Marijuana laws for both medical and recreational use are loosening across the globe. Among the countries at the forefront of laxer marijuana laws, Germany announced it would legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes in 2017. What makes Germany’s new marijuana law unique is that it would require health insurance to cover the costs of medical marijuana […]

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 […]

More and more people are turning to marijuana for illnesses, pain relief and insomnia. Mostly, medical marijuana is processed and made into an oil, which has psychoactive properties if it is high in THC and this is the same when consuming processed cannabis edibles. Many find that raw and juiced marijuana has amazing health benefits. […]

A growing body of research suggests that smoking marijuana may actually provide a beneficial effect on the respiratory system, in some cases reducing bronchospasm and cough, as well as decreasing airway resistance. Smoking THC has the ability to dilate respiratory passages, studies show. This is most likely due to cannabis’ anti-inflammatory properties. These effects could potentially benefit […]

Whether it’s for medical or recreational use, marijuana still has a stigma attached to it that can brand one a “drug user” or “pot-head”. Describing the benefits of medical marijuana to kids is easy enough, since there is enough evidence of it’s benefits to convince them and others of its usefulness. Besides, it’s legal in […]

Conventional crops tend to be coated with noxious pesticides. Marijuana crops are no exception. As more and more states legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes, the next big issue for the alternative health community is to ensure that bud is free of dangerous pesticides. The use of illegal pesticides is a growing problem in the marijuana […]

What used to be termed as shyness or simply an individual who has an introverted personality is now termed a disorder, SAD, which stands for Social Anxiety Disorder. Introverts are people who find their peace away from people and feel most comfortable when they are alone. How does cannabis help them cope? It is said […]

Chron’s disease is usually treated with pharmaceutical drugs that are often ineffective. One young boy has been managing the disease by taking cannabis oil every day, and attributes to this treatment the fact that he is alive and well. Chron’s disease causes a chronic inflammation that attacks a person’s gastrointestinal tract in order to attack […]

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 […]

The combination of cannabis and coconut oil makes for a very potent medicine. Both coconut oil and cannabis have been criticized for years. Yet both have amazing healing properties which can help with a number of conditions. Coconut oil has been maligned for decades as a dangerous saturated fat that leads to things like elevated […]

Jack Herer was a pro-cannabis and hemp activist and author of the book The Emperor Wears no Clothes. He maintained that the cannabis plant should be decriminalized and argued that it should be cultivated as a renewable, sustainable source of fuel, medicine, food, fiber and paper that could be grown virtually everywhere in the world. […]

Research into the use of cannabis and cannbinoids has been studied to some extent, for conditions such as pain relief, nausea, vomiting, anxiety and so on. In fact, two cannabinoids (dronabinol and nabilone) are approved by the FDA for the treatment of chemotherapy related nausea and vomiting. A lot of cannabis research cannot be undertaken […]

Arrests for possession of cannabis in England and Wales has dropped by a whopping 46 percent since 2010. Busting people for possession and use of weed is increasingly seen as irrelevant in the face of crimes such as murder and child abuse. As the legalisation debate plods on, and as the US, UK and other […]

Medical cannabis helps to alleviate pain and symptoms from serious and chronic illnesses that cause much suffering. Many people gladly try medical marijuana for a variety of conditions, mostly because they have tried conventional medicine and have not found relief for their symptoms. Medical marijuana isn’t legal everywhere. It’s currently legal in all of Canada […]