Category: Cannabis Facts

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Cannabis facts including marijuana research articles

February 19, 2015
02/19/2015
My Favorite Strains: Gorilla Glue #4

My Favorite Strains: Gorilla Glue #4

The “sticky-icky” is what a lot of cannabis lovers look for in a strain, including myself. Gorilla Glue #4 falls into my guidelines of both stickiness and...
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February 16, 2015
02/16/2015
My Favorite Strains: Agent Orange

My Favorite Strains: Agent Orange

The flowers of Agent Orange are simply beautiful. The light to dark colored calyxes are covered in mature, amber colored trichomes and sprout thin dark orange pistils....
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February 16, 2015
02/16/2015
Everything You Wanted to Know About Medical Marijuana, but Were Too Afraid to Ask

Everything You Wanted to Know About Medical Marijuana, but Were Too Afraid to Ask

Humans have been using cannabis for more than 5000 years. So why don’t scientists know more about it? Three experts gathered here at the annual meeting of...
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February 16, 2015
02/16/2015
Study: Cannabis Doesn’t Lead to Increased Car Accidents

Study: Cannabis Doesn’t Lead to Increased Car Accidents

More bad news for the hysterical anti-pot crowd: the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just released a report stating that driving after using cannabis does not increase...
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February 12, 2015
02/12/2015
My Favorite Strains: Pine Star Kush

My Favorite Strains: Pine Star Kush

Pine Star Kush turned out to be a beautiful flower inside and out. Her light to dark green spectrum of color gives her nuggets an alluring 3D...
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February 10, 2015
02/10/2015
Landmark Study Finds Marijuana Is Not Linked to Car Crashes

Landmark Study Finds Marijuana Is Not Linked to Car Crashes

In “the first large-scale study in the United States to include drugs other than alcohol,” NHTSA found that, once the data were adjusted for confounding...
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February 9, 2015
02/09/2015
My Favorite Strains: White Fire OG

My Favorite Strains: White Fire OG

White Fire OG is a 60% sativa dominant hybrid known to be a trichome crystal covered flower that holds extreme potency (upwards of 20-25% THC) and an...
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February 5, 2015
02/05/2015
My Favorite Strains: Ghost OG

My Favorite Strains: Ghost OG

I find Ghost OG to be the better choice in the kush family for a wake-n-bake, all day use, or for someone who doesn’t like the potent...
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February 3, 2015
02/03/2015
Australian Study Reports Efficacy of Cannabis for Pain Therapy

Australian Study Reports Efficacy of Cannabis for Pain Therapy

A study recently released by scientists at the University of New South Wales’ National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre illustrated that cannabis users reported significant pain relief...
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February 2, 2015
02/02/2015
My Favorite Strains: Harlequin

My Favorite Strains: Harlequin

With some of the best pain and anxiety relieving qualities I’ve found yet in a cannabis strain, whenever I’m down in Boulder, I make it a point...
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January 30, 2015
01/30/2015
Terpene Profile: Borneol

Terpene Profile: Borneol

In this issue of Terpene Profiles, the properties of borneol are broken down and the therapeutic benefits are explored. Get to know this terpene and discover what...
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January 29, 2015
01/29/2015
My Favorite Strains: MK ULTRA

My Favorite Strains: MK ULTRA

Some strains are just so beautiful to both the eye and nose that it’s almost a shame to crush up a nug and smoke it. With a...
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January 28, 2015
01/28/2015
DPA Report: Employment Rates Rise Due to CO Cannabis Legalization

DPA Report: Employment Rates Rise Due to CO Cannabis Legalization

The industry created over ten thousand new jobs and brought in approximately $19 million a month. Rather than bringing about the end of society as we know...
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January 28, 2015
01/28/2015
Medical Cannabis Associated With Decreased Opioid Overdose?

Medical Cannabis Associated With Decreased Opioid Overdose?

A new study examined the effects of state laws establishing a medicinal cannabis program on reducing the mortality rate due to overdose on prescription opioids.
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January 27, 2015
01/27/2015
Indica, Sativa, Ruderalis – Did We Get It All Wrong?

Indica, Sativa, Ruderalis – Did We Get It All Wrong?

It seems Richard Evans Schultes, the man who created the original taxonomy for cannabis in the 1970s, misidentified a C. afghanica plant as a C. indica plant....
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January 26, 2015
01/26/2015
My Favorite Strains for an Active Lifestyle

My Favorite Strains for an Active Lifestyle

A more diverse cannabis consumer profile is emerging — cyclists, fishermen, skiers and snowboarders, kayakers, hikers, runners, flow artists, dancers, yogis, gymnasts and people who enjoy a...
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January 26, 2015
01/26/2015
Cannabis Study Finds No Negative Effects on Lung Health Over 20-Year Period

Cannabis Study Finds No Negative Effects on Lung Health Over 20-Year Period

We’ve all heard the same old rhetoric about smoking and how bad it is for your lungs. Well according to researchers from Emory University, smoking weed has...
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January 26, 2015
01/26/2015
New Strain of Cannabis? Nope, Just a New Strain of Hoax

New Strain of Cannabis? Nope, Just a New Strain of Hoax

The report, which had faux quotes from “researchers” at the University of Sydney, where the single specimen supposedly resided, even went so far as to suggest there...
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January 22, 2015
01/22/2015
Strain Review: Sour Diesel

Strain Review: Sour Diesel

Sour Diesel is one of the first strains I can recall getting over and over in my teenage and college years, and I was never disappointed. Her...
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January 20, 2015
01/20/2015
For Great Cannabis, It’s All in the Cure

For Great Cannabis, It’s All in the Cure

The curing process is where you either make or break the taste and smell of the flowers. For many cannabis connoisseurs, the appearance, smell and taste of...
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