Prospero’s Grow Week 8: Flushing Cannabis Plants and Raising the Grow Light
I was recently talking to two grow hands at work about flushing cannabis plants. The word itself gives you a pretty decent...
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Colorado Home to Nation's First Hemp Crop
Farmer Ryan Loflin is currently overseeing the first hemp crop in the US in 60 years, which of course comes just a few months after Amendment 64...
Study: Inhaled Cannabis Reduces Crohn’s Symptoms
Inhaling cannabis reduces symptoms of Crohn’s disease compared to placebo in patients non-responsive to traditional therapies
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Study Claims Marijuana Tied to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk
A new study compared the risk of bladder cancer in more than 83,000 men who smoked cigarettes only, marijuana only, or both substances. More frequent marijuana use -- smoking pot more than 500 times -- was associated with greater risk reduction than infrequent marijuana use -- smoking once or twice.
Study: No Association Between the Cumulative Consumption of Cannabis Smoke and the Risk of Lung Cancer
Investigators from UCLA provided the latest data reaffirming that cannabis consumption is not associated with an elevated risk of lung cancer...
Colombia Using Marijuana to Cure Drug Addicts
Bogota, Colombia has a problem with bazuco, an addictive derivative of cocaine. The city is now experimenting with using marijuana to cure drug addicts.
Researchers Find Weed May Be Key to Treating HIV
Preliminary research from the Temple University School of Medicine suggests that a viable treatment for HIV may be found within weed.
How to Make Bubble Hash With Bubble Bags
Here’s a basic step by step of how to make bubble hash with bubble bags.
Video: What if Cannabinoids in Cannabis Cured Cancer & Other Diseases?
This video from 2010 is a must-see for anyone having a discussion about the medicinal effects of cannbinoids.
Prospero’s Grow: Week 6: It's Flower Time!
After five weeks of growing marijuana plants in my studio apartment in Denver, it was finally time to see some buds! It's flower time!
Benefits of Juicing Cannabis, a How-to Guide
This is just one of several videos online right now that talks about the benefits of juicing cannabis. I've been discussing juicing here on Weedist as I...
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WA House Approves Bill to Distinguish Marijuana From Hemp
In a vote of 95-1, the WA House passed a bill that would classify marijuana as part of the cannabis plant that contains more than 0.3% THC-A and Delta-9 THC
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PopSci.com Infographic - Which Drugs Kill Americans
Infographic - Many popular illegal drugs—including marijuana and LSD—are such a tiny blip as to be invisible.
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Willie Nelson Explains How Marijuana Can Be Deadly
Willie Nelson: Why do you want criminals to make all the money off of this when it's proven that it won't kill you unless you let a bale of it fall on you?
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UNICEF Study: Nations With More Liberal Drug Laws, Youths Use Cannabis Less
UNICEF's "Report Card 11" found that countries with more liberal drug laws had lower rates of youths who smoked marijuana than nations with stricter...
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What Does Marijuana Do to Pets?
CSU vet and associate professor Timothy Hacket: "If you give a dog a stick of butter or a bowl of cooking oil — marijuana or not — it’s going to get sick."
Strain Reviews: Sativa Dominant for Daytime or Active Use
Patients who come into the dispensary where I work ask about good strains for a variety of different situations. Indica and sativa are...
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Time: Marijuana No More of a Gateway Drug Than Alcohol
In his recent article in Time, Joe Klein makes the point that fears about marijuana being a gateway drug are from a different era