Cannabis Workplace Smoking Rooms?
While the once omnipresent employee smoking lounge has been all but obliterated in the American workplace, is it possible that such a place could reemerge with the growing ubiquity and acceptance of cannabis?
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Medical Marijuana 101: Mass. Doctors Head to the Classroom
“I’d like to start helping people get their mind wrapped around what are we talking about today with a case,” Dr. Alan Ehrlich said, looking out over an auditorium packed with doctors, lobbyists and advocates for medical marijuana. They’d gathered for the Massachusetts Medical Society’s first continuing education course on the use of marijuana to treat medical issues.
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Group Marches Through NC in Support of Medical Marijuana
As lawmakers try to decide if they’ll legalize a form of medical marijuana, a group of men supporting a broadening of medical marijuana use is walking across North Carolina with the aim of talking to lawmakers about a ballot referendum on the issue.
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Chris Christie: Medical Marijuana Programs Are 'A Front for Legalization'
Christie dismissed concerns about low enrollment in the state's medical marijuana program, and said "this program and all these other programs, in my mind, are a front for legalization."
Cannabis Creates Happy Bowels
I got to wondering if smoking itself engendered this effect, or if cannabis had a special property that made it work so well? Science to the rescue...
My Favorite Strains: Blackwater
Blackwater is a cross of two already pretty legendary indica strains, San Fernando Valley Kush and Mendo Purps. The latter is what gives Blackwater its distinct dark color, which typically isn’t quite all the way purple but not at all green; like something closer to black colored nugs.
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Cannabis Lube, Finally: Put Weed in Your Vagina!
There’s brownies, chocolate bars, butane hash oil, you can smoke, you can vape, now there’s another way to take cannabis, vaginally.
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Virginia: A Sleeping Supporter of Medical Marijuana
Despite being notoriously known for having some of the most conservative laws regarding cannabis, even Virginia has found itself following suit with the rest of the nation in reconsidering the way it defines and restricts marijuana.
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Website Offers Contest Winners Free Weed for a Year
In an effort to raise awareness for Canada’s new federal medical marijuana program, the Lift Cannabis Company, who as part of their “Get Happy Canada” contest, plans to award one lucky patient with a one year’s supply of free weed.
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Healing Recipes: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Arugula Goat-Cheese Salad, Cannabis Citrus Vinaigrette
This medicated recipe combines healing nutrition and pain-relieving cannabis to create a powerful healing salad for multiple sclerosis patients.
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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.
My Favorite Strains: G13
One of my favorite strains that often gets crossed with other strains to create interesting hybrids is G13. There are many different things that G13 has been crossed with to make all kinds of different strains, both indica and sativa.
The Green Thumb and Purple Haze: Intv. With Oteil Burbridge & LeVar Carter
Weedist interviewed Oteil Burbridge of The Allman Brothers and LeVar Carter, writer and illustrator, the minds behind this cannabis-powered superhero story, The Green Thumb and Purple Haze.
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Medical Marijuana Bill Faces Setback in NY Senate
A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York suffered a major setback Monday, the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters he would sign a medical marijuana bill -- so long as it "makes sense."
The Long Wait: Dealing With the Dealer
The indeterminable gap – one hour? Two? Five? – between beeping your dealer and the prescient knock on the door signaling deliverance from Babylon. It's a bummer for anyone, but for a medical patient like me, sometimes the wait can be agonizing.
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Colorado: Firing Quadriplegic Med MJ Patients Okay?
Brandon Coats never expected he would end up as the test case pitting Colorado’s medical marijuana laws against the right of employers to have zero-tolerance marijuana policies. But now the Colorado Supreme Court will be hearing his case against Dish Network, the company that had employed him as a telephone operator at its call center, then fired him when he tested positive for marijuana on a random piss test.
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Healing Recipes: Arthritis Citrus-Ginger Cannabis Detox Juice
This cannabis infused recipe is a powerful blend of healing foods specifically recommended for combating arthritis with nutrition. Fresh ginger, carrots, orange and kale combine for a refreshing and delicious juice that is sure to delight and soothe.
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Marijuana and Sleep: What’s the Connection?
Research suggests those who use cannabis are more likely to suffer from sleep problems. But does using marijuana before bed help or hurt your sleep? A recent study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania shows that people who use marijuana tend to struggle with sleep.