Georgia Senate candidate, Jon Ossoff, is done taking the youth support for marijuana legalization for granted. In his runoff bid, he’s deploying campaign tactics on the social media app “TikTok” to promote his support for marijuana legalization! Why Senators are …
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Congressional Progressive Caucus calls for marijuana legalization in first six months of 2021
A major congressional caucus is rolling out a new agenda that includes legalizing marijuana within the first six months of 2021. On Monday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled the platform, which covers seven main planks such as COVID-19 relief, health …
Read More »House approves federal cannabis legalization bill
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to federally legalize marijuana in a historic vote on Friday. It’s the day that cannabis reform advocates have been building toward for years—a full floor vote to end prohibition in a chamber …
Read More »CBD helps reduce lung damage from COVID by increasing levels of protective peptide
Dr. Babak Baban, DCG immunologist and associate dean for research and Dr. Jack Yu, physician scientist and chief of pediatric plastic surgery at MCG. Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University One way CBD appears to reduce the “cytokine storm” …
Read More »Program takes on alcohol, e-cigarette use by children
Dr. Martha Tingen and her team at the Murphey Middle School. Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The bottom line is to help children grow up safer and healthier and to increase parents’ ability to help them do that, …
Read More »Advocacy Group Fights for Minority Participation in Georgia’s MMJ Program
Last Tuesday Georgia’s legislators came together to approve a medical marijuana bill enabling access to the medicine for all qualified patients. Georgia is now the 34th state legalize the cultivation of medical Cannabis. Georgia legislators worked diligently together to come …
Read More »Medical marijuana bill clears Senate
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A bill that would allow the in-state production and sale of low-potency medical marijuana oil has passed the Georgia senate, just two days after the proposal was limited significantly in committee. The Senate voted 44-8 to …
Read More »What Would Shirju Do? April 13, 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 »Legal marijuana is saving lives from opioid abuse, new studies find
Legal access to marijuana is helping people use less prescription opioids, according to two studies published Monday by the American Medical Association. In a study conducted by authors Ashley C. Bradford, W. David Bradford and Amanda Abraham of the University …
Read More »Interview: Rich Homie Quan’s Spirit is Higher Than Ever
By Shirley Ju “I be feelin’ like the man when I walk through!” I still remember when I played “Walk Thru” by Rich Homie Quan in the car as my girl and I were on our way to a Clippers …
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