CBD News
Cannabis experts and advocates are now talking about CBD as a solution for many health conditions. This post from VailDaily.com has insights on the health benefits of CBD. When home health hospice nurse Sage Pierson was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age 40, she could have "walked into the woods and shot herself in the head," she was in so much pain. She tried the ... Continue Reading
Medical marijuana became available this year in the Empire State, leaving many patients and marijuana advocates asking for more. This post from The Weed Blog highlights the ways in which New York’s medical marijuana program falls short. New York’s long-delayed medical marijuana program finally rolled out this month, not with a bang, but with a whimper. What looks to be ... Continue Reading
Marijuana legalization advocates say Bernie Sanders became the first major presidential candidate to call for legal marijuana during Tuesday’s debate. This post from BuzzFeed News reports that the Sanders campaign is more cautious, but it’s clear the shift advocates were looking for has come. The first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday wasn’t the splashy policy ... Continue Reading
Massachusetts’ highest court ruled recently that just suspecting the driver of marijuana possession isn’t enough for a police officer to pull over the car. This post from High Times highlights how the ruling expands the protections given by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court on the heels of the decriminalization of marijuana. For years, police have used the “suspected of ... Continue Reading
Even though marijuana is still classified alongside heroin and LSD as a schedule 1 drug, DEA seems to be shifting its stand, just slightly, on marijuana. This post from TIME reports how the new DEA chief has finally admitted what people have known for years. The DEA chief had said pot is "probably not" as bad as heroin, but that he was "not an expert" The head of the ... Continue Reading
