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Advocating for a cause is one of the best ways a citizen can give back to their community. Publicly supporting a particular policy can have a great impact on others’ lives who may not be able to speak up for themselves and it can also come with risks, especially in other countries where speaking out against the cruel policy of a regime can get you killed. Thankfully we live in America where we are blessed with the right of free speech. Advocates use speech to inform others of

To many Kentuckians die from alcohol related crashes and opioid overdoses every year. What if some of those people had the choice to use cannabis instead? How many would be alive today? Below are two articles which give sobering facts concerning deaths related to drunk-driving and opioid abuse. https://www.geoffreygnathanlaw.com/national-drunk-driving-statistics/ Drunk Driving By the Numbers If you ever have thought about drinking and driving, hopefully the statistics detaile

Prospective cohort study of cannabis use, predisposition for psychosis, and psychotic symptoms in young people Cécile Henquet, Lydia Krabbendam, Janneke Spauwen, Charles Kaplan, Roselind Lieb, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Jim van Os Abstract Objective To investigate the relation between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms in individuals with above average predisposition for psychosis who first used cannabis during adolescence. Design Analysis of prospective data from a popu

Abstract Cannabis as a medicine was used before the Christian era in Asia, mainly in India. The introduction of cannabis in the Western medicine occurred in the midst of the 19th century, reaching the climax in the last decade of that century, with the availability and usage of cannabis extracts or tinctures. In the first decades of the 20th century, the Western medical use of cannabis significantly decreased largely due to difficulties to obtain consistent results from ba

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it wil be yours for the entire period this time around. 2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid. 3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the

Change Can Come From unlikely beginnings and sometimes change takes patience and planning until that one moment can happen; the moment that causes change to everything – either by example, inspiration, or determination. Something turns different and the gates can never be closed. On January 18th we had one of those moments in Louisville when Pat Dunegan, an unlikely advocate for medical cannabis, a cause thrust on him by love and hardship, stood before the Louisville Metro Co

Thursday, 16 November 2017 Medical Marijuana Less Opioids Chicago, IL: More than two out of three medical marijuana patients substitute cannabis in place of opioids, according to survey data compiled by Aclara Research, a Chicago-based consulting firm. Sixty-seven percent of respondents reported that they ceased their opioid use after initiating cannabis therapy. Twenty-nine percent of respondents said that cannabis allowed them to decrease their use of opioids. The findings

BY CHERI SICARD ON FEBRUARY 19, 2017 https://www.cannabischeri.com/food/cooking-basics/10-common-marijuana-cooking-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/ Avoid these marijuana cooking mistakes and put yourself well on the road to making great tasting potent marijuana edibles! 1. Over grinding the plant material when making marijuana butter or cannabis oil. For some reason the majority of internet sites tell people to finely grind the marijuana being used to infuse marijuana but

The tax reform plan introduced by House Republicans eliminates a number of tax deductions to pay for a series of tax cuts that mostly benefit the very wealthy. One of the provisions it eliminates is a rule that allows graduate students to deduct from their taxes the tuition waivers they receive as a form of compensation from their universities. The proposed removal of the deduction has generated much uproar among research advocates who argue that it will discourage people fro

PUBLISHED: SEP 7, 2017, 2:48 PM • UPDATED: 17 DAYS AGOCOMMENTS (32) By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post In 2016, rates of marijuana use among the nation’s 12- to 17-year-olds dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades, according to federal survey data released this week. Last year, 6.5 percent of adolescents used marijuana on a monthly basis, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. That represents a statistically significant drop f

By Adam Beam, The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial test in court, with a judge ruling Wednesday that the state has a good reason to “curtail citizens’ possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic drug.” Twenty-nine other states have legalized marijuana in some way, the most common being for medical purposes. While Kentucky lawmakers have embraced hemp — the fibers of the plant that are used to make rope, clothing and ot

PUBLISHED: JUL 27, 2017, 1:24 PM • UPDATED: 2 DAYS AGO COMMENTS (28) By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an amendment to protect state medical marijuana programs from federal interference, despite a written request from Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year that they not do so. The amendment, put forward Thursday by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), adds a clause to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agenc

We’ve all enjoyed reading about the various abandoned mansions, idol factories and underground nuclear bunkers,which clever cannabis cultivators have quietly put to good use in England…until they got caught. Now, on our side of the pond, we have our very own abandoned factory that has been vacant for a decade and will soon be reincarnated into a huge indoor marijuana grow. Pepsi hits the spot, the sweet spot that is. Doyen Elements, which is a holding company that leases real

Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear want a Frankfort judge to dismiss a lawsuit calling for the legalization of medical marijuana in Kentucky. In a motion filed Monday in Franklin Circuit Court, Bevin’s attorneys said medical marijuana is a “political question” that should be decided by the General Assembly, not a judge. “Since at least 2014, the legislature has debated bills advocating for the lawful use of medicinal marijuana in every legislative session,” a

The above video is used to get your attention. You know that, but read the article to understand how bad this man's policies could be to the poor, non-whites or rebel thinkers. The following two articles were written by Christopher Ingraham and published in the Washington Post. Both highlight the failure's of the DARE program of the 80's and early 90's whereas the accomplished PR campaign for the program was more effective than the program which in hindsight was found to have

PUBLISHED: MAR 30, 2017, 9:14 AM • UPDATED: 3 MONTHS AGO COMMENTS (62) By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff U.S. lawmakers on Thursday introduced a package of marijuana reform bills aimed at protecting and preserving existing state-based programs while creating a framework for the federal regulation of cannabis. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, announced the “Path to Marijuana Reform,” a bipartisan package of three related bills that address i

With the beginning of the second space race in full swing, American military and congressional policy makers are sounding alarms concerning our lack of preparedness of some fieds of space. They just can't agree on who will be in charge. The following three articles give an update concerning American governments steps to creating a new "Space Corps" to face the coming challenges from our advesaries and space itself. 1. Air Force Stands Up New Headquarters Space DirectorateIn-D

Mon Jul 3, 2017 5:50AM China has strongly condemned a recent move by a United States warship to sail near one of its islands in the disputed South China Sea, describing the move as a "provocation." The USS Stethem, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, part of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, a US Defense Department official said, media reported on Sunday. China said in response that it had sent its navy battle ships and figh

People line up at the NuLeaf marijuana dispensary, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. Nevada dispensaries were legally allowed to sell recreational marijuana starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. (AP Photo/John Locher) By Regina Garcia Cano & John Locher, The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Cheers and long lines of tourists and locals alike greeted the first day of sales of recreational marijuana on Saturday as Nevada became the fifth state with stores selling pot to the public i