The mad Jamaican ganja gene found again :Hickling lives !

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When Jim Carrey co-opted the image of a distressed boy with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) in an effort to reinforce the actor’s views about vaccines, he inadvertently brought attention to TSC, which is, unlike vaccines, associated with autism. In using the image of Alex Echols, for which he later apologized, Carrey may also have brought attention to another topic of discussion in autism circles: the use of marijuana as a therapeutic.

Alex’s parents have a blog where they’ve written about Alex and his needs for many years. Among those needs, they argue, is therapeutic marijuana, which they say helps Alex with his self-injurious behaviors. They have published their clear agenda for accomplishing this for their son, who currently lives in a group home.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywil...schizophrenia/


There was a Jamaican MD head of bellvue in the late 60s - 70s , that used ganja to treat some of his patients, Hickling I believe his name was, his son went on to study ganja and advocated same, whey di mad bredda ,Dela haye deh , wid im treatment clinic ?

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Chile follows


Chile lawmakers approve marijuana decriminalisation bill
8 July 2015
From the section Latin America & Caribbean
on July 7, 2015 Chile's lower house of Congress approved a bill to allow Chileans to grow small amounts of marijuana for recreational or spiritual use. The measure still must go before a health commission and be approved by the Senate.
Chilean law already allows medical use of marijuana with government approval
A bill which will allow Chileans to grow small amounts of marijuana for medical, recreational or spiritual use has been approved by the country's lower house of Congress.
The measure will allow each Chilean home to grow up to six plants.
Up to now, planting, selling and transporting marijuana has been punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33438405

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Regarding the debate about whether cannabis use causes psychiatric symptoms or patients use the drug to alleviate symptoms, Cassidy said, “I do not agree with this dichotomous way of thinking, and have greater interest in an alternate model, the common vulnerability model, in which both the psychiatric illness and the substance use could be secondary to some underlying pathology” such as the reward processing deficits observed in his study.


scientists at the University of California, Irvine conducted a double-blind, randomized, clinical trial comparing the effects of cannabidiol with those of the antipsychotic medication amisulpride.6
Their findings, which were reported in 2012 in Translational Psychiatry, show that both treatments led to significant clinical improvement, but cannabidiol resulted in fewer of the common side effects — including motor impairments and weight gain — that substantially influence non-compliance with antipsychotic medications.


http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/sch...icle/399675/3/