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Medical Marijuana: Smoking pot can get you fired by Matthew Z. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:07pm Twelve states have made medical marijuana use legal, but it appears the law that protects does not extend to the workplace. The California Supreme Court has ruled a medical marijuana user can be fired from their job for failing a company mandated drug test. Medical marijuana use is a complicated and contradictory issue. Legal in 12 states Read on »

Smoked Marijuana May Ease Chronic Nerve Pain by HealthFinder Posted Mon 30 Aug 2010 10:00am experience working with pain patients, few have seen long-term benefits of smoked cannabis, he said. Most find morphine and other painkillers more effective. Side effects are a real problem with using smoked cannabis, Ware said. While recreational users are seeking an altered state of mind, research shows that legitimate medical marijuana users are not looking Read on »

Smoked Marijuana May Ease Chronic Nerve Pain by Medline Plus Posted Mon 30 Aug 2010 9:00am long-term benefits of smoked cannabis, he said. Most find morphine and other painkillers more effective. Side effects are a real problem with using smoked cannabis, Ware said... percent often found in marijuana sold on the street, Ware said. Researchers kept the levels low for two reasons, Ware explained. One was to minimize the psychoactive effects Read on »

How can I stop a panic attack after smoking marijuana? by David M. Patient Expert

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Posted Mon 29 Mar 2010 6:31pm

1 Comment I used to smoke all of the time and not have any anxiety. Nowadays, I have been getting pretty bad panic attacks every now and then after I smoke marijuana. I want to know what I can do to decrease the effects of the panic attack if I feel it coing on right after I smoke. Is there a certain type of weed to smoke or device to smoke out Read on »

New Study Suggests Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer by Chelsea Green Patient Expert

Posted Fri 28 Aug 2009 5:55pm

1 Comment In study after study, the causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer has been firmly established. Less so with marijuana. Smoking marijuana does damage cells in the lungs and airways—however, the damaged cells die rather than reproduce. They fail to become malignant. In a 2005 study at UCLA, Professor Donald Tashkin’s research Read on »

Does Smoking Marijuana Help Prevent Dementia? Part 2 by Susan Berg Posted Mon 26 Oct 2009 11:05pm showed no effects of marijuana on individuals with dementia. Analysis of the data found that marijuana did not improve behavior, symptoms of dementia nor did it improve mental performance or cognition. The conclusion was that more randomized double-blind placebo controlled trials are needed to determine whether marijuana is clinically effective Read on »

Q & A: My fiance' smokes marijuana every day ...Could that cause him to be infertile? by Sharon LaMothe Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sat 25 Oct 2008 1:16am Q: I had a question about infertility. My fiance' smokes marijuana every day and I'm totally against that. Could that cause him to be infertile? We want to have children... now it is easier to see what the next step should be! Share this with him and Good Luck! Sharon LaMothe www.InfertilityAnswers.net Men who smoke marijuana frequently Read on »

Latest natural methods to quit smoking news – Ways To Quit Smoking Marijuana Learn Some Natural Ways To Quit … by Patrick Posted Tue 16 Mar 2010 12:00am cool information in them. You might too. Here goes… Ways to Quit Smoking Marijuana-Learn Some Natural Ways to Quit Smoking Marijuana There are quite a few ways to… Giving Up Marijuana Why Should I Stop Smoking Weed? Giving up marijuana is easier said then done at times. … To quit smoking via natural methods is much less expensive than keeping with your Read on »

Does Smoking Marijuana Help Prevent Dementia? Part 1 by Susan Berg Posted Sun 25 Oct 2009 11:04pm in interrupting processes that lead to development of Alzheimer’s dementia. To determine whether cannabinoids or marijuana is clinically useful in the treatment of dementia, Cochrane... with dementia.,,,read more of Does Smoking Marijuana Help Prevent Dementia Read on »

Smoking Marijuana Speeds Up Onset of Mental Illness by Dina S. Posted Thu 17 Feb 2011 9:58am teens. Current health campaigns stress the dangers of pot for older users, but it may be even more harmful to younger smokers. Smoking marijuana won’t necessarily cause mental... if and when they began smoking weed. It was discovered that 12-15-year-olds are the most likely to develop mental illness after using pot. More specifically, psychiatric diseases Read on »