National Cancer Institute: Effects of Marijuana

National Cancer Institute: Effects of Marijuana

Cannabinoids Cannabinoids have a favorable drug safety profile.[1-4] Unlike opioid receptors, cannabinoid receptors are not located in the brainstem areas controlling respiration; therefore, lethal overdoses due to respiratory suppression do not occur. Because...
Marijuana Myths

Marijuana Myths

Marijuana Health Mythology June 1994 by Dale Gieringer, Ph.D. Coordinator, California NORML Myth: Marijuana is a Dangerous Drug Any discussion of marijuana should begin with the fact that there have been numerous official reports and studies, every one of which has...
Medical Marijuana For Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Medical Marijuana For Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Published June 8, 2011 Steve is a horticulturist of sorts. He raises orchids, Japanese maples, and other plants at his southern Rhode Island home. Tending the plants helps ease his rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pain, he says. But the garden offers more than Zen; he grows...
HEMP vs. MARIJUANA: What's the difference?

HEMP vs. MARIJUANA: What's the difference?

Industrial hemp is a variety of cannabis sativa that has a long history of use in the United States. However, since the 1950s it has been lumped into the same category of marijuana, and thus the extremely versatile  crop was doomed in the United States. Industrial...
Grow your own Food, Flowers, and Medicine

Grow your own Food, Flowers, and Medicine

Hydroponics is an indoor gardening method using a grow box or grow tent system that produces organic plants, herbs, and vegetables using only grow lights, water, and nutrients. Growing with a hydroponic system is much faster than traditional gardening. Using...