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 so-called entourage effect— the mysterious way the hundreds of chemicals in the cannabis plant interact with one another to modulate its effects– is one of the most exciting research avenues in cannabis medicine. Loosening restrictions on marijuana in the U.S. and [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…]