Tag: health

(248 posts)
February 3, 2014
02/03/2014
HuffPost: Meet The Children Who Rely On Marijuana To Survive

HuffPost: Meet The Children Who Rely On Marijuana To Survive

Huffington Post’s Carly Schwartz invites readers to meet the children that rely on marijuana to survive.
February 3, 2014
02/03/2014
Stop Spice! Synthetic Cannabis Is Extremely Harmful

Stop Spice! Synthetic Cannabis Is Extremely Harmful

Not long ago I wrote about the dangers of spice, fake weed that’s also known as K2 or Potpourri. At the time of writing, I was reading...
January 30, 2014
01/30/2014
Medical Cannabis for Swine Flu?

Medical Cannabis for Swine Flu?

According to Robert Melamede of Cannabis Science, a medical cannabis lozenge may prevent death from swine flu.
January 28, 2014
01/28/2014
Study: Illness Caused by Synthetic Pot on the Rise

Study: Illness Caused by Synthetic Pot on the Rise

New research from the Colorado School of Medicine, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, highlights the dangers of using synthetic marijuana, marketed under such brands...
January 24, 2014
01/24/2014
Marijuana Or Alcohol: Which Is Really Worse for Your Health?

Marijuana Or Alcohol: Which Is Really Worse for Your Health?

Joseph Brownstein explores the health affects, short and long term, answering the question of which is safer: marijuana or alcohol?
January 17, 2014
01/17/2014
Leaf Science: 3 Studies Show Health Benefits of Vaporizers

Leaf Science: 3 Studies Show Health Benefits of Vaporizers

Leaf Science explores 3 studies showing the health benefits of vaporizers over smoking cannabis.
January 16, 2014
01/16/2014
CBD Compound in Marijuana Could Replace Need for Antipsychotics

CBD Compound in Marijuana Could Replace Need for Antipsychotics

Dutch and British scientists say CBD in marijuana could be more effective than leading medications for psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia since, unlike a vast majority of...
January 16, 2014
01/16/2014
Christianity and Cannabis: Is it Immoral?

Christianity and Cannabis: Is it Immoral?

I have always been interested in how drugs, specifically cannabis, have been viewed through the lens of religious reconciliation. I touched on this in a former article,...
January 14, 2014
01/14/2014
Life Without Sleep, No Life at All

Life Without Sleep, No Life at All

This Huff Post article just came out discussing what sleep-deprivation does to a person. It got me thinking about one of the major driving forces behind my cannabis...
January 13, 2014
01/13/2014
The Truthiness of Marijuana Anonymous

The Truthiness of Marijuana Anonymous

One of my personal crusades is to bring to light inconsistencies, misconceptions, and outright fiction regarding marijuana. This bit of “truthiness” (to borrow from Master Colbert) comes...
January 7, 2014
01/07/2014
Psychology of Quitting, Why I Cannot Foresee Giving Up Cannabis

Psychology of Quitting, Why I Cannot Foresee Giving Up Cannabis

A friend of mine is trying to quit smoking cigarettes and I asked him how it was going. He was having a bad day and was really...
December 30, 2013
12/30/2013
A Whole New World: Legal Pot Sales Pit Patients vs Consumers

A Whole New World: Legal Pot Sales Pit Patients vs Consumers

And so it begins. On the first day of 2014, the cannabis policy battle lines decisively shift. No longer strictly a fight between drug warriors and POWs,...
December 23, 2013
12/23/2013
The Season of Giving Abounds in the Cannabis Community

The Season of Giving Abounds in the Cannabis Community

As the holiday season ramps up, the cannabis community has stepped up to help those less fortunate, too. We have certainly mainstreamed as can be evidenced by...
By: Anna Diaz
December 18, 2013
12/18/2013
Above the Influence? How About the Truth RE: Marijuana

Above the Influence? How About the Truth RE: Marijuana

As part of my/our ongoing quest to combat misleading, incomplete, or down right bad “facts” about marijuana, I recently found myself perusing the cannabis page at Above...
December 18, 2013
12/18/2013
Cannabis 101: Booze vs Grass

Cannabis 101: Booze vs Grass

With the recent news that there may be a global wine shortage turning out to be a bit exaggerated, there has been a lot of “Huzzahs!” going...
December 16, 2013
12/16/2013
10 States Most Addicted to Cigarette Smoking, Guess How Many Permit Cannabis Use

10 States Most Addicted to Cigarette Smoking, Guess How Many Permit Cannabis Use

Health.com recently used “government data on smoking (and quit) rates, smoking bans and restrictions, cigarette taxes and sales, and deaths attributable to smoking” to identify the top...
December 16, 2013
12/16/2013
Vaporizers Under Fire in Mainstream Media

Vaporizers Under Fire in Mainstream Media

It’s happening everywhere. Maybe in your very own neighborhood. People enjoying themselves with marijuana…but not suffering all the agony of smoking it! They’re using these mysterious new gadgets which...
November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Can Marijuana Users Donate Blood?

Can Marijuana Users Donate Blood?

Maybe it’s all the Black Friday marketing blitz that has people thinking about the holidays and the “Season of Giving”, but a few cannabis users have recently...
November 19, 2013
11/19/2013
Hemp Seeds, Great Ways to Add This Healthy Food to Your Diet

Hemp Seeds, Great Ways to Add This Healthy Food to Your Diet

Hemp seeds are among the nutrient-dense healthy foods I incorporate into my regular diet. I eat hemp seeds shelled and raw, which has a slightly nutty flavor...
November 19, 2013
11/19/2013
Birth Control Pill Use May Double Women’s Glaucoma Risk

Birth Control Pill Use May Double Women’s Glaucoma Risk

Glaucoma is a disease that causes optic nerve damage in the eyes, usually caused by abnormally high pressure inside your eye. Worldwide, glaucoma affects 60 million people, is...