Despite information from the past, cannabis is not the gateway drug we need to worry about. This post from HERB reveals what the real gateway drug is. Since the days of Reefer Madness, cannabis has gained an unfair reputation for being the gateway drug. Much of the anti-cannabis propaganda we see today is still based on the completely inaccurate fear that using cannabis will ... Continue Reading
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The Potential Effects of Lasting, Heavy Cannabis Smoking
Does long-term cannabis smoking damage your lungs? Research on the subject points to some surprisingly good news. Discover in this post from HERB what the researchers concluded. Let’s get one thing clear. Research has put a halt on the idea that smoking marijuana inevitably causes irreversible lung damage. A 2015 study completed by Emory University compared data from ... Continue Reading
Disrupting the Cannabis and Tobacco Link
This post from The Independent has insights on how to make smoking cannabis less dangerous, simply by disrupting the link between cannabis and tobacco. The majority of Europeans continue to roll a cannabis joint with tobacco, according to new data from the Global Drug Survey. A mere 8 per cent of survey respondents from the USA report using cannabis this way, in stark ... Continue Reading
NJ Proposes to Treat Marijuana Like Tobacco
New Jersey proposes a bold law to treat pot like tobacco and expunge all records of marijuana ‘crimes’. This post from Anonymous discusses that the proposed law would also allow NJ residents with prior pot possession arrests to apply for record expungement. A New Jersey State Assemblyman on Thursday introduced a bold, cannabis-friendly bill that would legalize and regulate ... Continue Reading
What Long-Term Marijuana Use Does to You
U.S. researchers say persistent marijuana use has no negative effect on physical health, aside from a link with gum disease. This post from The Independent considers what this means for the legalization of pot! Long-term marijuana use is not associated with a raft of physical health problems, according to a new study, with one surprising exception: gum ... Continue Reading