Source – ancient-origins.net “…The Israelite version adds to Pharaoh’s mix Kaneh-Bosm. Its identity has been lost, but several linguists and scriptural scholars have convincingly linked it to its near-namesake Cannabis. Cannabis also inhibits cytochrome enzymes, and it was used by every tribe that bordered the Israelite kingdom. Getting High with the Most High: Drugs in…
Source – stuartjeannebramhall.com – “…Thanks to decriminalizing illegal drugs in 2001, Portugal now has one of the lowest instances of drug related deaths in Europe”: Oregon Becomes The First State To Decriminalize Cocaine, Meth, Ecstasy, Heroin and More Right here lies another perfect and amazing example of how we can actively create the type of…
Source – awarenessjunkie.com – “…Cannabis, in general – not just CBD — poses a major threat to a variety of industries, namely Big Pharma. One analysis has found that the pharmaceutical industry could lose as much as in profits as cannabis continues to be legalized”: Trouble for Big Pharma as Nearly 50% of People Report Quitting Pills for…
Source – thefreethoughtproject.com – “…There is understandably a strong desire by both lawmakers and the public to create legal limits for marijuana impairment in the same manner we do alcohol,” said AAA president and CEO, Marshall Doney, as reported by the Associated Press. “In the case of marijuana this approach is flawed and not supported…
Source – thelastamericanvagabond.com – “…Hemp in itself is an altogether different animal than marijuana with many different, and extremely beneficial uses to society…The two being lumped together allowed specific men in power to profit on the country’s slow decline into fossil fuel dependence, and the desired wars that follow, fortifying the need for the military…
Source – trueactivist.com – “…Preliminary investigations by medical researchers from McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Tufts University indicate that pot actually improves cognitive performance…The first benefit reported is that medical marijuana led to patients excelling at brainteasers with enhanced speed and accuracy”: Harvard Study – Smoking Cannabis Actually Improves Brain Function – By Amanda…
Source – new-paradigm.ws – “…DMT, also known as the spirit molecule… Some say it is the root chemical catalyst for consciousness. The experience is said to be like experiencing time dilation; wherein the user experiences prolonged moments, even lifetimes, in the days of imagination”: Psychedelic DMT experience now legal in US; first ayahuasca retreat opens in Washington…
Source – naturalblaze.com – “…With increasing age, the quantity of the cannabinoids naturally formed in the brain reduces,” says Prof. Zimmer. “When the activity of the cannabinoid system declines, we find rapid aging in the brain”: Cannabis Prevents Brain Aging – By Marco Torres Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these aging…
Source – naturalblaze.com – “…A separate study published in the American Journal of Medicine found that CBD oil is effective in lowering fasting insulin levels. It also reduced levels of insulin resistance and increasing levels of HDL-C”: CBD and Weight Loss – By Aura Lakshmi One little known fact about marijuana is that it can…
Source – themindunleashed.org – Cannabis is labeled by the US Government as a Schedule One Narcotic, meaning little to no known medical value. (Even though the US Govt holds patents that state otherwise) Marinol, which is APPROVED BY THE FDA, is synthesized THC. Millions of people are sitting in jail for using Cannabis raw, but…
Source – wakeup-world.com – Cannabis oil and its variations have made mainstream news with its positive effects on various diseases, including cancer, a disease that conventional medical therapies often complicate or worsen. All with great expense. Earlier this century, Rick Simpson had discovered a way to heal his own cancer, and then had shared his remedy at…
Source – .theguardian.com – What’s a pot enthusiast to do when possession is legal but public smoking is not?: As revelers poured in to Colorado last month to mark the unofficial “4/20” holiday celebrated by cannabis enthusiasts worldwide, some soon learned the limits of the state’s marijuana law. More than 100 citations were handed out,…
Source – thelastamericanvagabond.com, By Ryan Cristian – A new survey conducted by the Centre for Addictions Research of BC helps explain why Big Pharma is so afraid of cannabis. The pharmaceutical and alcohol industries, both powerful influences in Washington, have long lobbied against cannabis legalization in order to protect their profits. However, the tide has turned as…
Source – wakeup-world.com – “…From the prison industry, to the pharmaceutical industry, to the timber industry, billions of dollars are being thrown at the failing marijuana war in an attempt to maintain the facade of a evil drug that will corrupt your children and ruin your life. This however is a remanent of a time before the…
Source – holisticcannabisacademy.com – “…The Holistic Cannabis Network® (HCN) is a cannabis education, training, and business-building platform for holistic-minded practitioners about medical marijuana and its integration with other healing modalities”: (Holistic Cannabis Network®) What Is the Holistic Cannabis Academy? Online training + education options for healthcare practitioners, caregivers + cannabis curious individuals Begin as soon as you’d…
Source – hightimes.com – “…Gerald Heddell, director of inspection and enforcement at MHRA, told Sky News: “The change really came about with us offering an opinion that CBD is in fact a medicine, and that opinion was based on the fact that we noted that people were making some quite stark claims about serious diseases…
Source – anonhq.com – “…The report said the common tactics the DEA employed to frustrate activists included a delay on requests. For example, the report revealed that the DEA took 16 years to issue a final decision to the first marijuana rescheduling petition; five years for the second; and nine years for the third. In two of the…
Source – qz.com – “…The weed needs of the elderly are unique, Tice said. “There are some old rockers at a senior center in Mill Valley who like to get high and buy pre-rolled joints. But most want pain relief, to sleep better and stop fretting. They’re on opiates, constipated, and can’t function on their…
Source – preventdisease.com – “… Cannabis has no known lethal dose…Thousands of people who use opioids for pain control die from overdose each year–and the number is increasing. In fact, opioid-overdose deaths have quadrupled within 10 years”: (Marijuana Treats True Addiction From Pharmaceuticals, Depression and Social Anxiety) More than 100 million people in the United…
Source – hightimes.com – “…There will be efforts to limit production to a few number of cultivators to inflate prices and guarantee the largest profits for producers. There will be efforts to limit personal cultivation, also to maximize profits for suppliers. One justification for both will be that high prices will discourage consumption, masking the…
Source – mintpressnews.com – “…The U.S. is one of the few industrialized nations to ban hemp cultivation. So, even though hemp can clothe, house and nourish us, even though we can use it to make vehicles that won’t choke landfills with rusting metal, even though it can help to clean polluted soil for future crop…
Source – thelastamericanvagabond.com – “…For thousands of years humans knew that cannabis was medicine. “Marijuana was an integral part of American medicine for more than 100 years, from the 1830s through the 1940s, and it was used safely and effectively for all of that time,” says Dr. Alan Shackelford, a Harvard-trained physician who prescribes medical…
Source – ellenbrown.com – “…There have been no recorded deaths from cannabis overdose in the US, compared to about 30,000 deaths annually from alcohol abuse (not counting auto accidents), and 100,000 deaths annually from prescription drugs taken as directed. Yet cannabis remains a Schedule I controlled substance (“a deadly dangerous drug with no medical use…
Source – hangthebankers.com – Ayahuasca: the greatest secret in the universe (DMT) – People around the world have begun to ‘wake up’ and take the journey down the rabbit hole to see what’s really going on in the world and start questioning what this reality is all about: What is reality and why are we here? After…
Source – collective-evolution.com – “…Yes, that’s right. And not only that, but some of the chemicals in cannabis, called cannabinoids, fit snuggly into the body’s receptors, eliciting a whole host of purported therapeutic benefits such as being anti inflammatory, neuroprotective, and anti-epileptic“: This is a health giving secret that only a few people know about, and not…
Source – thelastamericanvagabond.com – “… Hopefully this video will open people’s eyes to the current battles we are up against — including GMO cannabis and a “Big Marijuana” monopoly — and realize that if we stop now, we will be selling ourselves very short of the true goal of cannabis freedom“: (WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON UNDER THE…
Source – collective-evolution.com, By Tom Bunzel – “…One intriguing aspect of Graham’s insight is that he claims that you “don’t need ancient astronauts”; rather, the veils of consciousness can be lifted by using the resources of the earth itself, and specifically the chemical properties of plants like Ayahuasca to “open the doors of perception.” (Graham…
Source – thefreethoughtproject.com – “…Colorado tax revenue from cannabis last June, eclipsed that of alcohol sales for the first time — coming in just shy of $70 million. Now, Aurora will be able to allot $1.5 million of that to help solve its homeless issue”: (Colorado’s Legal Pot Sales are So Successful, They are Now…
Source – .wakingtimes.com, By Alex Pietrowski, – Ever since the classification of cannabis in 1970 as a Schedule I drug, grouping it alongside truly dangerous drugs like heroin, LSD and peyote, activists such as the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws have been working tirelessly to have it re-classified, with little success. Until now.…
Source – wakeup-world.com – Cannabidiol (CBD) is an active cannabinoid found in cannabis which, unlike THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), does not produce a psychoactive effect in the brain. For this reason, CBD has become a primary focus of medicinal cannabis studies. CBD has been found to have a wide range of benefits, including lowering blood sugar levels,…
Source – naturalblaze.com – “It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti: The obvious effects of the drug war are well known and understood by anyone paying attention: massive incarceration of non-violent citizens, black markets and criminal cartels that serve them, extensive violations of human rights,…
Source – theantimedia.org – The Mexican drug cartels are finally meeting their match as a wave of cannabis legalization efforts drastically reshapes the drug trafficking landscape in the United States. It turns out that as states legalize cannabis use and cultivation, the volume of weed brought across the border by Mexican drug cartels dramatically decreases…
Source – thelastamericanvagabond.com – A subject that has received an intense amount of criticism in western culture—and continues to do so—is psychedelic drugs. Despite the fascinating scientific and anthropological results that have come from these substances, there continues to be an enormous lack of funding for scientific research of psychedelics. An onslaught of disinformation regarding these…
Source – mintpressnews.com – For 24 years, Adelanto tried unsuccessfully to sustain its economy through prisons, but now it will be hosting a very different kind of business—cannabis cultivation: A tiny California desert town is making a drastic change to reverse its downward spiral and embrace an enlightened future. For 24 years, Adelanto tried unsuccessfully…
Source – alternet.org – Pot isn’t illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with hemp — it’s because of racism and the culture wars: Scratch a pothead and ask them why marijuana is outlawed, and there’s a good chance you’ll get some version of the “hemp conspiracy” theory. Federal pot prohibition, the story…
