want_my_ink
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I found these links on the web. They led to some good info....
- Drug approval process: NOW. Science & Health. What's in the Medicine Cabinet? The FDA and Drug Approval Overview | PBS
- Food and Drug Administration view on medical marijuana: Marijuana Concerns
- National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine report on marijuana and cannabinoids: Marijuana as Medicine - Assessing the Science Base - Institute of Medicine Report
- Marijuana use and heart attack risk: Harvard Medicine
- THC toxicity: Cannabidiol: The Wonder Drug of the 21st Century?
- Cannabidiol information: Acute Effects of Marijuana (Delta 9 THC) - Lethality
- Sativex information: Sativex GW Pharmaceuticals Cannabis Medicine
- Addictiveness of common drugs (such as nicotine, marijuana, heroin): Relative Addictiveness of Drugs (NYT 8/2/94)
- Nicotine addiction: Nicotine Addiction
- Drug Policy Alliance: Marijuana
- Drug Enforcement Agency marijuana information: DEA Briefs & Background, Drugs and Drug Abuse, Drug Descriptions, Marijuana
- San Francisco Cannabis Clubs: San Francisco Cannabis Clubs
- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: Marijuana Law Reform - NORML
- Rajesh M, Mukhopadhyay P, Bátkai S, Haskó G, Liaudet L, Drel VR, Obrosova IG, Pacher P. Cannabidiol attenuates high glucose-induced endothelial cell inflammatory response and barrier disruption. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Jul;293(1):H610-9. Epub 2007 Mar 23. PMID 17384130
- Melamede R. Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic. Harm Reduct J 2005;2:21. Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic PMID 16232311
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- Hampson AJ, Grimaldi M, Axelrod J, Wink D. Cannabidiol and (-)Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol are neuroprotective antioxidants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Jul 7;95(14):8268-73. Cannabidiol and (−
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- Hamelink C, Hampson A, Wink DA, Eiden LE, Eskay RL. Comparison of cannabidiol, antioxidants, and diuretics in reversing binge ethanol-induced neurotoxicity. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 Aug;314(2):780-8. Epub 2005 May 5. Comparison of Cannabidiol, Antioxidants, and Diuretics in Reversing Binge Ethanol-Induced Neurotoxicity -- Hamelink et al. 314 (2): 780 -- Journal of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics PMID 15878999
- McCarberg BH. Cannabinoids:their role in pain and palliation. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2007;21(3):19-28. PMID 18032352
- Ashton CH, Moore PB, Gallagher P, Young AH. Cannabinoids in bipolar affective disorder: a review and discussion of their therapeutic potential. J Psychopharmacol. 2005 May;19(3):293-300. PMID 15888515
- Preet A, Ganju RK, Groopman JE. Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits epithelial growth factor-induced lung cancer cell migration in vitro as well as its growth and metastasis in vivo. Oncogene. 2007 Jul 9. PMID 17621270
- Robson P. Human studies of cannabinoids and medicinal cannabis. Handb Exp Pharmacol. 2005;(16
:719-56. PMID 16596794 - Beaulieu P. Toxic effects of cannabis and cannabinoids: Animal data. Pain Res Manag. 2005 Autumn;10 Suppl A:23A-6A. PMID 16237478
- Seamon MJ, Fass JA, Maniscalco-Feichtl M, Abu-Shraie NA. Medical marijuana and the developing role of the pharmacist. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007 May 15;64(10):1037-44. Review. PMID 17494903
- Coulston CM, Perdices M, Tennant CC. The neuropsychology of cannabis and other substance use in schizophrenia: review of the literature and critical evaluation of methodological issues. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2007 Nov;41(11):869-84. PMID 17924240
- Barnes MP. Sativex: clinical efficacy and tolerability in the treatment of symptoms of multiple sclerosis and neuropathic pain. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2006 Apr;7(5):607-15. Review. PMID 16553576
- Iskedjian M, Bereza B, Gordon A, Piwko C, Einarson TR. Meta-analysis of cannabis based treatments for neuropathic and multiple sclerosis-related pain. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Jan;23(1):17-24. PMID 17257464
- McGilveray IJ. Pharmacokinetics of cannabinoids. Pain Res Manage 2005;10(Suppl A):15A-22A. PMID 16237477