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New Zealand’s anti-marijuana stance negatively impacts consumers – both recreational and medicinal – in a number of different ways. In addition to an absence of quality control and the criminalisation of patients who rely on weed to cope with their health conditions, a lack of regulation in the country’s cannabis …
Seniors outsmoking the youth when it comes to medical marijuana use If medicinal cannabis were to be legalised in New Zealand, which demographic do you think would be the quickest to nip into the local dispensary? You could be forgiven for thinking that cannabis consumption would skyrocket amongst 18-24 year …
Europe has long been one of the world’s largest consumer markets for cannabis resin. The European market for cannabis is now increasingly dominated by herbal products. This change in the market shares of the two types of cannabis products is the result of a shift in how the market is …
Last February, reports filtered through from Germany that two men died of cardiac arrhythmia, apparently triggered by marijuana intoxication. News that seemed to spoil the reputation and undamaged track record of weed. Until that point, no cases of fatal overdose were known to science. Now it should be noted, that …
Of all the scare tactics used over the last century to make people afraid of a largely harmless plant, the idea that smoking pot can cause psychotic episodes or even schizophrenia is one of the oldest and most difficult to overcome. Especially in regards to adolescents, whose developing brains may …
A team of researchers in Australia and the US analysed data from 20 mental and substance disorders to model the prevalence, premature death, and non-fatal illness caused by these disorders in 187 countries. Among the findings: *High income countries have the highest burden of disease due to drug use *Women …
This video shows us what you look like, on the inside when you smoke weed. It shows us what happens to your mind and your body when you smoke weed. Your brain helps define your experience when you smoke weed, and everyone experiences something similar, but also slightly different depending …
