Medicinal Cannabis Sites
Therapeutic
Help from Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis Website
(Thc4MS)
Crohn's
disease information
Beta-interferon
- product info for alternative MS treatment.
R-v-Parker
- Canadian Supreme Court decision allowing medicinal
use of cannabis, and striking down existing law as unconstitutional.
GW
Pharmaceuticals is licensed by the UK Home Office
to work with a range of controlled drugs for medical research
purposes. GW’s lead product, Sativex®, was approved
by Health Canada in April 2005 for the relief of neuropathic
pain in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and was launched in Canada
in June 2005 by Bayer HealthCare who will exclusively
market Sativex® in Canada.
Cancer
BacUp - General Cancer information and self-help site
(Non Hodgkins Lymphoma page)
Pharmos
corporation - manufacturers of Dexanabinol (synthetic
cannabinoid)
General
Medical Information, News & Links
British
Medical Association Online
Marijuana
as Medicine - A.C.T. (Alliance for Cannabis Therapuetics).
Information about medical uses of marijuana, clinical
studies & reform efforts
California
Compassionate Use home page This site will attempt
to collect and organize various documents relevant to
the California Compassionate Use Act, including judicial
decisions, news reports, and reactions and responses of
lawmakers and bureaucrats at the local, state and federal
levels. Another section of this site will attempt to document
the responses of non-government groups, such as medical
associations, educational institutions, and drug-treatment
groups.
Medical
Marijuana online magazine - US/Canada oriented
Reports
of clinical trials (general info) - controlled trials
register
Multiple
Sclerosis links site
Multiple
Sclerosis Society (UK) - 'Providing the strength
to fight MS' The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland supports people whose lives are affected
by multiple sclerosis by funding research and providing
local and national services.
World
of Multiple Sclerosis - The International Federation
of Multiple Sclerosis Societies (IFMSS) is a non-governmental,
non-profit making voluntary health agency and umbrella
organisation for the 36 established national MS member
societies throughout the world. One of the major IFMSS
objectives is to serve as a clearing house for educational
and scientific information about MS. The World of Multiple
Sclerosis on the Internet uniquely provides a vehicle
to facilitate the realisation of this goal. The World
of Multiple Sclerosis (WoMS) is an international cooperative
effort utilising experts in all areas of MS to offer current
and useful information to all members of the MS community
(health professionals, researchers, persons with MS, families
and carers) as well as the general public.
Royal
Pharmaceutical Society - The Royal Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain performs various roles on behalf
of the public and its members. The Society acts as the
registration and professional body for pharmacists in
all aspects of practice. Soon to undertake clinical trials
of cannabis derivatives.
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society (US)
Disability
Now newspaper, searchable website, conducted survey
of disabled people finding 67% had used cannabis for medicinal
purposes and 98% favoured a change in the law.
The
Science of Medical Marijuana - Medical marijuana research
is something of a "forgotten history" in the United States.
This site illustrates the fact that much promising research
was once conducted on marijuana, only to be shut off by
a political climate of intolerance toward marijuana use
for any purposes.
