Smoking marijuana has a bad reputation when it comes to lung health. Yet, research has shown that the herb itself may actually help with certain respiratory conditions. What is emphysema? Emphysema is a respiratory disease that leads to a condition known as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease (COPD). While emphysema can contribute to COPD, emphysema…
DetailsAs more people turn their backs on pharmaceuticals in favor of medicinal cannabis, the pharmaceutical industry is racing to find an appropriate response. This comes in the form of a variety of cannabis-based drugs designed to appeal to cannabis supporters. Let’s open the bottle of pills and take a look at these 10 cannabis-based pharmaceuticals.…
DetailsThe Prince of Pot, Marc Emery, is a legend in the fight to legalize cannabis. Now, he is taking his advocacy one step further, and the Emery’s are opening a storefront dispensary. Marc and wife Jodie Emery are the owners of Cannabis Culture, a business devoted to the news, activism, and lifestyle of all things…
DetailsHeroin and cocaine are killing people. Heroin, a Schedule I narcotic, is like a beast constantly riding users, who eventually surrender and know there is no escape. If they run out, they get deathly ill and will do nearly anything to get enough money for a fix. Cocaine, a drug of abuse on Schedule II,…
DetailsThere are plenty of ways to make a lasting and loving filled relationship. You can share together ideas, memories, activities and everything else in between. But did you know that the pot smoking couple can have a more intimate and loving relationship? Smoking couples both already share an intimacy and love for one thing, cannabis. However, there…
DetailsIn a witty speech at the final White House Correspondents dinner of his presidency, President Barack Obama slipped in a weed joke that had the audience cheering and laughing. Referencing his rising approval ratings on his way out of the office, Obama said, “The last time I was this high, I was trying to decide…
DetailsIt’s taken a while, but downtown Boston will finally be getting a medical marijuana dispensary this summer. According to the Boston Business Journal, Patriot Care revealed on Wednesday that the company will be opening its first dispensary in Boston on Friday, June 10. Located at 21 Milk Street, the 6,200-square-foot facility will mirror the look…
DetailsI remember the first time I set foot inside a recreational marijuana dispensary. It was May 2014, and the pot shop was a highly awarded location, the Clinic Colorado. Smoking pot was nothing new to me, but buying weed legally certainly was. And the options! The options gave me a stoner hard-on that only Colorado…
DetailsCannabis has shown a lot of potential in the treatment of post-traumatic stress (PTSD). Though some states prevent PTSD patients from accessing medical marijuana, others have readily included it in their list of qualifying conditions. Our Marijuana and PTSD series aims to explain how and why this herb may be a useful tool for those…
DetailsAn Ohio patrolman’s body camera video has captured him helping a potentially drunk guy’s bit of marijuana lost in his yard. The video shows an intoxicated man admitting he lost the drug. The officer says he doesn’t want children to find it and then locates it in the grass. The man asks if he’d throw…
DetailsProposed municipal regulations to govern the budding Victoria marijuana dispensary businesses are expected to weed out a number of pot shops downtown. The proposed changes go before councillors this week and, if approved, city staff expect to have the necessary bylaw changes ready by June. Once the zoning bylaw has been changed, shop owners would…
DetailsMarket Analysis: All indices, with the exception of the Kind Index, finished April above their previous month’s average. The Mids rollercoaster continued in April as the index jumped up $10 as it recovered from a 17-month low average in March. The Schwag Index experienced the biggest gain, closing April $22 above its previous month’s average.…
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