People who were hoping for medicinal marijuana to become legal in the state of New Hampshire are waking up to dashed hopes today. The Senate fell short by two votes to be able to pass the bill. This happened despite the House’s clear message to pass (240 to 115) even over the Governor’s objections. (Please note that this is a corrected version – it is NH, not New Jersey, as originally posted. – Marijke)
As usual, the opponents to legalizing medicinal marijuana say that there is the potential for abuse, use would set a “bad example” to children, and that the …read more

Marijuana is a recreational drug that undergoes a lot of scrutiny. Researchers are looking into it because of its ability to help reduce discomfort caused by many diseases or the disease treatments. There is also research going on about how safe or unsafe it is to use.
Despite pot’s lack of legal status, it’s a fairly easy to get hold of “drug” and used by many people, for medicinal purposes or now.
Earlier research into the use of pot has shown that it can help weaken your bones, but now it seems that this is only in young people. Researchers have found …read more

New Hampshire won’t be joining 13 U.S. states in allowing the use of medical marijuana – at least not any time soon. The governor, John Lynch, vetoed the bill that would have allowed the use of medicinal marijuana by severely ill people.
I’ve written about legalizing marijuana for medical reasons (It’s time to legalize marijuana for pain control, Marijuana may be effective for neuropathic pain, and Author of How-To Marijuana, Step-by-Step Guide to Medical Marijuana, to list a few). It has so many uses in helping people with serious illnesses and chronic pain. Opponents bring up the safety issue of carrying …read more

Canada’s rules for using medicinal marijuana, medicinal pot, may be changing in order to clarify *where* registered medicinal marijuana users may smoke.
According to this article at Canada.com, Rules may be tightened on smoking medical marijuana , people with chronic diseases who use marijuana to relieve symptoms are being challenged even by federal workers if they’re found smoking in public. One gentleman had his pot taken from him and trampled by a park employee while the man was out hiking. He uses the pot to relieve his cancer symptoms.
I can see both sides of the story – and then some. …read more

Aha, I’m not the only one who discusses marijuana and pain control!
Over at WebMD, there’s an article called Marijuana Eases Nerve Pain Due to HIV, which discusses findings of a study that appeared online in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. There is now a more evidence showing that medical marijuana can be a potent painkiller for patients with neuropathy, or nerve pain. People with this type of pain can find themselves very isolated and unable to work or participate in every day activities.
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The constant battle to allow medicinal marijuana is rearing its ugly head again. There are still many who want to deny the use of marijuana that can help them relieve chronic pain and/or symptoms of chronic illness.
Now, the state of California is backing an appeal for its use. You can read more about it in this article, California Appeals Court Backs Medical Marijuana.
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Ok, just after we learn that medicinal marijuana is *not* good for acute pain (Study Finds Oral Cannabis (Marijuana) Ineffective In Treating Acute Pain…), we learn that it may be good for treating neuropathic – nerve – pain (Marijuana May Be Effective For Neuropathic Pain). I’m going to need some of this to stop my head from aching after all this back and forth news.
 
Have a look at the article and see what they say. What do you think?
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…but, cannabis may still remain a viable option for certain types of chronic pain patients, say researchers.
A new study published in the July issue of the journal Anesthesiology found that oral medical marijuana (not the inhaled type) didn’t help to relieve certain types of pain and could even increase some types of pain.
The distinction between oral cannabis and inhaled cannabis is important though. According to this article, New Study Finds Oral Cannabis Ineffective In Treating Acute Pain, “Consistent with the uncertainty about oral cannabis ingestion evaluated in this study, there is also uncertainty in the research community as to …read more

Even people who live with chronic pain have to do a little housekeeping once in a while, right?
Last month, I had a give-away for the book, How-To Guide for Medicinal Marijuana (Author of How-To Marijuana, Step-by-Step Guide to Medical Marijuana). Unfortunately, the winner didn’t respond to my emails nor my announcement so I drew a new winner, and that is Diana Lee who left a comment on May 7th. I’ll be sending an email shortly.
I’m still waiting for a response from the winner of the poetry book, (And the poetry book goes to…). Because summer holidays are coming …read more

If you are ill and depend on medicinal marijuana to be able to function, because of nausea, chronic pain, no appetite, or overwhelming fatigue, and you live in the state of New York – there may be some good news for you.
According to this article, N.Y. poised to OK marijuana for medicinal use, there’s hope that law can be passed for medicinal pot before legislature closes for the summer holidays.
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