A slow licensing process means that stores set to open next week could be overrun If inspections go well in the following days, the Washington State Liquor Control board plans to issue the first retail licenses to legal pot shops on July 7. That means July 8 could be the historic opening day in the Evergreen State. The problem is that only about 20 retail shops are expected to get licenses—and they may even have trouble getting their hands on [...]
The United Nations just released its annual World Drug Report for 2014. The report, prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, summarizes data on various illegal drugs around the globe, including marijuana. Along with drug trafficking updates, the UN also provides a breakdown of annual drug use by country. According to the UN’s latest data, here are the top 10 weed-consuming countries in 2014: 10. Jamaica (Photo: Peter Q/Flickr) Use: 9.86% of the population Status: Illegal, but soon [...]
Hepatitis C has negatively impacted millions of lives, and medical researchers have tried for decades to develop a vaccine with no luck. But today, our team at the Wyoming Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that, with the help of our pharmaceutical partners, we’ve cracked the code and can deliver a cost-effective vaccine and cure to the world within the next 14 to 18 months… and we owe it all to cannabis. Our research into the field of hepatitis [...]
A new study confirms that smoking marijuana does not raise the chances of developing lung cancer. Researchers from Canada, the United States and New Zealand pooled data from six previous studies spanning more than 2,000 lung cancer cases and nearly 3,000 controls to determine whether cannabis use was associated with lung cancer. The findings, published June 20 in the International Journal of Cancer, showed no link between marijuana smoking and cancer risk. “Results from our pooled analyses provide little evidence for [...]
State regulators and local police in Colorado found no pot shops breaking the law in a series of sting operations launched after legal recreational marijuana sales began in 2014. Mirroring alcohol laws, it is illegal in Colorado to sell recreational marijuana to people under 21 years of age. Medical marijuana may be purchased by shoppers over 18 years old if they are carrying a valid medical marijuana card. Sting operations targeted 20 marijuana stores in Denver and Pueblo in recent [...]
But global cannabis use has declined Americans are increasingly consuming marijuana but also seeking treatment for problems caused by their use of the drug, according to a new report. The World Drug Report was released Thursday against the backdrop of a country whose states are increasingly liberalizing legal access to marijuana for both recreational and medical purposes. The report suggests that as laws have relaxed toward the herb, more people have begun to use it–from 2008-2012, marijuana use among “people 12 [...]
Willie Nelson‘s Teapot Party movement, which now has more than 115,000 Facebook followers, was founded after his 2010 arrest for marijuana possession in Texas. His practical (and slyly humorous) advice to fellow pot advocates is to support like-minded candidates. “Get out and go vote,” he says in an interview with CelebStoner News. “If it’s the day to go vote, make sure you go vote before you burn one down. Don’t get high and forget to vote.” The country legend and tireless [...]
A rogue protein called amyloid-beta, suspected of playing a key role in Alzheimer’s, is believed to block endocannabinoids in the brain in the earliest stages of the disease. Endocannabinoids are part of the process that allows important signals in the brain to shine through while unwanted signals are shut out. Blocking them results in the brain becoming too inhibited, leading to impaired learning and memory loss. The scientists from Stanford University in California, who reported their findings in the journal [...]
By now nearly everyone that is paying attention knows that cannabis is a highly effective seizure treatment. In the last two years, nearly every state in the Union without medical marijuana laws on the books has seen legislation introduced, in many cases driven by parent advocacy groups comprised of parents of children with severe seizure disorders, most notably Dravet Syndrome. In many of these cases states have rushed to pass legislation approving cannabis extracts that are high in Cannabidiol (CBD) [...]
