The Canadian Battle To Legalize Hemp For Medicinal Purposes: As recently as December 1997 in Ottawa, a group of doctors and lawyers made a groundbreaking application to Health Canada to allow an AIDS patient to legally use marijuana as medicine. The application was made under the Health Canada special access program, which allows doctors to request immediate approval of drugs in an emergency situation, even if these drugs are not authorized under the Food and Drug Act. Through this process, the drugs can be approved within twenty-four hours in an emergency, or two to three days, providing there is medical evidence proving the drug helps the patient. [continues 1277 words]
Thanks, Herb ************************************************************************ Pubdate: 29 Jan 1998 Source: Carillon (CN SN Edu) Website: http://ursu.uregina.ca/~carillon/ Address: Rm. 227 Riddell Centre, University Of Regina, Regina, Sk. Can. S4S 0A2 Contact: Carillon@URSU.Uregina.CA Copyright: 2002, The Carillon Fax: (306)-586-7422 Authors: Kendra Leslie Gaede and Tricia Ann Kuss How does THC work? We have receptors for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC- the marijuana component responsible for getting "high") in parts of our brains responsible for memory, mood, motor activity, and concentration. Because we don't have receptors in the parts of our brains that control basic life functions such as consciousness and respiration, it can't kill us. [continues 1294 words]
