Marijuana is said to be a gateway drug, meaning that once you start on marijuana, it will not be long before you start on really hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine. How true is this notion? Research suggests that heavy cannabis users who started smoking between 12 – 17 years of age are 85 […]

Medical marijuana dispensaries are popping up all over Toronto, much to the chagrin of Mayor John Tory, who stated that these marijuana shops are “verging on being out of control in some neighborhoods.” Although Canada is in the process of making marijuana legal, this is not expected to happen until 2017. Toronto’s growing number of […]

Synthetic cannabis is the term used for artificial, chemical compounds that mimic THC, the psychoactive compound of cannabis. Synthetic forms of cannabis are very potent and dangerous and are linked to deaths and illnesses among prison inmates in Britain. Natural marijuana gains its psychoactive compounds from a cannabinoid known as THC. Synthetic marijuana is completely […]

There are a myriad of reasons to declassify marijuana from the Schedule 1 classification, considering Schedule 1 drugs also include heroin, LSD and Quaaludes and others. They are also defined as having no medicinal value. Tell that to the PTSD, epilepsy, cancer and pain patients that have moved their lives across the nation to the 24 states that allow […]

Yet another case of a driver sexually assaulted in the name of the war on drugs dramatically illustrates the dangerously broad powerthat police officers have to mess with motorists. According to a lawsuit filed last September, described in a February 3 ruling by federal judge in Pennsylvania, Kimberlee Carbone was pulled over by New Castle police […]