The latest backing for medical marijuana use comes from the most unlikely of all – the World Health Organization (WHO). If you need some for medical use, Dispensary in Santa Barbara will deliver to your doorstep. The WHO recently declared that the CBD in pot, which gives it medicinal properties, should not be categorized as a drug. Legalization of weed in a number of US states has caused public outcry, with several health officials cautioning the public against use on grounds that they lack enough research to declare it completely…
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Cannabis: Health Effects of Recreational and Medical Use
Marijuana is today widely used around the world. In the U.S. medical marijuana has been legalized in over 29 states. There have been steps to legalize recreational cannabis. So far, 8 states and D.C. have legalized marijuana for recreational use. This should intrigue most people to think how marijuana affects their health. We all know that cannabis is a mind-altering drug and can cause different effects based on a person’s tolerance and marijuana strain. Some marijuana strains can give you physical effects, while others give you the cerebral high. Today,…
Read MoreUS Attorney General Sessions Signals Change in Marijuana Policy
We all know that marijuana is still illegal at the federal level in the U.S. This illegality has made it impossible for the states that have legalized marijuana to enjoy the full effect. This is especially for the banks that are instrumental in keeping the money flowing. Things might be changing, but it is all about speculation right now. This comes at a time when the Attorney General Sessions is making headlines on marijuana and opioid use in the U.S. Sessions has hinted to possible changes in the enforcement of…
Read MoreOver 3800 Sign up for Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania
If you thought the buzz over the use of marijuana was going downtrend, then you are wrong. This was evident when more than 3800 patients and 200 caregivers registered in Pennsylvania. This was after the launch of the Medical Marijuana Patient and Caregiver Registry. The registry was launched by the Governor of the state, Tom Wolf. The law to legalize the use of medical weed in Pennsylvania was voted and signed in 2016. The governor has been impressed by the measures put in place by the Pennsylvania Department of Health…
Read MoreNew Jersey Could Legalize Marijuana by April 2018
It appears that the Garden State may well become very, very green, very, very soon. Following the victory of Democrat Phil Murphy in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election in New Jersey, the legalization of marijuana could well become a reality throughout the state, and quickly too. The new governor, who won a landslide majority vote, built much of his campaign on the promise to legalize cannabis. “The criminalization of marijuana has only served to clog our courts and cloud people’s futures, so we will legalize marijuana,” Murphy said in his victory speech…
Read MoreStudy Finds Cannabis Preventing Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
New evidence, from research out of both South Korea and the United States, points to marijuana as having a preventative effect on the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. Most commonly, people with obesity have symptoms of a fatty liver, but the condition can afflict those with type 2 diabetes, as well as those who drink large quantities of alcohol. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, however, occurs when people who do not consume much or any alcohol start storing excess fat in their liver. While having liver fat is…
Read MorePot Companies Turning to the University of Guelph for Help
The fledgling cannabis industry is encouraging new research into marijuana that could have long-lasting effects on an array of other sectors, including new medicines and farming techniques, as firms seek irrefutable scientific evidence on the plant and its inner workings before recreational sales start legally in July next year. With recreational marijuana soon to be legal and the number of licensed medical cannabis producers expanding, scientists at the University of Guelph claim that more companies are approaching researchers for help improving their business operations for cultivating better plants. The university,…
Read MoreOregon Funds Schools and More with $85 Million from Cannabis Tax
The Oregon Department of Revenue distributed the last of its promised allocation of $85 million in pot revenues on Tuesday to cities, counties, and various state agencies. This is the first distribution of cannabis taxes since recreational sales came into effect on January 4 last year. According to the department, October 11 was the final deadline for distribution of these monies. The agency is not handing out cash willy-nilly, however. It is splitting the revenues according to state laws enacted to govern the process. The State School Fund received the…
Read MoreMan Buys Equipment at Car Boot Sale to Grow Weed in House with Kids
A marijuana consumer from Derbyshire, who police caught cultivating in a house shared with his partner and her two children, recently learnt from the justice system that what he did “could be classed as abuse.” According to Martin Lewis, the suspect, he purchased all the equipment that he required to set up his grow space at a car boot sale. Inside one of the rooms in the residence he was sharing with his partner and her kids, he set up a five-foot by eight-foot grow tent. State prosecutor for the…
Read MoreSaskatoon Weekend Event Unites Cannabis Community
Residents in Saskatoon, located in the Saskatchewan province of Canada, are eagerly anticipating the legal sale of recreational marijuana, which is set to come into effect with outlets opening their doors to adult-use customers on July 1, 2018. As the date crawls imminently closer to becoming a reality, the cannabis community of Saskatoon gathered last weekend to converse, relax, and smoke weed. This past weekend, the O’Brian’s Event Center hosted the seventh annual Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup. It ran through the weekend. Organizer of the event, Jeffrey Lundstrom, said with…
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