CHCE 2017 – Ethan Russo – Cannabis Pharmacology Ethan Russo, MD, is a board-certified neurologist, psychopharmacology researcher, and Medical Director of PHYTECS, a biotechnology company researching and developing innovative approaches targeting the human Endocannabinoid system. Previously, from 2003-2014, he served as Senior Medical Advisor and study physician to GW Pharmaceuticals for numerous Phase I-III clinical […]
Month: June 2017
Graham Hancock – Cognitive Liberty and Cannabis Legalization
End of the Inquisition? Cognitive liberty, adult sovereignty, and the legalization of cannabis Graham Hancock is the author of the major international non-fiction bestsellers The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, The Message of the Sphinx, Heaven’s Mirror, Underworld and Supernatural, and of the epic adventure novels Entangled and War God. His books […]
Cannabis and Media Sensationalism
Historical Rambles on Cannabis It is instructive to re-visit the role that news sensationalism has played in demonizing cannabis. I paid the topic a visit this week. Sensationalism, we will recall, is the conscious use of exaggeration, manipulative language, dramatic photos, lies, and fabrications, the news equivalent, we might say, of using explosives. Some of […]
How Can Cannabis Help in the Treatment of Depression
Sophie Addison Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses around the world. The fact that it is affecting more than 15 million Americans age 18 and over each year and the fact that there is not one exact cause for its occurrence makes Depression a very serious mental illness. Luckily, there are a number […]
Play the Extracting Cannabis Wordsearch
Back by popular demand of the Cannabis Digest readership, the Spring Issue #52 features our cannabis wordsearch puzzle. Find some of the many ways of Extracting Cannabis from this mix of letters. If you don’t have a Cannabis Digest newspaper; you can Print the Puzzle, but be sure to ask your local headshop or dispensary to order […]