Star Trek’ Actor Talks About His Medical Marijuana Use

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Sir Patrick Stewart, known for his roles in Star Trek and X-Men movies, actor uses medicinal cannabis for arthritis.

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Drop the Pain Pills: Research Finds You Can Become Addicted Within Days

University of Arkansas

Although it is a common misconception that an addiction to powerful painkillers can only manifest after long periods of abuse, a new study has found that it is actually possible for people to become dependant on these types of medications within a matter of days.

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, which published their...

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NSW Labor pushes too soft too late for decriminalisation of medical cannabis

Luke Foley

The politics of cannabis is becoming tiresome, it seems to be more about archaic laws based on false information and money, money and more money!.
All that's in the news is about the stock market, the economy and money, when it should be about science and helping people who are suffering and in need of comfort.
It actually disgusts me that this is the way of the world, I thought we had more Christian values, but this is obviously not the case.

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Oxford University to launch medical marijuana research programme

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Oxford University is to launch a £10m research programme into the effects of medical marijuana, following calls for its legalisation.

The programme will examine the role of cannabis medicines in treating pain, cancer and inflammatory diseases.

It follows calls from some MPs for legalisation of cannabis on medical grounds, with 58 per cent backing such calls last year.

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