In 2014, the New England Journal of Medicine ran a propaganda piece by Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) titled Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use. The article is occasionally referenced by neo-prohibitionists to demonstrate the position of the federal government that cannabis has no known medical use […]
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5 Things You Need To Know About CBD Marijuana
CBD, or cannabidiol, is quickly changing the debate around the potentials of medical marijuana. When most people think of marijuana, they think of the chemical THC because it is the chemical that gets users high. But recently, more and more people have been looking into another compound found in marijuana called CBD. While many doctors […]
Everything You Need to Know About Marijuana’s Most Medicinal Molecule
In 2009, a handful of CBD-rich cannabis strains were discovered serendipitously in Northern California, America’s cannabis breadbasket, where certified patients could access medical marijuana legally. Thus began a great laboratory experiment in democracy involving CBD-rich cannabis therapeutics. The advent of whole plant CBD-rich oil as a grassroots therapeutic option has changed the national conversation about […]
Everything You Need To Know About Recreational Marijuana In Oregon
In less than two weeks, Oregonians — and any one else 21 and older — will be able to walk into a marijuana shop and buy pot, the latest milestone in the state’s long history with the drug. Though the Oregon Liquor Control Commission doesn’t plan to launch a regulated recreational market until late next […]
Here’s the New Info You Need to Know About the NSA, Privacy and Your Phone Calls
On June 2, Congress passed—and President Obama signed—the USA Freedom Act, which re-authorized the PATRIOT Act and extended the legal framework for the federal government’s fight against terrorism. Read article here: High Times
Alabama: Legislative Gatekeeper Kills Medical Marijuana Bill, Claims State Doesn’t Need It
Earlier this week, it seemed as though Alabama lawmakers were prepared to stand in support of Senate Bill 326, the most comprehensive plan to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes in the South, when it was nearly given unanimous approval by the Alabama Senate Judiciary… Read article here: High Times
NIDA in Need of Better Weed
The National Institute of Drug Abuse, the sole supplier of legal, research cannabis in the U.S., is under fire for the quality of the weed they've been supplying to scientists. Now, NIDA is looking to step up its marijuana game. Read article here: High Times
Want To Legalize Marijuana? Then You Need To Vote
This year's midterm elections exasperated many of my liberal-minded friends, who had hoped that Congress would be more democratic (party-wise) than it turned out to be, but many of these same people didn't vote. High Times
Why Cannabis Lovers Need To Go To The People’s Climate March
This Sunday, September21st, hundreds of thousands of people from across the country and many thousands more in cities around the world will join together in solidarity to demand action from the UN for its 2014 Climate Summit next week. The event is called the People… High Times
Does Paraphernalia Trigger a Need for Weed?
Does looking at a hand pipe, bong, or rolling papers trigger the need to get high in a stoner? That’s the consensus of a new study that finds drug paraphernalia has the power to activate reward centers in the brains of marijuana users and produce a need for weed. High Times