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…
Read MoreTag: marijuana dispensary santa barbara
US 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 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 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 MoreAustralian Police Seize Ice and Cannabis in Major Drug Sting
Police in Toowoomba and Warwick, with narcotics dogs at their sides, conducted a passive sting operation that resulted in several notices to appear in court on charges of drug possession. The combined effort on Saturday saw officers paying very surprise visits indeed to licensed operations in Allora, Warwick, and Toowoomba. Darren Tamblyn, detective sergeant at the Warwick Criminal Investigation Branch, said that while they found several people in possession of drugs, the wider public appreciated their efforts to crack down on drugs. “A number of people were given notice to…
Read MoreA Hypothetical Case for Legalizing Marijuana in Missouri
To avoid going to jail, Mark Shanklin from St. Louis needs to persuade the Missouri Supreme Court that voters in the state approved a farming-friendly constitutional amendment with the express intent of legalizing the cultivation of marijuana back in 2014 already. Forgetting for now the question of whether he will succeed or not, he argues in court on November 7, his case raises an important hypothetical. What would happen to Shanklin if, somehow, Missouri legalized cannabis? In this parallel state, Shanklin and others like him would not go to jail…
Read MoreAn Etiquette Guide to Entertaining with Weed
Since the start of this year, the masses moving to the coastlines of California for Hollywood, the tech industry, or just the freedom of the sun-soaked Wild West, are coming face to face with a new custom: Wherever they go, cannabis is seemingly everywhere. Now that it is legal recreationally, from San Francisco’s misty shores to the hills of Los Angeles, pot is as common as wine. Weed is widely available wrapped in boxes, or cooked into exotic edibles and multi-course meals. It has become an essential addition to casual…
Read MoreMichigan Invites ‘Mega’ Medical Marijuana Cultivators into State
The State of Michigan is opening its medical pot industry to massive-scale grow operations. This is according to a Thursday-released advisory. Last year, when the state Legislature passed bills to allow medical marijuana, it provided for three different classes of growing licenses: Class A permits up to 500 plants. Class B allows up to 1,000 plants. Class C licenses up to 1,500 plants. However, the legal advisory, released just last week, specifies that a single individual or business is able to apply for as many Class C licenses as they…
Read MoreWhat Will Happen To Maine’s Marijuana Tax Dollars?
On Thursday last week, a legislative committee decided to rewrite Maine’s recreational cannabis law to make the tax rate twice what it was before, give host towns a tax cut, and secure residents of Maine a two-year head start in the pot industry. However, leaders of the committee have concerns that the bill will not survive the LePage administration. They are worried that officials under LePage would shred the bill, either by delaying implementation of it or by vetoing it outright, even if a special legislative session passes the…
Read More