Cannabis Receptors and the Endocannabinoid System
How cannabis receptors are affected in the brain's endocannabinoid system. When we smoke, eat or consume parts of the cannabis plant that contain THC, the chemical is released...
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The Cannabis Traveler's Guide
The Cannabis Traveler's Guide is designed to help you know America's drug laws and what to expect as you travel from one state to another or on an airplane.
Wordplay and Stigma: An Appeal Against the Word Marijuana
As a botanist myself, I always look for the proper names of things — especially plants. There is a reason for this, and any first year plant biology student will learn this.
Pot LuckLink
7 Stunning Figures That Sum Up Colorado's Marijuana Market
A new report from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division helps to shed some light on the success and failures of the marijuana market in Colorado following its first full year of sales. Here are seven stunning figures that help sum up what recreational and medical marijuana legalization look like in Colorado.
New Study Supports What We All Knew: Cannabis Is the Safest Drug
A study recently came out backing up what pro-cannabis advocates have known (and been screaming at naysayers) for decades: cannabis is safer than booze, tobacco and other drugs.
"VAPE" Is Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year
Every year, the people at the Oxford Dictionary anoint one word that they deem to be a new or otherwise culturally important sign of the times.
Law & PoliticsLink
Here's Why Marijuana Legalization Just Might Keep the Senate Blue
John Hudak reports Alaska and Oregon will vote whether to legalize marijuana this November, and regardless of the outcomes, the presence of those initiatives will likely drive younger and more liberal & libertarian
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The Share of Arrests for Marijuana Possession Has More Than Tripled Since 1991
While the number of arrests for all offenses has declined nationally since 1991, the share of arrests related to simple pot possession has more than tripled over the same time period.
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Demand for Marijuana Outpaces Legal Supply; Black Market Filling Gap
In a report commissioned by the Marijuana Enforcement Division earlier this year, data show that Colorado residents and visitors will consume an estimated 130.3 metric tons of marijuana in 2014, but only about 77 metric tons will come from legal medical or recreational outlets
Oregon: Marijuana Initiative Backers Turn in 145,000 Signatures for Proposed 2014 Ballot Measure
Proponents of a statewide Oregon initiative to regulate the commercial production and retail sale of marijuana have turned in 145,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office.
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NYPD Arrests 80 People a Day for Low Level Weed Possession
According to a new report from the Marijuana Arrest Research Project, in the first four months of 2014, the NYPD made 80 low level weed possession arrests a day and the statistics have stayed the same as in 2013.
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San Jose Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Face Tough New Rules
The San Jose City Council's 7-3 vote Tuesday evening limits existing and new pot shops to a handful of select industrial areas that make up less than 1 percent of the city.
Cannabis 101Link
Cannabinoid Profiles: Meet Your CB Receptors
The Leaf Online dives into our CB1 and CB2 receptors, which are the main receptor sites for the body's endocannabinoid system and interact with all currently identified cannabinoids in some way. A scientific understanding ...
More States Move Forward With CBD-Only Measures, But Will They Help Patients?
Lawmakers approved legislation authorizing the physician-supervised use of varieties of cannabis high in the non-psychotropic cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD).
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24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America
You thought your pot came from environmentally conscious hippies? Think again. The way marijuana is grown is anything but sustainable and organic.
Project SAM Hyperbole: Seattle Students Love Marijuana
In normal shit-peddler fashion that makes a catching headline, the visionaries over at Project SAM recently tweeted the following...
Study: Inhaled Cannabis Mitigates Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms
Inhaling whole-plant cannabis provides symptomatic relief in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to observational trial data published in the March/April edition of the journal Clinical Neuropharmacology.
Millennials Want Legal Weed
Pew Research Center recently put out a report on a survey that collected data on Millennials (those currently in the 18-33 age group) in adulthood...