Dietary and Medicinal Use of Cannabis

Net Resources

Websites with Useful Information
Related To The Dietary And Medicinal
Study And Use Of Cannabis

Cannabis Connections / Links to Links

International Association of Cannabinoid Medicine Links

National Cancer Institute Reveiw of Cannabis

A definitive and current reveiw of cannabis, signalling a change at the top. Excellent lists of references.

Wikipedia Highlights: Online Education

The sites of action of Phytocannabinoids

ECS modulates cellular function, the more one knows about the range of cell structure and function the better one can conceive of phytocannabinoid influenced cellular modulation. Up and down regulation of the cell specific physiologic and pathophysiologic function.

The Endogenous Cannabinoid System

A group of neuromodulatory lipids and their receptors that are involved in a variety of physiological processes including appetite, pain-sensation, mood, and memory; it mediates the psychoactive effects of cannabis.

Cannabinoid Receptors

The Cannabinoid Receptors are one of several sites of actions of the Phytocannabinoids.

Enzymes

Phytocannabinoids also have direct action of enzymes & channels. This article covers the generic principals.

Overview of cannabis limited to psychoactive uses

I hope if you are at this level at Cannabis International you are interested in anti-oxidant anti-inflammatory, anti-neoplastic, or other uses ideally in a preventive or therapeutic mode, more accurately in a phrase, developing recognition of cannabis as a ‘dietary essential’. Other than the initial comments, an incredible series of links.

Medical Cannabis

More on point, this medical cannabis page does not emphasize the cannabinoid acids that act at GPR55, affectionately known as the Orphan Receptor. There is no doubt it deserves to be CB3, the Phytocannabinoid Receptor, where the delicate cannabinoid acids act as an antagonist producing their potent anti-inflammatory effects.

Organizations

Versativa

A pleasant reveiw of the diverse uses of cannabis.

Beckley Foundation

A well thought out global policy on ‘victimless crimes’.

Search the Beckley Foundation library

The Beckley Foundation online library comprises an extensive scientific bibliography, with research papers on consciousness and drug policy research.

Patients out of Time

Every two years, Patients out of Time presents a national CME qualified conference.

ICRS / International Cannabinoid Research Society

20 years of rigorous research, presented in North America and Europe on alternating years. This year in Chicago. The annual ICRS Programme is an excellent overview of the breadth of research on the Endogenous Cannabinoid System, Exogenous ligands including synthetic and phytocannabioids. Go to the particular year and in the side bar is the Programme PDF. Drop on a CD, print & bind and pull up a very comfortable chair.

International Association of Cannabinoid Medicine

A bi-annual conference held in Germany, with affiliate conferences in other European countries.

O’Shaughnessy’s Journal for Cannabis Clinicians

US National Library of Medical Publications

Google Patent Search

Clinical Trials site

Review of anti-oxidant trials

Institute of Medicine

Schaffer Library of Drug Policy

Schaffer Library Table of Contents

Companies

List of medical conditions, developing patented products

Online Education

GGECO University

Medical Cannabis Conference – Speakers

Kristen Peskuski and myself presented, at some point they may be available online

707Cannabis College

Oaksterdam University

Source: http://www.cannabisinternational.org/index.php

Cannabis International

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Study And Use Of Cannabis

 

MmmmmMMm

Missing that Thanksgiving day spread now that the coma has subsided? It’s ok, maybe you’ll get some turkey breasts for Christmas. 😉

Thanks to our facebook friend FrankP for finding this delectable treat for us!

 

The struggle is real!

This fits into the sex and weed demographic quite nicely.

Source: http://www.bforbel.com/2013/06/one-womans-struggle-to-reuse-her-penis-cake-mould-im-dyingggg.html

Posted by: HeatherB

It’s International Bacon Day

San Diego, CA is going hard in the grease for this one…

http://www.sdbaconfest.com/

So celebrate and revel in bacon ecstasy ya’ll!

~HeatherB

 

Life

The classics all in one spot!

Return to innocence

People always gripe and complain about getting older. It’s true getting older can be something of an arduous task. With the proper diet/ nutrition, exercise and fervor for life, getting older doesn’t have to look like it used to in the days of cigarettes and booze at every turn, even in the office place.

At times libido has been known to suffer from old age or even just mature age. Again, with proper bodily care what’s left to overcome is mental blockades which are generally gained over time from negative experiences.

Just like a daily skin regimen involving…PRODUCTS…a sexual refinement regimen can be utilized to revamp or RESEX anyones life.

The current state of our world, when is comes to sex, has become a wide open playing field. You can fuck who you want, virtually when you want, how you want….if you want?.

Enter into any “sex shop” or peruse any online adult novelty store and it’s all at your finger tips. Even the leading condom brand, Trojan, has joined the ranks of sex toy manufacturers abound.

Right now I can look over to my nightstand and find an amazing array of pleasure products. Yes, I am a sex toy designer and yes I do “research” to find what I think the world needs to spice up their lives and regain that youthful innocence which we all long for once past the age of, now a days roughly 28. It all began with a healthy love of human connection and a wild curiosity of what our bodies are capable of when it comes to pushing the boundaries of winning pleasure. Thanks Charlie Sheen, an orgasm is a grand moment of WINNING!

Returning to innocence is something to me that sounds like we would be able and allowed to explore, without judgement or shame, what ever boundaries we think we have with regard to where the human body, the human spirit and the kundalini meet.

Since we love to attach products to any action or intent, as we humans do, pleasure products are here and readily available to anyone excited to reawaken that innocence. Think of them as the board games of the bedroom, the princess tiaras and boas of the seduction wonderlust, the racquets and balls of our courts ie where ever you like to “get down”.

Dusts, gels, lubes, finger paints, pasties, ropes, swings, spankers, powders in all flavors, temperatures, colors and beyond…..it’s a wonderland of sensual fun! These are not limited to partner play alone….take your time when breaking down your barriers and returning to your innocence. Play with your products alone to get acquainted. Most insecurity occurs because of discomfort or distrust of self for one reason or another. Be caring and considerate to yourself and your partner. Laugh in the bedroom WITH each other or alone, it’s the best way to break the ice. So often I’ve had partners that never want to separate because I am “in the moment”, unafraid and candid. No matter whether there’s a slip up…..no, not up the butt!….we aren’t talking about that right now…or what would seem to be a mishap while exploring, it’s all in fun and for the sake/ in the name of pleasure. So go ahead and HAVE FUN! Don’t even hold back if you have the slightest curiosity, go with it and see where your real boundaries lie beyond the pretense. (so many puns I can barely stand it!)

Think about it, when you were young and beginning to learn about everything…ANYTHING…NOTHING…it was all OK, because, “you are young”. As time and all the media has shown us, no one really grows up. We are all just big ass children roaming around with lots of allowances and responsibilities getting by and making the most of the lives we’re given. Use some of that money to invest in your pleasure chest, expand your repertoire while ultimately gaining more satisfaction!

Medical Marijuana Community Cultivating Pot Farmers Markets | Marijuana.com

Posted July 24th, 2012 by Johnny Dank & filed under 420 Jam, Events, Marijuana and Food.

‘Cheers’ had it right — people love going to places where they know your name — a community of friends in all walks of life embracing one another. Washington being a pro marijuana state with legalized cannabis, the “Ever-Green” state has fully embraced the “community” in medical marijuana community, with some cultivating to physically build one. On one hand we have medical marijuana card holding patients that like to get their pot and run, debating on where to smoke weed; and others that mash-up their love of marijuana with mingling and shopping — Mary Jane meets the farmers market.

This idea isn’t just an idea in a haze…Washington Farmer’s Market in Olympia provides a stoner’s haven for market fare. Open to the public and not being exclusive, the 420 friendly patients and vendors welcome all passerby’s with a smile and open arms; even if you’re the novice stoner still learning how to smoke from a bong.

The marijuana farmer’s market embodies why marijuana laws need to be re-addressed. The market is all about weed; having fun, enjoying the marijuana treats, while learning about all the medical benefits of pot and the exponential medical possibilities of THC and cannibinoids. With about 20 tables, vendors offer anything for the medical marijuana patient to salivate over from marijuana flowers, pot brownies to pot seeds and dank concentrates. Competition helps to have high quality pot products for a low cost, with free weed to sample for patients that donate. With energetic sativas for the day stoner and sedative indicas for the night pot smoker.

With many people with a ‘wake and bake,’ on the go mentality, Sonshine Organics provides relief. This medical marijuana collective runs on the same high grounds as the Washington Farmer’s Market and has a unique feature – a drive-thru. Sonshines own Sarena Haskins says, “It’s perfect for the busy mom on the go, who don’t want to leave her children in the car.”

A staple for the growing marijuana niche market is their food, like any other well-groomed farmer’s market. The BBQ pork slider, infused with cannabutter, from Chef Bilbus Yeoldshire is a must have for all patients. A bang for your buck being less than $5. For stoners with a sweet-tooth, there is a bevy of potent medicated weed treats which include: hash brownies, dark chocolate chip pot cookies and cannabis peanut butter cups.

With a serene and energetic atmosphere for all ages to enjoy; the Washington Farmer’s Market, hopefully, is the start of an ongoing influx of Pot Farmers Markets around the country so more medical marijuana patients can take pleasure in — A safe and nurturing environment for the medical marijuana community. Vendors and patients alike entertaining, educating one another for the greater of medical cannabis.

Identical to the typically, socially-accepted local farmers market minus the cannabis – there’s never a bland moment. With live music, smoking lounges, entertainers at every corner. Hopefully one day there will be a “C” answer to: “Want to go to the farmer’s market?”

A.) Yes

B.) No

C.) Which one? Pot or not?

Source: Marijuana.com

via Medical Marijuana Community Cultivating Pot Farmers Markets | Marijuana.com.

Cannabis whole plant extract is now an approved drug in Germany | Naturopathic Pain Clinic

 

Cannabis whole plant extract is now an approved drug in Germany | Naturopathic Pain Clinic.

 

Smoke ~ Play ~ Eat

Food poisoning: How long can you safely keep leftovers?

Answer

from Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D.

Leftovers can be kept for three to four days in the refrigerator. Be sure to eat them within that time. After that the the risk of food poisoning increases. If you don’t think you’ll be able to eat leftovers within four days, freeze them immediately.

Food poisoning — also called foodborne illness — is caused by harmful organisms, such as bacteria in contaminated food. Because bacteria typically don’t change the taste, smell or look of food, you can’t tell whether a food is dangerous to eat. So if you’re in doubt about a food’s safety, it’s best to throw it out.

Fortunately, most cases of food poisoning can be prevented with proper food handling. To practice food safety, quickly refrigerate perishable foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, dairy and eggs — don’t let them sit more than two hours at typical room temperature or more than one hour at temperatures above 90 F (32 C).

Uncooked foods, such as cold salads or sandwiches, also should be eaten or refrigerated promptly. Your goal is to minimize the time a food is in the “danger zone” — between 40 and 140 F (4 and 60 C) — when bacteria can quickly multiply.

When you’re ready to eat leftovers, reheat them on the stove, in the oven or in the microwave until the internal temperature reaches 165 F (74 C). Because they may not get hot enough, slow cookers and chafing dishes aren’t recommended for reheating leftovers.

Food poisoning: How long can you safely keep leftovers? – MayoClinic.com.

Apple Cider Vinegar and Club Soda will cure most cases of food poisoning.

How to Cook With Cannabis This Thanksgiving | Alternet

For those of you spending this Thursday with weed-friendly friends and family, here’s a quick guide to cooking with cannabis.

November 20, 2012  |

Photo Credit: Shutterstock

Thanksgiving is a holiday for spending time with friends and family over a heaping platter of comfort food, so why not celebrate this year with a special Thanksgiving dinner? After all, 2012 will go down in history as the year Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, giving cannabis users a lot to be thankful for. Plus, incorporating easy-to-make cannabutter into traditional recipes will give your dinner conversation an extra buzz, not to mention help you and your guests to clean your plates. So, for those of you spending this Thursday with weed-friendly friends and family, here’s a quick guide to cooking with cannabis.

Cannabutter. Making cannabutter is the first and most important step to create a THC-rich meal.

1. Pour a few cups of water into a large saucepan and bring to boil. For every ounce of marijuana, add one pound or four sticks of butter (or one ounce of oil for vegans).
2. Once the butter is boiling, add weed, making sure it is floating about an inch-and-a-half from the pan’s bottom, and turn the stove to a lower heat. (Keep in mind that you can use vaporized bud, and that high-quality weed is not necessary to get a good buzz.)
3. Without burning the butter, heat the ingredients for at least an hour (the longer, the better) until the mixture resembles a thick, saucy liquid. Then, use the finest strainer you’ve got to remove the cannabis from the butter.
4. Let the cannabutter sit in the refrigerator overnight so  the water and butter separate as the cannabutter collects on top. Pour the water into the sink while blocking the cannabutter with, for example, a Tupperware lid.

Now that you’ve got your cannabutter ready to go, it’s time to incorporate it into your favorite Thanksgiving foods. As you’ll see, you can add cannabutter to pretty much anything, making for a wide variety of possible canna-snacks and entrees.

Let’s Start With An Appetizer

Green-bean casserole is a regular dish at my family’s Thanksgiving dinner (which, unfortunately, will not include cannabutter this year, or ever). Spruce up your recipe by adding cannabutter, or use the one below, from Coed Magazine :

Cannabutter Green Bean Casserole

Cooking time 30 mins, Serves 10 – 12

Ingredients:

• 2 cans Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup

• 1 cup milk (fat free or 2%)

• 1 onion finely diced

• 2 tablespoons cannabutter

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 8 cups cooked cut green beans

• 1 cup French Fried Onions

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. In a large skillet sauté the chopped onion in a little cannabutter over medium heat for a few minutes until cooked.

3. Stir in the canned mushroom soup, milk, salt and pepper, green beans and 1 tablespoon of cannabutter and mix well until it’s all warmed through.

4. Using the leftover cannabutter grease the casserole dish.

5. Transfer to the casserole dish, sprinkle with French Fried Onions and bake for 15 mins or until hot and bubbling.

The Main Course

Nothing is more important on Turkey Day than the turkey, and even that can be infused with cannabis. From Culture Magazine , here’s how to make this Thanksgiving’s main dish extra special:

What you need:

1 medium-sized (12- to 15-pound) turkey

1/2 cup marijuana butter

1/4 cup chicken broth

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon poultry seasoning

1 teaspoon sweet basil

1 teaspoon thyme leaves

1/2 teaspoon sage

How to make it:

Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat and blend in remaining ingredients. Stuff turkey or season with salt and pepper, if desired. Make a small incision in skin of turkey, force a finger through the slit and break the contact between the skin and the meat. Using a meat injector, squirt half the butter mixture under the skin. Cook the turkey according to your favorite method, basting with the remaining butter mixture every half hour until done.

Dessert

When most people think about weed food, they probably think about pot brownies, which seem to be the standard for weed food. There’s also cookies and “space cakes,” but they’re straightforward recipes many of us mastered in high school. So let’s be adults here and start with a Thanksgiving classic: Pot Pumpkin Pie! From High Times:

Chef Ra’s Great Ganja Pumpkin Pie

2 cups fresh pumpkin or 1 16-oz. can of pumpkin pie filling

2 eggs (beaten)

1/4 cup condensed milk

1 tsp molasses

1/2 stick butter or margarine

1/4-oz fine ganja buds or fan leaves

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell

Place the ganja, crushed and finely chopped, into a double-boiler pot (one pot that fits inside the other separated by water). Cook the ganja in the butter for 45 minutes over very low flame. Cook slowly without burning the butter. Then, strain out the particulate (leaves, stems, etc.) and set aside. Combine the beaten eggs, milk, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, brown sugar and pumpkin in a large bowl, and beat. Add the ganja butter to the mixture. Pour the mixture into the pastry shell. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pie for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.

There you have it! These dishes should make for a super-fun Thanksgiving celebration — and one that, working alongside a little tryptophan, will leave you cozy, full and ready for a good night’s sleep. One of the problems with eating a lot of weed food, however, is that THC gives you the munchies, and so quite often, the more weed food you eat, the hungrier you get. It’s a slippery slope, so you may want to keep a plate of leftovers hidden away, just in case.

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Vegas, NV (PRWEB) October 12, 2012

Bruce Perlowin, Boss of Hemp, Corporation. (OTC: HEMP) and industrial hemp veteran, whose company brought the final pre-election growth curve in 2009 having a 480% increase (http://world wide web.hemp.com), gave insight on as he thought the spike this month will begin and why.

Based on Bruce Perlowin, “Two days prior to the election happens when all of the action begins. We’ve medicinal marijuana around the ballot in Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New You are able to, Massachusetts, and Ohio. You’ve industrial hemp around the ballot in Colorado, Nh, Nj and Boise State Broncos. Then they are attempting to legalize the leisure utilization of marijuana in Colorado, Washington and Or. The activist organizations (Marijuana Policy Project, Police Force Against Prohibition, People in america for Safe Access, NORML, Students for Sensible Drug Policy and lots of other groups) running the campaigning for legalisation possess a particular strategy. Foreseeable and very effective, none-the-less. They hold back until 2 days prior to the election after which begin a massive media campaign… a full-scale blitz to teach people to allow them to election yes. This does not permit the opposition time for you to respond using their negative and false propaganda. The opposition could possibly be the prison guard union that may lose 800,000 criminals annually who’re imprisoned for marijuana. Consequently, the huge media campaigning makes people outdoors our industry conscious of this massive industry that’s growing extremely. Now you must everybody searching for investment possibilities within an industry that’s soaring.”

Wouldso would the legalisation of marijuana help the United states citizens and also the economy? Industry experts believe you will see a development of a brand new and highly lucrative farming industry, elevated trade possibilities, a rise in the gross national product (GNP), enhanced environment conditions, new tax assets, and reduced costs regarding enforcement of current laws and regulations. With all of eyes around the industrial hemp and medicinal marijuana industry, combined with the advantages of legalisation, savvy traders are starting to take a position heavily.

Hemp, Corporation.’s (OTC: HEMP) Boss, Bruce Perlowin, has gathered over twenty-2 million shares of stock in Rapid Fire Marketing, Corporation. 400 1000 in Cannabis Science, Corporation. 2 million in Grow Existence, Corporation. and, twenty-a million shares in Medicinal Marijuana, Corporation. Despite the fact that his favorite is their own (Hemp, Corporation. (OTC: HEMP)) he’s began smartly trading in other marijuana industry stocks. “I understand these stocks are likely to feel the roof,” states Perlowin.

As the average non-investor might not have an idea, market awareness all around the industrial hemp and medicinal marijuana industries is informative and could be very persuasive. When all of the pre-election media starts in serious, entrepreneurs and business owners of all types would like to get in to the industry. Some consider opening shops, growing medicinal marijuana, or getting compensated good wages as clippers. Everybody, from property traders with other hard-hit industries from the economy, begins sleuthing the.

Although some are courageous enough to spread out shops and grow, most often be cautious and purchase marijuana stocks. To put it simply, it’s a mature and aged industry reality within the American marketplace. The huge publicity won’t attract the typical American investor, it will likewise attract newbie traders (out of your auto auto technician employees for your stay-at-home moms) and foreign interests. “Everyone wants in on ‘the next large thing’. Think about it as being another us dot.com explosion with no crash not less than another decade or two, when,Inch states Perlowin.

He adds, “The wise investor will begin accumulating now before that explosion starts.” Perlowin’s investment strategy appears to become already paying off. The 2 million shares he bought of Grow Existence, Corporation. the very first 10 days in October elevated 39.9% on October 11, 2012 (which was the date the pre-election spike began 2 yrs ago when Prop 19 in California was around the ballot). That’s on the $10,000 make money from only one stock. Other experts accept Perlowin it’s only the beginning of the particular company’s pre-election spike.

Overall, Perlowin and industry experts alike are betting the development spurt will begin between October 16 and October 23, 2012 and rising… particularly if legislation passes. Forging a path within the industrial hemp industry, while educating customers around the many uses of commercial hemp, Hemp, Corporation. (OTC: HEMP) (http://world wide web.hemp.com), can also be creating hemp-based items shown to boost the body’s all around health and gratifaction. The organization boasts HerbaGenix A GROCER inside a Paris suburb continues to be billed with “incitement to make use of drugs” for selling a hemp beer known as “Cannabia”.

Even though the bottles contained only hemp – types of cannabis with really low amounts of active component THC grown for fibre and seed products – labels were considered provocative because, aside from the title, additionally they demonstrated a cannabis leaf coupled with a piece labelled “scratch and smile” which emits a cannabis resin smell.

Police carrying out a routine check from the premises grabbed 20 bottles and billed the dog owner using the “incitement” offence which could carry as much as five years’ prison along with a €75,000 fine.

The incident was at Le Rancy, an eastern suburb of Paris – among the rare well-off districts of Seine-Saint-Denis, a generally disadvantaged area regarded as a hub for drug trafficking.

The manufacturers of Cannabia really are a German firm, Dupetit Natural Items, which states it’s permission to market it within the EU.

The EU recognises numerous hemp types – with low THC – for uses including animal bedding and insulation or (the seed products) for making an edible oil. France is Europe’s biggest producer.

The United States however restrictions the growing of a myriad of cannabis, including hemp.

Photo: world wide web.dupetit.p

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