College offeres advice for Doctors signing scripts!
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Padawanbater2
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What would I feel if I sat in your skin for 20 minutes?
WHATFG
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Well I guess that depends on a few things...what are you made of?
WHATFG
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They do want people to suffer don't they? How was that percentage achieved? Surely there's more info to back up an even lower amount. Maybe we should be smoking hemp instead 'cause it smells the same ( sarcasm). Lung cancer, but cigs are legal...holy they've got just about everything bass ackwards.
Padawanbater2
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Likely the same things you are made of
ribs and potatoes and anything with sugar in it.
I can see how 9% would be cool if you stayed the fuck away from anything that wasn't a land race strain. anybody know how strong the strongest landace strain is? on second thought, sounds like we'd be smoking cartel schwagg.
I can see how 9% would be cool if you stayed the fuck away from anything that wasn't a land race strain. anybody know how strong the strongest landace strain is? on second thought, sounds like we'd be smoking cartel schwagg.
VIANARCHRIS
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Here's another article on the same subject but also a talk from the Arthritis society about the effectiveness of mmj.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/college-family-physicians-gives-doctors-advice-prescribing-medical-181238577.html
Janet Yale, president and CEO of the Arthritis Society, said Health Canada records show that two-thirds of those licensed to buy or grow medical marijuana prior to the change in regulations were people with arthritis, and they likely continue to make up a large proportion of users.
"They live in pain, it's often untreated and they have historically suffered in silence, so we've made pain alleviation a real priority of our work, both in terms of our research agenda and our care agenda."
The society announced Monday that it will be funding patient trials into the safety and efficacy of cannabis in treating arthritis. It is also calling on other health charities, governments and licensed growers to fund research into the herb to help both patients and doctors make informed decisions about its use.
"We don't know its effectiveness in managing pain and fatigue caused by arthritis and other chronic disease. We just don't have good studies on that," said Yale, adding that researchers need to determine optimal dosages based on the type of disease, what form of delivery is best — for instance, smoked, eaten or inhaled as a vapour — and what potential interactions pot has with other medications.
Mary Ryan, 46, has ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory form of arthritis that affects the joints in the spine, which has left her with often excruciating pain.
"Medical cannabis has made it possible for me to get through the day, despite my arthritis pain," said the fast-food industry worker, who has been using marijuana twice daily, baked into a cookie eaten in the morning and inhaled through a vaporizer in the evening.
"When you live with chronic pain, you're desperate for any option that offers some relief."
On a scale of one to 10, Ryan typically ranked her pain at about a seven until she started using marijuana," she said from Hamilton, Ont. "And my pain will go down to two or three, depending on the day. And it keeps me moving."
But she'd like to know much more about the herbal drug, including whether there's any potential danger from ingesting it or inhaling it as a vapour. "I do worry that there's a lot we don't know about it, including its possible risks and benefits."
Dr. Mark Ware, a pain specialist at the McGill University Health Centre, lauded the Arthritis Society for its decision to fund research into medical cannabis.
"We do know that patients with arthritis have been saying that pain management is a huge problem for them," he said from Montreal. "The drugs that are available for managing arthritis pain are of limited efficacy in some cases and have side-effects that are quite dangerous in some cases.
"They're looking for options and alternatives, and medical cannabis has some promise in terms of a therapy."
Anti-inflammatory medications, including products that contain acetaminophen or naproxen, for example, can cause gastric bleeding and kidney or liver damage with long-term use, said Ware, who has prescribed therapeutic pot to a small number of his patients.
"So there's a clear need for a new class of medications to come forward that can optimally provide some control. Cannabinoids are not going to be a miracle drug for everybody, but they may be one more piece of equipment in the toolbox."
Lemire said family doctors can be faced with patients requesting marijuana whose medical conditions are often complex, but the research on which to base a prescription is inadequate or entirely lacking.
She said it's critical that more research into the safety and effectiveness of cannabis for various diseases be conducted to help physicians make educated decisions in order to best treat their patients.
"We feel that it's important for physicians not to authorize marijuana for medical purposes just because a patient is requesting it," Lemire said. "So there really is a need to review the condition of the patient, look at therapeutic approaches that have been used in the past and ... to be better informed about the evidence that is or isn't there in relation to marijuana prescribing."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/college-family-physicians-gives-doctors-advice-prescribing-medical-181238577.html
Janet Yale, president and CEO of the Arthritis Society, said Health Canada records show that two-thirds of those licensed to buy or grow medical marijuana prior to the change in regulations were people with arthritis, and they likely continue to make up a large proportion of users.
"They live in pain, it's often untreated and they have historically suffered in silence, so we've made pain alleviation a real priority of our work, both in terms of our research agenda and our care agenda."
The society announced Monday that it will be funding patient trials into the safety and efficacy of cannabis in treating arthritis. It is also calling on other health charities, governments and licensed growers to fund research into the herb to help both patients and doctors make informed decisions about its use.
"We don't know its effectiveness in managing pain and fatigue caused by arthritis and other chronic disease. We just don't have good studies on that," said Yale, adding that researchers need to determine optimal dosages based on the type of disease, what form of delivery is best — for instance, smoked, eaten or inhaled as a vapour — and what potential interactions pot has with other medications.
Mary Ryan, 46, has ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory form of arthritis that affects the joints in the spine, which has left her with often excruciating pain.
"Medical cannabis has made it possible for me to get through the day, despite my arthritis pain," said the fast-food industry worker, who has been using marijuana twice daily, baked into a cookie eaten in the morning and inhaled through a vaporizer in the evening.
"When you live with chronic pain, you're desperate for any option that offers some relief."
On a scale of one to 10, Ryan typically ranked her pain at about a seven until she started using marijuana," she said from Hamilton, Ont. "And my pain will go down to two or three, depending on the day. And it keeps me moving."
But she'd like to know much more about the herbal drug, including whether there's any potential danger from ingesting it or inhaling it as a vapour. "I do worry that there's a lot we don't know about it, including its possible risks and benefits."
Dr. Mark Ware, a pain specialist at the McGill University Health Centre, lauded the Arthritis Society for its decision to fund research into medical cannabis.
"We do know that patients with arthritis have been saying that pain management is a huge problem for them," he said from Montreal. "The drugs that are available for managing arthritis pain are of limited efficacy in some cases and have side-effects that are quite dangerous in some cases.
"They're looking for options and alternatives, and medical cannabis has some promise in terms of a therapy."
Anti-inflammatory medications, including products that contain acetaminophen or naproxen, for example, can cause gastric bleeding and kidney or liver damage with long-term use, said Ware, who has prescribed therapeutic pot to a small number of his patients.
"So there's a clear need for a new class of medications to come forward that can optimally provide some control. Cannabinoids are not going to be a miracle drug for everybody, but they may be one more piece of equipment in the toolbox."
Lemire said family doctors can be faced with patients requesting marijuana whose medical conditions are often complex, but the research on which to base a prescription is inadequate or entirely lacking.
She said it's critical that more research into the safety and effectiveness of cannabis for various diseases be conducted to help physicians make educated decisions in order to best treat their patients.
"We feel that it's important for physicians not to authorize marijuana for medical purposes just because a patient is requesting it," Lemire said. "So there really is a need to review the condition of the patient, look at therapeutic approaches that have been used in the past and ... to be better informed about the evidence that is or isn't there in relation to marijuana prescribing."
bigmanc
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I heard in a documentary, i believe it was american but still relevant i guess. It said "The governemnt has never spent a dime to find possitive/medicinal properties in relation to consuming marihuana. They will only fund research in regards to negative reactions while consuming marihuana"
Im sure some others may have seen it but i cant recall the name, any merit to that statement?
Im sure some others may have seen it but i cant recall the name, any merit to that statement?
leaffan
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That was in the CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta show...can't remember but it was like 95/5 funding?
bigmanc
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Ok well that is good news. If it doesnt go the way the conservatives like, im sure it will be blacked out.
Yeah that guy really touches the foundation of the movement. You gotta love seeing kids on CNN having seizures that have haunted them for everyday of there life to only be saved by marihuana.
Yeah that guy really touches the foundation of the movement. You gotta love seeing kids on CNN having seizures that have haunted them for everyday of there life to only be saved by marihuana.
Sandysandysandy
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Not just in the US. It's being reported in Canada, too.
http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/4866559-barrie-business-assists-families-searching-for-pot-prescriptions/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/toddlers-seizures-stopped-after-consuming-cannabis-oil-parents-say/article18769814/
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/parents-of-six-year-old-medical-marijuana-user-calling-for-legal-access-to-marijuana-oil-1.1932645
You live in Canada, right?
http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/4866559-barrie-business-assists-families-searching-for-pot-prescriptions/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/toddlers-seizures-stopped-after-consuming-cannabis-oil-parents-say/article18769814/
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/parents-of-six-year-old-medical-marijuana-user-calling-for-legal-access-to-marijuana-oil-1.1932645
You live in Canada, right?
WHATFG
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I meant more character wise not actual skin and bones.
WHATFG
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I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
leaffan
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That makes two of us.
Padawanbater2
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What do you feel spending 20 minutes in your skin, maybe that's an easier question?