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Portugal Decriminalizing Drug Use Derived Many Benefits

When we (Drug Policy Alliance) say all drugs should be “decriminalized,” we mean we’re working to completely eliminate criminal penalties for drug use and possession, just like in Portugal, where they stopped arresting people for drugs in 2001. Learn more about Portugal’s incredibly successful health-centered approach to drug policy in Michael Moore‘s upcoming film #WhereToInvadeNext:http://bit.ly/1o0QUnc […]

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Swiss Study Further Validates Efficacy of the Cannabis Vaporizer

It has long been known that vaporizing cannabis is an inherently healthier ingestion method than the traditional smoking of it, but it never hurts to have some published scientific research to back up the claims. Just over a week ago, a Swiss team of researchers published such findings in a scientific journal called PLOS One. […]

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Growing Selection of Hemp Products Offered by Whole Foods

  Last year Whole Foods supported the 3rd Annual Hemp History Week (June 4-10) by publishing information on its growing array of hemp based products gaining in popularity due to the quality of hemp as an ingredient.  Hemp History Week joins natural products pioneers, health and wellness advocates and interested citizens across the country to […]

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A worker inspects a plant at a medicinal cannabis plantation, part of a project by the Daya Foundation non-governmental organisation, in rural Quinamavida near Talca, Chile, January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Sebastian Martinez

Largest Medical Marijuana Farm in North and South America is Not in the USA

Chile is leading the way amongst nations in North and South and Latin America by allowing large medical marijuana plantations. They help drive costs down for quality cannabis medicine and decrease black market illegal activity. It is unknow how much of the production ends up in the recreational black market but surely some likely does. […]

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Following US Trends, More Canadian Teens Smoke Cannabis Than Tobacco

The Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey has been held every two years since 1977 and serves as Canada’s longest-running scientific look at underage drug use. The latest version, released on Wednesday by the esteemed Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), may have shocked some suburban Ontario hockey moms when they learned […]

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Colombia To Legalize Medical Marijuana

  “Wait…you mean it wasn’t legal there already?” That is a common reaction when people hear that the South American nation of Colombia is on the verge of legalizing marijuana for medical and scientific use. Home to the infamous Pablo Escobar and his ultra-violent Medellín Cartel in the 1970’s and 1980’s, Colombia has allowed its citizens to […]

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The Old Testament Prescribed Cannabis Oil as Sacred Ritual – Medical and Legal History of Marijuana – Timeline of Key Cannabis Historical Events

Marijuana is Mother Nature’s most interesting plant. Botanists with associated expertise, naturopathic doctors, and a growing array of other doctors worldwide are beginning to realize what our ancestors have known for thousands of years, that cannabis is one of nature’s gifts still severely misunderstood and under-appreciated. Key legal and medicinal events include the following: 2900BC […]

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Chronic Marijuana Use by Teenagers Does Not Cause Health Problems According to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Study

Chronic marijuana in the teenage years does not cause depression, psychotic symptoms, asthma or any other conditions thought of associated to it, a recent study revealed. In fact the study, which spanned 20 years, concluded that there is no link between marijuana use and ill-health. Young marijuana users did not even show signs of allergies, […]

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Canada Court Rules Medical Marijuana in Any Form Fully Legal Throughout Canada

Medical marijuana is used for medical ailments such as Crohn’s disease, seizures, HIV and nausea. Throughout Canada, physicians decide who is eligible to use it. Before the recent court ruling, they were only able to legally prescribe dried marijuana use, which is not as effective medically or nutritionally in many cases as other variations of […]

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Celebrities Adding Star Power to Booming Marijuana Industry

High-profile celebrities are starting to leverage their start power to create new income streams by licensing their names and brands to private marijuana industry companies. Currently the trend is taking greatest foothold in the few states that have decriminalized recreational use like Colorado and Oregon. Read full MJ Biz Daily article by clicking here..

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