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  National Cancer Institute Confirms Cannabis Kills Cancer

  August 23, 2015 at 12:19 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Everyone who has been relentlessly fighting for marijuana to be legalized in US can celebrate. Following numerous studies, scientists from the National Cancer Institute have confirmed that cannabis does kill cancer cells. The National Cancer Institute (NIC), one of the many arms of the US Department of Health, has confirmed on its website that “cannabis and cannabinoids may have benefits in treating the symptoms of cancer or the side effects of cancer therapies” and also that “cannabis has been shown [...]

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  30 Members Of Congress Demand Increased Access To Marijuana For Research Purposes

  June 17, 2014 at 8:14 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Thirty members of Congress, led by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), H. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on Tuesday demanding an end to the federal monopoly on marijuana research so that more studies can be done by scientists around the nation. “We write to express our support for increasing scientific research on the therapeutic risks and benefits of marijuana,” the letter reads. “We ask that you take [...]

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