Benefits of Having a Medical Marijuana Card in Massachusetts
Marijuana use. Although it’s still federally prohibited, many states, including
CBD: At a Big Box Near You?
CBD. We see that acronym everywhere. It can be found on the news, online, and even in some doctor’s offices. What does it really mean? CBD, or cannabidiol, is a natural compound sometimes confused with THC. THC and CBD are found in marijuana and hemp plants, respectively. Marijuana contains THC. Hemp, a sister of the marijuana plant that comes from the same mother plant (Cannabis Sativa L), contains CBD. Both compounds offer significant therapeutic advantages, and both cause drug-like reactions in the body.
Marijuana and THC: A Glow-up for the 21st Century
Marijuana is hampered by numerous preconceived ideas, including that it’s a
Medical Marijuana – Qualifying Conditions
It is argued that Greek physician and father of medicine, Hippocrates, said, “Let food be thy medicine and
Ways to Consume Cannabis Edibles
Have you heard about the brownies taken to the church bake sale? Or about the brownies grandma made to which someone added their own special ingredient? If you haven’t, you probably weren’t alive in the 70s. Marijuana brownies were a highly desired commodity in the “old days” before marijuana usage was legal in some states. Now that recreational and medical marijuana usage is legal in a number of states in the US, recipes for pot brownies are easily available. A quick Google search yields no less than ten recipes on the first page of the search engine, including a recipe from the cultural icon, Martha Stewart.
Consuming Medical Marijuana
When we think of marijuana usage, we automatically think of people smoking it. The entertainment industry
Cannabis and PTSD
Wizard of Oz. Scarecrow. All he wanted was a brain. He might not want one if he knew how complex a brain is – how it handles all of our experiences and, sometimes, holds onto them long-term. Various areas of the brain are involved in autonomic functions (things we don’t think about like breathing and our hearts beating), cognition, and emotional processing.