TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Recreational marijuana is becoming legal throughout the US. As it becomes more common, states are facing bureaucratic growing pains. One of the biggest issues is how to properly identify and regulate stoned drivers. Currently there are no standardized testing methods for marijuana impairment. A lack of peer-reviewed, federally funded studies on cannabis has made it difficult Read More…
According to a recent survey conducted by cannabis market research firm the Brightfield Group and HelloMD, an online medical cannabis community, nearly half of CBD (cannabidiol) users give up prescription drugs and over the counter medications in favor of the non-psychoactive substance. The survey of over 2,400 respondents found forty-two percent of CBD users — whether they used marijuana-derived CBD or Read More…
Alcohol was once illegal in the U.S. – that’s almost too hard to comprehend, but it happened less than 100 years ago. Prohibition didn’t stop people from consuming booze, it simply made it harder to get, which attracted the attention of criminal parties and jacked up the price. Remember this valuable lesson: The market will Read More…
As of right now, cannabis is considered a schedule 1 drug in the United States. The government has it listed with other drugs such as heroin and LSD. But an ambitious Senator thinks that should change, and proposed legislation to remove cannabis from the Schedule 1 list. With no known overdose amount, cannabis should be the Read More…
Looking back fifty years, one can see obvious differences in the public’s general state of health. Current data shows that more than 40% of people who died in 2012 had been diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life and these figures are increasing. Over 1,688,780 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed Read More…
In his sanctimonious quest to revive the laughably inept war on drugs, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions now champions this stellar plan: resuscitate the interventionist prevention program — proven wholly worthless by the government, itself — known as D.A.R.E. Yep — believe it or not — you heard right: D.A.R.E. Apparently deaf — or, perhaps, oblivious Read More…