CBD won't get you high and may have real health benefits too. This post from Health.com highlights 7 surprising ways people are using CBD oil—and what doctors really think about it. Everywhere you click these days, it seems like someone on the internet is talking about cannabidiol—also known as CBD, a chemical compound derived from the cannabis plant. Online retailers market ... Continue Reading
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A Broad-Sweeping Bill Introduced to De-Schedule Cannabis
A bill to remove marijuana from the controlled substances list was just introduced. This post from The Motley Fool discusses how this bill would do more than simply de-schedule cannabis. Don't blink, otherwise you might miss huge changes in the North American cannabis industry. Since June of last year, Mexico has legalized medical cannabis, Vermont gave the OK for adult-use ... Continue Reading
Have You Developed Marijuana Tolerance? Here’s How to Overcome It
If you need increasingly more weed to get high, it’s time to take a break. Learn, in this post from GreenCamp, about taking a tolerance break and a few other methods to lower your marijuana tolerance. Do me a quick favor. Close your eyes and try to remember how it felt when you got high for the very first time. Remember the strong buzz in your head and that fuzzy, warm ... Continue Reading
Here’s the Best Part About Legal Weed in Canada
When the information floodgates open, researchers from all fields – health, criminology, policy, economy and more – will be able to collect information about cannabis use that they weren’t able to get before. This post from WIRED UK delves into why data is going to be the most exciting thing about legal weed in Canada. Cannabis users around the world are eagerly awaiting ... Continue Reading
Is Cannabis Making You Impulsive and Hostile?
A study concluded that cannabis use has an impact on "impulsivity and hostility in daily life." Check out the science behind this conclusion and its downside, in this post from Leafly. One of my coworker's friends recently asked her whether cannabis can make its consumer "grumpy," because sometimes he wakes up cranky after an evening of smoking. His timing was serendipitous, ... Continue Reading