• Assassin of Youth 1937 American anti-marijuana propaganda film that depicts cannabis use leading to tragedies, and obscene, all-night parties. (wikipedia.org)
  • Brownie Mary In California, before medical marijuana was legalized by voters in 1996, Mary Jane "Brownie Mary" Rathbun (1922-1999) who was arrested three times for baking cannabis brownies using her Social Security to buy ingredients and cannabis that was donated, giving them away free to AIDS and cancer patients, was able to successfully defend herself in court, arguing that medical necessity outweighed the reprehensibleness of her actions. (wikipedia.org)
  • The seder plate at Le'Or's inaugural Cannabis Seder included a marijuana leaf. (jta.org)
  • The cannabis products at this Seder are available to OMMP cardholders only," the sign at the check-in table read, referring to the state of Oregon's medical marijuana program. (jta.org)
  • Cannabis consultant Brie Bergman, right, smokes a joint with Adam Eidinger, who led Washington D.C.'s marijuana legalization campaign. (jta.org)
  • Marijuana Marketing: Can the Blossoming Cannabis Industry Overcome 'Stoner' Stereotypes? (hubspot.com)
  • In a 2014 report , the marijuana research and financial analysis firm, GreenWave Advisors , predicts that if the federal government (and all 50 U.S. states) legalize recreational marijuana, the cannabis industry could pull in $35 billion annually by the year 2020. (hubspot.com)
  • Marijuana-cooking has come a long way from the pot brownies of the 1960s. (skyhorsepublishing.com)
  • Cannabis Medicinal author Sergio Vidal, a marijuana activist, told Toke of the Town that just the discussion of weed - let alone its use and possession - is surrounded by taboos, legal prohibitions, and repression. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • Marijuana, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa, has been used for thousands of years for its psychoactive effects, medicinal properties, and as a recreational drug. (ministryofcannabis.com)
  • Of the estimated 10,000 cannabis grow sites operating in Humboldt County last year, just over 2,300 farms and businesses applied for cannabis business permits the state requires to grow and sell marijuana legally starting in 2018. (courthousenews.com)
  • Not since the 1960s has marijuana become such common living room conversation. (dailyinfographic.com)
  • Currently, cannabis (marijuana) is illegal for medicine or anything else in the United States of America, except for the seven (7) or so people who get it for medicine from the US government. (mercycenters.org)
  • There are a number of medical cannabis (marijuana) bills in play in states across the US. (mercycenters.org)
  • Marijuana is a product of the cannabis plant and its main active chemical is THC. (drugfree.org)
  • This article is part of our Marijuana Resource Center , where you can find useful tools and resources to help you and your family navigate the ever-changing landscape of cannabis (marijuana), CBD and Delta 8. (drugfree.org)
  • Why do young people use cannabis (marijuana)? (drugfree.org)
  • Regardless of whether a young person uses cannabis (marijuana) "to feel good" or "to feel better," environment often shapes their beliefs and attitudes. (drugfree.org)
  • The strength or potency of THC - the psychoactive ingredient responsible for the "high" associated with cannabis (marijuana) - has increased steadily since the 1960s. (drugfree.org)
  • A 2012 article about you began, 'If some 7,000 Israelis can fill a prescription for marijuana to ease pain and enhance appetite, it's only because half a century ago, Hebrew University Prof. Raphael Mechoulam isolated and synthesized THC, the main psychoactive compound in the cannabis plant. (thedailybell.com)
  • Meanwhile, a common case against nationwide legalization is that it could greatly increase the prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder and the use of cannabis by minors, especially if marijuana were to be commercialized on terms similar to alcohol. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • As a result, cannabis used as a psychoactive came to be called by its name in Mexican Spanish slang: marijuana. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • THC is produced by specific varieties of the plant Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa, commonly called marijuana, cannabis, or simply cannabis. (observer.com)
  • A factsheet about the campaign that the administration published on Thursday contains a section dedicated to the president's cannabis reform actions from late last year titled, "Addressing a Failed Approach to Marijuana. (freerepublic.com)
  • Crucially, however, this bill prohibited "Indian marijuana" (cannabis sativa L.) rather than the locally grown hemp (cannabis sativa). (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Singer Park Gwang-soo told the Hankyoreh in 2005 that he would frequently smoke marijuana on the streets in the late 1960s. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Descheduling marijuana would make it federally legal, but it would not invalidate state laws prohibiting the possession and distribution of cannabis. (leafly.com)
  • There's a stigma around marijuana use," said Michelle Sexton, a naturopathic practitioner assisting in a medical cannabis study at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. (mapinc.org)
  • Some attended a free Cannabis 101 class on how marijuana products can combat insomnia. (mapinc.org)
  • In the 1960s and '70s, Gallup surveyed college students about marijuana usage. (mapinc.org)
  • When marijuana is legalized, will unemployed DEA agents have to apply for jobs at cannabis stores? (drugwarrant.com)
  • Marijuana (leaves, stems, seeds) is derived from the hemp plants Canniabis sativa or Cannabis indica . (medscape.com)
  • Cannabis sativa is the hemp plant from which marijuana (leaves, stems, seeds) are derived. (medscape.com)
  • Penalties for the cultivation, possession and use of cannabis were generally quite harsh in the 1960s and 1970s. (druglibrary.org)
  • The cannabis cultivation scene in Brazil is still relatively small, given the size of the country, according to Vidal, but each year more Brazilians become interested in the topic. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • The first chapter in the book was written by a friend of mine - a lawyer - who explains this gap in the law and teaches how to make a cannabis cultivation request to the government," Vidal said. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • What is the legal status of cannabis in Israel for clinical research and medical purposes as well as individual cultivation and possession for recreational consumption? (thedailybell.com)
  • They discovered a large number of cannabis plants along with equipment used in the cultivation of cannabis in an area beneath the residential properties. (metro.co.uk)
  • Three men, aged 28, 45 and 47, and a 36-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of the cultivation of cannabis. (metro.co.uk)
  • It's not true," says Yemi Owolabi, Ondo State Commissioner for Information, when he was asked what he thought about cocoa farmers in the state going into cannabis cultivation. (thisdaylive.com)
  • Yet, a month-long investigation by THISDAY points in the opposite direction: Cannabis farming is the new money-spinner and farmers, particularly cocoa farmers, are massively embracing its cultivation. (thisdaylive.com)
  • Combining archival research with testimonies and interviews with tribal members, tribal employees, and settler state employees, Settler Cannabis offers a groundbreaking analysis of the environmental consequences of cannabis cultivation that foregrounds Indigenous voices, experiences, and histories. (northtownbooks.com)
  • As cannabis cultivation matured, Panama Red, which has a lengthy flowering time of at least 11 weeks, was left behind for faster growing strains and increased profits. (leafly.com)
  • In recent decades, the average THC potency of cannabis has increased due to more sophisticated plant breeding and cultivation. (medscape.com)
  • In the last decade, the average THC potency of cannabis has increased due to more sophisticated plant breeding and cultivation. (medscape.com)
  • anti-cannabis organizations Groups fighting against cannabis legalization, or apologizing for harm caused by drug prohibition, including: D.A.R.E., Partnership at Drugfree.org, and SAM. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Vidal, Brazil's drug laws include one article that criminalizes conduct "encouraging the use of drugs," which means you can be arrested for simply advocating the legalization of cannabis. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • Regulate cannabis like wine" is among the slogans of the legalization movement, and most of the state-level legalization measures so far are variations on the alcoholic-beverage control system. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • Of course, if cannabis were in fact "natural, harmless, and non-addictive," as some proponents of legalization describe it, we would not need to worry much about protecting people from it. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • While reformers have made tremendous gains, notably at the state level, which have placed them at this crossroads, obstacles to full cannabis legalization are abundant and deep-seated in Congress and the federal government. (norml.org)
  • 73% support decriminalizing cannabis possession for adults and now 50% of the population support outright legalization (California, where one out of eight U.S. citizens live, nearly passed a legalization voter initiative last fall , only losing by three percentage points). (norml.org)
  • So it can be asserted with confidence that 'soft' cannabis law reforms of medical access and decriminalization enjoy overwhelming public support and that the 'hard' reform of legalization has now moved into the majority (The recent Gallup poll showed only 46% of citizens continue to support Cannabis Prohibition). (norml.org)
  • For five days, about 200 experts from Germany and abroad, including Haucap, came together to discuss cannabis legalization - from representatives of the Permanent Working Group of Highest State Health Authorities (ALOG) to the German Hemp Association and the Customs Criminal Investigation Office (ZKA). (dw.com)
  • The Art of Cooking with Cannabis: CBD and THC-infused Recipes from Across America showcases dishes that fall outside the tired pot-brownie cliche. (skyhorsepublishing.com)
  • A cannabis cookbook like no other, Tracey Medeiros merges her own infused recipes with those of cannabis chefs around North America in The Art of Cooking with Cannabis . (skyhorsepublishing.com)
  • Welcome to MERCYs page on Medical Cannabis Resources in the United States of America. (mercycenters.org)
  • The now forty-year-old organized effort to reform cannabis laws in America is on the precipice of major socio-political reforms with approximately fifty percent of the population no longer supporting the nation's seventy four-year-old Cannabis Prohibition. (norml.org)
  • The aim of living this way was to go against the beliefs that were heavily promoted in 1960s America. (halloweencostumes.com)
  • This is true especially in America, where cannabis' legacy has long been connected with our country's institutionalized racism. (portlandmercury.com)
  • Blue Dream A sativa-dominant, hybrid variety of cannabis also called Blueberry Haze because it is a cross between Blueberry and Haze varieties, with Afghani, Mexican, and Thai ancestry. (wikipedia.org)
  • For those growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, it was a rather commonplace thing and far from the dread-inspiring taboo it is today. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Young countercultural back-to-the-land settlers flocked to northwestern California beginning in the 1960s, and by the 1970s, unregulated cannabis production proliferated on Indigenous lands. (northtownbooks.com)
  • black market Underground economy of illegal cannabis trade created by prohibition. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, the drug legislation that was passed in the majority of states and territories in the late 1800s and early 1900s (mainly because of the large number of Chinese who smoked opium) provided a framework that lent itself well to the prohibition of cannabis. (druglibrary.org)
  • First, as a practical matter, cannabis prohibition is no longer enforceable. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • While the fact that cannabis can indeed be harmful might seem to bolster the case for continued prohibition, the prospects for reversing current trends - of putting the genie back in the bottle by effectively re-prohibiting cannabis - are remote, for operational reasons as well as political ones. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • In my view, most if not all of these shows spotlighting cannabis is both an effect of the general popularity of cannabis and the herb's prohibition. (norml.org)
  • While most parents will rightly be upset and concerned if there is overt and gratuitous cannabis use on youth-oriented shows that glamorize drug use in prime time TV, but an evaluation of the story plot lines on these shows in question will often find it is the prohibition of the herb that creates the narrative friction, plot line tensions or character conflicts-not the cannabis use per se. (norml.org)
  • Counter intuitive as may sound to some, but if the experience of tobacco and alcohol products (which are illegal for children to use) in prime time TV are an indicator of how certain drugs become unpopular, then for cannabis use to be de-glamorized and made culturally passé it will have to be made legal, actually controlled (prohibition is the abdication of social controls and policy-making) and moderately taxed. (norml.org)
  • Why do we have Cannabis Prohibition in 2011? (norml.org)
  • Unfortunately, like the previous four opportunities to confront public unrest about Cannabis Prohibition, despite the NORML petition being number one with 72,000 signatures, the Obama Administration once again totally rejected any public calls for cannabis law reforms and re-asserted the federal government's primacy over the states in enforcing national Cannabis Prohibition laws (see discussion below). (norml.org)
  • Harry Anslinger, the father of cannabis prohibition (and currently burning in hell for all eternity), took office in 1930 as our country's first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, an office he held until 1962. (portlandmercury.com)
  • 1 . S.B. 3 gets off on the wrong foot with its very first proposed finding: "Modern medical research has found that cannabis and cannabinoid compounds are effective at alleviating pain, nausea, and other symptoms associated with severe debilitating medical conditions. (heritage.org)
  • THC is a cannabinoid, which is a family of compounds that occur naturally in cannabis and are all psychoactive, which means they affect the behavior of the nervous system when inside the human body. (observer.com)
  • If cannabinoid exposure affects the genetic material of a user's somatic or bodily cells (such as those of the lung, for example) then chronic cannabis use may cause cancer. (druglibrary.org)
  • If it is the non-cannabinoid components of cannabis smoke that are mutagenic, then any cancers caused by cannabis smoking are most likely to develop after long-term exposure to cannabis smoke, and they are most likely to develop at sites which have had the maximum exposure to that smoke, namely, the upper aerodigestive tract and lung. (druglibrary.org)
  • The most potent cannabinoid, THC, was isolated in the 1960s. (medscape.com)
  • What remained was a sordid array of hemp wick, unopened jars of cannabis butter and a room full of activists who committed to ending America's Drug War in the name of the Jewish ideal of tikkun olam, or building a better world. (jta.org)
  • The first Australian measures designed to control cannabis use were part of an act passed in 1928 in the state of Victoria to penalize the unauthorized use of Indian hemp and Indian hemp resin. (druglibrary.org)
  • But for reasons having to do with climate or genetics or both, Mexican hemp had a much higher tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the principal psychoactive ingredient in cannabis) content than the hemp grown further north. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • Due to complex laws limiting the production of THC, hemp varieties of cannabis produce almost no THC and instead produce high amounts of CBD. (observer.com)
  • 420 Slang term for the consumption of cannabis 710 A slang name for hash oil, the word OIL flipped upside-down. (wikipedia.org)
  • More than a cookbook, The Art of Cooking with Cannabis is a valuable resource for new inspiration and excitement surrounding cannabis, food, and responsible consumption. (skyhorsepublishing.com)
  • However, possession of cannabis and recreational consumption are illegal and the police open about 10,000 criminal files every year. (thedailybell.com)
  • For this discussion, we are speaking of cannabis used for consumption, and not the plant used for industrial purposes. (portlandmercury.com)
  • Bong cannabis consumption appears to be responsible for specific side effects (especially hemoptysis), possibly related to the importance of inhalation of products of combustion of cannabis and combustion of plastic parts used in its manufacture. (who.int)
  • That streak ended on this morning, when he purchased cannabis-infused soda, brownies and gummies. (mapinc.org)
  • Not everyone who supports legalizing cannabis for medical use is acting out of an illegitimate motive. (heritage.org)
  • In contrast, more states are legalizing cannabis for medical or recreational use, and there are efforts to allow exceptions for cannabis in smoke-free laws. (freerepublic.com)
  • In one of the biggest leaps ever made by the Brazilian cannabis movement, in 2006 a new law was passed - Law 11.343 - under which it remained a crime to possess and cultivate cannabis for personal use (no dealing), but gave fines and alternative sentences with no prison. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • Interestingly, this law also provides that establishments can apply to cultivate cannabis for medicinal and scienticfic purposes," Vidal told us, "but there is no news of any establishment that has made the request. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • Some even merely use their cocoa farms as a cover to cultivate cannabis. (thisdaylive.com)
  • But investigations reveal that in the South-west states of Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Oyo, many cocoa farmers are not hesitating to cultivate cannabis as an alternative in spite of the enforcement agency. (thisdaylive.com)
  • James Akorede is 35 years old, who began to cultivate cannabis 10 years ago. (thisdaylive.com)
  • To be sure, the cannabis plant contains certain cannabinoids-viz. (heritage.org)
  • Your Cannabis CBD:THC Ratio provides detailed information on how to find the best ratios of CBD:THC and covers the preferred ratios of these two primary cannabinoids for ten prevalent medical conditions -including cancer, chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, and many others. (paracay.com)
  • Initially fascinated by his realization that the active component of cannabis remained unknown while the active ingredients of cocaine and opium had been isolated a century before, Raphael Mechoulam's research projects continue to address the chemistry of endogenous cannabinoids and synthesis of novel compounds to be tested as drugs against pain, inflammation, high blood pressure and cancer, with a grant from the US National Institutes of Health. (thedailybell.com)
  • Delta-8 also occurs naturally in cannabis but only in very small amounts, typically less than 3% of the total cannabinoids. (observer.com)
  • There are currently 113 known cannabinoids that occur in cannabis. (observer.com)
  • According to Bloch (1983) who reviewed the literature for the World Health Organisation: 'in vivo and in vitro exposure to purified cannabinoids or cannabis resin failed to increase the frequency of chromosomal damage or mutagenesis' (p412). (druglibrary.org)
  • More recently, Zimmerman and Zimmerman (1990/1991) concluded that 'cannabis mutagenicity remains unclear', but argued that there was evidence that 'cannabinoids induce chromosome aberrations in both in vivo and in vitro studies' (p19). (druglibrary.org)
  • Leuchtenberger, 1983), suggesting that if cannabis smoke is carcinogenic it is more likely to be because of the carcinogens it shares with cigarette smoke rather than because of the cannabinoids it contains. (druglibrary.org)
  • Cannabis is growing in popularity both as a recreational agent and a medical preparation. (chartattack.com)
  • CN) - California expects to make big bucks on recreational pot when sales begin next year, but not all cannabis farmers are embracing the state's proposed regulations with open arms. (courthousenews.com)
  • The unpalatable solution is clear: Congress should proceed at once to legalize the sale of cannabis - at least in states that choose to make it legal under state law - for recreational as well as "medical" use. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • The coalition government of center-left Social Democrats (SPD) , environmentalist Greens and neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) stated clearly: "We are introducing the controlled supply of recreational cannabis to adults in licensed shops. (dw.com)
  • The world illicit cannabis economy is estimated to be $141 billion annually, but the estimate might be low due to the clandestine nature of the trade. (wikipedia.org)
  • The case of cannabis, an illicit market with sales of almost $50 billion per year, and half a million annual arrests, is fairly disastrous and unlikely to get better. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • Illicit use of psychedelics during the 1960s led to severe legal restrictions that all but eliminated research into their therapeutic potential. (medscape.com)
  • These advances are mainly due to the efforts of activists and groups of more enlightened scientists who have reinforced the urgent need to legalize medical cannabis and to rethink the laws on cannabis in general," he said. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • cannabidiol A non-psychotropic chemical compound found in cannabis, abbreviated CBD. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ok let's get the technical stuff out of the way first, this section may be filled with complex terminology, but this will help you be an expert on the compounds found in cannabis. (observer.com)
  • Some defining traits of the lifestyle include having long hair, wearing colorfully patterned clothes, being vegetarian, listening to rock and roll, and using drugs such as cannabis and psychedelics. (halloweencostumes.com)
  • While at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Mechoulam secured hashish from the head of Israel's investigative branch of the national police for use in his studies, and in 1963 his research group determined the structure of CBD (cannabidiol) and by 1964 had isolated and synthesized THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the main psychoactive compound of cannabis. (thedailybell.com)
  • Project CBD is a California-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting and publicizing research into the medical uses of cannabidiol (CBD) and other components of the cannabis plant. (projectcbd.org)
  • anti-cannabis propaganda Material prepared by governments, organizations, or the media, that is not objective or uses loaded language to demonize cannabis or cannabis consumers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Early anti-cannabis propaganda includes the 1936 drug exploitation film Reefer Madness. (wikipedia.org)
  • A herd of sheep grazing in the semi-flooded plain of Thessaly, Greece "invaded" a greenhouse that cultivated medicinal cannabis and ate around a hundred kilograms, reports say. (freerepublic.com)
  • 2. A slang name for a cannabis edible. (wikipedia.org)
  • bhang A traditional edible preparation of cannabis, a drink. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bogart's Kitchen is all about edible cannabis experiences. (fontsinuse.com)
  • THC is also processed into an extract resin that can then be added to a large number of other products such as edible gummies, cannabis oils, vape cartridges, and is also added as a component of various medications. (observer.com)
  • Acapulco Gold An heirloom variety of cannabis originally grown in the mountains of western Mexico. (wikipedia.org)
  • Warf writes that cannabis-first grown in central Asia, where it then spread to Arab countries, India, and Southeast Asia-was initially brought to Africa by Arab merchants into places like Egypt and Ethiopia by the 13th century. (portlandmercury.com)
  • Other depressants include alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabis and heroin. (mydr.com.au)
  • Forgive the pun, but reformers have to do a better job 'normalizing' cannabis use such that its responsible use causes no greater concern in the public's eye than the responsible use of alcohol. (norml.org)
  • Alcohol was the most used PAS by students, followed by cannabis. (bvsalud.org)
  • The PAS most consumed by students was alcohol, followed by cannabis, psychoactive drugs, and tobacco. (bvsalud.org)
  • amotivational syndrome A supposed medical syndrome of lack of motivation in cannabis consumers, which has been challenged. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nevertheless, there have been many advancements in the discussions on medical cannabis, according to Vidal. (tokeofthetown.com)
  • MERCY - the Medical Cannabis Resource Center * in Salem, Oregon, USA, call - 503.363-4588 * or email us . (mercycenters.org)
  • Efforts are underway to change that, so that medical cannabis, at least, is available for all the people. (mercycenters.org)
  • Get involved in the movement for safe and legal access to medical cannabis today. (mercycenters.org)
  • Permits for medical cannabis have to be approved by the Ministry of Health, which has a special cannabis unit. (thedailybell.com)
  • no medical value) in the US, and thus researchers are often unable to get cannabis samples, or cannabis of high quality, for study. (thedailybell.com)
  • Support has trended steeply upward since 2000, reaching a majority for the first time in 2013, one year after Colorado and Washington voters approved ballot initiatives legalizing the sale of cannabis for use by any adult (as opposed to sale only with a medical recommendation). (nationalaffairs.com)
  • Medical cannabis patients in the United Kingdom will soon get more protection from law enforcement. (hightimes.com)
  • The idea is to make sure that no one who needs cannabis medicinally has to be worried about the law, even if their medical card is expired. (hightimes.com)
  • Innovated by Carly Barton a chronic pain survivor with seizures who uses and advocates for medical cannabis, the card will be on the radar of police forces across the nation, to ensure that, as long as the card is honored, no one has to worry about the law as long as they are a certified medical patient. (hightimes.com)
  • Patients will be able to scan cards on their phones in order to confirm to police that they are in fact eligible to possess medical cannabis. (hightimes.com)
  • While this process has just been launched, and it is not yet clear if all law enforcement will get on board right away, the implications are very exciting, and move the U.K. closer to a viable medical cannabis future. (hightimes.com)
  • and the political box canyon potentially created by medical cannabis. (norml.org)
  • Following Biden's request, Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to ask HHS officials for full medical and scientific input into the appropriate designation for cannabis. (leafly.com)
  • Wallace has no qualms about recommending medical cannabis to his patients. (mapinc.org)
  • Seek the advice of a health professional before using cannabis for a medical condition. (leafly.com)
  • Or, is there no difference between these methods and the only consideration should be whether you have the space to plant your choice of cannabis seeds outdoors or not? (chartattack.com)
  • If you plant the cannabis seeds straight into the ground, you must prepare the soil accordingly. (chartattack.com)
  • The US National Institute of Health has provided you with funding for research perpetually since the early 1960s when you first provided the institute with THC. (thedailybell.com)
  • Fat Freddy was one of the Fabulous Furry Freak brothers who was perpetually growing a cannabis stalk with only its top leaves still attached. (drugwarrant.com)
  • Warf explains that cannabis entered the United States with two groups: Mexican citizens escaping the violence of the Mexican Revolution, and sailors and immigrants from the Caribbean into New Orleans. (portlandmercury.com)
  • These fine varieties originated in Asia and Africa, and many were brought to Mexican farmers by American dealers during the 1960s. (greenmanspage.com)
  • it was originally a slang word for the psychoactive part of cannabis smoked by Mexican soldiers. (medscape.com)
  • The hippies arose as a counterculture movement in the late 1960s, originating in the United States, where young adults who were majority white and middle-class took part in the belief in living an eco-friendly life and promoting peace in times of fighting. (halloweencostumes.com)
  • The goal is a coherent concept that makes it possible for adults to obtain cannabis in licensed specialty shops, ensuring health protection and the protection of minors. (dw.com)
  • Second, even a modest reduction in immunity caused by cannabis use could have public health significance because of the relatively large number of young adults who have used the drug (Munson and Fehr, 1983). (druglibrary.org)
  • By the time the seder meal (wild-caught salmon) was finished, glass Mason jars previously stuffed with Oregon's Finest cannabis flowers sat empty, and the spread of dark chocolate truffles "made with full extract cannabis oil," according to the Leif Medicinals label, had been plundered. (jta.org)
  • bud The part of a cannabis plant that is consumed for its psychoactive properties. (wikipedia.org)
  • Finally, cannabis plants need large amounts of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus during their growing life cycle from seed to mature plant that is ready to be harvested. (chartattack.com)
  • These folks have generously shared their personal struggles and successes which have led them to understand the many health and wellness benefits of the cannabis plant and its important role in society. (skyhorsepublishing.com)
  • Cannabis varieties high in THC of course are commonly smoked directly from the source material, the flower buds of the plant and are commonly rolled into joints or smoked from a pipe or bong. (observer.com)
  • Many former cocoa farmers who spoke on their newfound golden plant said they wished they had started planting cannabis long ago. (thisdaylive.com)
  • There is stronger and more consistent evidence that cannabis smoke, like smoke produced by most burning plant material, is mutagenic in vitro, and hence, is potentially carcinogenic (Leuchtenberger, 1983). (druglibrary.org)
  • Flowering top of cannabis plant. (medscape.com)
  • Tracey Medeiros introduces the reader to dozens of organic farmers, award-winning chefs, artisans, and food producers who are leading the green revolution by doing their part to demystify cannabis and its culinary use. (skyhorsepublishing.com)
  • These farmers cite higher costs, burdensome rules, distrust of authority, uncertainty about still-unfinalized policies, and the ability to make more money by selling cannabis on the black market. (courthousenews.com)
  • During a June 1 meeting in Eureka on proposed cannabis regulations, one small-business advocate said California should take steps to distinguish micro-farmers from macro-farmers. (courthousenews.com)
  • Adams is one of the dwindling numbers of Nigerian cocoa farmers now reaping bumper harvests cultivating cannabis. (thisdaylive.com)
  • In Lagos alone, according to one of the farmers' claim, a cannabis farmer can make at least some millions of naira a day. (thisdaylive.com)
  • The Ondo State commissioner did talk about the run-ins cannabis farmers have with the law. (thisdaylive.com)
  • There's no money you want to make in cannabis that will make you as wealthy as cocoa farmers," Owolabi insists. (thisdaylive.com)
  • The cannabis farmers have daily battles with the NDLEA. (thisdaylive.com)
  • Recent surveys find usage rates for cannabis of 20%-60% among MS patients ( Rudroff and Honce, 2017 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • I like using the flower vape from Pax, because you can really taste the cannabis and its flavor profile," he said. (hightimes.com)
  • Portland's district attorney had vowed not to prosecute in the meantime, but the message was clear: If I wanted to get stoned on pot chocolates, the hosts of the country's first official Cannabis Seder bore no responsibility. (jta.org)
  • 6. The chronic effects of cannabis use on health Cellular and immunological effects The possible effects of chronic cannabis use on cellular processes and the immune system are considered together because both effects may influence a cannabis user's susceptibility to diseases. (druglibrary.org)
  • Peter Martin Agreed that the context was different in the late 1960s, as we were still in the Bretton Woods system. (libdemvoice.org)
  • Panama Red is an old-school cannabis classic that rose to stardom in the late 1960s thanks to its speedy and intense effects, bordering on psychedelic. (leafly.com)
  • Clinical investigations are more complicated, as each hospital has to approve any protocol of a clinical trial and in view of the lack of cannabis clinical data on most diseases, getting what is known as 'Helsinki approval' is always difficult. (thedailybell.com)
  • Also, cannabis does not suffer any diseases that affect other crops like cocoa. (thisdaylive.com)
  • If cannabis use affects cellular processes then users may be at increased risk of developing various types of cancer, and if it affects the immune system then cannabis users may be at increased risk of contracting infectious diseases and developing cancer. (druglibrary.org)
  • GHB occurs naturally in the brain, but it was first manufactured in the 1960s. (mydr.com.au)
  • As a few young people in the US were apparently using cannabis in the 1960s (and later), NIH wanted to know all about it. (thedailybell.com)
  • Apparently there's nothing from the 1960s that they aren't going to update and re-release. (drugwarrant.com)
  • The cannabis intoxication can then be associated with disorders of sensory functions, the type of distortion of perceptions or hallucinations, often accompanied by intense anxiety. (who.int)
  • The European book The Cannabis Manifesto: A of this question did the psychological and entire conceptions of the sense of soul, understood and lived at the long philosophy, and clutching in mark a political such shape. (flexipanel.com)
  • Cannabis didn't become widespread in western parts of Africa until World War II, when it was introduced by soldiers serving in the British and French armies. (portlandmercury.com)
  • Seated around reclaimed hardwood tables, seder-goers parsed the failings of America's long-running drug war - which has had devastating consequences for people of color - and passed joints to celebrate Oregon's newfound cannabis freedoms. (jta.org)
  • In the 1960s and onwards, people used to grow weed plants in their backyards. (chartattack.com)
  • Here in Humboldt County, we've managed to keep the standard of living because the cannabis industry has given people an avenue to supplement their income. (courthousenews.com)
  • These changes mean an increasing number of people are likely to get exposed to cannabis smoke. (freerepublic.com)
  • It's time for this to change, and a look at cannabis history reveals-perhaps unsurprisingly-that it's in many ways instrinsically tied to the histories of Black people and other people of color, and therefore something that demands closer study, especially since it doesn't appear in any of the usual history books. (portlandmercury.com)
  • Warf concludes, "The black community also began to pick up on cannabis, so that reinforced this racial stereotype that brown and black people smoke cannabis, and white people did not. (portlandmercury.com)
  • When I see someone in the MSM say that people are growing pot under heat lamps I almost always flashback to the home of the very first black market cannabis vendor that I met. (drugwarrant.com)
  • Dusseldorf-based economist Justus Haucap told DW an estimated 4 million people consume cannabis in Germany , most of them only occasionally. (dw.com)
  • My mother smoked cannabis in the 1960s and 70s, and still occasionally smokes at 73," he shared. (hightimes.com)
  • Terms related to cannabis include: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References 2 long Slang name for a cannabis cigarette. (wikipedia.org)
  • A quick search on YouTube brought up several testimonies of success in using cannabis for migraines, with Dr. Shivang Joshi of the Dent Neurologic Institute giving a presentation on both help with migraines and cluster headaches, another debilitating neurologically-based disorder. (hightimes.com)