Cannabis and the Keys to Aging Gracefully
When it comes to cannabinoids, age matters. We have talked to Dr. Robert Hashemiyoon about cannabis being a potential anti-aging medicine, and there are several good reasons for this, including …
Green Road to Recovery: Cannabis Culture Sits Down with Addiction Experts
CANNABIS CULTURE – North America wide, we are in a opioid crisis. In every city and many small towns, people die everyday from overdoses of patented pharmaceutical drugs. In response, a growing movement of critical thinkers use cannabis to free themselves from addiction. While big pharmaceutical talking heads scoff at this anecdotal evidence, more and
Exit Drug (How Cannabis Can Combat the Opioid Crisis)
CANNABIS CULTURE – On many drug addiction programs, “abstinence” is the keyword. The reasoning? Perhaps something akin to “Using cannabis keeps you in a drug-using environment, and potentially makes you susceptible to using other drugs (gateway theory). Also, cannabis is a drug, and you cannot use drugs to get off other drugs.”
Growing Hope Despite Colonial Residue in Zimbabwe
CANNABIS CULTURE – Two weeks ago, Zimbabwe – a country with no functioning currency of its own and known for its harsh jail penalties on drugs possession – became the second country in Africa to legalize Cannabis cultivation and industrial processing, triggering a rush of interest from companies in Europe and Canada.
Cannabis is not Tobacco (So, It’d Be Foolish to Regulate the Same Way)
CANNABIS CULTURE – Last week, I wrote an article on Smart Approaches to Marijuana’s approach to cannabis legalization. One of the things that really stood out for me was the the motto “Preventing another big tobacco’. So, I thought to do a bit of a side-by-side comparison, and see if cannabis really is another big
Judge Rules Florida Cancer Patient Can Grow His Own Cannabis
CANNABIS CULTURE – In April 2018, Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers ruled that Tampa resident Joe Redner can grow his own medical cannabis solely for the purpose of his being able to concoct the biomass needed for the juicing protocol recommended by his physician.
How “Smart Approaches to Marijuana” Misses the Point
CANNABIS CULTURE – I was reading through a .pdf by “Smart Approaches to Marijuana” (SAM), where they review the apparent negatives of cannabis legalization. The organization’s byline is “Preventing another big tobacco”, so as you can imagine, there’s a lot of alarmist language used throughout the document.
Post-Legalization Pot Activism: Adjustments in Goals and Tactics
CANNABIS CULTURE – “If we don’t take action now We’ll settle for nothing later We settle for nothing now And we’ll settle for nothing later.” – Rage Against The Machine, Settle For Nothing