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Cannabis, Spirituality and Science pt. 2
Part 2: Reaching the eye of the storm In part one of this topic, we went into some of the science that made cannabis worthy of serious consideration for meditation practice. Now we cross-reference with spiritual texts to see where
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Cannabis, Spirituality and Science
Part 1: This crazy world Many would consider the idea outright blasphemous, however, the association of weed and spirituality has been inevitable and frequent throughout the ages. Rastafarians, shamans, psychedelic activists, and scholars alike have also touted its potential to
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Amendment 2 defeated; voters reject medical marijuana
Voters narrowly rejected the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida on Tuesday after a surge of ads saying the ballot initiative was riddled with holes. The Associated Press declared that Amendment 2 had failed as it did not appear it
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Medical Marijuana: Access Denied
Article written by Nicole Drawc, Liberty Voice – July 31, 2014 Medical marijuana is increasingly being used to treat pain patients and illnesses such as epilepsy. All of Canada and many states in the U.S. have jumped on board with the
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Next Gold Rush: Legal Marijuana Feeds Entrepreneurs’ Dreams
Article by Jack Healy and Kirk Johnson, New York Times – July 18, 2014 DENVER — “Like the glint of gold or rumors of oil in ages past, the advent of legal, recreational marijuana is beginning to reshape economies in
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US Government’s medical marijuana patent
From DigitalJournal.com “Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.Thecannabinoids
Read MoreGirl whose family fought for medical marijuana has died
Article written by Joseph Spector, Westchester, NY – July 21,2014 Anna Conte, a nine-year-old Buffalo area girl who suffered from a rare seizure disorder, died late last week. Conte’s mother, Wendy, of Orchard Park, Erie County, regularly appeared at the
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House Bill Would Legalize ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Medical Marijuana
Article by Matt Ferner, Huffington Post – July 28, 2014 A bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Monday would legalize a compound in marijuana used to treat severe epilepsy. The legislation, called the “Charlotte’s Web Medical Hemp Act
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Pot Smoke And Mirrors: Vaporizer Pens Hide Marijuana Use
Article by Miles Bryan, Health News from NPR – April 18, 2014 It’s a sunny afternoon at Kelly’s Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, and Nikki Esquibel is getting stoned. But you wouldn’t know it. The 19-year-old, who
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Medical Marijuana Pros and Cons
Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option? In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have “no accepted medical use.” Since then, 22 of 50 US states and DC have
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