Scientists are suggesting that cannabis can offer some benefit for Alzheimer's sufferers.

The scientists from Israel and Spain say cannabis-based treatments could improve memory loss in Alzheimer's sufferers.

The revelation was made this week at a symposium of cannabis experts hosted by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) where the scientists said that a compound present in cannabis significantly slows memory problems caused by the disease.

By Carol Natukunda

HEALTH experts from the African Union (AU) have asked member states to ban the growing of cannabis, popularly known as marijuana.

They are worried that the cultivation of the drug, locally known as njaga/i>, was affecting agricultural production and posing serious food shortage on the continent.

It was also observed that cannabis users were at a higher risk of contracting HIV, among other sexually transmitted infections.

Harriet Harman proposes outlawing payment for sex. Will she have restaurants policed to ensure that a couple eating out together are going Dutch?
Ms Harman and others are keen to exploit images of women both as vulnerable victims and as free agents making bold career choices. The difficulty is which to apply in this case.

But selling sex is not the only occupation where we might suspect some underlying problem. Many other ways of making a living, including Ms Harman's own, could in some cases be considered "prostitution" in its most fundamental sense.

Bush's pick for a CA prosecutor post of hardliner Joseph Russoniello signals a possible crack down on the state's multi-billion dollar pot industry.
The man tapped by President Bush to be the top federal prosecutor for the San Francisco Bay Area was a hardline drug warrior during his tenure in the same post in the 1980s -- which could signal an escalation of the administration's crackdown on California's flourishing medical-marijuana clubs.

ALED Jones hits on his best argument yet for the legalisation of cannabis, as he believes that it is so much stronger these days than in the 1960s.

As he points out, alcohol is regulated under strict guidelines with indications of strength etcetera, something that is not possible with cannabis under prohibition.

As regards its strength, both the Advisory Council on the Misuse of drugs and the European Drug Monitoring Centre have reported only modest, if any, increases in its strength in the past 30 years.
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The editor of a news website based in South Wales has claimed the jailing of medical cannabis grower Roderick Cotton, was a "missed opportunity" for opening communications regarding the intergration of medical cannabis into UK society.
According to Ian Malley, news editor at The Canna Zine , "http://cannazine.co.uk", the Roderick Cotton case was the natural beginning. An ideal opening for communications regarding the decriminalisation of cannabis for medical use.

Cannabis farms are growing across Milton Keynes as organised crime spreads from London say police.

Sixteen cannabis farms have been uncovered this year in Milton Keynes but Assistant Chief Constable George Wilson believes others remain undiscovered.

MK News - Drugs harvest: Police outside a house on Mercers Drive, Bradville where a cannabis farm was operating in May
Drugs harvest: Police outside a house on Mercers Drive, Bradville where a cannabis farm was operating in May

CANNABIS smokers inhale far more toxic chemicals than those who puff on cigarettes new research shows.
When inhaled directly, marijuana smoke contains 20 times more lung-damaging ammonia and five times as much hydrogen cyanide and nitrogen oxides than cigarette smoke, a team led by David Moir at Health Canada reports.

In WA around 235,000 people use cannabis and it is the most widely used illicit drug nationwide, according to a survey by the Australian Governments Institute of Criminology.

People who smoke marijuana overwhelmingly believe their friends, siblings and co-workers would condone their drug use, a study has found.

A study of Gold Coast university students found marijuana users had a generally positive view of their drug-taking, and thought the benefits outweighed the potential dangers.

They believed cannabis would help them fit in with their friends, feel relaxed, forget their worries and enjoy themselves.