Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a medical marijuana bill into effect on August 1st, 2013. However, the bill didn’t actually take effect until January 1st, 2014. The bill outlined a four-year pilot medical program for the state which is set to expire January 1st, 2018. Under the new medical program, doctors were able to prescribe…
Thursday the 26th of May 2016 was a sad day indeed for pot advocating Canadian citizens everywhere, but it was even sadder still for those living in Toronto. Police carried out a series raids nicknamed ‘Project Claudia’ on 43 out of 83 different dispensaries in the Toronto area. City officials alerted all of the property…
Although lighters are the most commonplace item to smoke with, should you? Many people across the board are concerned about the potential health hazards of smoking with butane. Currently, there have been no clinical studies or tests done on the effects of smoking with a lighter. Obviously, inhaling butane is bad for you, and can…
This new Ohio medical legalization effort is happening just six months after a recreational legalization ballot was defeated by a 64% to 36% vote. Regardless of the ballot failing Ohio state senate went on to bipartisanly pass the medical marijuana bill by just three votes. The house followed the senates 18-15 vote by a passing…
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…
