LOS ANGELES (AP) — A growing majority of Americans say marijuana should be legal, underscoring a national shift as more states embrace cannabis for medical or adult use. Support for legal marijuana hit 61 percent in 2018, up from 57 percent two years ago, according to the General Social Survey, a widely respected trend survey […]
The next wave of cannabis products in Canada will be taxed by THC-content according to the federal government’s 2019 Budget. Coming into effect on May 1, edibles, extracts, and topicals will be subject to excise duties at a proposed rate of one cent per milligram of total THC. RELATED STORY Health Canada Proposes Regulations for […]
Recovering from shoulder surgery is never fun. One incision in my armpit, two weeks of narcotic pain relievers, one month in a sling, and six months of physical therapy brought me sort of back to normal. But two years passed before I was completely pain free. Then the unthinkable happened: I injured the other shoulder. […]
When Glenn Healy, head of the NHL Alumni Association, recently announced that a hundred retired players would be given CBD in a study examining the compound’s possible role in treating pain and post-concussion neurological disorders, many former athletes celebrated—especially those struggling with depression, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), and dementia from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). But […]
Regardless of whether weed is legal where you live, we still have to contend with roommates, parents, and neighbours, some of whom might take issue with the conspicuous scent of smoking cannabis. So, strike a compromise: Continue smoking but take actions to minimize the risk they’ll smell it in the first place. We all know about […]
A Canadian study published last month in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review looked for differences between people who consume cannabis socially versus those who consume cannabis solo, and found: Compared to individuals reporting their most recent cannabis-using occasion as social, solitary users were significantly more likely to screen positive for psychosis, endorse more symptoms […]
Pennsylvania State Police acted recklessly when troopers used a bulldozer to pursue a Grateful Dead fan caught growing marijuana on public land, killing him when he wound up under the machine’s treads, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Monday. Greg Longenecker’s family said state police had no business chasing him with a dangerous piece […]
Pain, when used as an umbrella term, is more vast than the Pacific Ocean. Using CBD to treat pain can be effective only under the pretense that the type of pain is well-understood and properly diagnosed. Most of us have crossed paths with the loud, piercing, cuss-worthy persona of acute pain: an elbow dings the […]
With a record 63% of Americans now supporting cannabis legalization, federal prohibition could fall by the end of 2019 or early 2020, former US Speaker of the House John Boehner told a packed house at SXSW in Austin on Friday afternoon. The former GOP leader, who joined the board of cannabis company Acreage Holdings last […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal that would make New Mexico the first U.S. state to set up government-operated marijuana stores appears dead in the current legislative session. RELATED STORY New Mexico Could Sell Cannabis Through State-Owned Shops Sen. John Sapien, a Bernalillo Democrat, said Thursday lawmakers still have questions about the measure with […]
