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The best cannabis posts from around the web

January 26, 2015
01/26/2015
Healing Recipes: Epilepsy – Broccoli Cheddar Casserole

Healing Recipes: Epilepsy – Broccoli Cheddar Casserole

While no single special diet is prescribed for epileptic patients, those with epilepsy are advised to followed a well balanced and nutritious diet full of all the...
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January 26, 2015
01/26/2015
Vitamin Weed? How Small, Daily Doses of Cannabis Could Unlock Optimum Health

Vitamin Weed? How Small, Daily Doses of Cannabis Could Unlock Optimum Health

So cannabinoid deficiency is real, meaning some people actually need to ingest cannabis to feel healthy. Although marijuana is not technically a vitamin, there could be enormous...
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January 23, 2015
01/23/2015
Girl, 9, Takes Medical Marijuana Fight to Texas Capitol

Girl, 9, Takes Medical Marijuana Fight to Texas Capitol

With the help of a “Team Alexis” Facebook page and branded merchandise to fund the effort, Alexis, who is fighting a life and death battle against epilepsy, has taken...
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January 22, 2015
01/22/2015
European Activism: The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour

European Activism: The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour

The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour is a non-profit organization riding to change the way marijuana is perceived in Europe. In November, it handed over 100,000 Euros to...
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January 21, 2015
01/21/2015
An Update on Alabama’s “Carly’s Law”

An Update on Alabama’s “Carly’s Law”

During its 2014 session, the Alabama Legislature passed a law authorizing a state-sponsored study of the efficacy of CBD in treating seizure disorders. Advocates of medicinal cannabis in...
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January 21, 2015
01/21/2015
How to Build a Geothermal Subterranean Greenhouse

How to Build a Geothermal Subterranean Greenhouse

A subterranean greenhouse is a great way to have continuous temperature and relative humidity levels throughout the whole year in your garden space. Native to Bolivia, the...
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January 20, 2015
01/20/2015
Why Pot Affects Everyone Differently

Why Pot Affects Everyone Differently

A study from 2013, conducted by researchers from Melbourne to Barcelona, figured that different genes affect the influence of cannabis on the brain, and while performing all...
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January 20, 2015
01/20/2015
New Policy Greatly Restricts Federal Asset Forfeiture Program

New Policy Greatly Restricts Federal Asset Forfeiture Program

Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new policy, effective immediately, that will greatly restrict the ability of state and local police forces to use federal law to...
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January 16, 2015
01/16/2015
Pot-Based Sex Spray for Women Hitting Colorado Shelves

Pot-Based Sex Spray for Women Hitting Colorado Shelves

A new pot spray promising to help women have better sex will hit the shelves in Colorado next week. Foria, which contains marijuana extract, claims the relaxing...
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January 16, 2015
01/16/2015
Roadside Drug Test for Cocaine and Cannabis Given Go-Ahead in UK

Roadside Drug Test for Cocaine and Cannabis Given Go-Ahead in UK

Police officers will be able to test drivers for drugs on the roadside for the first time after the Home Office approved the first mobile testing device....
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January 15, 2015
01/15/2015
Brazil Approves Marijuana Derivative for Medical Treatment

Brazil Approves Marijuana Derivative for Medical Treatment

Brazil on Wednesday for the first time approved the use of a marijuana derivative to treat people suffering from epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia among other disorders. Directors of...
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January 14, 2015
01/14/2015
Legalize Cannabis: I’m Sick of Watching Patients Starve

Legalize Cannabis: I’m Sick of Watching Patients Starve

I’ve worked in the healthcare industry for the past 17 years, specializing in emergency, rehabilitation and end of life care at facilities ranging from large universities to...
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January 13, 2015
01/13/2015
DC Defies Congress, Moves Forward With Plans to Legalize Weed

DC Defies Congress, Moves Forward With Plans to Legalize Weed

Despite the recent congressional tantrum intended to stop the reform of marijuana laws in Washington DC, District lawmakers have given Capitol Hill the proverbial middle finger by...
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January 13, 2015
01/13/2015
Losing Marijuana Business, Mexican Cartels Push Heroin and Meth

Losing Marijuana Business, Mexican Cartels Push Heroin and Meth

The amount of cannabis seized by U.S. federal, state and local officers along the Mexican border has fallen 37 percent since 2011, a period during which American marijuana...
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January 12, 2015
01/12/2015
Northern California Tribe Plans Marijuana Farm

Northern California Tribe Plans Marijuana Farm

A Northern California tribe has signed up to be the first tribe in the state to launch a large marijuana-growing operation. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports...
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January 12, 2015
01/12/2015
Colorado Asks Feds Permission to Grow Weed on College Campuses

Colorado Asks Feds Permission to Grow Weed on College Campuses

The DEA’s Schedule I classification of the herb prevents many universities from engaging in activities in the realm of cannabis cultivation and experimentation. However, officials in Colorado...
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January 9, 2015
01/09/2015
Paypal’s Co-Founder Is Making a Major Move on Pot

Paypal’s Co-Founder Is Making a Major Move on Pot

Founders Fund, the $2 billion San Francisco venture capital firm run by Silicon Valley stars including Peter Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of Paypal, is investing in...
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January 8, 2015
01/08/2015
Uruguay’s Year in Marijuana: 3 Successes, 3 Burning Questions

Uruguay’s Year in Marijuana: 3 Successes, 3 Burning Questions

It’s been just over a year since Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica signed a law creating the world’s first nationalized market for the cultivation, sale and consumption of...
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January 8, 2015
01/08/2015
Legalize It: Marijuana’s Relationship With Reggae and Its Future Prospects in Jamaica

Legalize It: Marijuana’s Relationship With Reggae and Its Future Prospects in Jamaica

Jamaica’s reggae artists are unrivaled in their vociferous championing of marijuana usage and persistent rallying for its legalization. A primary tenet of the island’s indigenous Rastafarian way of...
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January 7, 2015
01/07/2015
US Cannabis Cup Artists Announced

US Cannabis Cup Artists Announced

The U.S. Cannabis Cup in Denver is back and is bigger than ever – with THREE DAYS of 700+ vendors, three levels of VIP experiences and travel...
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