Marijuana availability

A Two-Tier Market. Before the 1970s, most marijuana available in the U.S. had relatively low concentrations of THC by today s standards, and more intense Cannabis experiences were mainly propelled by various forms of... 

The Cannabis Buyers Club was founded by Dennis Peron following the 1990 death of a friend from AIDS. Peron was instrumental in collecting petition signatures to have a proposition to make marijuana available to sick people placed on the San Francisco citywide ballot in 1991... 

According to the DBA, drug-trafficking organizations based in Mexico supply most of the foreign marijuana available in the United States. However, countries in South America (primarily Colombia) and Asia (including Cambodia, Thailand, India, and Pakistan) also cultivate and ship marijuana to the United States. 

Dronabinol is the only currently available derivative of THC, which is a derivative of the active substance found in marijuana Dronabinol is a second-line antiemetic and is used after treatment with other antiemetics has failed. 

Psychosocial and environmental factors play a major role in the development and recovery from opioid dependence however, a detailed discussion is beyond the scope of this chapter. In general, the use of such drugs as marijuana and alcohol precedes the use of opioids (Clayton and Voss 1981 Kandel and Faust 1975). Although one cannot predict definitively which users will proceed to opioid use, those who do generally have low self-esteem, disrupted families, and/or difficult relationships with their parents. The increased availability of opioids in inner cities of major urban centers contributes to initiation of use and relapse. It is particularly difficult to avoid use and relapse in areas with high unemployment, poor school systems, and high crime rates, because living in such an area may contribute to the very affects opioid use temporarily reheves. 

Cannabinoids Dronabinol is available for use in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, but is associated with CNS marijuana effects ... 

Medical marijuana remains a controversial topic, but synthetic THC, dronabinol, marketed under the trade name Marinol, has been available by prescription since 1986. The dronabinol analog nabilone is another THC prescription drug marketed under the name Cesamet. Marinol and Cesamet, taken as capsules, have Food Drug Administration approval as an antinausea agent and appetite stimulant (for AIDS patients), but they are also prescribed for depression and muscle spasms. In 2005, Canada was the first country to approve Sativex, a cannabis spray that relieves pain in people with multiple sclerosis. 

David E Musto Interview. Frontline, PBS Online. Available online. URL http //www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/interviews/musto. html. Posted in 1998. An eminent historian of drug use and drug policy in the United States provides an overview of the remarkable history of marijuana in America. It includes the activities of Harry Anslinger, the... 

Drug War Facts Medical Marijuana. Common Sense for Drug Policy. Available online. URL http //www.drugwarfacts.org/medicalm.htm. Updated on September 12, 2003. Provides facts and statistics (with sources) on the implementation of medical marijuana programs in the United States and testimony by experts as to marijuana s effectiveness as a medicine. 

Medical Marijuana Program. State of Oregon, Department of Health and Human Services. Available online. URL http //www.ohd.hr.state.or. us/mm/index.c m Downloaded on January 8, 2004. Provides basic facts and answers to frequently asked questions about Oregon s medical marijuana program. 

Zeese, Kevin B. Research Findings on Medicinal Properties ofMarijuana. Medical MJ Science.org. Available online. URL http //www.medmjscience. org/Pages/history/zeese.bhtml. Downloaded January 8, 2004. An attorney and advocate involved in federal marijuana rescheduling cases summarizes the history of medicinal use of marijuana and describes major research studies that have tended to confirm the medical value of marijuana for certain conditions such as anorexia, nausea, and glaucoma. 

One of the active components of marijuana, A9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is available as a prescription drug under the trade name Marinol, which is taken orally. What advantage and what disadvantage does Marinol hold for a person suffering from nausea ... 

Non-LSD sessions took place at least once a week. These were usually parties held at the home of one of the core members, at which the guests, who might include non-drug friends of the members, would converse, eat, dance, or play with a homemade stroboscope. Alcohol, usually beer or wine, was drunk sparingly by some. Marijuana was always available. DMT also had been tried, but none of these was ever... 

D-ASC 3 represents various d-ASCs in which much subconscious material might become preconscious it will not necessarily well up by itself, but it is much more readily available than ordinarily. Thus the potential for exploring the mind is greater, but effort must still be exerted. Marijuana intoxication can do this. 

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