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06/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Marijuana use among young people in the U.S. highest it’s been in 30 years

Using medical cannabis to alleviate the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease or numb the pain that comes with PMS is one thing. Smoking weed everyday for kicks is another thing entirely. The number of young Americans who use marijuana on an everyday basis has reportedly reached a record high, according to an article in The Nation’s […]

05/15/2018 / By Vicki Batts

FDA fast tracks a marijuana-derived drug to treat seizures

CBD, or cannabidiol, has been making big news as of late, largely thanks to the plant compound’s ability to help children with severe seizure disorders. But, CBD that comes from the cannabis plant is highly prohibited under archaic federal laws that refuse to even remotely acknowledge the plant’s health benefits. As is typical of the […]

05/03/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Did the DEA really just give Insys approval to develop synthetic cannabis despite the company’s history of corruption and abuse?

Everyday Americans are still prohibited in the year 2018 from growing and using all-natural cannabis due to federal restrictions that unjustly classify the herb as a Schedule I “drug” with no acceptable or valid use by humans. But a pharmaceutical corporation with an extensive rap sheet of illegal activity has just been given the go-ahead […]

11/19/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Protecting its interests: FDA attacks CBD supplements to protect Big Pharma’s opioid profits

Big Pharma is working overtime to restrict consumer access to cannabidiol, or CBD, a non-psychoactive component of cannabis sativa (marijuana) that’s been shown to help relieve pain, muscle spasms, and other ailments. Using the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as authoritative cover, the industry is quietly leading the charge to ban CBD from being […]

11/08/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Cash crop: The real reason cannabis approval is so slow is because Big Pharma wants to patent it

The fact that Big Pharma has been a driving force behind marijuana prohibition is hard to ignore — especially when it comes to the number of opioid manufacturers that have spent thousands of dollars fighting against medical marijuana. The plague of opioid addiction has struck the United States hard, leaving countless numbers of overdoses, deaths […]

10/19/2017 / By JD Heyes

14 years of rising opioid deaths in Colorado REVERSED after marijuana was legalized

As the country and lawmakers in Washington continue to debate the merits (and legality) of marijuana, the state of Colorado has made a startling discovery: The quasi-legalization of recreational pot use there has had a dramatically positive effect on the rate of opioid deaths. As reported by Reason Magazine, since the legalized sale of recreational […]

08/27/2017 / By Russel Davis

Medical cannabis use found to dramatically decrease reliance on addictive prescription medications

Taking medical cannabis may significantly reduce the need for prescription medications, a recent study revealed. As part of research, a team of health experts at the University of New Mexico examined patients who voluntarily enrolled in the New Mexico state medical cannabis program. The patients were also on scheduled prescription medications. Prescription drug use was reported to the New Mexico Prescription […]

08/03/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Cannabis remains outlawed in the UK to protect the profits of Big Pharma

In the USA, more and more states are legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana. In fact, according to the website Governing.com, 29 states have now passed laws permitting either the recreational or medical use of marijuana, and in some cases, both. This is excellent news for those who have fought long and hard to decriminalize […]

01/09/2017 / By Daniel Barker

More and more countries awakening to the benefits of legalizing marijuana

Over the past few years, the United States has taken great strides towards legalizing marijuana nationwide, but we aren’t the only country moving in that direction. Around the world there is a growing push for the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis, especially as the therapeutic value of the plant becomes more widely documented and […]

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