The “gateway” or “stepping-stone” theory is all bunk – pot use doesn’t lead to harder drug use
A new study by researchers at the University of Victoria and UBC suggests pot is getting a bad rap as a gateway drug. The study […]
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It turns out that smoking marijuana may actually make you a safer driver
An amazing study authored by professors D. Mark Anderson (University of Montana) and Daniel Rees (University of Colorado) shows that traffic deaths have been reduced […]
Pot doesn’t harm reproductive organs – reduced sperm count is “modest” and “reversible”
THE FACTS There is no evidence that marijuana impairs male reproductive functioning. The Jamaican and Costa Rican field studies detected no differences in hormone levels […]
“Organized crime” is defined so broadly that any three people breaking the law together are “organized crime”
Technically any three people who break the law together are defined as “organized crime”: Section 467.1(1) of the Criminal Code defines a criminal organization as, “a group, […]
There are currently “no legal limits to heavy metal content in either cannabis or tobacco in Canada”
As a result of significant concerns over the massive heavy metal contamination of air, water and soil in Flin Flon, CSA commissioned a heavy metal […]
The history of cannabis is mostly a history of attempts to monopolize cannabis
MARIJUANA MONOPOLIES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY By David Malmo-Levine “The stakes of the struggle were high: political and economic monopolization of medicine meant control over […]
At one time it was possible to buy pharmaceutical-grade cannabis cigarettes over the counter
Grimault’s Cigarettes of Cannabis Indica GRIMAULT & CO. CANNABIS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RELAXANTS Grimault’s Cigarettes of Cannabis Indica In the late nineteenth century, cannabis was included […]
Hemp seeds are high in essential nutrients – perhaps even nature’s perfect food
Hemp contains: All 20 amino acids, including the 9 essential amino acids (EAAs) our bodies cannot produce. A high protein percentage of the simple proteins […]
Evidence for lung damage from HEAVY pot smoking is “weak”- moderate pot smokers show improved lung capacity
While tobacco smokers showed the expected drop in lung function over time, the new research found that marijuana smoke had unexpected and apparently positive […]
Cannabis is the coevolutionary plant partner of humanity
Human and Cannabis Coevolution By David Malmo-Levine, Cannabis Culture on April 24, 2009 CANNABIS CULTURE – How the human race enhanced the cannabis plant … […]