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Current IACM-Bulletins

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• IACM-Bulletin of 20 December 2009
• USA: President Obama signed a law that lifts the ban on the medical use of cannabis in Washington D.C.
• Czech Republic: Government defines amounts of illegal drugs, which will be tolerated
• USA: Next year the citizens of California may decide on whether to legalize cannabis for personal use

• IACM-Bulletin of 06 December 2009
• Israel: The government wants to implement new regulations for the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes
• Science: Cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs

• IACM-Bulletin of 22 November 2009
• IACM: New type of article gives background information on new important research results
• Science: The cannabis extract Sativex may decrease pain of cancer patients
• USA: American Medical Association calls for review of the ban to use cannabis for medicinal purposes

• IACM-Bulletin of 08 November 2009
• USA: Maine becomes the fifth state to allow cannabis dispensaries
• UK: The government fires a chief drug adviser and causes dismay by the scientific community
• Europe: The Netherlands are among the countries with the lowest number of cannabis users in Europe

• IACM-Bulletin of 25 October 2009
• USA: The federal government will no longer prosecute patients who use cannabis for medicinal purposes in states where it is legal
• USA: A majority of citizens in western states support the legalization and taxation of cannabis.

• IACM-Bulletin of 11 October 2009
• IACM: General Meeting changes name to International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines
• IACM: New results from clinical research at the IACM 2009 Conference

• IACM-Bulletin of 27 September 2009
• Science: External therapy with cannabinoids effective in reducing pain in patients with herpes zoster
• USA: Medical cannabis law creates confusion in the State of Washington

• IACM-Bulletin of 13 September 2009
• Holland: Government wants to ban foreigners from coffee shops
• Science: Successful reposition of a dislocated shoulder in a rock climber after inhalation of cannabis
• Science: Controversy on the existence of CB2 receptors on nerve cells in the brain

• IACM-Bulletin of 30 August 2009
• Science: Cannabis use has other effects on lung function than tobacco use
• Science: Cannabis use may protect the brain from some consequences of alcohol use
• Mexico: Decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs
• Argentina: Supreme Court against prison sentence for possession of cannabis

• IACM-Bulletin of 16 August 2009
• IACM: Survey on the modes of delivery of cannabis and cannabinoids
• IACM: Articles of the Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics now freely available
• Economy: Prominent US healthcare fund subscribes for significant equity stake in GW Pharmaceuticals
• Science: Weight reduction and stress may influence detection of cannabis use

• IACM-Bulletin of 02 August 2009
• Science: Risk of head and neck cancer reduced in cannabis users in large epidemiological study
• Germany: Bionorica aims for getting an approval for a dronabinol preparation in Germany in 2010

• IACM-Bulletin of 19 July 2009
• Science: Clinical phase III study with the cannabis extract Cannador successful in multiple sclerosis

• IACM-Bulletin of 05 July 2009
• Israel: Significant increase in the number of patients who are allowed to use cannabis for medicinal purposes
• Science: The development of the number of new schizophrenia cases in the UK does not support the hypothesis that cannabis use increases schizophrenia risk
• USA: Measure of medicinal use of cannabis introduced to House of Representatives

• IACM-Bulletin of 21 June 2009
• USA: Rhode Island legalizes the sale of cannabis for medicinal purposes

• IACM-Bulletin of 07 June 2009
• IACM: Registration for the IACM Conference in October
• Croatia: High court allows the medical use of cannabis in post traumatic stress disorder of war veterans
• Canada/USA: National associations on research into the endocannabinoid system and medical uses of cannabinoids

• IACM-Bulletin of 24 May 2009
• Europe/UK: GW Pharmaceuticals files for approval of Sativex for multiple sclerosis
• Science: THC improved symptoms of schizophrenia in a few patients in a clinical case series
• Science: Moderate cannabis use was associated with improved retention in naltrexone treatment for opiate-dependence

• IACM-Bulletin of 10 May 2009
• Science: According to a survey AIDS patients perceive cannabis as at least as effective as prescribed medications
• USA: Legislators in New Hampshire support the medical use of cannabis, but Governor Lynch is reluctant
• USA: Governor Schwarzenegger welcomes debate over legalizing cannabis

• IACM-Bulletin of 26 April 2009
• Canada: Supreme Court ends the government's monopoly on the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes
• USA: Number of patients who use cannabis for medical purposes significantly increased in recent months

• IACM-Bulletin of 12 April 2009
• Science: THC induces autophagy in human brain cancer cells

• IACM-Bulletin of 29 March 2009
• Germany: Facilitation in the application process for the medical use of cannabis
• USA: Change of the federal policy may stimulate further states to legalize the medical use of cannabis
• IACM/Germany: House search at the ACM office

• IACM-Bulletin of 15 March 2009
• Science/UK: Cannabis extract Sativex effective in reducing spasticity in MS patients in phase III clinical trial; GW Pharmaceuticals will submit a regulatory application in some European countries
• Science: Oral intake of a cannabinoid together with a meal improved bioavailability by avoiding first-pass metabolism

• IACM-Bulletin of 01 March 2009
• Science: Nabilone effective in the treatment of nightmares in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder
• Science: The beneficial effects of Sativex in MS patients with spasticity last long-term
• Science: Cannabis and THC effective in the treatment of cluster headache in a case report

• IACM-Bulletin of 15 February 2009
• Germany: First patients to receive cannabis from the pharmacy
• USA: Change in federal medical cannabis policy expected
• Canada: Supreme Court of British Columbia rules that medical cannabis program is unconstitutional
• Science: Cannabis use by adolescents decreased in recent years

• IACM-Bulletin of 01 February 2009
• Science: New synthetic cannabinoid tested in phase I clinical study
• World: Synthetic cannabinoids find their way to the illegal drug market

• IACM-Bulletin of 18 January 2009
• IACM: Call for papers for the IACM Conference in October 2009
• USA: Discussion on the implementation of the cannabis law in Michigan

• IACM-Bulletin of 04 January 2009
• Science: Cannabis use not associated with increased risk for Kaposi's sarcoma in people with HIV
• Holland: Appeal Court rules that possession of five plants should not be prosecuted