In October 2018, Canada is the second country next to Uruguay to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. You might be one of those who waited for this legalization to try smoking the plant. Well, your long wait is over! You’re probably visualizing how
CBD oil or cannabidiol oil is a chemical found in the cannabis plant or what we all know as marijuana. One compound found in the cannabis plant is THC or tetrahydrocannabinol. THC causes side effects of giving people a high when it’s applied with
What is CBD exactly? You may have seen CBD oil in the news or on the internet recently and wondered what the rage is all about. To put it simply, CBD oil comes from the Cannabis Sativa or marijuana plant, but it is an
According to Dr.Richard Smith, a former editor of the British Medical Journal, pouring so many billions into cancer research is a waste of money. Smith says that cancer is, in fact, the closest one can come to surrealist Luis Buñuel wish for “a slower death.”
With a drug war against marijuana still raging in more countries than not, the question of how long-term marijuana use effects the human brain is a pivotal question in its legalization. Although alcohol remains legal despite heaps of evidence to the dangers of long-term
Aside from the numerous medical uses for marijuana (especially in regard to cancer), we have to weigh its every day risks and costs to the non-medical consumer. Doing so gives us a pretty clear picture: prohibition of marijuana makes even less sense than the
More than 70% of Americans are in favor of medical marijuana, and this rate has been increasing every year. This trend is reinforced because there have been no deaths are caused by using marijuana, either medicinally or recreationally. Dr. Lester Grinspoon, a professor emeritus
The modification of plants using selective breeding, phytohormones which change how cells react or perceive themselves and their environment, for instance allowing an older plant to bloom or grow new roots, and even genomic editing are nothing new to the world of agriculture. The
Vancouver’s Mega ILL cafe is making headlines this week for its pot-positive vibes and pot-infused pies. Said to be the city’s first “pizzeria-cum-vapor lounge”, the cafe is, as owner Mark Klokeid explained to CTV News last month, a “pot friendly” establishment where patrons are
This article is a far more detailed version of a smaller collection of studies showing the medicinal capabilities of cannabis for treating cancer. With alcohol showing essentially no medical properties beyond application as an anti-septic, cannabis (and in particular a molecules known as cannabinol -CBD-
