Tag: health

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August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Air Force Bans Chobani Greek Yogurt Flavor, Over Hemp Seeds

Air Force Bans Chobani Greek Yogurt Flavor, Over Hemp Seeds

In 1999, with alarming prescience and an alacrity usually reserved for Delphic oracles, the U.S Air Force added hemp seed and oil products to their “forbidden list.”...
August 26, 2013
08/26/2013
Stockbroker Claims Government Joints Over 30 Years Saved Him

Stockbroker Claims Government Joints Over 30 Years Saved Him

One of four surviving federal medical marijuana patients, stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld suffers from a rare bone disease. He has been smoking government joints for more than 30 years...
August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
Depressed? Smoke Marijuana: THC and Depression

Depressed? Smoke Marijuana: THC and Depression

As reported Wednesday by Rolling Stone, a recent study published in the peer-reviewed academic journal European Neuropsychopharmacology has shown that ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (otherwise known as THC) has significant effects on the...
August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Study: No Link Between Hallucinogen Use and Mental Problems

Study: No Link Between Hallucinogen Use and Mental Problems

Have you done LSD, psilocybin or mescaline? You are no more likely to exhibit symptoms of mental illness or find yourself in mental health treatment, says a new...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
The Rationale for Self-Medicating, Cannabis and Big Pharma

The Rationale for Self-Medicating, Cannabis and Big Pharma

I believe each individual should explore the rationale for self-medicating. I’m not suggesting to anyone that they fully ignore conventional wisdom, medical evidence or your doctor’s advice,...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Hot on the heels of CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently announced his support for the use of medical cannabis (just like we predicted), is Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox...
By: Andy Cush
August 9, 2013
08/09/2013
Animal’s Backdoor Pharmacist Doesn’t Drink Coffee

Animal’s Backdoor Pharmacist Doesn’t Drink Coffee

Caffeine is a strong stimulant of the xanthine class. Naturally occurring, it’s the world’s most commonly consumed upper. Religions even exempt caffeine from restrictions on intoxicants because...
August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Study: Marijuana Users Know More About Health Effects Than Non-Users

Study: Marijuana Users Know More About Health Effects Than Non-Users

People who consume cannabis are more likely to be knowledgeable about the substance’s health effects than are those who abstain from it, according to survey data reported online in...
August 2, 2013
08/02/2013
Long-Ignored Cannabinoid THCV May Hold Key to Diabetes

Long-Ignored Cannabinoid THCV May Hold Key to Diabetes

While it’s apparently taken centuries for scientists to take serious notice of the medical effects of the cannabis plant, virtually all the attention has been on THC,...
July 31, 2013
07/31/2013
Great Stoner Workout: Kettlebell

Great Stoner Workout: Kettlebell

Sort of in line with my yoga routines, I am always interested in new ways of compressing time by getting more bang for your effort. A couple...
July 24, 2013
07/24/2013
Hemp Seed Nutrition

Hemp Seed Nutrition

The sight of a seed in the bowl is never a welcome one, even less so when you discover one half-roasted and hidden beneath the first layer...
July 23, 2013
07/23/2013
ASA Wake & Learn: A Daily Dose of Rx Cannabis Reality

ASA Wake & Learn: A Daily Dose of Rx Cannabis Reality

Marijuana advocacy group ASA (Americans for Safe Access) announced today that it has launched a project in partnership with TheAnswerPage.com (a physician’s Q&A forum run by the...
July 12, 2013
07/12/2013
First Large Study of Medical Marijuana Use in Young Adults

First Large Study of Medical Marijuana Use in Young Adults

The National Institutes of Health has granted $3.3 million to Drexel University for a five-year study of medical marijuana’s impact on drug use and health in young adults....
July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
Weed for Weight Loss

Weed for Weight Loss

Munchies are pretty much always synonymous with smoking marijuana. I have had my share of nights downing a whole pint of Haagen Dazs and an entire bag...
By: Lateralus
July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Study: Cannabis Smoking Not Associated With Pulmonary Risks

Study: Cannabis Smoking Not Associated With Pulmonary Risks

Pulmonary complications associated with the regular smoking of cannabis are “relatively small” and far lower than those associated with tobacco smoking, according to a recent review published in the...
July 2, 2013
07/02/2013
Cannabinoids 101

Cannabinoids 101

Medicinal cannabinoids can be kind of confusing. When you go to the dispensary, the strains will usually have the percentages of the subclasses of several cannabinoids listed. But...
By: Lateralus
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
Study: 7 out of 10 Americans Take a Prescription Drug

Study: 7 out of 10 Americans Take a Prescription Drug

A Mayo Clinic study found nearly 70% of Americans take prescription drugs, with antibiotics, antidepressants and painkillers being the most widely used. 13% took opioids (painkillers that include...
June 21, 2013
06/21/2013
Study: Cigarettes’ Thirdhand Smoke Causes DNA Damage

Study: Cigarettes’ Thirdhand Smoke Causes DNA Damage

A study led by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found for the first time that thirdhand smoke from cigarettes, the noxious residue that clings to...
May 30, 2013
05/30/2013
United States Patent 6630507 | Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants

United States Patent 6630507 | Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants

The next time someone tries to tell you that medical marijuana is bunk and that all those potheads should be locked up, point them to US Patent...
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Public Health Experts Make I-502 Suggestions to WA Liquor Control Board

Public Health Experts Make I-502 Suggestions to WA Liquor Control Board

A group composed of substance abuse, law and public health experts have sent a 16-page letter to Washington’s Liquor Control Board, making recommendations for the implementation of I-502....