U.S Military Veterans Needed For Medical Cannabis Study

source: steve elliott's blog

U.S. military veterans of all time frames are needed to join a medical marijuana study, "One More Mission."

Ten thousand Vets are to be part of a minimum one year study/commitment to accumulate data on the use of cannabis by Vets who have a primary or secondary diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, according to Al Byrne (US Navy, Ret.), cofounder and director of the group Patients Out of Time.

Vets must be in the 21 states and DC that have positive medical cannabis laws and have met their states requirements as a cannabis patient. Privacy is guaranteed, according to Byrne.

"Please circulate the website www.vptsmc.org far and wide," Byrne said.

"Vets are not treated equally in the U.S. - they receive "medical treatment by geography," Byrne said. "Vets in states without a medical cannabis regulation are not treated in VA facilities if they use medicinal cannabis."

"In 21 states and DC the VA treats them with care," Byrne said. "In the other states they are escorted from VA property."

"Medical treatment by geography is unethical, illogical, immoral and a disgrace to the U.S.," Byrne said.
Byrne invites everyone to call your federal Senator and Representative and demand equal treatment of all our Vets.

"It's the least you can do and I encourage you all to do more, Veteran or citizen," Byrne said. "When your country is wrong - change it."

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2002 - Article ~ Never fear, cannabinoids are here.

2002 - Study ~ The endogenous cannabinoid system controls extinction of aversive memories.

2002 - News ~ Natural' cannabis manages memory.

2002 - News ~ Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories.

2002 - News ~ Cannabis-like Brain Chemical Blocks Out Bad Memories.

2002 - News ~ Endocannabinoids extinguish bad memories in the brain.

2002 - News ~ Marijuana-Like Compound Banishes Fear.

2002 - News ~ Natural high helps banish bad memories.

2004 - News ~ Israel to soothe soldiers with marijuana.

2005 - Study ~ Enhancing Cannabinoid Neurotransmission Augments the Extinction of Conditioned Fear.

2006 - Study ~ Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Mediates Fear Extinction via Habituation-Like Processes.

2006 - Study ~ Aversive memory reactivation engages in the amygdala only some neurotransmitters involved in consolidation.

2006 - News ~ PTSD and Cannabis: A Clinician Ponders Mechanism of Action.

2006 - News/Forum ~ Cannabis Eases Post Traumatic Stress.

2007 - Study ~ Modulation of Fear and Anxiety by the Endogenous Cannabinoid System.

2007 - Study ~ Inhibition of fatty-acid amide hydrolase accelerates acquisition and extinction rates in a spatial memory task.

2007 - Study ~ Posttraumatic stress symptom severity predicts marijuana use coping motives among traumatic event-exposed marijuana users.

2007 - News ~ Medical Marijuana: PTSD Medical Malpractice.

2007 - News ~ Cannabis for the Wounded - Another Walter Reed Scandal.

2008 - Article ~ Marijuana Therapy for Veterans with PTSD.

2008 - Study ~ Association of the Cannabinoid Receptor Gene (CNR1) With ADHD and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

2009 - Study ~ Cannabinoid Receptor Activation in the Basolateral Amygdala Blocks the Effects of Stress on the Conditioning and Extinction of Inhibitory Avoidance.

2009 - Study ~ The use of a synthetic cannabinoid in the management of treatment-resistant nightmares in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

2009 - Study ~ Cannabinoid receptors in brain: pharmacogenetics, neuropharmacology, neurotoxicology, and potential therapeutic applications.

2009 - News ~ Medical Marijuana and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

2009 - News ~ Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder may benefit from synthetic marijuana.

2009 - News ~ Medical Marijuana and Nightmares.

2009 - News ~ Marijuana could alleviate symptoms of PTSD.

2009 - News ~ Marijuana could prove helpful for post-traumatic stress disorder patients.

2009 - News ~ 'Pot' may help combat PTSD U. of Haifa study shows.

2010 - Study ~ PTSD contributes to teen and young adult cannabis use disorders.

2010 - Study ~ Cannabinoids modulate hippocampal memory and plasticity.

2010 - Study ~ The relationship between substance use and posttraumatic stress disorder in a methadone maintenance treatment program.

2010 - News ~ V.A. Easing Rules for Users of Medical Marijuana.

2010 - Anecdotal ~ Cannabis and PTSD by Michael McKenna.

2011 - Study ~ The role of cannabinoids in modulating emotional and non-emotional memory processes in the hippocampus.

2011 - Study ~ Cannabinoids prevent the development of behavioral and endocrine alterations in a rat model of intense stress.

2011 - Study ~ Cannabinoids Prevent the Development of Behavioral and Endocrine Alterations in a Rat Model of Intense Stress.

2011 - Study ~ Posttraumatic stress disorder and Cannabis use in a nationally representative sample.

2011 - Study ~ Cannabinoid receptor expression and phosphorylation are differentially regulated between male and female cerebellum and brain stem after repeated stress: Implication for PTSD and drug abuse.

2011 - Study ~ Effect of cannabidiol on sleep disruption induced by the repeated combination tests consisting of open field and elevated plus-maze in rats.

2011 - Study ~ Cannabinoids Prevent the Development of Behavioral and Endocrine Alterations in a Rat Model of Intense Stress.

2011 - Study ~ Anti-Aversive Effects of Cannabidiol on Innate Fear-Induced Behaviors Evoked by an Ethological Model of Panic Attacks Based on a Prey vs the Wild Snake Epicrates cenchria crassus Confrontation Paradigm.

2011 - Study ~ Medical cannabis use in post-traumatic stress disorder: a naturalistic observational study.

2011 - Study ~ Cannabis use among military veterans after residential treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder.

2011 - News ~ Marijuana Administration After a Traumatic Experience May Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Rat Study Suggests.

2011 - News ~ Medical marijuana turns former soldier's life around.

2011 - News ~ Marijuana blocks PTSD symptoms in rats: study.

2012 - Study ~ Cannabidiol, a Cannabis sativa constituent, as an anxiolytic drug.

2012 - Study ~ Opposing Roles for Cannabinoid Receptor Type-1 (CB(1)) and Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type-1 Channel (TRPV1) on the Modulation of Panic-Like Responses in Rats.

2012 - Study ~ Fear relief-toward a new conceptual frame work and what endocannabinoids gotta do with it.

2012 - Study ~ On Disruption of Fear Memory by Reconsolidation Blockade: Evidence from Cannabidiol Treatment.

2012 - Study ~ Bimodal Control of Fear-Coping Strategies by CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors.

2012 - Study ~ A current overview of cannabinoids and glucocorticoids in facilitating extinction of aversive memories: Potential extinction enhancers.

2012 - Study ~ Cannabinoid CB1 receptor deficiency increases contextual fear memory under highly aversive conditions and long-term potentiation in vivo.

2012 - Study ~ Expression pattern of the cannabinoid receptor genes in the frontal cortex of mood disorder patients and mice selectively bred for high and low fear.

2012 - Study ~ Mitigation of post-traumatic stress symptoms by Cannabis resin: A review of the clinical and neurobiological evidence.

2012 - Study ~ Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnoses Among Veterans in 2002, 2008, and 2009.

2012 - Study ~ The underdiagnosis of cannabis use disorders and other Axis-I disorders among military veterans within VHA.

2012 - Study ~ Cannabinoid facilitation of fear extinction memory recall in humans.

2012 - Study ~ Brain altering drug calms fears also.

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U.S. military veterans of all time frames are needed to join a medical marijuana study, "One More Mission."
Ten thousand Vets are to be part of a minimum one year study/commitment to accumulate data on the use of cannabis by Vets who have a primary or secondary diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, according to Al Byrne (US Navy, Ret.), cofounder and director of the group Patients Out of Time.
Vets must be in the 21 states and DC that have positive medical cannabis laws and have met their states requirements as a cannabis patient. Privacy is guaranteed, according to Byrne.
"Please circulate the website www.vptsmc.org far and wide," Byrne said.
"Vets are not treated equally in the U.S. - they receive "medical treatment by geography," Byrne said. "Vets in states without a medical cannabis regulation are not treated in VA facilities if they use medicinal cannabis."
"In 21 states and DC the VA treats them with care," Byrne said. "In the other states they are escorted from VA property."
"Medical treatment by geography is unethical, illogical, immoral and a disgrace to the U.S.," Byrne said.
Byrne invites everyone to call your federal Senator and Representative and demand equal treatment of all our Vets.
"It's the least you can do and I encourage you all to do more, Veteran or citizen," Byrne said. "When your country is wrong - change it."

It Is Immoral to Cage Humans for Smoking Marijuana

 That's why Colorado and Washington have the most moral drug laws in America right now.

source: The Atlantic
by Conor Friedersdorf

 

 Under the law in 48 states, here's what can happen when an adult is thought to possess marijuana: Men with guns can go to his home, kick down his door, force him to lay face down on the floor, restrain him with handcuffs, drive him to a police station, and lock him in a cage. If he is then convicted of possessing marijuana, a judge can order that he be locked in a different cage, perhaps for years. 

There are times when locking human beings in cages is morally defensible. If, for example, a person commits murder, rape, or assault, transgressing against the rights of others, then forcibly removing him from society is the most just course of action. In contrast, it is immoral to lock people in cages for possessing or ingesting a plant that is smoked by millions every year with no significant harm done, especially when the vast majority of any harm actually done is borne by the smoker.

That there are racial disparities in who is sent to prison on marijuana charges is an added injustice that deserves attention. But if blacks and whites were sent to prison on marijuana charges in equal proportion, jail for marijuana would still be immoral.

If blacks and whites were sent to prison on marijuana charges in equal proportion, jail for marijuana would still be immoral. 

 

America has used marijuana charges to cage people for so long that it seems unremarkable. The time has come to see the status quo for what it is. A draconian punishment for a victimless crime has been institutionalized and normalized, so much so that even proponents of the policy are blind to its consequences.

Commentators are criticizing marijuana policy in Washington and Colorado, where the drug was recently legalized. These commentators aren't willing to put their names on an article stating that human beings who possess or smoke marijuana should be locked in cages among child molesters, gang members, and muggers. Yet they reserve their criticism for states that don't do that.

Status quo bias has mangled their priorities.

Present the American people at large with an individual who admits to having used marijuana and they are more likely to elect him president or to send him to Congress than to suggest that he ought to have been arrested and jailed for his crimes. But a majority of voters in most states, and even a majority of elected officials who've smoked marijuana, continue supporting laws that permit locking various marijuana users in prison among perpetrators of hate crimes and elder abuse.

In his recent column on marijuana policy, David Brooks wrote that "many people these days shy away from talk about the moral status of drug use because that would imply that one sort of life you might choose is better than another sort of life." I submit that a more urgent problem is Americans who shy away from talk about the dubious moral status of marijuana prohibition. It is, at its core, an exercise in using people as means to an end. The end is maintaining a stigma against marijuana use. And the means is locking humans in cages with dangerous people.

One day, we will look back at that tradeoff in moral horror.