Plant extract may block cannabis addiction
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- Plant extract may block cannabis addiction
- Tod Mikuriya — psychiatrist, medical marijuana advocate
- Marijuana kingpin to serve 10 years
- WSO helicopter pilot finds marijuana in field as he lands near Relay…
- Martin gets 45 years in Angerman death: Alcohol, marijuana were in…
Plant extract may block cannabis addiction
New Scientist – New Scientist (subscription) – May 22, 2007
Scientists say the findings may translate into better therapies for cannabis addiction in humans. Rodents given a compound derived from a plant in the buttercup family lose their hankering for a synthetic version of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the active compound in marijuana. The treatment also blocked a reward response in the animals’ brains when they did receive synthetic THC. In the first part of the experiment, Steven Goldberg at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Maryland, US, and his colleagues placed rats in a cage with a lever the animals could push… The exact mechanism by which MLA works remains a mystery. Scientists know that MLA binds to specific cell receptors in the brain called alpha-7 nicotinic receptors. They speculate that cannabis indirectly triggers these receptors, but cannot do so when the receptors are blocked by MLA. Human potential There is a genuine need for medications to help cannabis addicts overcome their drug problem, according to Goldberg: “About 10% of the people who experiment with it go on to heavy use and have trouble voluntarily giving it up. I think there is a proportion of the population who need ways to make them stop. Drug-makers have recently made medications such as Chantix available to help people quit tobacco smoking. But researchers say that these drugs affect different nicotinic receptors than those triggered by THC.
Tod Mikuriya — psychiatrist, medical marijuana advocate
San Francisco Chronicle – May 22, 2007
Mikuriya moved to Berkeley in 1970 and entered private practice. Mikuriya published “Marijuana Medical Papers,” an anthology of journal articles devoted to cannabis. His interests were varied, said his family, who called him a “modern man for all seasons. ” He enjoyed racing cars, flying airplanes, singing and playing traditional folk music, and singing choral music and Elizabethan madrigals. He collected tools, electronic gadgets, political newspaper cartoons and marijuana T-shirts and posters. “People didn’t really appreciate that Tod was not just all about pot,” his sister, Beverly Mikuriya, 61, of Bucks County, Pa.
Marijuana kingpin to serve 10 years
Youngstown Vindicator – May 22, 2007
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VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
YOUNGSTOWN — The kingpin of a marijuana growing and distribution ring, whose collapse led to one of the largest seizures of the drug in U. history, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. His drug delivery man received a 57-month sentence. He was the last of 11 defendants to be sentenced in the case that centered on an indoor marijuana farm in a warehouse at 814 Marshall St… Drug Enforcement Agency seized some 3,500 marijuana plants there early in 2004. The high-grade marijuana sold for $3,200 a pound, investigators said. District Judge Peter C. Economus imposed the 10-year sentence Monday on Edwin J.
WSO helicopter pilot finds marijuana in field as he lands near Relay…
Goldsboro News Argus – May 22, 2007
John Denny found a batch of marijuana plants in a wooded area off Wayne Memorial Drive between Wayne Memorial Hospital and Wayne Community College, sheriff’s officials said. “They were getting ready to land the helicopter for the Relay for Life and spotted 22 plants about 8 to 10 inches tall,” Wayne County Sheriff’s Maj. George Raecher said. “They were freshly planted and you could see where they had been watered and fertilized. Wayne County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the wooded area and seized the plants… “They were freshly planted and you could see where they had been watered and fertilized. Wayne County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the wooded area and seized the plants. Had they reached maturity, the marijuana plants would have yielded about $2,400 per plant. All told, the marijuana plants would have had an estimated street value of about $52,800 if they would have reached maturity, sheriff’s officials said. North Carolina fields are popular for marijuana growers and the suspects are quite elusive at escaping detection. The plants are generally planted in May and harvested in August and September, Raecher said. No suspects have been identified in the case.
Martin gets 45 years in Angerman death: Alcohol, marijuana were in…
Free with registration – Northwest Florida Daily News – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 22, 2007
Martin was ordered by Okaloosa Circuit Judge G. Robert Barron to serve 15 years for DUI manslaughter and then serve another 30 for eluding police. She had alcohol and marijuana in her system when she struck and killed the 20-yearold woman, whose car was sitting at a traffic light on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach. Martin had been leading police on a high-speed chase. “I think it’s a little harsh for an accident,” Martin told Barron immediately after the sentencing. “It was my first (DUI). “My heart goes out to (Angerman’s family.