Data Supports Medicinal Value, U.S. Government Ignores Scientific Data
Next week’s Patients Out of Time (P.O.T.) conference in Rhode Island features numerous speakers and interesting topics, but the announcement by Harborside Health Center of the development a new Cannabidol-centric strain of cannabis I suspect will be of great interest to patients, medical providers and cultivators.
I think it also a shining example of why the Drug Enforcement Administration should not bust and harass laboratories contracted or operated by cannabis wellness centers that test and analyze cannabis that is sold into the medical collective for the very reason that these forensic labs provide necessary patient information regarding potency, purity and medicinal effects based on plant strain.
Oakland, CA – The availability of a new type of medical cannabis strain will be presented for the first time by Steve DeAngelo, who has been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, and The New York Times as Executive Director of one of the nation’s top model and non-profit medical cannabis dispensaries, Harborside Health Center in Oakland, California.
DeAngelo will announce the availability of this type of non-psychoactive cannabis that has been lab tested with California strains with CBD (Cannabidol) at the 6th Annual National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics on Friday, April 16th at 12PM Noon at The Crown Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, Rhode Island.
Conference information can be found at: www.medicalcannabis.com
For three decades, DeAngelo has been an engaging speaker as he cuts through the stigma, and delivers the true facts about cannabis. His exciting and important presentation will include results of the first large scale analytical study of California’s medical cannabis supply, which revealed that one of the most medically efficacious cannabinoids—CBD—has been bred out of plants grown primarily for psychoactive effect. Only within the past year have CBD-rich cannabis varieties been identified, thanks to an analytical chemistry lab that DeAngelo helped launch.
Recent research has demonstrated that CBD is effective in slowing or reversing a number of different types of cancer; as well as other serious illnesses. In response to the shortage of CBD rich cannabis varieties, Harborside has initiated a program to identify such strains, and encourage growers to propagate them. Because CBD modulates the psycho activity of THC, some patients respond better to varieties of cannabis which couple low THC levels with high CBD levels, because they enhance medical efficacy while reducing or eliminating psycho activity. This is particularly true for cannabis-naïve patients, who have no prior experience with it, prior to receiving a recommendation from their doctor. “Ultimately, there will be greater demand for CBD-rich cannabis, than there is for cannabis that just gets you high” predicts DeAngelo. “Only a small percentage of people enjoy the psycho activity of cannabis, but almost everybody can benefit from its medical properties”.
The 6th Annual Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics is the only one of its kind in the United States for health professional to learn about the many benefits of cannabis therapeutics. Medical professionals can receive their CME (Continuing Education) credits for attending this forum through the University of California, San Francisco.
The New York Times: “Harborside Health Center, a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., is looked upon as a model of how others could operate.”
Contact : Gaynell Rogers/Media Relations
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This is amazing to hear! Finally, a strain of cannabis with a low THC to CBD ratio! Less of the high, more of the benefit. I am DEFINITELY interested in finding out more about this new strain as well as trying it out. Can’t wait to compare and contrast between others! Very, VERY exciting!
“Only a small percentage of people enjoy the psycho activity of cannabis, but almost everybody can benefit from its medical properties”.
— The latter portion of this statement seems truthful, but the former I call into question. I would strongly disagree with the notion that very few people enjoy the psychoactive aspect of cannabis, be it for medical or recreational use, based on my personal experiences with a wide set of each type of user. It can be a stumbling block for those initially seeking treatment or seeking it for psychological reasons and I am all for the advancement of this field of medicine in general, but let’s not forget that this is also a struggle for the basic rights and freedoms that we, as Americans, have (or should have). We should not be so hasty to prove our medical point that our overall point is lost or worse, contradicted, and that is the freedom to choose what to put in our bodies according to our beliefs and not those of our federal government.
If cannabis is not to be feared and misunderstood/spun further then we cannot allow ourselves to paint it in only the specific light that helps our cause today.
Awesome a new strain……… IT’S ONLY SCIENCE……RIGHT?
The Dutch have something like this in their medical marijuana program called “Bediol”
http://www.cannabisbureau.nl/en/MedicinalCannabis/
It has a 7.5% CBD content, and only 6% THC (compared to <1%CBD and 12-19% THC for their other strains). Like Allen said, it just goes to show that allowing marijuana to exist legally has enormous benefits. Great stuff.
This is great! This could very well be the holy grail of cannabis medicine that my wife and I have been searching for to treat her tourette’s. She can’t handle the psychoactive effect of THC, but if the CBD’s can help her, then we’d love to try this new strain!
IF our government really cared about the health and well being of the citizens THEY would be funding this research, instead of wasting $18 Million per year on Drug Free Communities(DFC) grants that perpetuate the “War on Drugs”….That’s right your tax dollars go to fund community organizations that oppose anything other than the government lies.$100,000.00 a year to pass on the governments Bullshit. Check it out here………..
http://www.ondcp.gov/dfc/grantee_map.html
Help support cannabis research in California by donating to the Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign. You can donate here
http://www.taxcannabis.org/page/outreach/splash/april20/
Some how I feel that more people like to get high than De Angelo is predicting.
sweeet deal
wow pot that doesn’t get you high… just what we’ve always wanted… NOT! What a terrible idea. We who use it medicinally as an antidepressant & pain reliever LIKE to feel the psychoactive effects of Cannabis. It elevates my mood, takes my back & PUTS IT AWAY FOR THE DURATION. I feel like this is just another one more way for “THEM” (the infamous THEM/THEY) to dictate HOW we can feel in the privacy of our own homes. Not cool. Not cool at all. While i respect the efforts of NORML & its constituents, i feel this is not necessary, the breeding out of the psychoactive compound(s) that give Cannabis its glorious worth. Thank you nevertheless for the furtherance of Science & Medicine where this issue is concerned.
wow pot that doesn’t get you high… just what we’ve always wanted… NOT! What a terrible idea. We who use it medicinally as an antidepressant & pain reliever LIKE to feel the psychoactive effects of Cannabis. It elevates my mood, takes my back pain & PUTS IT AWAY FOR THE DURATION. I feel like this is just another way for “THEM” (the infamous THEM/THEY) to dictate HOW we can feel in the privacy of our own homes. Not cool. Not cool at all. While i respect the efforts of NORML & its constituents, i feel this is not necessary, the breeding out of the psychoactive compound(s) that give Cannabis its glorious worth. Thank you nevertheless for the furtherance of Science & Medicine where this issue is concerned.
“Only a small percentage of people enjoy the psycho activity of cannabis”.
Really?
The frustration consumes me. I’m tired of these ignorant people, I love my country (USA) but seriously considering moving to another tolerant country.
Didn’t I read somewhere that CBD was on the leaf of the plant?
Have to admit I’ve got mixed feelings right now especially after reading “Ultimately, there will be greater demand for CBD-rich cannabis, than there is for cannabis that just gets you high” predicts DeAngelo.
The “high” is important, and the “high” is manageable. The high is part of the entire plant.
Do not pharmaceuticals, certain ones, make a person high so to speak?
Reminds me of Genetically Modified Plants (GMO’s) which are an utter failure and we’re destined to fail from the beginning.
So how about doing some research into marijuana that’s EXTREMELY high in THC and gets you very VERY baked? Pretty please with sugar lumps on top?
If only all types could exist equally for all preferences. I understand how this development might be a positive one for some medicinal users. What I don’t like is the judgements and inferences drawn by some about it.
First, I don’t think the psychoactive properties of the plant are dangerous or something that merits prohibition. Second, that means the plant should be legal in all forms for all adults. Third, let’s not start to divide users into groups so that others can easily and wrongly judge them. Thus setting up “the low THC users are good and the high THC users are bad” scenario.
#12 bkadoctaj Says:
April 9th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
“Only a small percentage of people enjoy the psycho activity of cannabis”.
Really?
RE:#12
Yes, it’s true…
Just the small percentage of people who
happen to HAVE cannabis, that is…!!!
For the rest of us, it’s the misery of
stale, second-hand tobacco-smoke and ‘coffee-nerves’…
🙁
But seriously,
It’s the synergism of THC with CBD in the plant that
makes it a superior medicine AND relaxant than just pure THC,
(for example, the so-called ‘pot-pill’ Marinol…).
I hope its not some genetically altered kind that with eradicate the good stuff in nature for this new non high…
Low THC high CBD? Here in the midwest, we call it ditchweed.
Tweaking marijuana is an area we need to be careful with… once the pharm co’s get to screwing with it, it will have more disclaimers than most of the poison they market today… the DEA was trying to develop in 2001 a fungus that attacks MJ that they could spray from their helicopters in Hawaii…
I don’t want to come across as an advocate, but Sativex claims to be an extract from a strain high in CBD already? What’s new?
Glad to see that it will be available in herbal form though! I figured it was only a matter of time to put pharma to shame.
Don’t freak out, THC strains aren’t going to be bred out of existence, and this is a big therapeutic step. I agree with SM, but choice is good.
Support I-1068 Washingtonians!
enjoy the whole cannabis package, except the states offer of room and board
Can anyone tell me if when bloodwork is done as a pre-cursor to surgery if they check for THC?
Can anyone tell me if when bloodwork is done as a pre-cursor to surgery if they check for THC? If so will 3 days abstinence be enough to clear for blood work?
First off… CBD IS psychoactive, just not in the same way as THC. It is more narcotic, and sleep-inducing. Second, while CBD is anti-inflammatory, it affects mostly CB2 receptors. Many of the disorders usefully treated with cannabis – for instance fibromyalgia, crohn’s, MS – require modulation of the CB1 receptor – and for that we are talking about THC once again.
Andy… they don’t usually test for THC. But if you’ve been toking, it might affect the way the anesthetic works, so you might want to ask the doctors.
I’ve been part of a Harborside study using one of these strains for the last six months. They asked me to try it out and to get back to them about the benefits—or lack thereof—for pain management. I’ve found all indica strains to be my best bet for quelling the nausea and pain of the migraines I get (I black out from pain…not fun.) but thought I’d try this out. What I’m using is a blueberry type strain crossed with some kind of OG kush, (apologies to those who are more informed on this stuff…I’m still kinda green, no pun, and don’t know all the names!) and sadly, I’ve so far found that it helps the nausea, but sadly actually increases the pain. But I will also say, I do feel the high, maybe not as intense as the indica or sativa regular strains I’ve tried, but it is there. I think it might be useful to someone who is a little afraid of cannabis, or is new to it. I will likely not purchase more from Harborside, and will stick with my tried and true indica plants.
If anything, this is a huge step backwards for the pro-legalization movement. It forces the debate away discussing psychoactive marijuana’s relatively harmless qualities, and directly focuses on whether or not smokers just want to “feel high.” That’s not a debate we’re going to win.
If you want to be free to use THC recreationally, this is terrible news. A lot of folks who support medical legalization are no longer going to support the legalization of ACTUAL marijuana.
This is not only non-news from a medical-breakthrough standpoint, it’s terrible news for reform advocates.
[Editor’s note: THC-lite strains are not ‘terrible news for reformers’, in the same way that low alcohol content beers are not terrible news for distilled spirits. It is all about consumer and patient choice. If you want THC-strong cannabis, then that is your choice. The news is that consumers who do not want or benefit from THC-strong cannabis apparently are having greater choices these days, and that scientific analysis of the cannabis helps determine such.]
CBD – Very Good, But I like the THC to be with it also, Makes me feel good along with pain relief. Works on more than 1 level – LOL!
And by the way… high CBD/low THC weed is nothing new. Back in the day we used to call it SCHWAG.
#25. Andy
Depending on how heavy you use it, You are going to need anywhere from 10 to 30+ days, Testing within 3 Days? You`re Screwed!
If they tested for it,They never said anything prior to MY past 5 Surgeries, but I never “Volunteered” Unnecessary information such as Cannabis Use, If they would have said anything, I would have admitted to Ingesting it to avoid the 45 Min Lecture about the Hazards of Smoking and point out the “Positive” Results achieved.
Now you will have to buy this snake oil, instead of growing your own. Another way for big Drug Companies to make money and still make it a crime for possesion of the plant form of THC.
[Editor’s note: Consumers and patients don’t have buy THC-lite cannabis if they choose. Don’t worry about the cannabis wellness centers taking the medicine out of the medicine, but the pharmaceutical companies may indeed try to re-schedule cannabis by claiming their products do not produce psychoactivity.]
“Only a small percentage of people enjoy the psycho activity of cannabis”.
Really?
Gosh, I think I am carrying the load for at least a dozen….
there are plenty of strains like this,there the sleepy ones.gmo food is poison!
While CBD may be effective for medical applications, thc has its own medical uses. For example, thc has been found to be a powerful anti-tussive(cough suppressant). And ya i agree, the psychoactive properties of cannabis are definitely very pleasant. I havent heard anybody around here say different.
To those who seem disappointed that this new strain appears to address medical issues over the “buzz”, I have but one thing to say.
Shame on you.
It may come as a complete surprise to you, but there are patients in this world who use cannabis as medicine, and it’s therapeutic effectiveness is the whole point of using it. Not all of us are focused on getting high.
I’m not suggesting we don’t enjoy the pleasant side-effects, but the recent development of high-THC, Low-CBD strains doesn’t help us.
To complain about technological developments furthering medical applications simply shows a lack of compassion for those who truly need this safe and effective medicine.
And if you’re one of the complainers, you’re no better than the stereotypical pothead stoners the promoters of prohibition oppose.
Good news yes, except that I also like ot get high, very very high.
leave it up to america to make this. no me gusta. i love getting high. this is like making an alcoholic drink taht wont get you drunk it only quenches your thirst. if you cant have one without the other you might as well just smoke the legal nasty shit. i like the taste of green i like the feel of green and ill like it more when i can like it legal.
btw they dont check for thc in surgery blood work. i worried about that too but they wont check for it
They won’t check for THC pre surgery,you won’t have any problem. Heck, I give blood all the time loaded with THC,they keep calling me back.And NO, 3 days is not enough time, in most cases, to clear THC from blood.
When the US decides to Tax and regulate Cannabis,we should have many “flavors and strengths” of Cannabis.Just like beer has malt liquors and non-alcohol alternatives, liquor has different flavors and proofs,cigarettes has lights and menthols,coffee has espresso and de-caf. We,as Cannabis consumers should be given the same choices with no THC to high test and an array of flavors to choose from. Lets keep our fingers crossed anyway
#41 u said that right
As written in comment #14, “I’ve got mixed feelings right now”.
One of the initial feelings I thought about was the division it appears to be creating between the medical and legalize people. Then the thought of ‘Divide and Conquer’ came roaring into my head. The divide and conquer equals ‘Divide and Rule’ which is explained as: in politics, sociology and economics, a strategy to gain or maintain power.
Or to put it another way, a combination of political, military and economic strategy of gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
who has been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, and The New York Times as Executive Director of one of the nation’s top model and non-profit medical cannabis dispensaries, Harborside Health Center in Oakland, California.
Harbor Side is an LLC is not a non-profit…. please correct the article. THis is misinformation
So many of these comments make me sad. You guys are practically trying to prove prohibitionists right about medical mj being just an excuse to get high. No, high CBD cannabis will not help the same things that high THC cannabis will, it helps DIFFERENT problems. No, it doesn’t help much with pain management, but this article didn’t say that it did. It DID say that CBD helps shrink tumors, among other things. Isn’t that a good thing? Don’t we WANT a wide variety of natural medicine so that people can take what best solves their problems and best works with their physiology? Aren’t we fighting for choice? Its not like high CBD cannabis is unnatural, or genetically modified, nor will it replace the other strains that people already enjoy. Cannabis has high THC levels now because we have selectively breed it for that purpose (due in part to prohibition, ironically). This new cannabis is no different, just selectively breed for higher concentrations of a different chemical. The fact that so many of you guys can’t see this and just squeel “BUT I WANNA GET HIGH, BUT I WANNA GET, I JUST WANNA GET HIGH!” is strong evidence that you don’t actually CARE about the medical benefits of cannabis and are, in fact, just potheads. And that makes me sad.
PS, i don’t even smoke medicinally, I smoke recreationally and would not smoke high CBD weed myself. Because it wouldn’t help me. However, shame on you for trying to steal the thunder from the people that this could greatly benefit.
I’ve said all along that if the government would allow more research of different strains of cannabis eventually we will develop exactly the correct type for your needs. American science and agriculture usually find the best plant varieties for a given purpose. We are in the land of plenty by the way. If cannabis were allowed to be grown commercially can you imagine what a school like the University of Nebraska or Oregon State might be able to do with this plant. One can only hope for that day to arrive soon.
Well this is great news! It’s too bad the government doesn’t see it that way. After all, they accuse the medical movement as being a cover-up for people who just want to get high. Now that a strain without the high has been created they STILL wanna play hardball. You know what that says? It says that the gov does not care about the well-being of the public, and the war on drugs has nothing to do with public safety. The government just shot themselves in the head. Even I didn’t think uncle sam would be that stupid. Unless- They know that people won’t be smart enough to figure that out…. So that’s where people like me come in. Now I have read a majority of the comments posted, and I see allot of happy people out there. I see allot of people who didn’t care much for the high and were mainly seeking relief. I see the government PROVEN WRONG. Right here, on this blog, the government has been proven wrong and any fool or perhaps even someone stoned out of their mind can easily see that. If this isn’t proof that the Government is full of malarkey on EVERY issue involving pot- Then I seriously fear for the future of the legislation movement. I just wanted to point that out NORML. It’s power. Use it.
that why rasta dont smoke that cali stuff. gotta get the natural mix from normal gaunja.
there is something about this story that just doesnt sit right for me….
some people require aspirin for headaches…… others require percocet
This fight just became much MUCH harder……..
This new strain is a very very good thing for some patients out there…… but it is a very bad thing for the legalization movement and to other patients…..
the goal of our government is to produce a non-psychoactive strain of cannabis…..
there is only one course of action here…. it must be denied by the majority of the people….. otherwise the legalization movement gets set back many years…… everyone who read this article knows this…..
STEP UP THE FIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#45 – I agree with you 100%. I’m just worried that the government will only legalize (for even non-medical purposes) the high CBD weed. I still consider it good news overall, however.
A minor point, to be sure, but is the first line of the article missing the word “of” before “a new Cannabidiol-centric”?
“the announcement by Harborside Health Center of the development . . .” (of) “. . . a new Cannabidol-centric strain of cannabis”
How is cannabis still in schedule I, considering patent 6630507 and the 31 states that have medical laws on the books*? What are the barriers to demonstrating locus standi, if that’s the correct legal term?
Thanks primordialstu,Don,Marc,CJT and others. I have been smoking since 1968, and waiting for legalization, which I’m afraid will never come to the U.S. Too much money involved in keeping it illegal, funding the legal practices and the prison systems. I was scheduled for surgery and just wanted to check if anyone knew if THC would be indicatged in the pre-sugery blood tests. As we all know maryjane has a relaxing effect and I am getting more nervous as the date for surgery approaches. It is re-assuring that there is still so many of us advocating its use. I hope someday to experience the freedom to smoke without fear of retribution from the establishment. Andy (one of the original hippies).May Timothy Leary and Richard Albert be remebered.
I think anything that gives patients more relief and choice is important but… keep your CBD pollen off my THC enriched buds and we’ll all be happy! Although, it could be a good cross for strains that do not have enough CBD’s initially?
of course , in a perfect world where weed is completely legal, this would definitely be a good thing. It clearly is from a medical standpoint, BUT this will absolutely be used by the prohibitionists to argue for a medicine that “wont get you high”, or for pharma to patent another pill that the DEA will rally behind. If you believe in full legalization, I don’t see how this possibly could help the cause. at all. In fact, whereas I am happy for the medical benefit of those who may require this type of medicine, I only see it hurting the cause for full legalizaton. I wonder what other crazy ammo the dea and feds are preparing to fight against Cali’s november vote.
best news possible…those that do have medical marijuana in their state can vouch that 80 percent of the people who have a card should NOT under the law as it stands. this will really be able to seperate medical use and recreational use.
people just don’t get it…the more we learn, the more we can identify which aspects of the plant are doing what for each problem…its a way of using marijuana as actual medicine not just a way to go get stoned with your pals.
shaun, good point, and those people are the same ones that should NOT have a “medical” card…the high is enjoyable of course, but it can’t be the only reason you use it if you have a card saying you need it…its a slap in the face to the rest that DO need it…those that have a choice between horrible pain killers that will eat your organs, or marijuana.
Cannabis / marijuana should be looked at as Preventative Medicine. Much like people take vitamins, (which by the way McCain is trying to change and control supplements).
Some of you who can’t use cannabis for now, please think about the Preventive Medicine theme. When you used it you felt better didn’t you? Now that you can’t use it there are certain physical ailments coming back to haunt you. Preventative Medicine, that is what cannabis is.
The 360 degree viewpoint should be embraced by all supporters of medical mj and legalization.
Clear thinking people, clear thinking. Let’s not allow the medical / legalize people to be separate.
I am asking those who are fortunate enough to get and use medical marijuana to jump on the legalize bandwagon. Please take the Legalize Cannabis bull by the horns and don’t let go, please.
There are many people, yes, many people, who are still without medical marijuana and the only way they’re going to be able to enjoy it’s benefits is by putting their lives on the line and use it illegally. Is that what we want? More people busted and their lives ruined over failed policies?
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This is going to be an important meeting, did you click on their site and read who’s going to be there?
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With that said, and I mean no ill intent NORML because I support patients out of time, however, in a recent interview with two people from Patients Out of Time this comment was made, “When we get to the recreational issue, we don’t talk about that and frankly, recreational people can do what they want. But what we want is a product that medical professionals will accept as clean, dose able and they understand it effects, all it’s effect.”
Heavy frakking sigh…………
This is going to be completely legal, i guarantee but why is hemp still illegal?
if it is genetically modified you can take it to university of missippi and shove it up you butt with the whack job dr.(running the operation) and all his suppository research
The intoxicating effect of marijuana is part of its therapeutic properties.
We might as well just throw our support behind Marinol.
They stole my idea – not really, but I feel they did. This is going to be the new tobacco, I can smell it. I wouldn’t doubt that both big tobacco and the anti-smoking movement funded the whole dang thing.
i know this is off topic but, i just bought” marijuana is safer…” and have found a wealth of information…truly…knowledge is power.i will be taking this book to work to give to our h.r.dept.it will provide much needed back up for the cause of personal freedom. i “highly “recommend to anyone who has not read this book to grab it. the more well rounded we are about it, the more we may be able to get through to people who dont know the truth….thanks paul and company…
Grow your own,keep your favorite strains pure and crossbreed for seed and the future. Then you don’t have to worry about “Them” Taking the fun out of our girl Mary Jayne! Not that there’s anything to worry about. The Republican Church has not been able to take her from us and as long as I can pay the power bill or walk in the woods I’ll be damned if I let the Scientists take the fun out of it.
However that being said it’s wonderful that the patients that could really benefit from the CBD in Cannabis but are reluctant to use because of the “High” they would normally get, can now revisit this wonderful plant and get the medicinal benefits in the way THEY choose. After all the freedom of choice is what were ALL fighting for, Medicinal and Recreational.
you’ve all missed the obvious, design the strain that you want, then grow it. if they’ve come up with a seed variation that slows or stops cancer, jump for joy, you want a little more relaxation, grow what you want it to be. both choices mean freedom to grow your own, that’s what we all vote for. thats the point entirely. what “we the people” have voted for, it’s just that the great drug nazi’s still know whats best for us, even if they have to put you in prison and destroy your life, because you want to grow your own medicine, a plant that slows or stops cancer, for just a few pennies, instead of being force fed big pharmacy drugs that have more side effects and cause as much damage, for thousands of dollars.
I think what’s being lost here is the fact that there is nothing harmful to anyone about being high.
I think the shame is on the “Shame on you” people who are attacking the ‘potheads’ who want weed legalized. Shame on YOU people for shouting at us because we want people to stop being arrested for smoking weed.
This article reeks of the ‘you just wanna get HIGH’ stigma, and it’s a little disconcerting that norml supports it.
God damn right I just wanna get High. Existence on this planet fucking sucks and I should be able to alleviate the pain however I want as long as I don’t hurt other people, and anyone who has a problem with that can kiss my ass.
Heyyy, for those complaining about the “new” variety and not being able to get high anymore…C’mon! It’s all about HAVING CHOICES, ain’t it?
You’ll still have the high THC weed.
And,
for y’alls info, the OLD, ORIGINAL, HEIRLOOM strains of cannabis had loads of CBD, compared to THC.
High THC cannabis is the NEW cannabis.
THC has BEEN BRED IN over the last several decades.
My greatGrandmother, according to my Dad, had terrible rheumatoid arthritis, but she used DAILY a cannabis tincture that allowed her to lead a normal pain-free high quality life, without the sometimes bothersome effects of being stoned.
What’s wrong with bringing back the original varietals?
And, personally, I would not trade the super good feeling of a healthy body with a Sense of Well-being, for any kind of THC-related High.
RE: #69 HeirloomerBoomer
I completely agree with you…
– In addition, this also DEMOLISHES the lame
arguments raised by the DEA, FDA and anti-cannabis
politicians who always steer the focus towards the
Marinol / dronabinol pill, saying IT contains THC,
the “active-ingredient” in marijuana, which is,
in fact, only PARTIALLY-CORRECT, as there are
actually SEVERAL “active-ingredientS” in cannabis,
NOT just THC…
i am not interested in cbd only marijuana. it is a GMO and should not be given to the public. It has been proven that GMO’s actually are bad for you….duh. and besides, if the government really had our interests, they would legalize all drugs and restrict their availability to the public to the legal age. I don’t think this will be a good idea. Indica cannabis can get the same results by when the person grows the cannabis instead of harvesting when the trichomes are hazy white, harvest later time when they are mostly amber. there will be a lot more cbd, as cbd is convverted from thc to cbd if it sits around too long. so instead of hailing in on this ”miracle” cbd weed step back and think before you go after this. cannabis is a perfect plant. Don’t fuck with it, and it will provide you with food, clothing, bud, and seed.
whats better than that?
GMO? i dont think so.
[Paul Armentano responds: A high CBD/low THC strain is hardly a GMO, unless you want to also label any one of dozens of consciously bred high THC strains available in North America as GMOs too. CBD has dozens of therapeutic effects, from anti-cancer properties, anti-anxiety properties, anti-inflammatory properties, anti-diabetic properties, anti-epileptic properties, etc.
http://blog.norml.org/2008/10/09/is-there-anything-cbd-cant-do-then-why-is-it-illegal/
For patients that can benefit from these specific therapeutic properties, who are you to tell them that it is a ‘bad’ thing for them to have the option of a strain that contains higher than average quantities of a specific cannabinoid that can help their condition?]
hemp is pot. its the same thing. just that the buds get super seedy and they spend all their energy making seeds. im sure if you were able to somehow isolate a few buds they wouldnt get seedy and make some good weed. but as for the stalks, thats where the hemp is. the stalks and fiber are the hemp, the seeds can be cold pressed into food, by the way cannabis seeds have all essential fatty acids, including all the ones that your body doesn’t get from its own body.
LEGALIZE CANNABIS
I cannot in my right train of thinking trust anybody tackling trying to make what? Weed more deadly? Since it is now laboratory created and you don;t know what the hell is in there. I believe I will stay with my natural WEED. Fuck that man made shit.
how is this anything new or special they have been making new strains of cannabis for decades and even centuries, ever since cannabis was first cultivated by man, they have been making new strains
#69 do you have any web sites or other information about this old heirloom cannabis i would like to learn more.
did cannabis have higer cdb just because of the ratio, of cdb – thc a more even ratio would seem to be more effective
Hmm ,Weed that don’t get ya high …… Hey they got that already , it’s called your local weed dealer ! Just what we need, expensive herb that don’t get ya stoned, or that tastes like sh…… ! New strain eh ? yea right ! generically alter this !!! Leave the fr…..flower alone already !
This would be good news if the world viewed Marijuana equaly and fairly, but that is not the case. The government will use this low THC specimen to further medical marijuana and the war against THC positive MJ. Soon we will see only this low THC kind being offered, therefore making medical use ok but anyone who wants THC will just be a “pot head” and a social outcast being thrown in jail when ever the law gets the oppertunity. Come on NORML, you know the prohebitionists will do this.
Guys, you are not reading into this right. THC produces the “psychoactive” effects of marijuana. These pychoactive effects include hunger, paranoia, anxiety, and various other effects. You may know of these psychoactive effects as “head high”. Head high, while enjoyed by many for kicks, is honestly very rarely sought after in my own experiences with others. While some may receive benefit from the “munchie factor” (such as patients suffering from anorexia), many people do not long for such effects for recreational or medical use.
Now, “body high” on the other hand, is what many people seek, yet don’t know it. It is not considered a “psychoactive” high, it doesn’t make you as hungry, you don’t feel near as (if at all) impaired, and overall it just relaxes the hell out of you. Many people I know who smoke marijuana do so as a method of relaxation, be it alone or with friends. Recreational users who smoke so they can “chill out” seek the effects of CBD, as well as those suffering from cancer, aids, pain, anxiety, uncontrollable muscle spasms and nervous reactions, and stress. CBD still gets you “high” as smokers have come to know it (we all just want to smoke a little and chill out don’t we?), without the “high” the government and many others fear. Besides, how many people here can actually say they enjoy smoking cannabis that makes them extremely paranoid? I hate the stuff myself, I have even refused to buy more of the stuff from people until they get a new batch. With these new strands popping up, we will be able to chill out without the bullshit, and I think most of us can agree on that!
if they are going to make it half way legal they might as well make it all legal
What I said in comment 64 – I wasn’t complaining, oh contrair. I am actually excited about this. I, along with millions of others in the world, love to smoke. However, tobacco kills you. Canabis causes no disease, so as soon as pot is regulated, I plan on making my own filter cigarettes with it and dropping tobacco altogether. I am quite sure that millions of others will do the same, and I am quite positive that gov’ts of the world all over will urge everyone to. So, this is not only a win for patients who do not like the high, but a humungous victory for the world’s cigarette smokers. However, I can also see corporations like big tobacco adding nicotine and the other 4000 some odd chemicals to it that will poison us, so we can be addicted to THC free weed that is actually harmful. I say screw that – I’m going to get seeds for it and do it old school.
Here’s my concern: Remember the Medicare legislation that no longer allows consumers to buy their own prescription meds from Canada (so we can “regulate” the quality and, by the way, protect Big Pharma in the US)? One of the politically acceptable arguments for legalization is that the FDA can regulate marijuana for dosage and quality. However, it isn’t that big of a stretch to envision federal laws controlling any and all of the following: what strains can be grown and by whom, where it can be sold, how much it will cost (if only certain pharma companies can sell it) and outlawing private cultivation of your own crop. The kind of legalization that we are hoping for–with few regulations on cultivation and use–seems much less likely to me than legalization as a Schedule II controlled medication that is even harder to get legally than decriminalized medical marijuana.
I would love to know where they got the statistics that claim most users don’t enjoy the psychoactive aspects. If this is true then why do we have breeders creating strains with a high THC content? Unless they are speaking specifically of medical marijuana users, I do not agree. Recreational users definitely want the high.
I meant to add that reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I (no accepted medical use) to Schedule II (tightly controlled as is done with morphine and Percocet/Oxycontin) is more likely to occur than ever getting marijuana from Schedule II to “over the counter” status for whatever use one wishes. I fear that the prohibitionists who oppose marijuana use on “moral” grounds could point to reclassification and say “you got what you wanted, now it’s legal for compassionate use” and further legalization for personal nonmedical use will be dead in the water.
I think proponents of medical use (and I am one) need to keep in mind that anything other than complete legalization may result in a politically appointed regulatory body deciding what medical conditions may be treated with marijuana.
“Only a small percentage of people enjoy the psycho activity of cannabis”.
Someday soon the medical benefits of a psychedelic experience will be realized. The cannabis effect is an excellent meditation inducer, which allow a patient to reflect on life experiences. This introspection, that also benefits from a larger sense of creativity, allows one to be confronted by the truth. This can be painful; and in my opinion, the reason for a “bad trip” experience with cannabis. In my observations, the people who do not like the “psychoactive” effects of cannabis are people who tend to ‘lie to themselves’ a lot or have a lot of ‘guilt on their conscience.’ In other words, they usually suffer from a lot psychological ailments.
So cannabis makes an excellent tool to help a patient come to terms with psychological problems in their lives. The cannabis effect can also help a healthy person see alternate views which leads to many sorts of innovations.
All in all, it would be a crime to say that the psychedelic experience of cannabis use has no medical benefit. But of course this new strain seems exciting for other medical benefits, that’s all.
#59 Lea,
You hit the nail on the head. Cannabis as a prophylactic is what I have been practicing for years. If you have a problem with headaches it seems to reduce their frequency and severity. It is important to get the proper strain. There is definitely a difference.
@Paul Armentano, do “new” varieties of cannabis give hemp farmers more leverage in the courts to dispute cannabis’ Schedule I status?
Hey #75, here is a link – as just One Example of one of the heirloom strains of the high CBD cannabis:
http://www.vancouverseedbank.ca/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=18&products_id=120&osCsid=a95ac772faf47b85979d1332217dec32
Oh, and awhile back there was an article in which Harborside Dispensary in Oakland said that they’ve found a couple of strains with high CBD, low THC content.
One was found in Mendocino county and the other was from near Oakland. I forgot the names of the varietals.
But, you can bet your sweet bippy that they are from the old lines of cannabis, and due to the medical cannabis movement, are now, thank goodness, reemerging…
One more thing and I’ll shut up-
I’m certainly all for the Concentrated Cannabinoids in the sparkly trichomes of Miss Marijuana, but, but, but
that is only HALF of the Equation.
Try this stuff:
http://www.manitobaharvest.com/cartshop/productview.asp?key=11
(A blurb from the product advertising…)
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Protein Powder is a whole food protein powder. It is rich in protein(50%), branch chain amino acids, Omega 6 & Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) and healthy dietary fiber.
I have been taking this Rich Dark Green Moist Cake-like Flour of the milled Hemp Seed, with these growers from Canada leaving in a lot of the oil from the seed to go with the flour or the “meat” of the hemp seed… and this is
along with the Cannabinoids Oil,
and THEN
you have BOTH of what you need. The Complete Package.
This stuff is Frakking Fantastic. It is 50% Protein, along with all the wonderful macro and micro-nutrients that the looong searching deep cannabis/hemp roots bring up out of the soil and bedrock.
It is Chockful of your 3, 6 and 9 Essential Omega Fatty Acids, too.
Been giving it to my Pop who is suffering from aftereffects of stroke, but is rallying and rehabbing with physical exercise and Cannabinoid Oil AND now, this Manitoba Harvest Hemp 50% Protein Flour.
I’ve been taking it myself for several months and I can attest that after 30+ years of battling a chronic condition, that this is the Most Well I’ve felt in all that time.
Friends, “Euphoria” is over-rated.
I’ll take the fantastic feeling of “A Sense of Well-Being” anyday over euphoria, which is often nice, but fleeting.
This Hemp Flour is Here To Stay.
It, as grandma used to say “sticks to your ribs”.
I do believe that along with the Well-Being and added energy out the wazoo, there is a not so subtle change going on that I will call “a change in my consciousness”.
Yep.
Believe it or not.
Better yet, order you some of this stuff.
It has the distinct advantage of being LEGAL!
Don’t have to worry about “the man” with this schtuff.
And now, dig this – Manitoba Harvest has a 70% Protein products. Check it out here:
http://www.manitobaharvest.com/cartshop/productview.asp?key=45
Okay people, let’s start feeling better.
In a free country, adult citizens freely choose what to consume or not consume. This is a God-given right as cited and acknowledged in the Constitution of the United States, and this freedom and liberty extends rightfully to the point where it violates the same rights of another citizen. More options equals more freedom. In a police state, sociopathic prohibitionists and religious do-gooders dictate what others can/can not do, and enforce this un-Godly, unconstitutional tyranny with the threat of violence backed by violence. Re-legalization of cannabis has almost nothing to do with the common weed, and almost everything to do with God’s will for humankind to live in freedom with liberty…
I just cannot trust a strain the government made. I never will. It is the Government that said cigarretes were good for yah at one point till people started getting cancer.
We really do not know what the government is gonna manipulate this plant with. I am sorry I just do not trust it. Call me what you will but I will be staying with strains already known not some new GoverGova weed
@Fernando: What gives you the idea that this is a strain that “the government made”? I don’t see anything in the press release indicating that this strain was developed by any government agency. In fact, this is exactly the sort of innovation our government is unable to perform by virtue of their lockdown on cannabis information.
This is definitely of interest to me. As a patient in Colorado, I hope I get a chance to try this new strain. It sounds like it would be perfect for in the day before work.
On this whole “recreational aspect” thing:
Of course, that’s why I smoke it. But, the whole idea that the psychoactive aspects are “useless” is misguided. Yeah, maybe a separation of uses or intended “treatments” is warranted in the medical realm. However, as a “psychoactive” substance it has medicinal value as well. claiming otherwise makes no sense. Valium & Prozac are just two established big-pharma drugs whose SOLE pharmacological purpose is psychoactivity. Let’s not act like there is no definable market there.
In fact, that my whole argument highlights the inane nature of marijuana regulation and the long-held restriction of it’s medical uses: “Intoxication” is NOT an entirely objective term!
What Jaceb79 (#78) pointed out was interesting, the distinctions between the “head high” and “body high” produced by THC and CBD, respectively. If what he said is true, many smokers that have to worry about drug tests can switch over to the high CBD / low THC strain since drug tests look for THC and its metabolites. I wonder what sort of high that strain would cause…
SMOKE TWISTED SISTER AND MASTER KUSH
They should allow certified people to look at marijuana, study it, and analyze it. Data should be looked over, instead of just getting tossed to aside and trashed. If there is significant research that supports that marijuana can be controlled and safe, there should legal marijuana for everyone. At this point the pros are over weighing the cons, medical marijuana should have been dealt with a long time ago. Any type of marijuana should be legal it’s not dangerous; data has proven this over and over.
Producing this in the lab makes more room for errors and potentially making it deadly.
I’d rather stick to my good old buds.
RE#89, Nutiva also sells organic hemp seed, I eat it daily and feel better than I have in years. Since cannabis safely replaces so many products, it makes sense to basically boycott “normal” foods or “legal” drugs.
The hulled seed seems more palatable when run in a coffee grinder before sprinkling on foods:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=organic+hemp+bulk&x=0&y=0
Point #1: Seems to me that there is a little too much “big pharma” ideology here. In the quest to legitimize medical marijuana, how about NOT turning what has traditionally been grower’s prerogative (cross-breeding, etc. for certain properties) into just another “pill.”
Point#2: If you want to get more CBD, CBN, or THC in your particular plant, stick with the basic rules of harvesting and plant maturation.
Point#3: Cannabis has traditionally been looked upon as a holistic medicine, healing both the body AND and mind. Part of physical health is mental health–taking a break from what ails/plagues you. If you cannot take a mental break from yourself, why use it?
I’m aghast and amazed at some commentary here.
I would agree that not everyone enjoys or particularly needs the astronomical amounts of THC found in some of the “medical” strains now being produced. There are many people out there that are “sensitive” for lack of a better word, to that aspect of cannabis and seem to do well on what most people call Mexican dirt weed and the like. It isn’t that they lack access to these other highly cultured strains mind you. They simply dont need that high a content.
One of the reasons for creating these new strains was to reduce travel weight and give higher bang for the buck etc. Sure there is benefit in using less to get the effect needed, but with vaporizers, edibles, etc. this does not factor in much. Open access to lower content strains would make the super strains more like the top shelf hard alcohols of today. Pricey indulgences. Not necessarily the preferred choice.
What I have encountered in the culture surrounding this aspect of the argument is similar to that of having helped run a bar: some people prefer beer, some people drink 151.
Seriously folks, the argument that all strains need to produce such a high concentration is not right for all people and their needs. Some people do “pingers” and are happy. Others seem to think you need to consume an OZ a day. Simply put I there is a lot of abuse that is driven mostly by greed along these lines. Bars push the same concepts to drive up sales. People over indulging means great profits.
I’ve met people who partake of alcohol that cannot tolerate hard drinks and are perfectly happy with a couple of beers. They even get rather “smashed” if they have three of them. I also seem to find people whose tolerances for harder alcohol seem to be a mixture of genetics and built up tolerance. They can polish off a liter or more without much ill effect. Something that would put the beer drinking crowd in hospital pretty darn quick.
Everyone hates the parallels with recreational use of alcohol but it is similar in enough ways to be relevant. Specifically, one glass of red wine a day more or less can get you some benefit from the anti-oxidants involved. However over time it has some health impacts. Most notably empty calories and dehydration effects on the body. I think the same arguments for cannabis start to come into play here at some point.
As others have mentioned, this is just news because a lab specifically got an older strain to come back to life and revealed it in a report. It is not super science or significant GMO. How the heck do you think people have bred these super strains you covet so much? God’s will?
Simply put, regardless of some fringe concerns this shows the public that cannabis is not all about THC and that the plant has much more diversity in the medical arena. Dont start breaking out the tinfoil hat arguments about grand conspiracy as it causes a recoil from the logical agreements that can be made. If you scream the sky is falling, eventually it will. This is good news. Try using it to support a new future.
Marijuana is not always indicated in patients where it may been seen as therapeutic.
How can a marijuana prescription be scientific if the metabolites vary from plant to plant? You can not accurately prescribe x mg of (any) plant, and have a patient receive an exact level of therapeutic, inactive, or harmful metabolites. How could you control the dosing? Subjective dosing causes a problem in the use of marijuana in epilepsy. While some of the off gasses and particulates from the plant have anticonvulsant properties, the metabolites from off-gasses and particulates vary from each ‘batch’ (from plant to plant of marijuana grown, and after then removing seeds and stems). This will vary the therapeutic (and other) metabolites. A prescription of x grams of marijuana does not mean that grams of nb x is available. Each patient absorbs the metabolites differently. Marijuana causes sensory perversion, and it causes euphoria, both of which are abnormal. It causes sensory integration problems, and interferes with executive functioning. In treating epilepsy, or in any indication, the patient may seek the euphoria over the therapeutic. In epilepsy, – THC TRIGGERS – seizures. Perhaps it may also be a problem in other indications. There is no one level of THC treats all. THC is a part of the therapy in treating many people.
For some, such as myself, I do not want to go around constantly high, with my senses screwed up, memory and time dysfunctions, some of the confusion that you get when you get a really good high, acting and feeling goofy. Enjoying a high is a personal choice. It is not always the best choice, depending on YOUR medical indication for taking marijuana.
If taken PRN, THC causes a special problem in epilepsy. Clinical use of drobinol shows that THC triggers seizures. Drugs (available in Canada) which are made from the marijuana plant itself, and do contain THC, also triggers seizures. A problem with biologics is that the metabolites vary. As a therapeutic drug, I do not want ‘abnormal’ side effects. I would like a ‘normalized’ drug (that is, the therapeutic metabolites are consistent gram / gram). It would make dosing easier. This may be possible. Testing the levels of the therapeutic metabolite(s) and the metabolites that may cause harm for that patient, by acre, they might blend the variants to normalize the drug. I had heard (rumor) that when heated, THC is released at a higher temp. than some of the other metabolites. I don’t know if this is true, but for myself it seemed to be true. If you don’t want to get high, you might be able to use marijana by subjective judgement – stop before you feel euphoria. For this same reason, I would not want to buy Kush, (what you want is up to you).
There has been much said about the factual or alleged psychological problems that may be caused by marijuana use. Some of the “no it can’t harm you” claim is influenced by wanting to make it legal. In fact, it may or may not cause psychological harm, depending upon that patient. I believe that each patient should be monitored while taking marijuana. Someone taking it for a neurological problem should be followed by a neurologist, and by a NeuroPsychiatrist
(they specialise in memory and sensory integration – usually for stroke victims or in anyone else with an problem with brain function). Each patient should also be followed by a psychiatrist because it can not NOT affect mental health – both epilepsy and mental health are electrochemical imbalances in the same brain.
I want to be treated by domain required.
I no longer use marijuana, I had tried it to see if it would work – it was amazingly effective. I would like to have it available – if I needed it – but without the high, and with my doctors knowlege. It is illegal where I had used it, but the police never bothered me (they have better things to do than arrest someone who has epilepsy, cancer, AIDS, or MS).
One of the problems with Marijauna as medicine is that there is too small a body of knowlege for doctors to judge so as to treat their patients. In speaking to many doctors, F.P., and specialists, they don’t want to prescribe it because they don’t know enough about it. Please send me your feedback, I am on Facebook (please no ads and no inflamatory comments – I want a serious discussion).
Thank You.
Robin Salmansohn
It seems like people are getting scared of never being able to smoke or eat some high THC plants again.I know that is a scary scary thing to think about but in our time they will never take the plants we have now away.I think this is awesome and it needs to be done, and people need to hear it.Thank you researchers!Im a 2-day-oaksta dam-ann arbor,Mi att I’m in love and hope a good spirit takes over our PA legislators.It all seems kinda crazy at times-
“Only a small percentage of people enjoy the psycho activity of cannabis, but almost everybody can benefit from its medical properties”.
MOST PEOPLE are not interviewed and do not take part in these surveys and polls, nor do they get the chance to do so. They just use their weed with a big middle finger to the government, like me and most people i know. So these statements are HIGHLY inaccurate and very unreliable so how the hell can they justify stating about what percentage likes what and wants what without complete and honest evidence?
I presonally love the psychoactive effects from eating cannabis in all sorts of recipes, so what about the people like me?
I use cannabis because helps me sleep during stressful times. And trust me, i get really stressed from time and time which leads to insomnia and depression. The effects from oral thc actually prevents my depression and insomnia if i have a small amount once a week.
I would like to continue my life comfortably, happy and well rested WITHOUT having the guilty conscience of being seen as a criminal. I dont believe i should be punished or jailed for just wanting to live a happy life stress free.
I would like to try this weed just to see if it is true that I wont get high if I smoke it.
I have a feeling it is not that true.
One thing to consider is that THC and CBD work better together to fight cancer than either one alone.
John, several ppl had told me that eating MJ never made you high, only smoke/vaporized weed would cause a high. Is that true? They sell hemp seed/protein powder/ and hemp oil. As far as I know these legal hemp ‘foods’ do not make you high. As far as I know thse legal hemp products do not have any NON THC, or THC therapeutic effects.
It is an expensive protein supplement which has some problems; it breaks down when heated high enough to do some serious cooking. It does have a lot of protein, but all of it can be absorbed by humans.
Does anyone have experience using (legal) hemp seed oil?
Excuse me. Correction: not all of hemp protein can be utilized by humans. Birds, on the other hand absorb most of it. I wonder (serious question) If Cows could utilize a lot of the protein, what would happen if you drank the milk from a hemp feed cow?
Frustrating isn’t it.. A simple plant that NEVER hurt anyone, in fact cures cancer & other disease, is taboo.
Some people CHOOSE cannabis, some don’t..
Given the CHOICE between chemotherapy, radiotherapy or Hemp Cannabis Oil for cancer, I’d CHOOSE Cannabis Oil. Without that CHOICE I’d rather die without treatment.
There are 63 Delta9 THC compounds in cannabis, not just two & they all work together to heal you and make you think & feel better. Ever felt bad after consuming cannabis?.. No of course not, only better!
CHOOSE LIFE.. CHOOSE CANNABIS!
The argument that the big drug company cartel does not want marijuana is false. They would love to sell it to you. The big drug companies hold much of the herbal products on the shelf. Profit!!! MJ would sell and make the most expensive Rx only drug on the market seem like cat litter profit.
@Robin Salmansohn: citations, please?
Re: “Correction: not all of hemp protein can be utilized by humans.”
Like this, for example:
“The seed, a hard-shelled nut contain protein, carbohydrates, fibre and a number of vitamins and minerals, is one of the highest sources of essential fatty acids (EFAs). EFAs are essential in our diets for the proper growths and function in our diets for the body. They aid in fat transport and metabolism and are necessary for the formal function of the reproductive system, for hormone regulations and for breakings up cholesterol deposits in the arteries. Hempseed contains 40% fat in form of a very well-balanced mixture of EFA, which is produced by cold-pressing the hempseed. It can be eaten on its own, blended into other food and body care products (shampoo, soaps, creams, lotions) or used as a lubricant. Various industry have sprung up making hemp into clothing, paper and many other commercial products.
Recent evidence also suggests that people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), attention deficit disorder (ADD) and depression may benefit from a properly balanced EFA intake. Deficiencies in EFAs can lead to changes in the cell structure, resulting in slowed growth and other disorders such as brittle or dull hair, nail problems, dandruff, allergies, dermatitis and eczema. In his book “Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill”, Udo Erasmus called hempseed the “most perfectly balanced, natural EFA-rich oil available…nature’s most perfectly balance oil. Health guru Dr. Andrew Weil calls hempseed oil the number one vegetable oil, ahead of flaxseed oil and other more popular cold-pressed edible oil. Hempseed oil is also low in saturated fatty acids (SFA), one of the primary factors which increase blood cholesterol levels. This oil contains the highest total amount of the essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of both the omega-6 (LA = linolenic acid and GLA = gamma linolenic acid) and the omega-3 (ALA = alpha linolenic acid). Neither of these EFAs can be synthesized by the body and must therefore be obtained from the diet. Hempseed oil beats out flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil and every known plant source of EFAs. A 100-gram serving of hempseed oil contains more than 36 grams of EFAs.
Hempseed is also 31% protein, making it second only to soybeans as a plant protein source. Yet hempseed triumphs again because it contains “edestin” protein, a superior protein to that found in soy. Edestin does not inhibit absorption of protein or any other nutrient. Edestin is also a complete protein because it contains all eight essential amino acids.
The hemp seed has a multitude of uses in food. The meat of the hemp seed is also highly nutritious and versatile for preparing a number of foods. The hempseed oil is very fragile and should be refrigerated in a airtight container to preserve its freshness and nutrient value. The oil is best used raw unheated. Among the foods products from the hempseeds are health snack bars, cookies, porridge, nut butter, chips, pastas, tortillas, humus, cheese, ice cream, burgers, flour, breads, cereals, pretzels, chocolate and more. Hempseed nuts can be mixed into salads and soups. Hemp oil actually tastes good to most people. It has a nutty taste reminiscent of walnuts and can be added to baked potatoes, salads, soups and other foods. The oil is ideal for salads, dips, pesto sauces, shakes and smoothies. Hemp oil reaches beyond its usefulness as a food and has . . .”
(continues)
source: http://stason.org/articles/wellbeing/health/Think-Hemp-For-Food-Clothing-Body-Care-More.html
Jose. Thanks for all of the info. The part that people can not digest is the hull. When they tested the marijuana seeds for protein, they included the hull.
There is about 21 percent available protein available in hemp. Some of this you may not be able to use, perhaps, because of the fiber. The hemp oil, is different. Either way, it is an excellent food. It is also expensive (for me, yams, peas, and some chicken are cheaper).
Look what the government did to tobacco. They took a simple plant and turned it into poison. Why is there always an ass hole, tring to mess with a good thing. This idea sucks, it’s not good to mess with mother nature!
Cush was engineered.
Here you go Robin,
Shell-free energy:
http://www.amazon.com/Nutiva-Organic-Shelled-Hemp-Seeds/dp/B000VRCH4O/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1271964058&sr=8-5
O.K.. This may be controversial, but I think that there may be merit to my comment. I believe that a part of the reason that the medical marijuana has not been approved is because a negative impression caused by NORML. Excuse me for blaming NORML, but it reflects an apperance of something that just seems wrong about medical arguments. The problem, IMHO, is how NORML has named things. For example, Patients Out of Time spells “POT”. If you want to convince someone who thinks that perhaps ‘they’ really want to claim that the ‘so called medical use is really just an excuse to get high’, please, make it seem more medical (for example), “Compassionate Medical Care”. It just sounds more convincing. Take “The Pothead” out of medicine _image_. It doesn’t really belong. If THC is in the medical mix, then it is. If you want to get stoned, no one else’s opinion will change your life. Please, do not insert an image in to my medical care. If you disagree, please tell me here. This is a discussion, I would like your input.
[Editor’s note: Patients Out of Time (POT) is not, like dozens of other drug policy reform organizations, controlled by NORML and are independent groups. If you don’t like their acronym, complain to them.]
I apologize for slighting NORML, or anyone else.
I have some medical questions about medical marijuana, and KUSH. Most medicines have a therapeutic range. Does THC have a toxic level (for each indication, and by each patient)? Are the levels of THC in KUSH to high for your medical care? Kush will certainly give you a good, and a long high with a small amount. But this level of THC be harmful? If you had smoked a pound of KUSH it would likely be fatal. But at what level of THC might it be harmful in treating your medical condition? Is too much of a plesant thing, a terrible thing?
[Paul Armentano responds: Cannabinoids are uniquely non-toxic and incapable of fatal overdose. There are several therapeutically active components in the marijuana plant — not just THC.
See: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19729208
See: http://blog.norml.org/2008/10/09/is-there-anything-cbd-cant-do-then-why-is-it-illegal/
Since these compounds have different therapeutic effects, it is better to identify which strains are higher in the compounds best related to your symptoms or disease.]
It is NOT against FDA guidelines to put plant matter products in an FDA approved Rx drug, or in an FDA approved OTC remedy. Corn starch is found in some pills/caplets. It is used as a binder. Sugar is also in some of these medications, as well in some liquid medications. Sugar, in form of glucose, is used to treat Diabetes.
You can OD on it. I am not talking about marijuana at all, but you can OD on it. That was told to me by one of my contacts.
I happend to click on this, it was on a NORML blog.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1472950662&play=1
Correction, moderator, it is the THC that can OD on. Pls correct my post.
[Editor’s note: THC overdose? NORML’s not aware of any scientific literature that supports your claim of THC causing death.]
You are correct. It is amazing. There is no LD on THC, but there is on smoking MJ. When you smoke MJ from a joint, you are inhaling Carbon Monoxide, and ammonia.
Something in me says that there is nothing on the planet that has no lethal dose. Even water consumed, an not drowning, is lethal. The cells in your body must have an equal pressure inside of the cell to the outside of the cell. Too much water bursts the cell. (Called water saturation, gulping a lot of water too rapidly will cause cellular. People can get high by drink a lot of water in a short period of time. This had happened to me. I wasn’t trying to get high. I was very thirsty. I downed a gallon of iced tea in 11 min.. I was ‘floating around’, and then I stared to have a million seizures. In the E.R. the doctors were convinced that I was doing drugs – I had a psych visit me. “No, I only drank iced tea” made the neurologist litteraly jump out his chair. I was lucky, in that he was not a recentlt trained M.D.. He had been trained before the invention of the EEG.. Then, the “Gold Standard” test for epilepsy was to induce a water saturation seizure. Water saturation will trigger seizures in anyone. But an epilptic is more prone to having a seizure than an otherwise healthy person. They would time how long it took before the patient seized.
Nice test, ANYONE taking the test will have permanant brain damage. From this we take, avoid guzzeling or gulping what you drink. Beer, anyone?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19832688
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10803637
It is also been contraindicated in breast feeding.
One citation had said that MJ was used mostly as an hallucinogen. I suppose, in a round about way it might be considered that, assuming that you were to define euphoria as hallucinating.
chocolate milkshake from a stoned cow?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2168954
I didn’t say this:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/828472
MJ ‘Bake’. in MJ therapy? Would it make medicinal use less expensive or more effective? Your opinion.
Contraindicated? For what, exactly? Cushy jobs for thugs with badges and guns? Pork-laden bills with barely disclosed windfalls for private prison contracting firms?
Bake this: Drug war IS crime. Are cannabis and cannabinoids _lawfully_ listed in Schedule I, having “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision”?
from the supplied references:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19832688
For centuries Cannabis sativa and cannabis extracts have been used in natural medicine. Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main active ingredient of Cannabis. THC seems to be responsible for most of the pharmacological and therapeutic actions of cannabis. In a few countries THC extracts (i.e. Sativex) or THC derivatives such as nabilone, and dronabinol are used in the clinic for the treatment of several pathological conditions like chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma. On the other hand the severe side effects and the high abuse liability of these agents represent a serious limitation in their medical use. In addition, diversion in the use of these active ingredients for recreational purpose is a concern.
from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10803637
The selective blockade of CB1 receptors by SR 141716 impaired the perception of the appetitive value of positive reinforcers (food, cocaine, morphine) and reduced the motivation for sucrose, beer and alcohol consumption, indicating that positive incentive and/or motivational processes could be under a permissive control of CB1-related mechanisms. There is little evidence that cannabinoid systems are activated under basal conditions. However, by using SR 141716 as a tool, a tonic involvement of a CB1-mediated cannabinoid link has been demonstrated, notably in animals suffering from chronic pain, faced with anxiogenic stimuli or highly motivational reinforcers.
Contra-indicated is not a legal term. It means medically unwise. If for whatever reason, the no or high levels of THC would be harmfull, you need to choose a low THC level strain.
Then too, not everyone wants to live stoned.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1472950662&play=1
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/contraindicated
Contraindicated is a medical term.
In the case of medical marujana high TCH levels trigger seizures. Low or no THC marijuana is indicated.
In some patients, notably in patients with an balance disorder, or in patients who have impaired fine motor skills, high levels of THC may cause problems for the patient.
THC is not advised for use by pregnant or in lactating women.
Waring gangs love money so much that they are willing to kill for each ton of KUSH. I’d rather have no pot than have today’s drug murders. My high is not worth your death.
Oh yeah, I forgot!
🙂
“I’d rather have no pot than have today’s drug murders. My high is not worth your death.”
now, remember: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
What a brilliant way to sell stupid people shitty weed….
man just imagine if it where legal you could use this beautiful god given plant with out any worry of being harrased and have a legitimate social lubricant that doesnt make people clumbsy, careless, sick, throwup,hungover, diseased and has no negative after effects. i kind of think the short term memory thing is a myth and users mistake natural incidences of forgeting something for having something to do with their cannibas consumption. i believe this is such a demonized and shunned substance we are not even quite yet capable of understanding all the possibilties and positives this wonderful herb beholds. this is one of those issues where alot of us still believe the world is flat and we need to inform people more on what this stuff actually is rather then just labeling it a “drug”.