Patent is received for the therapeutic use of cannabinoids to help in treatment of Alzheimer’s. Note – cannabinoids are not high in THC, further supporting that THC, which produces the mind altering effects, may not be what is of most value in medical use.
This communicated a strong stand that marijuana is considered a controlled substance and illegal to use by Federal Employees with no exceptions.
As with other states, the initiatives pass with just slightly over 50% support.
Maine passed with a 61% vote.
The report provided equal support for and against the use of marijuana, stating that more research was needed. It could not support that the positive results outweighed the negative risks associated with using marijuana over other medications.
By a little over 50% laws passed to remove criminal penalties for use, possession or growth of marijuana who have ‘valid documentation’ from a doctor that they suffer from a condition that the potential benefits of medical marijuana use likely outweigh the health risks.
Proposition 215 allows patients and their primary caregivers, with a doctor’s recommendation, to possess and grow marijuana for treatment of AIDS, cancer, muscular spasticity, migraines and several other disorders.
The State of California restored hemp medical preparation to the list of available medications and protected doctors from penalties if they prescribed hemp preparations
This clarified that a person must be suffering from a medically recognized disease or illness that is causing a symptom that no other medicine can help except marijuana.
This discovery helped scientists understand the way THC binds with receptors in the brain.
