Senator Elizabeth Warren: Legalizing Marijuana Could Abate Opioid Crises
The fight for legalization has one more advocate. Senator Elizabeth Warren D-Mass. asked Center for Disease Control Chief, Tom Friedan to explore, “the impact of the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana on opioid overdose deaths,” in an open letter to...
Medicinal Marijuana Patients Less Likely to Smoke Than Recreational Users
When it comes to delivery options, medicinal marijuana patients like to consume their cannabis or eat marijuana-infused edibles according to a new study conducted by the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. “The RAND study surveyed 1,994 people in four western...
What You Should Know About Synthetic Marijuana
With side effects ranging from catatonia to profound anxiety and vomiting, it’s clear synthetic marijuana does not offer the therapeutic benefits of the real medicinal plant. Still, low cost, wide availability, and an ambiguous legal status are leading more consumers...
Report Evaluates Access to Medical Marijuana By State
A recent report released by Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is challenging states to “make the grade” when it comes to providing medical cannabis programs. In the report, titled “Medical Marijuana Access in the US: A Patient-Focused Analysis of the Patchwork of...
US Veteran Loses Children Because of Treating PTSD With Medical Marijuana
While Raymond Schwab, a US Veteran and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) sufferer, and his wife prepared for a move from Kansas to Colorado, Kansas State took their five children away. The charge? – suspicion of child endangerment. Raymond manages his PTSD...
Owners Turn to CBD For Pet Health
Medicinal marijuana has been shown to successfully manage seizures and treat pain. Now these benefits are being applied to dogs, as more owners turn to CBD for ailing pets. “Biscuits, edibles, and capsules containing non-psychoactive cannabinoid compounds...
Can Hemp Clean Up Radiation from Fukushima Disaster?
From rope, to clothes, to paper, to fuel, it seems that hemp’s uses are endless. Now scientists have identified one more benefit of the versatile plant – removing radiation from soil. “The process of using plants to clean polluted soil is called phytoremediation....