Forensic testing of 400-year-old tobacco pipes from William Shakespeare’s garden suggest the playwright might have been familiar with cannabis. This post from The Telegraph suggests some of his sonnets reflect his ease with weed. South African scientists have discovered that 400-year-old tobacco pipes excavated from the garden of William Shakespeare contained cannabis, ... Continue Reading
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Has Marijuana Use Become A Cause For Concern? 6 Signs to Look For
In this post from Mind Body Green, Dr. David A. Greuner lists 6 signs that could indicate marijuana use has become a cause for concern and raises a flag against fostering complacency around the use of this controlled substance. Marijuana is now known to be a therapeutic drug, helpful in managing a wide variety of afflictions, from insomnia to cancer. It has also become ... Continue Reading
Does Smoking Pot Help Keep Intestinal Worms at Bay?
In this post from Popular Science, Alexandra Ossola reports that smoking pot might be helping some hunter-gatherers in Africa in getting rid of their intestinal worms. The 400 members of the Aka tribe, indigenous to the Congo River basin in Africa, are some of the last remaining hunter-gatherers in the world. Collectively, they’re also pretty into smoking marijuana, which ... Continue Reading
Drugs: Another Means toward Altering Consciousness?
In this article from The Huffington Post, Sam Harris presents a holistic point of view on ingesting drugs, drug policies, and our responsibilities as a society toward drug use. Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy ... Continue Reading