Marijuana, drugs, taxes – all subjects that inevitably generate emotion. Most of us detest paying tax, but on a positive note, taxes enable governments to provide many essential and varied services to the community such as schools, police, fire fighting services, healthcare, road building and maintenance, etc. Several states in the US have legalized marijuana […]

The illegality of cannabis cultivation in the UK has not stopped people from farming the plant. Due to the cold weather and short growing season, indoor farms have proliferated over the last few years. This has led to police using heat seeking sensors to detect indoor cannabis farming operations but paradoxically, burglars have been known […]

There is abundant evidence to show that marijuana was in use as a natural product in ancient Egypt. Egyptologists confirm that the uses for this versatile plant ranged from religious use to practical uses in everyday life such as fabric manufacture. It was also widely used as a natural treatment for different ailments. Marijuana is […]

The death penalty still exists in over 30 countries around the world if one is caught carrying even a small amount of marijuana. Historically, the use of cannabis for various purposes in Asia dates back for thousands of years. However,  the virtual world-wide ban on cannabis means that for those living in or visiting certain […]

Obese or overweight people have large amounts of body fat which can result in health problems such as diabetes, cancer and high blood pressure. They are also more prone to develop insulin resistance, which is a precursor to diabetes. How does marijuana use help to control obesity? Although marijuana use is commonly associated with increased […]

When it comes to health, “cannabis” is the new buzzword. Though this all-natural plant has been around for thousands of years, it’s certainly experienced its fair share of ups and downs. Cannabis was widely popular among American physicians in the 1800s. Even Big Pharma utilized the plant medicinally; but once drugs like aspirin and morphine […]

Marijuana consumers cannot assume that any and all marijuana purchased is pure and organic. Like many plants grown commercially, marijuana plants are subject to synthetic fertilizers and chemical pesticides more often than not. Like any other product on the market, one needs to ask questions about the origins of the plants, and what herbicides or […]

Cannabidiol is a non-psychoactive compound of the marijuana plant. CBD, as it is commonly known, does not produce a high and studies have been undertaken proving the potential therapeutic value of cannabis for pain relief related to cancer, for epileptic seizures and other medical conditions in humans. Administering cannabis to sick animals has done wonders […]

CBD oil, which is increasingly being used to treat a variety of medical conditions, is a form of cannabis oil derived from marijuana or industrial hemp that contains significant amounts of cannabidiol, a molecule found in cannabis. Cannabinoids have a natural way of interacting with our bodies through receptors called endocannabinoids, which are present in […]

To prove just how effective cannabis can be in dealing with often life-threatening illnesses, an anonymous Australian woman in her mid-50s decided to post a YouTube video detailing how cannabis helped eliminate her stage IV lung cancer. She was initially given a mere six months to live. Her doctor suggested chemotherapy to prolong her life, […]

Alzheimers is a progressive disease that results in memory loss, thinking ability and behavior. Dementia symptoms worsen over time. Usually sufferers live for an average of 8 years after their symptoms become noticeable to others. Does marijuana really inhibit progression of the disease? An increasing population of elderly people means that Alzheimer’s disease is expected […]

The rate of Alzheimer’s disease, the third-leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer, has risen almost exponentially over the past few decades, and the numbers are expected to triple by 2050. Despite these rising numbers, Big Pharma has thankfully been clueless so far, as more effective, less expensive and less toxic remedies are […]

An Ohio mother recently found her newborn baby girl removed from her care, simply because she had been drinking marijuana tea to alleviate aches, pains and nausea associated with her pregnancy. She and the new baby tested positive for marijuana, and this motivated the magistrate to make the decision to remove her baby from her […]

Increasing, growers and sellers of legal marijuana see a huge bias against them on the part of the federal government, as well as a healthy amount of hypocrisy – and it’s coming primarily from the Internal Revenue Service. As noted by the group Now This Weed in a video posted on Facebook, the IRS seems […]

Millions of people in America alone suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Cannabis has been shown to ease the pain of these painful conditions and has, in fact, been used for thousands of years by Chinese and Indian folk to treat rheumatism and for pain-relief. Common symptoms for arthritis are joint and musculoskeletal pain. The […]