Pharmacological & Biologic Treatments: Internet Resources: Alternative Medicine

• American Apitherapy Society: information on bee venom therapy
• British Columbia Cancer Agency
  • Unconventional Cancer Therapies: Manual for Patients, 3rd edition 2000 and 4th edition 2005
• Cyberbotanica: Plants and Cancer Treatments, maintained by Lucy A. Snyder : "plants and chemotherapy (also still under construction), but other chapters are in the works: plants used in bioremediation, fungi which produce antibiotics, and genetically engineered fruits and vegetables".
• Drug Policy Alliance: "a drug policy organization working to broaden and better inform the public debate on drug policy and related issues. The LindesmithCenter, created in 1994, is the leading independent drug policy institute in the United States. The Drug Policy Foundation, founded in 1987, represents supporters who favor alternatives to the current war on drugs and is the principal membership-based organization advocating for drug policy reform"
• International Coenzyme Q10 Association
• The Kombucha Center: devoted to Kombucha, a popular health promoting beverage made by fermenting tea. It contains information on its history, current rise to popularity, health benefits, how to make it, and where to get it. The site is maintained by Jim Sease.
• Links to Information about Therapeutic Cannabis
• Maggot Therapy Project : "medical use of live maggots (fly larvae) for cleaning non-healing wounds."
• Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York: Information Resource: About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products: "objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems"
• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML): information on medical marijuana.

Revision: June 2006.

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