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Are Medical Marijuana Tinctures Better for You than Smoking MMJ?
California became the first state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes in 1996. Today, 24 states now have medical marijuana legislation. Nowadays, thanks to restrictions gradually diminishing and research stating that cannabis can help kill cancer cells, the stigma associated with cannabis has started to melt away. If you’re reading this, you’re probably already aware…
Read MoreHow To Make Cannabis Oil: 5 Easy Steps
If you have a medical marijuana card California, making cannabis oil at home is easy-peasy! Cannabis oil is a potent substance that can be eaten, inhaled, or rubbed on topically. It is the foundation to many tasty edible marijuana recipes. The THC content in the oil brings on an enjoyable psychoactive effect when ingested, so…
Read MoreWhich Medical Marijuana Strain Is Best For Relaxing?
In today’s world of constant stimulation from social media, email, text messages and phone calls, rising job insecurity, and both national and international tension, stress is at an all-time high. Feelings of stress or anxiety release cortisol – the stress hormone. Cortisol plays a significant role helping us deal with stress by shutting down unnecessary…
Read MoreCutting Through The Controversy Surrounding Medical Marijuana
Despite the fact that a raft of new states voted to legalize medical marijuana, and many voted to legalize even recreational use of the drug, there is still a lot of controversy surrounding cannabis use in the United States. The herb is still illegal at a federal level, and simply crossing a state line with your…
Read MoreMedical Marijuana And Modern Medicine: The Real Story
Modern medicine is slowly but surely waking up to the huge health and healing benefits of medical marijuana. MMJ is now being used to treat and manage a whole host of physiological and psychological diseases. However, despite a slew of studies showing its effectiveness, and mountains of anecdotal evidence from cannabis card patients who have…
Read MoreCan Medical Cannabis Work In Conjunction With Medication
What are the effects of using medical cannabis in conjunction with other medication? Does your marijuana interfere with other medication? It is important to understand how any combination of drugs you are taking will work together and the effects that mixing them will have on your body and mind. In order to avoid any unwanted…
Read MoreThe Difference Between Smoking And Eating MMJ
You may be thinking that marijuana is marijuana regardless of how it gets into your system, but you’d be sorely mistaken. Smoking, eating, and drinking medical marijuana creates different strength profiles and each process has hugely varying half-lives. And therefore, the type of ailments that each form of ingestion is best suited to treating differs…
Read MoreWhat’s The Science Behind Medical Marijuana?
For any medical marijuana card holder who’s just as interested in the science behind medical marijuana as they are the effects, delving into the genetic makeup of the plant begins with cannabinoids. The number of diverse cannabinoids contained within cannabis is vast; with scientists recently upping their discovered cannabinoid count from 104 to 111. Cannabinoids come…
Read MoreTinctures and Topicals: The New Way to Consume Medical Marijuana
For those not comprehensively versed on the medical marijuana landscape, you may be surprised about the amount of ways marijuana is able to be consumed, and how alternative methods work in radically different ways. Many often assume that smoking or baking cannabis is the only means of consumption, but while that may once have been…
Read MoreBest Times Of The Day To Smoke Medical Cannabis (Not Just 420)
There’s a reason why your medical cannabis card has a nickname of a ‘420 card’; for those not in the know, ‘420’ is a euphemism for smoking marijuana. Although there are several fallacious conspiracy theories as to its etymology – including a hilariously skewed Bob Dylan reference – the term actually originates from San Rafael…
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