Synopsis: This article discusses how cannabidiol (CBD) alters brain function, despite it being non-psychoactive, and its role in protecting the brain against, and assisting it in repairing, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). With many NFL players being diagnosed with CTE, unarguably from their [Read More…]
The notion of trying to lose weight with cannabis feels a bit like an oxymoron. The fact that weed gives you the munchies is one of the oldest pieces of common-sense marijuana lore. And, in the short term, science agrees that pot [Read More…]
Anyone who smokes cannabis recreationally has made that regrettable midnight trip to Taco Bell, belly sloshing with grape soda and orange Cheeto dust caked up to the elbows. Know as the weed munchies, the hunger pangs caused by cannabis marijuana can be [Read More…]
Aelius Galen, or Galen of Pergamum, is considered the founder of the scientific method as it applies to medicine. He was a Greek who studied under Hippocrates and practiced in Rome, first stitching up gladiators, then tending to emperors and nobles as [Read More…]
Anyone who knows someone who smokes pot daily and also someone who drinks alcohol daily can tell which substance is more hazardous and leads to poorer decisions. It’s likely pretty clear the alcoholic’s quality of life would improve drastically if he substituted [Read More…]
The Scythians were an ancient and fearsome nomadic warrior people who herded horses across southern Siberia through the plains of central Eurasia and Persia. Around 900BC – 200BC, they ruled the steppes for more than 1,000 years concurrent with the rise of [Read More…]
Almost 1500 years after the first documented use by Shen-Nung in China, cannabis in ancient India (1200-800 BC) was gaining traction. Cannabis is recorded as one of the five sacred plants in the Hindu sacred texts, the Vedas. Specifically, the Atharva Veda [Read More…]
The Chinese word for cannabis is Má. Such a simple one-syllable word is indicative of China’s long-standing tradition of using cannabis. Not even mom is as simple (Māmā). Cannabis in ancient China was used ubiquitously: as both a healing herb and widely-used textile. Cannabis [Read More…]
Crossfading, or mixing weed and alcohol, has been the bane of many college students. Many of us remember “greening out” on the floor of a dorm room, trying to shake out of the spins — that is if you remember anything at [Read More…]
When comparing alcohol vs weed, it’s a simple fact that marijuana — though not a harmless substance — is far less harmful to the brain and body than the old standby alcohol. Study after medical study and court case after court case [Read More…]