Contrary to popular belief, there’s nothing strictly magical or mystical about cannabis. Sorry if that takes a little of the enjoyment out of things, but when you break it all down to its fundamentals, we’re really just talking science and chemicals. Which may sound boring, but there is really very little more to life in [...]
Berlin to go green? To say that 2016 proved to be an interesting year would possibly qualify as the understatement of the decade. Quite simply, it was nothing short of nuts. For the most part, the year brought about some of the most unexpected and in some cases devastating events imaginable. Which in [...]
Cannabis in 2016 2016 has been a great year for cannabis legalization and cannabis knowledge. In the USA alone we have seen the balance shift so there are now more states with legal Medical Marijuana than without, we have also seen countries introduce medical cannabis bills such as Australia, South Africa and Ireland. The SNP in [...]
The start of a new year always means a fresh set of resolutions you will no doubt break by the second week of January. In fact, breaking New Year’s resolutions is just as much a tradition as celebrating the New Year itself. You think of various ways and means by which you can improve your [...]
Generally speaking, cannabis isn’t regarded as a performance-enhancing substance. After all, the last thing on your mind after a heavy night on the bong is probably running a Marathon. At the same time, there’s a growing contingency of fitness fanatics for whom there’s really nothing more effective when it comes to enhancing exercise than pot. The [...]
For folks living in the United Kingdom, the idea of being able to go see a doctor and ultimately go home with a big bag of weed is the stuff of pure fantasy. And with the way things are going right now, it’s probably going to stay like that for some time. By contrast, those [...]
There will always be those who will tell you that there is simply no such thing as smoking too much weed. As far as they are concerned, more is always better and that really is the end of it. However, taking a look at things from a common sense perspective there are in fact quite [...]
The South African Study Can Cannabis Cure Cervical Cancer? Further evidence of weed’s unique medicinal properties comes from South Africa, where a team of researchers found that cannabis could make an effective treatment for cervical cancer. A team from the biochemistry department at North-West University in Potchefstroom carried out an experiment, in [...]
Ever since recreational cannabis was legalized in Colorado, Washington and Alaska, there’s been heated debated as to the way in which cannabis edibles are manufactured, packaged, marketed and sold. As far as some are concerned, plain packaging with nothing eye-catching whatsoever is the best way to avoid tempting tots. For others, it’s a case of [...]
Over recent months, the United States has been blighted by an outbreak of dangerous reactions to a variety of semi-legal highs – some of which have proved fatal. So-called ‘synthetic cannabis’ (which has nothing to do with the real stuff whatsoever) has led to thousands of hospitalisations, a wave of bizarre behaviour among users and [...]
