(NaturalNews) There have been a few articles written about the multitude of environmentally sustainable industrial applications of hemp. There have been perhaps many more written about the medical applications of cannabis. Now there is a formerly skeptical California doctor who has found the optimal method of using marijuana for health. Unfortunately, the DEA, an arm…
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Not Feeling Well? Perhaps You’re ‘Marijuana Deficient’
Scientists have begun speculating that the root cause of disease conditions such as migraines and irritable bowel syndrome may be endocannabinoid deficiency. March 24, 2010 | For several years I have postulated that marijuana is not, in the strict sense of the word, an intoxicant. As I wrote in the book Marijuana Is Safer: So…
Marijuana May Ward Off Dementia: Cannabinoids Protect Brain From Aging Processes Say German Research
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Mainz have discovered a mechanism that seems to protect the brain from aging. In experiments with mice, they switched off the cannabinoid-1 receptor. As a consequence, the animals showed signs of degeneration – as seen in people with dementia – much faster. The research results are presented in…
Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Marijuana, whose botanical name is cannabis, has been used by humans for thousands of years. It was classified as an illegal drug by many countries in the 20th century. But over the past two decades, there has been a growing movement to legalize it, primarily for medical purposes. Medical marijuana use has surged in the…
5 popular but harmful drugs that can be replaced with marijuana
This article is dedicated to anyone that struggles with prescription drugs on this list because they are afraid of consuming a plant deemed illegal by the State. Cannabis is simply the best natural remedy to safely treat many ailments Activist Post The notion that any authority can determine what a sovereign human being can and…
Why Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Deaths
States that legalize medical marijuana see fewer fatal car accidents, according to a new study, in part because people may be substituting marijuana smoking for drinking alcohol. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia, have legalized medical marijuana since the mid-1990s. For the new study, economists looked at 1990-2009 government data on marijuana use and…
Global war on drugs a failure, high-level panel says
(Reuters) – A high-profile group of global leaders declared the “war on drugs” a failure on Thursday and urged governments to consider decriminalizing drugs in a bid to cut consumption and weaken the power of organized crime gangs. The Global Commission on Drug Policy, which includes former presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland, said…
Cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink, halts growth of blood vessels
Researchers in Spain have discovered that a cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink by halting the growth of blood vessels that supply the tumors with life. Cannabis has chemicals called cannabinoids, these are the chemicals that could effectively starve tumors to death, say the researchers. The study was carried out at the Complutense University, Madrid,…
Marijuana National Cancer Institute Says Marijuana Is a Cancer-Fighter, Then Backpedals
So you think the federal government prevaricates over what to do in Libya? As mixed as many of the government’s messages are, the feds really can’t take a solid stance when it comes to marijuana. Earlier this month, the National Cancer Institute bowed to a burgeoning legion of studies suggesting that one of the chemical…
Marijuana causes global warming, uses 1% of U.S. electricity????
People growing marijuana indoors use 1 percent of the U.S. electricity supply, and they create 17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year (not counting the smoke exhaled) according to a report by Evan Mills, an energy analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. After medical pot use was made legal in California in 1996,…