Medical Literature

For centuries there has been much recorded on the medical benefits of marijuana. We'll continue to try to find recent information and historical reference to provide you with published findings by specialists the world over.

  • Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids.
     J Natl Cancer Inst. 1975 Sep;55(3):597-602.
    Munson AE, Harris LS, Friedman MA, Dewey WL, Carchman RA.

  • Marijuana use and cancer incidence
     Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, USA
    S. Sidney, C. P. Quesenberry Jr., G. D. Friedman and I. S. Tekawa

  • Cannabinoids: potential anticancer agents
     Nature Reviews Cancer 3, 745-755 (October 2003) | doi:10.1038/nrc1188
    Manuel Guzmán

  • Evaluation of herbal cannabis characteristics by medical users: a randomized trial
     Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Ware MA, Ducruet T, Robinson AR.

  • A pilot clinical study of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
     British Journal of Cancer (2006) 95, 197–203. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603236 M Guzmán, M J Duarte, C Blázquez, J Ravina, M C Rosa, I Galve-Roperh, C Sánchez, G Velasco and L González-Feria

  • Cannabis: a health perspective and research agenda
     World Health Organization. 1997;

  • Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes
     Health Department of New South Wales, Australia, 2000; Vol II, p 41.

  • Proposed Medical Marijuana Uses
     American Medical Association, Council of Scientific Affairs 1997. Chicago, IL

  • The science of marijuana.
    Iversen, L.L. Oxford University Press, Oxford New York, 2000; p 46-157

  • Marijuana the forbidden medicine.
    Grinspoon, L., Bakalar, J.B. , Yale University Press, Newhaven, 1993

  • Marihuana and medicine: Assessing the science base.
    National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine (IOM) National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1999 2.5 - 4.32

  • Therapeutic uses of cannabis.
    British Medical Association. Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, 1997

  • The health and psychological effects of cannabis use.
    Australian Commonwealth government, Department of Health and Ageing, National Drug Strategy, Monograph Series No.44 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. Wayne Hall, Louisa Degenhardt, Michael Lynskey. 1994

  • The residual neuropsychological effects of cannabis: the current status of research.
    Pope Jr, H.G., Gruber, A.J., Yurgelun-Todd, D. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1995; 8: 25-34

  • The effects of cannabinoids on the brain.
    Ameri, A. Progress in neurobiology, 1999; 58: 315-348

  • Therapeutic aspects of cannabis and cannabinoids.
    Robson, P. Br J Psychiatry. 2001; 178:107-115

  • Health aspects of cannabis: revisited.
    Hollister, L.E. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 1998; 1: 71-80