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Link to full documentCannabis also has enormous potential for protecting the brain and central nervous system from the damage that creates various movement disorders.Researchers have found that cannabinoids fight the effects of strokes, aswell as brain trauma, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. More than100 research articles have been published on how canna-binoids act as neu-roprotective agents to slow the progression of such neurodegenerative dis-eases as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and particularly Parkinson's, whichaffects more than 52% of people over the age of 85--------Endocannabinoids have paradoxical effects on the mammalian nervous sys- tem: Sometimes they block neuronal excitability and other times they aug-ment it....

Sept 25, 2008 by LaVonne Veatch GoodmanWhen NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launches a rocket into space they call it "lighting the candle".  This is the awesome moment after years of careful planning, testing and retesting --  they decide to push the ignition button.  Launching a drug into clinical trial for Huntington's is a similar situation. It takes years of science, planning, testing and retesting before decisions are made to start a clinical trial.How are decisions made to launch a drug candidate into clinical trial?  Have you wondered why CHDI has not yet decided to "light a candle"...