Cannabis Could be Used to Treat Obesity-Related Diseases
Cannabis plants could provide a new treatment for obese patients at risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Massachusetts Voters to Decide Medical Marijuana Question
Massachusetts voters this fall will decide three statewide ballot questions on medical marijuana, assisted suicide and whether to give independent repair shops access to data now closely guarded by carmakers.
The US War on Cocaine Has Destroyed the Lives of Millions of Innocent Farmers in Colombia
What the U.S. government is doing in Colombia has not slowed drug trafficking, but rather, created millions more victims through fumigation and displacement
Obama Signs Synthetic Drug Ban Bill
President Barack Obama Monday signed into law a bill banning the synthetic drugs known popularly as “bath salts” and “fake weed.” The language barring the substances was inserted into the Food and Drug Administration safety bill passed last month by the Congress. The bill targets 31 specific synthetic stimulant, cannabinoid, and hallucinogenic compounds. Marketed underRead More
Nevada Medical Marijuana Issue Tangled in Courts, Legislature
A ruling that Nevada’s medical marijuana law is unconstitutional has put the issue before the state Supreme Court and has lawmakers again pushing to clarify how patients can legally obtain the drug.
“Savages”: Oliver Stone, Back on Drugs at Last
Oliver Stone is a puzzling phenomenon, but on balance we’re better off having him than not having him. While I agree with a lot of Stone’s political opinions, even at the nuttier edges, I don’t think his espousal of various left-wing causes is all that important when it comes to the goodness or badness of his films.
Hempology 101: The History and Uses of Cannabis Sativa
CANNABIS CULTURE - Victoria, B.C. activist, newspaper publisher, and celebrated anti-prohibitionist Ted Smith is ready to release his long-awaited book, Hempology 101: The History and Uses of Cannabis Sativa.
Private Prison Companies Look to Canada as Industry Faces Lawsuits in US
US states are beginning to rely less on privately run prisons, but Canada may be a land of opportunity for the two biggest firms.
Enbridge Executive’s Company Awarded First Crime Bill C-10 $38.5-million Prison Project
Opponents of the Conservative government’s crime Bill C-10 were justified to argue that private companies would profiteer from the new jail system the legislation proposed for Canada.
Study: The ‘Gateway Drug’ is Alcohol, Not Marijuana
A study in the August edition of The Journal of School Health finds that the generations old theory of a “gateway drug” effect is in fact accurate for some drug users, but shifts the blame for those addicts’ escalating substance abuse away from marijuana and onto the most pervasive and socially accepted drug in American life: alcohol.
