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‘Cannabis Batteries’ Could Change Tomorrow…
As hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as the model material for supercapacitors.They're presenting their research, which a Ca...
Remarkable Discovery Made: Is This THE Treatment For Autism?
- Recent studies indicate that compounds found in marijuana may be used to successfully treat autism.- Families share their stories of treating their autistic children with medical cannabis.You may be tired of hearing about how medical cannabis is curing today’s most prevalent ...
Cannabis Shrinks Tumors and the Government Knew in ’74
In 1974 researchers learned that THC, the active chemical in marijuana, shrank or destroyed brain tumors in test mice. But the DEA quickly shut down the study and destroyed its results, which were never replicated — until now.The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new mean...
Serving a 10-Year Sentence for Marijuana, in the State of Colorado
Oh, the joy and heartbreak of being here in Colorado.It is somewhat ironic that the Feds would send me here, to the only state that has made sales of marijuana completely legal, not only for its own citizens but also those just passing through.I am serving a 10-year mandatory min...
Washington Becomes the Second State to Legalize the Use of Recreational Marijuana
Washington became the second state in the nation to open dispensaries for the legal sale of recreational marijuana on Tuesday, July 8.As other states eye Washington’s roll-out of the legal marijuana trade, the state prepares for potential hiccups and hopes for Colorado-like rev...
Study: Cannabis Could Cure Addiction to Drugs
A new study suggests that cannabinoids may play a crucial role in helping with stimulant addiction.“A growing number of studies support a critical role of the ECBS and its modulation by synthetic or natural cannabinoids in various neurobiological and behavioral aspects of stimu...
Monsanto Will Take Over the Weed Industry With GMO Plants
U.S. corporation Monsanto plans to launch production of genetically modified marijuana, and companies such as Drug Policy Alliance y Open Society Foundation are going to create our own brand, which will be produced under cannabis, information portal La Red 21.Organization of Open...
Colorado Sells $19 Million in Weed in March: $1.9 Million Goes to Schools and Crime Down 10%
All the naysayers who were against marijuana legalization are eating crow about now. Colorado’s weed sales just keep trending up, and with the sales of legal weed, they are improving their schools and reducing overall crime rates.Not counting medicinal weed sales, Colorado sold...
These 5 Diseases Respond Better to Cannabis Than Prescription Drugs
The reason cannabis is so effective medicinally is directly related to its ability to interact with receptors in the body which inhibit inflammation and prevent disease. Cannabis does this so well, that few drugs can compete with its level of potency which come essentially with n...
3 Marijuana Lies Exposed and Debunked
Misconceptions about marijuana are being laid to rest across the country, as Americans warm to the idea of legalizing medical marijuana and even recreational pot. Most people are waking up to the fact that they’ve been fed a steady diet of pro-Drug War propaganda, and that mari...
The Undeniable Benefits of Medical Cannabis
Marijuana has been legalized in a number of US states; 20 states have legalized cannabis for medical purposes; two states — Colorado and Washington state — also permit recreational use. Certain forms of cannabis are actually very potent medicine, with few or no psychoactive e...
Industrial Hemp “Eats” Radiation – Is This Why the Gov. Gave it a Pass?
Activists have been shouting they want an end to GMO foods for more than a decade now, and Cannabis Sattiva L. supporters have been at it for even longer, so why has the US government finally given farmers the right to legally grow industrial hemp, the non-hallucinatory, sister p...