By Alex Pietrowski The explosion of interest in the medical benefits of cannabidiol (CBD) have followed the greater acceptance of cannabis and hemp. While the CBD industry grows at record pace, a vast amount of research is being conducted to identify the explicit health benefits…
By Rachel Blevins While the United States Federal Government continues to claim that cannabis is a deadly drug with no medicinal value, the state of Illinois is setting a new precedent by passing a law that allows all students to use medical cannabis in school….
By Rachel Blevins Santa Cruz, CA – While the United States federal government and the Department of Veterans Affairs continue their efforts to keep cannabis from the people who need it the most, local growers are starting a movement in a state that is known…
By Anna Hunt There’s no denying it. We are in dire need for safe and effective treatments that could replace addictive opioids. As a result, researchers continue to examine how cannabis legalization impacts opioid consumption in the U.S. Can Cannabis Replace Addictive Opioids? In a…
By Susan Boskey This is the 3nd and final part of a three-part series about: Part I- the contextual influences modern society has on mood disorders and addictions, Part II – the risks of buy-in, and Part III – the possibility of soul renewal via…
By Susan Boskey This is the 2nd of a three-part series about: Part I- the contextual influences modern society has on mood disorders and addictions, Part II – the risks of buy-in, and Part III – the possibility of soul renewal via (but not limited…
By Susan Boskey This is the first of a three-part series about the contextual influences modern society has on mood disorders and addictions, 2) the risks of buy-in, and 3) the possibility of soul renewal via (but not limited to)therapeutic cannabis use. Part I: The…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Wonders never cease! Delegates at the Republican Party of Texas convention voted their approval on Saturday for platforms endorsing “marijuana decriminalization, medical cannabis and industrial hemp.” Not only that, but the Party delegates are actually calling for a change in cannabis’s Schedule classification by…
ByJack Burns One veteran got so frustrated with the number of pills he had been prescribed to take on a daily basis that he decided to create a visual aid. After calculating that he took more than 9,855 prescription pills annually, he got an idea….
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze President Trump may be the first president to support an end to federal cannabis prohibition. After months and months of allowing his dinosaur Attorney General to threaten a crackdown on marijuana, President Donald Trump is saying that he might support a Congressional effort to…
ByJay Syrmopoulos Macon, GA – A teenager who suffers from seizures was forcibly separated from his parents and put into state custody, while his parents were jailed and charged with reckless conduct after they provided their son with marijuana to control his seizure disorder. Matthew…
By Susan Boskey Cherokee proverb:”Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” In my last article, Depression on the Rise and the Cannabis Response, I wrote about how the diagnosis for depression rose 33% between 2011 and 2014, some possible…
By Dr. Smith Medical cannabis has a long history as a natural analgesic,1 and is now legal in 30 U.S. states,2,3 the majority of which allow limited use of medical marijuana under certain medical circumstances. The medicinal qualities of marijuana are primarily due to high amounts (about…
By Susan Boskey Holism is about the big picture; it relates to the theory that nothing happens in a vacuum. When seeking answers to a problem, holism puts the emphasis on the ‘whole’ rather than the parts. The English Oxford Dictionaries define holism: The theory…
By Marco Torres In a first-of-a-kind study, Washington State University scientists examined how peoples’ self-reported levels of stress, anxiety and depression were affected by smoking different strains and quantities of cannabis at home. Their work, published this month in the Journal of Affective Disorders, suggests smoking cannabis can…
By Dr. Laura Williams In this era of political polarization, when Americans seem to agree on absolutely nothing, let me reassure you. We overwhelmingly agree that cannabis should be legal. 1 in 5 Americans have (state) legal access, 1 in 2 have experimented with it, and more than 1…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor An eerie bit of news has graced today’s 4/20 celebrations across America. (“Four twenty” is code for smoking marijuana, making the day 4/20 special in cannabis culture.) On Thursday, the FDA, notorious for approving fatal opioids and other drugs – and attacking plants…
By Phillip Schneider After selling off enough assets to win anti-trust approval, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved a mega-merger between Monsanto and Bayer, two of the world’s leading chemical/biotech companies. Although polling has shown that over 90 percent of farmers are concerned about…
By Anna Hunt ABC News Australia recently reported on a story about a desperate father. Stephen Taylor’s two daughters were fighting Crohn’s disease, which causes chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. When all else failed, Taylor turned to juicing cannabis and discovered that the plant…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Patrick Stewart Relies on Medical Cannabis Himself – the Star Trek Actor Stands With Alfie Dingley Great Britain is proving just how great it is, and it is using a six-year-old boy to do it. Proving that the Western world is a…
