In July 2015, Illinois resident Darren Miller went to the hospital with a variety of unusual symptoms. After an open-heart surgery that occurred a few days later, on his 50th birthday, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and told he only had six months to live. Yet, six months later, Miller proved doctors […]
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15 Mind-Blowing Ways Hemp Can Save The World
Hemp is one of the world’s oldest crops. It also happens to be one of the most versatile. From plastics to paper, the hemp plant provides the means for humanity to live in harmony with the environment and the ecosystems that support it — without us wanting for anything. Just to give you an idea […]
2016 SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup: How Cannabis Will Save the NFL
After participating in a panel at the 2016 SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup, former NFL players Kyle Turley, Nate Jackson and Eben Britton sat down with HIGH TIMES editor-in-chief Dan Skye to discuss how pot can help football players recover from a wide range of injuries, inclu… Read article here: High Times
Can California’s Cannabis ‘Nuns’ Save Medical Marijuana Despite Harassment and Local Bans?
Sister Kate and her apprentice Sister Darcy are not really nuns, but they do have a real mission—to grow and produce medical marijuana for those in need. Read article here: High Times
A Mother’s Fight For Medical Marijuana Helped Save This Child From Cancer
On September 30, 2012, Sierra Riddle’s life was turned upside down when her 2-year-old son, Landon, was diagnosed with Leukemia and given an 8 to 10 percent chance to live past the next 24 to 48 hours. “It was the absolute most terrifying day of my life,” Riddle wrote on Landon’s blog. For the next […]
How Medical Marijuana Could Literally Save Lives
Medical marijuana opponents recently pounced on a big new analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showing that there isn’t good evidence that marijuana works for many of the conditions, like glaucoma, anxiety, or Parkinson’s disease, that it’s often prescribed for. The JAMA study was based on a meta-analysis of the findings […]
Australia: ‘Medical Cannabis Is Helping Save My Son’s Life’
It’s hard to imagine living in a country where your own federal and state governments deny your child access to potentially life-saving medicine. That’s a challenge I share daily with local Toowoomba mother Rhonda Miles as we work side by side as part of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Group Queensland. The group is comprised of […]
Help Save the World’s Oldest Medical Cannabis Garden
Since 1993, the WAMM medical marijuana garden in Santa Cruz, California has been growing free outdoor organic cannabisfor chronically and terminally ill patients who could not otherwise afford medicine. But now, after more than 20 years of service to the community, … Read article here: High Times
Can Hemp Save Us From Global Warming?
Conceptually, cannabis and global warming share a few things in common. Both have been the subject of controversy for decades, polarizing everyone from politicians of the same party to members of the same family. Also, both have been distorted by those with a political ag… High Times
The Clinic: Can Marijuana Save the NFL?
Earlier this year, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School and author of Marijuana Reconsidered and Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine penned an open letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asking him and the league to strongly consider funding … High Times