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Georgia, Health, News, Opinion

Will Georgia Repeat The Mistakes of Virginia’s Crippled Medical Marijuana Bill

On Thursday, the Virginia Senate passed a bill providing a limited legal defense for the possession of certain types of marijuana extracts for epilepsy patients, pursuant to a written certification from a doctor. SB 1235, sponsored by Sen. David Marsden, creates…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 14, 2015

Georgia, Health, Opinion

Nathan Deal Joins Georgia Sheriff’s Association Call to Weaken HB-1

Recently the fight for medical cannabis oil in Georgia took a new twist. The Georgia Sheriff’s Association said they think “the list of illnesses is too long”. They essentially only want to allow young children with epileptic seizures and no one…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 5, 2015
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Georgia, Health, Opinion

The Long Road to Marijuana Legalization in Georgia

Earlier this month Representative Allen Peake doubled-down on last year’s failed attempt to bring relief to sick Georgians with the filing of House Bill 1. Also known as the Haleigh’s Hope Act, HB1 would expand the number of eligible conditions…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 3, 2015

Health

Escalating the fight against breast cancer

MEXICO CITY — On Avenue San Fernando, a tree-lined street crowded with food stands, the new wing of Mexico’s flagship cancer hospital gleams like a silver airplane. Barely a year old, the light-filled structure attached to the National Institute of…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 2, 2015

Health, News, Opinion, Science & Environment

Measles Outbreaks Shows Potential Dangers of Conspiracy Nutters

Conspiracy whack jobs have always lived among us. I imagine there were even some neanderthals with some interesting theories. After 9/11 you heard them tell us this was a conspiracy by the Bush administration to start a war against Iraq…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 31, 2015

Health, News

One of the Boldest Cannabis Initiatives in History is Taking Place Right Now in Mississippi

By Stephen Bradley of Southern Cannabis Two Mississippi cannabis reform organizations have joined forces to end marijuana prohibition in their state, and if successful will pull off one of the most comprehensive pieces of citizen-generated legislation dealing with cannabis that we have seen yet. Proposition…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 30, 2015

Georgia, Health, Lifestyle, Politics & Elections

Governor Deal, end the suffering

The following letter was written by Sebastien Cotte, his wife Annett and son Jagger lived in Stone Mountain before moving to Colorado as medical refugees. We contacted Mr. Cotte for permission to publish this letter. By Sebastien Cotte My family and…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 25, 2015

Georgia, Health, Politics & Elections

Haleigh’s Hope Act More Restrictive than 1980 Version of Medical Cannabis Bill

If you have been following the news on the push for medical cannabis in Georgia you are probably aware that it took a major blow when Governor Nathan Deal decided to not allow in-state growing. Despite all the meetings and…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 23, 2015

Georgia, Health, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Cooper and Unterman Opposition to Medical Cannabis linked to Big Pharma Contributions

Nathan Deal effectively killed HB1 recently when he told the bill sponsor Allen Peake in a back room meeting he was opposed to in-state growing. An excellent article that explains why HB1 is now dead can be found here. But Deal…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 20, 2015

Georgia, Health, Lifestyle, Politics & Elections

Medical Marijuana shouldn’t be used as “Political Footballs”

(The following article was actually left as a comment but I thought it should gain more exposure by being published as an article by itself) By Jeff Deutsch This is taking WAY too long. Americans who need Medical Marijuana shouldn’t be…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 18, 2015

Georgia, Health, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Nathan Deal is Lying about a HB1 Veto: Call His Bluff!

Many thought 2015 would be the year that Haleigh’s Hope Act also known as HB1 would pass and people with epileptic seizures and a few other illnesses would finally be able to get some relief from the cannabis oil derivative.…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 16, 2015
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Health, Science & Environment

Breakthrough on chronic pain

For the first time, scientists have found evidence of neuroinflammation in key regions of the brains of patients with chronic pain, according to a new study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a Harvard affiliate. By showing that levels of an…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 13, 2015

Georgia, Health, Opinion

Nathan Deal’s opposition to in-state growing of cannabis due to Big Pharma

2015 was supposed to be the year that medical cannabis finally came to Georgia at least partially. Only the oil would be allowed. Many people correctly in my opinion have equated the way some in Georgia view cannabis more like…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 12, 2015

Health

Using weights to target belly fat

Healthy men who did 20 minutes of daily weight training had less increase in age-related abdominal fat than men who spent the same amount of time doing aerobic activities, according to a new study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 23, 2014

Health, News, Watchdog Reports

Leading role for Murthy: New American Surgeon General

Harvard health experts anticipated bold pronouncements on tobacco control, obesity, and mental health this week, as they digested the news that Harvard Medical School physician Vivek Murthy had been confirmed by the Senate as U.S. surgeon general. President Obama’s nomination…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 18, 2014

Health, Science & Environment

Creating ‘genomic origami’

In a triumph for cell biology, researchers have assembled the first high-resolution, 3-D maps of entire folded genomes and found a structural basis for gene regulation, a kind of “genomic origami” that allows the same genome to produce different types…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 15, 2014

Georgia, Health, Opinion

A Comparison of Side Effects With Prescription Medication and Marijuana

I just read an article on Bloomberg called The ‘Marijuana Middle’ is the New Drug Policy Majority. The article speaks of the changing public opinion on marijuana. Even conservative Republicans who have long been the ones opposed to any form of…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 8, 2014

Georgia, Health, Opinion

Cannabis oil clinical trial could cost Georgia $8 million

By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang Hold on! A few questions first, if you don’t mind: 1. Is a clinical trial going to be legally required in the proposed bill prior to the use of marijuana derivatives by those that…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 14, 2014