Muscle Spasms & Medical Cannabis, Conference Invitation

Traumatic injury patient Jay Rostow explains how cannabis relieves his debilitating muscle spasms, then looks forward to this April's Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, part of a continuing medical education series hosted by Patients Out of Time, where he will speak on a panel with fellow patients - adding personal perspectives to the science presented by researchers and doctors.
The Sixth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick-Providence, Rhode Island, April 15th - 17th, 2010. For the conference agenda and information on registration and accomodations, go to:
http://medicalcannabis.com/Clinical-Conferences/2010-upcoming-conference

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Education

Tags:

• spasticity
• alternative
• medicine
• integrative
• holistic
• natural
• cannabinoids
• endocannabinoid
• system

[thawkinsjr]

"Medical Marijuana" costs way too much, people. THC is covered by insurance, you just have to be honest with yourself and ask your doctor for a prescription for Marinol. Anyhow, chronic pain doesn't cut it in CA anymore, unless you can afford $60 a eighth for it.

[cannabistherapeutics]

Indeed, natural medicine shouldn't cost so much (excessive taxation doesn't help either), but it doesn't have to.

As for Marinol, patients and researchers say that Marinol is largely ineffective, with an un-titratable, uncomfortable and spacey effects. Natural cannabis has a balance of cannabinoids and other compounds that buffer/counter the THC and provide many of the medicinal benefits - CBDs and aromatic oils (terpines), etc.

[420felix420]

Hemp and Cannabis are the green solutions for a dieing Earth. Hempcrete soaks up carbon, 6x lighter than concrete, and natural isolation. The growing of millions of acres of hemp will renew the top soil, and clean (our) air, not to mention all the green produces than are essential for human life, made from the marijuana plant. Legalize the Cure

[globalpreparation]

@thawkinsjr Most Dr.'s that treat pain agree that Marinol is really not affective and is really just used for cancer patients with severe nausea. there are other reasons as well for Marinol not being as effective. When you separate the part from the whole, and turn it into something else, you lose the effectiveness.

Marinol doesn't do shit for muscle spasms with severe pain, I should know, I have MS. I was told that by my neurologist just recently.

[72awesomeman]

@thawkinsjr marinal dosent work

[ellimist6]

I use cannabis everyday to treat my Tourette's Syndrome.The effetcs of the Cannabis is almost instient only taking secs to work and lasting longer than any pill given to me by any drs for Tourette's Syndrome.

[granitmtn]

Thank you. This addresses my concerns. I'd like to see more focused discussion about how real patients actually use medical cannabis. That would be helpful for us home bound people who have little peer contact.

[IlluminatiSeer]

thx for the video... i have really bad spasms. And finding a doctor is basically impossible in ontario... over a year i have been trying to get anything to help with my spasms and pain. And still i call my doctor everyday only to have them tell me that ill get a call back.. and i never do. but glad to see you have some relief.. maybe god or someone else will eventually help us... it defenetly wont the be the government .

[byebyesociety]

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[byebyesociety]

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[davebaczynsky]

cannabis should be completely legal