Welcome members and clients of OMMP PIF. Due to increased costs, our website has moved to this server, Thanks go to our Friend and colleague, Wired57, for making this possible. If you have any questions or concerns, please start a new topic in 
Thank you 
12-14-2016, 10:38 AM (This post was last modified: 12-14-2016, 10:39 AM by Purple Power.)
December 7, 2016 11:31 PM
Can cannabis treat concussions? UM researchers are trying to find out
Dr. Gillian Hotz, director of the University of Miami's concussion program. She and her team recently received a grant to study whether they can come up with new way to treat a concussion possibly with a pill derived from the plant that produces marijuana. <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;">
</div>
By Cresonia Hsieh
Special to the Miami Herald
As director of the concussion program at the University of Miami, Dr. Gillian Hotz has spent years tracking head injuries of high
school athletes. But starting in January, the research professor will see if she and her team can come up with a new way to treat
a concussion possibly with a pill derived from the plant that produces marijuana.
In late October, the universitys The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Miller School of Medicine received a $16 million
research grant from Scythian Biosciences to study if a simple pill, among other possible solutions, could reduce post-injury
brain cell inflammation, which leads to headaches and other neurological pain.
Researchers believe the answer lies in a cannabinoid derivative of the hemp plant, the plant from which hashish and marijuana,
among other hallucinogenic substances, is extracted. The chemical compound the UM researchers will use CBD does not contain
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) the main mind-altering substance found in marijuana.
Im excited that this could be a new treatment pathway for the hundreds and thousands of people that have this type of mild brain
injuries, Hotz said.
Hotz said there have been studies that document how cannabinoids have helped treat pain, glaucoma, epilepsy and depression with
few side effects. They want to see whether the same applies for sustained brain injuries like concussions.
Its not a guy smoking a joint, playing video games anymore. People have to get past that picture. Were way beyond that, she
said. (Cannabinoids) can really be helpful for a lot of people that have neurological conditions.....
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article119612483.html#emlnl=Health_&_Fitness">http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article119612483.html#emlnl=Health_&_Fitness</a>
Can cannabis treat concussions? UM researchers are trying to find out
Dr. Gillian Hotz, director of the University of Miami's concussion program. She and her team recently received a grant to study whether they can come up with new way to treat a concussion possibly with a pill derived from the plant that produces marijuana. <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;">
</div>
By Cresonia Hsieh
Special to the Miami Herald
As director of the concussion program at the University of Miami, Dr. Gillian Hotz has spent years tracking head injuries of high
school athletes. But starting in January, the research professor will see if she and her team can come up with a new way to treat
a concussion possibly with a pill derived from the plant that produces marijuana.
In late October, the universitys The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Miller School of Medicine received a $16 million
research grant from Scythian Biosciences to study if a simple pill, among other possible solutions, could reduce post-injury
brain cell inflammation, which leads to headaches and other neurological pain.
Researchers believe the answer lies in a cannabinoid derivative of the hemp plant, the plant from which hashish and marijuana,
among other hallucinogenic substances, is extracted. The chemical compound the UM researchers will use CBD does not contain
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) the main mind-altering substance found in marijuana.
Im excited that this could be a new treatment pathway for the hundreds and thousands of people that have this type of mild brain
injuries, Hotz said.
Hotz said there have been studies that document how cannabinoids have helped treat pain, glaucoma, epilepsy and depression with
few side effects. They want to see whether the same applies for sustained brain injuries like concussions.
Its not a guy smoking a joint, playing video games anymore. People have to get past that picture. Were way beyond that, she
said. (Cannabinoids) can really be helpful for a lot of people that have neurological conditions.....
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article119612483.html#emlnl=Health_&_Fitness">http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article119612483.html#emlnl=Health_&_Fitness</a>