GM604 for Treatment of ALS – A New Hope for Treatment of the Disease?
The average person probably has not given too much thought about ALS, but if you’re looking at this specific of a topic you probably already have an above...
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Perspectives on ALS End of Life Care
Last week, my neurochemistry class studied the debilitating neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Throughout the week, we dove deeply i...
ALS Mutations
Many of the neurodegenerative diseases have new information coming out on it. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one of the diseases that people are aware d...
Will ALS Be Treatable in the Future?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder which affects motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in reduced muscle functi...
High Driving – Is It Really That Bad?
If you do a quick Internet search on this topic, the answers are mixed. However, after doing some digging, it seems to be pretty clear. Marijuana is known to de...
Socially Unacceptable, Yet Highly Effective: The Tale of Medical Marijuana
Marijuana, or Cannabis, is one of the most widely used illicit drugs in countries throughout the world. THC, the psychoactive element found in recreational (and...
If Yes to Marijuana, Why Not LSD? How About Ecstasy? Ketamine? Cocaine? Mushrooms?
These illicit drugs have been shown to have medicinal properties, too, so why aren’t we voting to legalize them? Because that isn’t how the system should work. ...
Should Cannabis Be Schedule I?
In 1970, cannabis was placed as a schedule I drug under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA). Schedule I substances are defined by the DEA as drugs without an acc...
How Weed Works
What you might have missed amid the election results last Tuesday were the number of new marijuana laws that passed. Four states, California, Maine, Nevada, and...
Why I Believe Marijuana Should Be Legalized.
In this blog post I am going to give my thoughts about why I believe Marijuana, otherwise known as “weed” or “cannabis” should be legali...