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Cannabis and Cancer: Cell Receptors Identified
It has been known for some time that cannabis has anti-cancer properties, but it has been unclear specifically what cannabinoid cell receptors are directly related to tumor shrinkage.
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Cannabis and Child Abuse: The Proximity Dilemma
For many medical marijuana patients, simply having cannabis in a house where children reside could result in claims of child abuse. No one runs the risk of being labeled an abuser of children for...
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Marijuana Refugees: Changing States to Save Their Kids
Some families are relocating to Colorado (soon, perhaps, to Washington as well) to give their children a fighting chance and a healthy life. Two such families out...
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Drug Testing in MMJ and Legal Cannabis States
One of the (many) problematic issues that arises from the conflict between state and federal cannabis law is the still-legal vocational drug testing that screens for marijuana.
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Could Cannabis Replace Spinal Injections?
Cannabis is one of the safest and most effective anti-inflammatory agents in existence, which I suspect is a large part of why it is such a powerful medication. I'm hopeful that some doctors,...
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Are Law Enforcement Officers Ignorant?
I assumed that law enforcement know that marijuana is pretty safe and causes much less havoc than even alcohol or cigarettes. A recent story from Bakersfield, CA, forced me to pause and allow for that...
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NY Times Calls on Feds to End Marijuana Ban
The New York Times editorial board put out a call for the federal government to end the ban on marijuana. Obviously, I agree and there is a good chance that you do as well, being a Weedist reader. As...
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Cracked.com a Bit Off on Legal Weed
I love Cracked.com. The articles are well researched, interesting and almost always hilarious. One article, titled, "5 Reasons Legalized Marijuana Might Be Bad for Pot Smokers," sort of misses the mark.
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NFL Too Lenient on Abuse, Too Harsh on Cannabis
Ray Rice, running back for the Baltimore Ravens, was doled out a two game suspension for beating his then fiance, Janay Palmer, unconscious and dragging her across the floor by her hair.
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Philippines Catholic Church Supports Medical Marijuana
Despite a recent decree from Pope Francis admonishing marijuana use, the Catholic Church of the Philippines has come out in support of medical marijuana.
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Heroin Saves Woman’s Life
A German woman has emigrated to Switzerland where she can get government supplied synthetic heroin that, she claims, is the reason she has been able to regain control of her life.
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Andy Harris: It’s for the Kids, Damnit!
If Kevin Sabet and Chris Christie were looking for a third member to play some acoustic crazy in their anti-cannabis garage band, they need look no further than Representative Andy Harris (R-MD).
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How to Make Cannabis Compound Butter
Compound butters are great as single-serving flavor enhancers. A small slice added to a baked potato or piece of fish/meat can send the experience to another level.
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Pot Arrests Generate Bank for Law Enforcement, Have Racial Bias
Latino and Black people are over 3 times more likely to suffer harsh judicial consequences for cannabis possession than Caucasians, even though the rate of consumption is more or less the same.
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ASA and Leafly Tag-Team NFL
The main, practical reason that I feel cannabis should be legal and allowed for consumption by NFL players is that it is a tremendously safe alternative to the gamut of pharmaceutical pain medication...
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Oregon Early Learning Council: Medical Marijuana Worse Than Booze, Pills and...
For a state sandwiched between the legal pot haven of Washington and the heavily-medical marijuana saturation in California, Oregon sure exhibits some backwater ways of thinking. Oregon has been more...
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Al Olson, Senior NBC News Editor, To Head Marijuana News Site
Yesterday, I believe, we got another morsel of evidence illustrating the reach of the pro-cannabis movement. Al Olson, veteran journalist and a Senior Editor at NBC news left his post to become the...
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NY Times Peddled Reefer Madness in the Past
While the NY Times is doing some good work in rationally addressing the veil of bullshit and mystique that has clouded marijuana's history in America, they conveniently overlooked the portions of...
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Wales Health Services Now Offers Prescription Cannabis-Based Drug for MS
The NHS of Wales in the UK has just become the first NHS in the UK to fund cannabis-based medicine for people with multiple sclerosis.
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One Seattle Police Officer Wrote 80% of City Pot Tickets
Weed is now legal in Washington state. However, you can still be issued a citation/ticket if you are found using cannabis in one of the aforementioned "no-no" zones. That doesn't mean the public or...
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