Our beloved, our adorable cannabis plant never stops to surprise us. An english italian study, just published,  shows that cannabinoids kill even the most resistent staphylococcus. Every year, these staphylococcus kill more than 18.000 people in the hospitals  of the whole world and they are resistent to the antibiotics. In particular, the study, started in 2005 and lasted 3 years, has shown how THC, CBD, CBG, CBC and  CBN are incredibly efficient against EMERSA-15 and EMERSA-16, two of the most dangerous staphylococcus. This reaearch was a menage a trois between the Cra-Cin of Rovigo,that grew the plants, The University of Piemonte Orientale of Novara and the School of Pharmacy of London. It is extra ordinary that a plant can have so many beneficial uses.  Staphylococcus today kill more than AIDS. Now we have an efficient weapon to stop it. Let’s hope that for once, they allow to use it.

Many people have reported that canadian doctors have increased the dosages of the prescribed marijuana. But why? Given the way that the patiences use to take marijuana, it is necessary that doctor and patience examinate constantly the effects of the therapy. And here comes the surprise, almost all the patience have asked to raise the dosages, for the simple reason that the marijuana sold into the legal circuit is much less powerfull that the one that they were used to grow themselves or to buy at the black market. Official producers have still to learn.

The Oaksterdam University has celebrated this week its first 160 graduates in “Agricultural science of the cultivation of the marijuana”. The deus-ex-machina  of this operation is Richard Lee, formerly a pusher in the Oakland area, that took inspiration from similar project that exist in Amsterdam. Thanks to the proposition 215, in California is possible to grow cannabis if the purpose is to produce medical marijuana and Lee has open his school to give the right technical  and egal knowledge. Different counties regulates the matter in different ways, so each city has a maximum number of plant per person, per cooperative or per company. Lee university teachs not only to grow marijuana at the higher level, but also to deal with the law in the correct way. As a law’s teachers they have hired Chris Conrad and Laurence Lichter. Lee is preparing to open another school in L.A. The full course costs 200 USD, 125 euro. This is their internet address if you want to know more: http://www.oaksterdamuniversity.com/

Today we read another news of the kind that pisses us off enormously, and it shows how the brainwashers of the whole world are alive and kicking. The news is: one joint is dangerous for the health like one packet of cigarettes, yes, you’ve read right, so one joint is 20x dangerous than tobacco. Do this experiment: inhalate one hit of a cigarette, and exhale the smoke through a white tissue. Repeat the experiment with a new white tissue, but this time take a hit of a joint. Now, what is more dangerous? Anotherthing: is there anybody out there that can eplain to us why the jamaican people, famous cannabis smokers, die for cirrosis rather than lung cancer? Result: there are millions of people that are trying to brainwash us in every way. Keeping the brain connected can help against them, but you can also do something to give to the tabacco industry less money, so also less money to pay these “experts” to say these bullshits: STOP TO SMOKE TOBACCO!

A few weeks ago,the first marijuana vending machine opened in L.A. These machines supply marijuana to people who are prescribed marijuana for health reasons. First the patience need to get a prescription from a doctor; then the patience is fingeprinted; then a prepaid card is issued, that also contains information about the dosage and type of drug prescribed. Once a patience has a card, whenever he need a new supply, he can access the Anytime Vending Machines. The first one of this machines was positioned at the Herbal Nutrition Centre in Los Angeles. There are strict security measures to avoid that someone else can pickup the presciption, included a live fingerprint scan.

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia in the old people. Now a new research suggest that the main active substance of marijuana, the THC, seems to be able to stop  the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) as well as prevents (AChE) induced amyloid peptide (A) aggregation, the key pathological marker of Alzheimer’s Disease. This study provides a previously unrecognized molecular mechanism through which endo and phyto cannabinoid molecules may directly impact the progression of this debilitating disease. To know more about it: http://waveworldorg.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/thc-induces-apoptosis-in-cancer-cells

A new research of the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute seems to suggest that the cannabodiol, a substance contained in the cannabis plant, can stops the diffusion of the metastatis of the breast’s cancer, amd perhaps, the diffusion of cancer in general. According to this research, in the future the cannabodiol could be a valid alternative for the chemio, that is full of bad side effects. Cannabidiol is not toxic, and it’s not a drug, so it’s really safe to use it for medical purposes. The tests phase has just started so both Sean McCallister, head of the research team, and Joanna Owens, Cancer Research Institute of London, recommend to wait the results of further reaearch. Dr. Owens adds that is not at all infrequent that a medicine against cancer comes from a plant, like the Madagascar Periwinkle that is used to cure long cancer.

On the Ministry of Cannabis blog, we sometime speak about politic, but, of course, we don’t take the side. Today we wanna speak about mr.Ron Paul, and it’s difficult for us do not appreciate his ideas and his vision of the future. The american president is a weird figure outside US. Only 200 million people on the planet have the right to vote for him, but its influence in the life of every world’s citizen is greater than national government. For these reasons, we greet with respect the choice of mr Paul. Today we wanna link to an interview of him, when he speak about marijuana, medical and non medical, and freedom of choice in general. Now we expect that you win, mr Paul, and put all these beautiful words in practice.

A few days ago, the Dutch government has announced its decision to extend the cannabis’s availability in pharmacies by five years, so more scientific research will be possible. The sale of cannabis specifically as medicine is legal and managed by the governmet since 2003. The Ministry of Health control the production and the quality through a specifically created agency. Sources inside the ministry say that a Dutch company started working on developing a cannabis-based drug last year. Cannabis has at least 5000 years of use as medicine; it was used in China as herbal medicine. More recently, british queen Victoria used cannabis tincture for menstrual pains. Even the international treaties (Single Convention on Narcotics, New York, 1961 and its modifications) expressly authorize and promote the use of cannabis as medicine (and according to the treaties, this is the only use allowed).

The reserchers of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California says that from the results of their tests, it seems that the THC, the main active substance of marijuana and hashish, is efficient in blocking an enzyme in the brain that causes plaques to form. From this research it seems that the THC is many times more efficient than the drugs that are currently for  sale. “I’m not at all suggesting you smoke pot, but I think it could have strong implications that molecules like THC could prevent fibrils or plaque formation” Kim Janda, a professor of chemistry and immunology at Scripps. Doctor Janda is for sure an unbiased source, and he’s working on developing vaccines against nicotine and cocaine.

The researchers believe they’ve found a way THC can directly impact Alzheimer’s disease pathology. The tests have been made only in the test tube, but Janda and his team are ready to go one step further. “The definitive study would be to get animals that have been bred to have early-onset Alzheimer’s and look at the long-term effects of chronic THC administration” concludes Janda.