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Ministry approves marijuana for 14-year-old cancer patient

Michelle Levine — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:25:15 +0000

The Haaretz article is typically poorly written and clearly they have no editors on staff of any kind, but it’s important that Haaretz cover news of the suffering patients who are receiving medical marijuana, so that other 88-year old women and 14-year old children don’t have to fear asking their doctors about a medication that can alleviate their pain and suffering and improve their quality of life.

Ministry approves marijuana for 14-year-old cancer patient – Haaretz – Israel News.

A 14-year-old girl with hematological cancer may receive marijuana, the Health Ministry decided.

The girl has been receiving treatment at a pediatric oncology clinic at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa for several months, and is suffering from the side effects of intensive chemotherapy, including pain and loss of appetite.

Her doctors recommended marijuana to treat these problems. The Health Ministry approved the request last week, and she began receiving marijuana joints on Friday. The hospital said that although smoking by children is problematic, the joints have improved her condition.

Ayelet Ben Barak, a senior physician in the department treating the teen, said, “Because of the problematic nature of smoking at these ages, we are looking into administrating the marijuana by other means.”

An 88-year-old woman with chronic pain has asked to receive marijuana cookies.

About 800 patients in Israel currently receive medicinal marijuana. Fewer than 10 are under age 18.

Michelle Levine — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:04:17 +0000

Feds to stop prosecuting medical marijuana users

Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.

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By the government’s count, 14 states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Some medical marijuana advocates say Maryland shouldn’t be included in that group, because the law there only allows for reduced penalties for medical marijuana usage.

Role seen for cannabis in helping to alleviate allergic skin disease

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Hebrew University, international researchers discover

Administering a substance found in the cannabis plant can help the body?s natural protective system alleviate an allergic skin disease (allergic contact dermatitis), an international group of researchers from Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland and the U.S. has found.Allergic contact dermatitis is caused by reaction to something that directly contacts the skin. Many different substances (allergens) can cause allergic contact dermatitis. Usually these substances cause no trouble for most people, but if the skin is sensitive or allergic to the substance, any exposure will produce a rash, which may become very severe. Allergic contact dermatitis affects about 5 percent of men and 11percent of women in industrialized countries and is one of the leading causes for occupational diseases.

An article describing the work of the international research group, led by Dr Andreas Zimmer from the University of Bonn, was published recently in the journal Science. The article deals with alleviating allergic skin disease through what is called the endocannabinoid system. Among the members of the group is Prof. Raphael Mechoulam of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Pharmacy.

In earlier work, Prof. Mechoulam?s research group at the Hebrew University isolated two naturally occurring cannabinoid (cannabis-like) components ? one from the brain, named anandamide (from the word ananda, meaning supreme joy in Sanskrit), and another from the intestines named 2-AG. These two cannabinoids, plus their receptors and various enzymes that are involved in the cannnabinoids? syntheses and degradations, comprise the endocannabinoid system. These materials have similar effects to those of the active components in hashish and marijuana, produced from the cannabis plant.

Research by groups throughout the world has since shown that the endocannabinoid system is involved in many physiological processes, including the protective reaction of the mammalian body to a long list of neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

In the article in Science, the researchers detail how the endocannabinoid system serves as a major regulator of cutaneous (skin) contact hypersensitivity (CHS) in a mouse model. In this model, they showed, for example, that mice lacking cannabinoid receptors display exacerbated inflammatory skin responses to an allergen.

Because the data indicate that enhanced activation of the endocannabinoid system may function to dampen the CHS response, the researchers administered cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a constituent derived from the cannabis plant, to the experimental animals. They findings showed that the THC significantly decreased the allergic reaction in comparison to untreated mice.

In order to better understand the molecular mechanism that may contribute to the increased CHS in cannabinoid-receptor deficient mice, the researchers performed a series of experiments which showed that mouse skin cells produce a specific chemical (a chemokine) which is involved in the annoying disease reaction. Activation of the endocannabinoid system in the skin upon exposure to a contact allergen lowers the allergic responses through modulating the production of this chemokine.

The results thus clearly show a protective role for the endocannabinoid system in contact allergy in the skin and suggest that development of cannabinoid compounds based on elements produced from the cannabis plant could enhance therapeutic treatment for humans.

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Medical use of Cannabis

??? ?????? — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:31:19 +0000

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Medical Cannabis Convention January 2007

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The event sponsored by the Ministry of Health was held at the Abarbanel Mental Health Center, on Thursday 17/01/2007.

The convention dealt with the all topics related to Cannabis and its medical implications and opportunities. Participating were experts from Israel and Europe. Some media attention was given to the event, in the daily press, the television and the major Israeli news websites.

Videos from the conference

Dr. Peter Van Kaunten ? General Practitioner - Cannabis as treatment for – Spasticiteit Cancer Hiv/AIDS, Glaucoma, Asthma, Parkinsons, Nausea, Pain Multiple Sclerosis [Powerpoint presentation]

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Prof. Rafael Meshulam – Pharmacology, Cannabis [Powerpoint Presentation]

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Patient as Witness ? Cancer.

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Patient as Witness ? Tourette Syndrome.

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Patient as Witness ? Aids.

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DR. Yehuda Baruch, Abarbanel Hospital Director

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Mr. Haim Mesing, Chairman of Anti Drug Association

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Dr. Gideon Hirsch, Chairman of AIDS Task Force

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