When it comes to getting a prescription filled, many of us are no stranger to hanging around the drugstore while we pepper the pharmacist on duty with a host of questions. After all, part of their job is consulting with patients on their various medical needs — so it actually makes perfect sense that some […]
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This Is Your Endocannabinoid System Malfunctioning. So, What Part Does Cannabis Consumption Play?
If you love cannabis because you feel bad unless you consume it, then you could be suffering with a little-known medical syndrome called clinical endocannabinoid deficiency (CECD), which may be impacting your health and happiness. To fully understand how CECD could be affecting your life, you must first understand how your body works. Your body […]
Is Less Really More? The Stoner’s Guide To Marijuana Microdosing
For years I’ve bred extremely potent cannabis strains, with THC percentages sometimes clocking in at higher than 25 percent. And I’ll be the first to admit that I can’t take more than one or two inhalations of vaped cannabis before I’m as high as a kite. The strains I’ve worked tirelessly to breed are crippling […]
Europe’s Most Wanted: 7 Premium Cannabis Strains You’ve Never Heard Of
Cannabis growers in Europe often labor under harsher anti-drug laws and less favorable environmental conditions than growers in the legalized states of the USA and post-prohibition Canada. And yet, our friends across the pond are breeding and growing spectacular cannabis strains. Indeed, many exceptional European varieties of cannabis are unheard of in North America, but […]
Weed Wise: Top Toking Tips For Beginner Marijuana Consumers
Do you remember the first time you ever got high on cannabis? Notice I didn’t ask if you remember the first time you consumed cannabis — because a significant percentage of people report that the first few times they tried weed, they didn’t feel any effects whatsoever. The first two times I inhaled cannabis, I […]
Growing Medical Marijuana As A Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease
Medical marijuana as a treatment option for neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease is increasing, and for good reason. According to a study published in the medical journal Clinical Neuropharmacology, recent research conducted into the effect of inhaled medical cannabis on Parkinson’s patients showed an overall improvement in their symptoms. In this study, cannabis was […]
Old School: Helping The Elderly Learn To Grow Their Own Medical Marijuana
According to a recent study co-authored by famed organic chemist Raphael Mechoulam — best known as the pioneer of cannabinoid research and for discovering the endocannabinoid system — an increasing number of elderly people aged 65 and over are now consuming medical marijuana. The study, originally published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine in […]
How Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Changed The Way We Grow Cannabis
In 2007, my husband Raul and I decided to leave our corporate jobs behind and buy an organic farm. Feeling unfulfilled with the drudgery that comes with sitting behind a desk, day after day, we left the daily grind of California and bought an 18-acre farm in the interior of the Caribbean island of Puerto […]