Lead photo via Flickr user Elvert Barnes Outside of overtly racist political posturing and genuine generational disconnect, cannabis prohibition has continued as long as it has largely because of lobbying from the pharmaceutical and alcohol industry, with both multi-billion-dollar behemoths …
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New Study Shows Marijuana Legalization is Lowering Alcohol Consumption
According to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University, medical marijuana reform has had a significant impact on alcohol sales, to the tune of a 15-percent decline in some states. Researchers examined monthly …
Read More »The Republic of Georgia Has Decriminalized Cannabis Consumption
The constitutional court in the Republic of Georgia ruled Thursday that it is unconstitutional to criminally prosecute someone for consuming cannabis. This de facto decriminalization does not affect the criminal punishments that still exist regarding the purchase or sale of …
Read More »First Atlanta, Now Savannah, Alderman Calls for Reduced Marijuana Penalties in Georgia
On Monday, Alderman Van Johnson proclaimed his intention to embrace marijuana reform in the City of Savannah, Georgia. Announced via his social media account, Johnson’s proposed ordinance would dramatically reduce any monetary penalties and remove the threat of incarceration for …
Read More »Atlanta: Councilman Hall Seeks Freedom and Expungement for Those with Marijuana Records
Mayoral candidate seeks expungement of criminal marijuana records and the release of those serving time under Atlanta’s old ordinance. Kwanza Hall, the Atlanta City Councilman praised for pushing through legislation to reduce marijuana penalties within city boundaries, called on the …
Read More »Marijuana Tied to Hypertension Risk
Marijuana use may be a cause of high blood pressure, a new study reports. Researchers studied 332 deaths among 1,213 people participating in a larger health study, of whom 57 percent were marijuana users. They had used marijuana for an …
Read More »Senior Citizens Embrace Medicinal Cannabis: Use up 250%
Far from a gateway drug, marijuana helps today’s senior citizens exit the vicious cycle of pharmaceuticals and addiction. Although marijuana was once considered a dangerous recreational drug by many senior citizens, today’s elderly are among the fastest growing demographic within …
Read More »Marijuana associated with three-fold risk of death from hypertension
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Marijuana use is associated with a three-fold risk of death from hypertension, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. “Steps are being taken towards legalisation and decriminalisation of marijuana in the …
Read More »Marijuana use holds three-fold blood pressure death risk: study
LONDON (Reuters) – People who smoke marijuana have a three times greater risk of dying from hypertension, or high blood pressure, than those who have never used the drug, scientists said on Wednesday. The risk grows with every year of …
Read More »Growing Legal Weed in The Former Soviet Union
In January of this year, Marijuana.com reported on a story coming out of the country of Georgia involving a political party named Girchi. The group had taken it upon themselves to challenge the Georgian government through an act of civil …
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