Suppressing Scientific Study of Cannabis is an admission of Ulterior Motives. There has been a virtual ban on scientific research on marijuana since the La Guardia Committee report came out in 1944. New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, commissioned a scientific study of the effects of Marijuana during 1939-1944. In this study Mayor La Guardia […]
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Bennett Is The New Darwin
Chris Bennett an even bigger threat to Judeo-Christian doctrine than Charles Darwin ever was. By proving cannabis is the Tree of Life, showing how Moses talked to God in a cloud of cannabis smoke and confirming that Jesus healed using a cannabis anointing oil, Bennett is helping Judeo-Christians understand their own history by unraveling some […]
The Policy That Could: Reflections on an Interview With a Young Liberal
On May 2, 2011, the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) suffered the worst defeat in its political history. Having won 34 out of 308 federal seats, the party found itself knocked into third place for the first time. It had a mere 19% of the vote, and held only 4 seats west of Ontario. For many it was a profound shock, raising for the first time the question of the party’s survival. One […]
Yogabis: Melding Mind, Body and Cannabis
Ganja Yoga is for folks interested in engaging in healthy practices for mind and body. What is ganja yoga? Essentially it’s ingesting psycho-active cannabis and then doing yoga practice while under it’s influence. Why include ganja in a yoga practice? For me, using ganja regularly as a helpful tool in yoga classes increases body awareness […]
Cannabis and Diabetes
In a study involving nearly 11,000 patients, The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination survey (NHANES III), reported in 2011, that Marijuana users had a 66% reduction in the incidence of Diabetes after adjustment for numerous potential confounding factors.1 This is just one of many new studies and patents that show a decreased incidence of […]
What about the doctors?
Some of the top stories this week in Canada revolve around whether or not doctors should be prescribing cannabis for medical purposes in this country. The Canadian Medical Journal published two very opposing views on the topic this Monday. Both CMAJ commentaries quibble over relative harms, burden of proof, and the relative lack of clinical […]
And Now For Something Completely Historical: Updating Reefer Madness
Many readers will be familiar with the story of America’s War on Drugs. As most of us know it, the story goes something like this. Following political upheavals in Mexico in 1910, large numbers of Mexicans immigrated to the US, especially to the Southwest. For predictable reasons, the immigrants became objects of contempt. They spoke […]
The breakfast of Champions – Georgia Toons
The other morning I was making something to eat, having issues with appetite I eat what I crave. When I became ill I was about 210lbs. Pretty chunky for my 5’6” stature, I will admit. Then something in my brain ‘clicked’ and I lost 60 lbs in a few short months. Thrilled to finally be […]
Cannabis Constituents : Infographic
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Cannabis in Costa Rica – Part 3
What will the new law look like? In the previous blogs I gave my personal impression of prohibition in Costa Rica and I looked at the likelihood that the Costa Rica Medicinal Cannabis Movement would succeed in their attempts to trigger a referendum to legalize medical cannabis. If they gather all of the signatures they […]