SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Sunday signed an executive order to authorize the use of medical marijuana in the U.S. territory in an unexpected move following a lengthy public debate. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said the island’s health secretary has three months to issue a report detailing how the executive […]
Higher Ground: Marijuana Is Medicine
When the team behind Initiative 502 wrote their marijuana law, they left the already well-established medical dispensaries and collective gardens out of the equation, assuming they’d be dealt with at a later date. Well, they were dealt with, all right—last week the Governor signed a bill to eliminate both entirely. Lawmakers in Olympia had been […]
Marijuana isn’t a gateway drug, if anything alcohol is
Because if we’re to, as Obama put it, “follow the science not the ideology” with regards to marijuana and have some hope of getting it decriminalized/legalized on a wider scale in the world, we must continue to dispel the myths surrounding it. A chief one, regurgitated time and time again, is that weed is a […]
New Study Finds Marijuana To Be Effective Against Depression
Research has suggested that cannabis may be a promising treatment option for a number of different physical and mental health conditions, from post-traumatic stress disorder to chronic pain. A study released this week suggests that depression can be added to that list. Neuroscientists from the University of Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions found that endocannabinoids […]