Cannabis concentrates have been made and used by humans for centuries. While concentrates can take many forms, one of the oldest and most widely used is known as hash. There are many variations of hash as well as ways to make it. Generally however, resin is gathered from the Trichomes of the cannabis plant. It…
The state of Louisiana has actually had a medical cannabis bill for close to 40 years. However, due to the abysmal wording of the legalization document, not a single Louisiana citizen has had legal medical marijuana access to date. The bill was written in such a way as to only allow doctors to ‘recommend’ medical…
Tourettes Syndrome is a somewhat infamous inherited neuropsychiatric disorder, with the onset of symptoms appearing as early as childhood. Although the symptoms generally gradually get better with age progression, there is no known cure. It is estimated that roughly 100,000 Americans live with Tourettes Syndrome. The syndrome was named after a french physician who published…
Managing pain can be a serious and problematic issue. While there is a wide array of painkillers currently on the market, almost all are opiate based. Opiates, derived from the opium poppy go back in history thousands of years. Some claim that people have been using opiates since 4200 BCE (Before Common Era). Although we…
The age old idea of treating glaucoma with medical marijuana has long since been debated. glaucoma is one of the few degenerative optic nerve diseases, which can result in partial loss of vision or even blindness. There are various factors that contribute to optic nerve damage in glaucoma patients. However, the most damaging and widespread…
Drug law in Germany can be quite confusing. There isn’t much information to be found relating to the legality of specific drugs. According to Wikipedia, in 1994 Germany’s federal constitutional court ruled that neither drug addiction nor the possession of small amounts of drugs was a crime. The German narcotics law (Betäubungsmittelgesetz) states that authorities…
Canada was the first country to legalize medical marijuana in 2001. Meanwhile fifteen years after total medical marijuana legalization in Canada; efforts in America have only succeeded in bringing legal medical cannabis to about half the states (twenty-four to be exact). The country even attempted to completely decriminalize the plant across the board in 2003,…
Cannabis is officially listed as a schedule one drug by the United States Controlled Substances Act. The Controlled Substances Act also created the DEA as well as the FDA, both of which determine which substances are either added or removed from certain schedules. While there are a few requirements for a substance to be landed…
April 13th, 2016 was a happy day for many a Pennsylvanian. The states house of representatives voted to approve the new medical marijuana bill at a 149-46 vote. The 80 page bill is currently sitting on the desk of democratic Governor Tom Wolf, who seemed quite pleased that the bill had passed. “I am proud…
Marijuana isn’t for everyone, and that’s fine. But for the large sum of people that generally do want to smoke pot, sometimes it can be a challenge to figure out how. In this guide I’m going to outline the various methods of ingesting and inhaling cannabis, give tips on how to get it, as well…
