June 14th, 2011 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The long-term administration of delta-9-THC, the primary psychoactive compound in marijuana, is associated with decreased mortality in monkeys infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a primate...
This prospective, decade-long study finds no support for the “gateway theory” that marijuana causes youth to move on to hard drug use. The study found that some youth followed the traditional gateway paradigm, starting with tobacco or alcohol and moving on to...
M. Guzman et al., “A pilot clinical study of 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme,” British Journal of Cancer 95, issue 2 (July 17, 2006): 197-203. THC and other cannabinoids have been shown to have marked anti-cancer action in...
An improvement of mood in reactive depression has been observed in several clinical studies with THC. There are additional case reports claiming benefit of cannabinoids in other psychiatric symptoms and diseases, such as sleep disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar...
SUMMARY: Maryland’s legislature passed a medical marijuana affirmative defense law in 2003. This law requires the court to consider a defendant’s use of medical marijuana to be a mitigating factor in marijuana-related state prosecution. If the patient,...
