Cannabis News 2.0

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : Without a doubt the most common cancer amongst British men is Prostate Cancer. Each year the condition accounts for nearly 35,000 new cases and around 10,000 deaths, with few treatments available for advanced disease. Those which are available are generally palliative in nature, rather than actually dealing with curing the disease itself. But two cancer patients from the US have defied pharmaceutical logic by surviving the disease with an experimental drug which took advanced prostate cancer (one patient had a tumor said to be the size of a golf ball), and receeded it to such a degree the consultant had to double check he was looking at the right patient notes. If it all sounds a bit like a science fiction story with a happy ending, thats because its been written by a Public Relations department within a large marketing company.

Cannabis Science Inc, an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company, announced that patent filings are expected for two of its key innovations. The Drug Development Team members recognize the importance of having our first cannabis-based medicine covered, not just by one patent, but by two, Dr Mary J Ruwart, vice president, Research Development explained. A competitor can sometimes engineer a way around a single patent.

A unique energy efficient house made from hemp, designed by Archial Architects, has been unveiled at the BRE Innovation Park which showcases the future of low carbon and sustainable buildings.The three bedroom Renewable House, which costs £75,000 to build not including ground works or utilities, uses renewable materials to deliver a well designed, yet low cost, affordable home. The external walls are constructed from a revolutionary sustainable material called Hemcrete, provided by manufacturer Lime Technology, made from hemp plants grown and harvested in the UK and lime based binder.Hemp is one of the fastest growing biomasses and is often used in paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, health food and fuel.

“Marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances California regulators say cause cancer. The listing only applies to marijuana smoke, not the plant itself.“The state agency found marijuana smoke contains 33 of the same harmful chemicals as tobacco smoke.The findings came from a review of more than 30 scientific papers.”But does the presence of these chemicals mean more cancer for sure? That’s quite a leap. It carefully ignores human biology. It also overlooks a National Institutes of Health study published three years earlier, and reported in the Washington Post by Marc Kaufman on May 26, 2006, and elsewhere.

A POSTMAN has been jailed for burning thousands of letters he was too lazy to deliver because he smoked too much cannabis.Neil Goddard, 32, set up his own cannabis factory in his bedroom and grew £8,000 worth of plants.But he smoked so much of his own product that he became too wasted to keep up his day job.He decided he just couldn't be bothered to deliver all of his mail and instead burned it in his back garden. Around 10,000 items went up in smoke - mostly junk mail but also hundreds of potentially vital letters and parcels.

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : For over thirty years the US administration has under successive Presidents, provided a means for people suffering from painful, debilitating and sometimes terminal medical conditions, to have safe access to medical marijuana, putting to bed once and for all the myth that cannabis has no scientific rights to its claims of being an effective pharmaceutical drug.Not just talking the talk but also walking the walk: CEO of Cannabis Science Inc Steven W Kubby

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : For over thirty years the US administration has under successive Presidents, provided a means for people suffering from painful, debilitating and sometimes terminal medical conditions, to have safe access to medical marijuana, putting to bed once and for all the myth that cannabis has no scientific rights to its claims of being an effective pharmaceutical drug.Not just talking the talk but also walking the walk: CEO of Cannabis Science Inc Steven W Kubby

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : A democratic representative from the state of Virginia has put the stops on television advertisments aimed at the many millions of American men who suffer from erectile dysfunction, (AKA Impotence).Jim Moran: what a stiffJim Moran has pushed for the removal of adverts for popular ED treatments such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra between the hours of 0600 and 2200 hours, calling the broadcasting of such advertisments 'indecent' during the hours mentioned.

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : There's always a heap of interest when a newly emerging technology begins to make some headlines, but when that technology is related to marijuana, the interest is amplified ten-fold.Cannabis is an ever-present in the world's news in its own right. But when it has some high profile celebrity endorsements to inflate the newsworthyness of the story, news editors are assured of plenty of reader feedback.As a result marijuana always receives lots of column inch's.For instance, it was with a degree of resignation and a shoulder-shrug, that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said recently, it's time to consider legalizing marijuana. Although, his thoughts were the loose-fit variety and free of any specifics: I think it's time for a debate he said. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat from San Francisco goes one step further by saying his initial estimate is in the region of $1.3 billion dollars in new revenue made available to the state of California, if his AB390 legalization bill passed.

It’s that time of year again, folks. The sweet smell of Mary Jane will be rolling out into Columbus from Ohio State’s South Oval as Hempfest rocks out for the 25th time from noon to midnight Saturday.“It’s just a lot of people having a really good time without it getting out of hand,” said Zach Laver, a junior at Ohio State and organizer of this year’s party.Colorful, hard-wearing and environmentally friendly. Hemp doesn't always look like cannabis..