A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction adds to a growing body of research finding that opioid prescriptions decline after cannabis is legalized. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego in California and Weill Cornell Medical College in …
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Oklahoma Governor Enacts Rules to Ban Smokable Marijuana, Require Pharmacist at Dispensaries
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into place strict emergency rules for medical cannabis that marijuana advocates say are intentionally aimed at delaying the voter-approved use of medicinal cannabis. The term-limited Republican governor signed the rules …
Read More »What Would Shirju Do? July 12, 2018
This is your sneak preview of events and shows happening in Los Angeles for the upcoming week! No FOMO, no problem. I’m sick of people telling me, “Omg, I wish I knew about this, I would have gone!” My motto …
Read More »Bermuda Shorts: This North Atlantic Island Would Truly Be Paradise If You Could Have Weed
The Fourth of July holiday meant escaping the States and going on that one vacation you work your ass off all year long for. For me, this was embarking on a cruise to Bermuda, an island in the middle of …
Read More »Strain Review: Kiwi Strawberry by Synergy
Cannabis consumers come in many forms so we’ve included multiple points of view in our strain reviews. Reviewers Monterey Bud and Allena Braithwaite join Managing Editor Lesley Nickus and Contributor Suzy Nguyen. Today, they’ll be reviewing Kiwi Strawberry by Synergy. …
Read More »Nice Try, Though: Marijuana Can’t Be a Religious Sacrament If It’s Illegal, Indiana Judge Rules
A unique religious organization found that not all religious freedom laws apply when it comes to holy sacraments if they’re federally illegal. The sacrament in question? Cannabis. In her ruling July 6, 2018, Marion County Circuit Court Judge Sheryl …
Read More »Australian Study Finds Marijuana is Ineffective Remedy for Chronic Pain
A recent study by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney challenges the idea that cannabis could be effective for chronic non-cancer pain management. Published in the July 2018 The Lancet Public Health journal, the study, titled …
Read More »Dis-Jointed: You Don’t Have to Smoke Weed to Find Your High
It might come as a shock to those who love smoking weed that not everyone enjoys the ritual of rolling a joint or packing a bowl. For some, smoking can feel too harsh on their lungs. Others can’t seem to …
Read More »5 Cultivators Receive Arkansas Medical Marijuana Licenses
By Hannah Grabenstein LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ Medical Marijuana Commission has awarded licenses to five cultivation companies after an injunction against issuing the licenses was lifted Tuesday, July 10, 2018. The injunction was issued in March by Pulaski …
Read More »710 Day: How Oils and Concentrates Turned Cannabis Culture Upside Down
Back in an archaic era before text messaging, we used to get our kicks punching numbers on a calculator to make words. You know calculators — those things people use to do math without their phones? Anyway, it works on …
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