Cannabis Helps Heal Fracture and Makes the Bones Stronger

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Centuries ago, societies all over the world used Marijuana as a go-to drug for various kind of medical treatments. Marijuana also known as cannabis or hashish was banned in the 1930s, due to the fear of addiction and growing awareness, despite the fact of it being able to cure various diseases. Recent investigation on this drug has revealed that the intake of marijuana has significantly known to decrease symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
 
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http://biotechin.asia/2015/08/14/cannabis-helps-heal-fracture-and-makes-the-bones-stronger/

This California Farmers Market Sells Marijuana

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In the fruit and veggie cornucopia that is California, local farmers markets sell everything from brandywine tomatoes and lemon cucumbers to hedgehog mushrooms and fresh medjool dates. But no farmers market can match the selection of the one in the Mendocino County town of Laytonville, which offers, among other things, an ample supply of heirloom cannabis.
 
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http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/08/california-farmers-market-sells-marijuana

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opening in Reno

By Shelbi Jay

 
Sierra Wellness Connection will be serving its first medical marijuana patients on Wednesday August 26th.
Sierra Wellness will be the first medical marijuana dispensary to open in Reno and the second to open in all of Nevada. Additionally, they are the only fully licensed seed-to-sale medical cannabis provider in Reno. This means they hold licenses for cultivation, processing, and dispensing medical marijuana.
 
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http://www.ktvn.com/story/29790173/medical-marijuana-dispensary-opening-in-reno

Free at Last! Missouri Cannabis Prisoner Released After 20 Years

By Lisa Rough
 

 
“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all of the days of your life” — a fitting quote from Bob Marley to describe a happy day for cannabis supporters.

Jeff Mizanskey is a nonviolent prisoner who has been jailed in Missouri for the last 20 years, from when he was 41 years old until his present age of 62. His crime? Cannabis offenses.
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Tacoma Armory to host marijuana trade show and seminars — and a cannabis competition



 
Previous cannabis-related conventions and trade shows in Washington have lacked only one thing: cannabis.
That is about to change.
Given what he’s about to bring to Tacoma, the “M” in Cory Wray’s MBA might well stand for marijuana, a substance of which he claims to be a longtime consumer.
The Bethel High School and University of Washington Tacoma graduate, 32, has inked an agreement and begun promotion for the Northwest Cannabis Classic, a three-day event featuring speakers, seminars, a trade show with vendors and, again, cannabis itself.
Previous organizers have discovered that state law prohibits actual marijuana being present or being consumed at venues that hold a license allowing the consumption of alcohol.
The historic century-old Tacoma Armory — where Wray will hold the NWCC on Aug. 28-30 — has no such license.
So vendors who sell grinders will be grinding true bud rather than oregano, and lighting specialists will be showing their wares as they illuminate actual pot sprouts, and the winners of the NWCC Classic trophies will be able to display the actual winning products. Given state licensing laws, no cannabis will be offered for sale.
 

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They’re called “medibles”—macarons, truffles, marshmallows, and more. And they’re causing a buzz.

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RUSSELL YIP, THE CHRONICLE
 
There are millions of recipes for granola, but few involve a gram scale.
The scale is one of the first things that Stephany Gocobachi and Akhil Khadse bring out when they start a batch of medicated granola for Flour Child, their new enterprise. As the oven in their sunny Tendernob studio preheats, Gocobachi, a bright-eyed, voluble 25-year-old, weighs a minuscule amount of powdery green hashish, then tips it into a small saute pan of oil, raw sugar and maple syrup. Slowly, gently, she heats it up to convert the THCA in the cannabis resin into the psychoactive molecule THC.
 
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http://www.delish.com/food-news/a43461/pot-for-food-lovers/

Congress and Obama Are Too Timid on Marijuana Reform

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Even as support for ending marijuana prohibition is building around the country, Congress and the Obama administration remain far too timid about the need for change.

Last year, residents in Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia voted to join Colorado and Washington State in making recreational use of marijuana legal. Later this year, residents of Ohio are expected to vote on a ballot measure that would legalize it. Nevadans will vote on a legalization proposal next year. And Californianscould vote on several similar measures next year.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/opinion/sunday/congress-and-obama-have-been-too-timid-on-marijuana-reform.html?_r=1

Jeannie Herer: Carrying on the work of the Emperor of Hemp

Eva Silva

 
When Jeannie met Jack Herer— a longtime activist known as the ‘Emperor of Hemp’—in 1994, she never imagined the path her life would take. Now, over 20 years later, she carries on her own work in the industry and plans to establish the Jack Herer Museum to carry on Jack’s work and his legacy posthumously.


Cannabis has been a part of my life since the 70’s, but I was just a kid then. It’s just what we did. We hung out, partied a little. It was all about having fun with like-minded people. I could never have guessed how my life would evolve, how central the plant and the movement would be in my life, personally and professionally. Now, I’m involved with like-minded people in a bigger way. It continues to be a challenging but rewarding path.
It has been five years since Jack passed away. To say it’s been a roller coaster ride since, is a huge understatement. The bottom line, however, is that I’m in this industry to stay.
 
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http://cannaeffect.org/jeannie-herer-carrying-on-the-work-of-the-emperor-of-hemp/
 

Berlin’s Hanfparade: For pot, against harsh drug laws

In Berlin on Saturday, marchers will come out in force in support of cannabis. Politicians, too, have called for weed’s legalization. Many Germans consider prohibition policies to have failed, Matthias von Hein reports.

Hanfparade 2014 in Berlin
Berlin’s Hanfparade (Hemp Parade) has now taken place every year since 1997. Last year, according to the official website, 6,500 people demonstrated for the “legalization of cannabis as a resource,medicine and recreational drug in Germany.” The activists’ efforts appear to have led to results. There is movement in the drug policy debate. In Germany and abroad, more and more people are discussing the failure of prohibition, and some officials are contemplating, even embarking on, new paths.
Medical marijuana is now legal in more than half of the 50 US states, and four states have legalized pot completely. Uruguay recently became the first country in the world to regulate cannabis in its entirety, from planting and growing to consumption. In September 2014, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan even made a dramatic appeal for the liberalization of drug policy at the United Nations: Human health should be the world’s priority, he said, not criminal prosecution. In Europe, the Czech Republic, Portugal and Spain have all stopped pursuing recreational smokers. In the Netherlands, the consumption of marijuana and hashish is facilitated by retail sales at coffee shops.
Now, the discussion is picking up steam in Germany: On March 20, the parliament discussed a cannabis compliance law put forth by the Greens. When the neoliberal Free Democrats held their convention in mid-May, a majority of members supported legalization. Carsten Sieling, a Social Democrat and the chief exectutive of the city-state of Bremen, spoke out in favor of legalizing cannabis in July – becoming the first German state premier to do so. He soon had support from Baden-Württemburg State Premier Winfried Kretschmann, a Green. And other Social Democrats – such as Bettina Müller, who sits on the Bundestag’s health commission – have also spoken out strongly for legalization.
 

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http://www.dw.com/en/berlins-hanfparade-for-pot-against-harsh-drug-laws/a-18635279

 
 

Kicking back at the most weed-friendly B&B on the planet

By , The Cannabist Staff
It's breakfast time at the Bud+Breakfast in Silverthorne, Colorado. (Bud+Breakfast)
It’s breakfast time at the Bud+Breakfast in Silverthorne. (Bud+Breakfast)
 
Upstairs at the Bud+Breakfast, the hosts had laid out a fine buffet. Half-eaten store-bought pizzas sat on the stove and the kitchen counter, along with a barely-touched tray of crudité. More importantly, the offerings included five different strains of marijuana, as well as an array of clean pipes and mini-bongs that would make any collector jealous.
It was 4:20 p.m. Happy hour had arrived.
A sliding glass door opened to a long porch and a tremendous view of the peaks surrounding Silverthorne, Colorado. It was a perfect place to hork a fatty, puff a vape pen or eat a THC-infused peach candy ring.
But first, I had to sign a waiver. It read, “I understand and agree that marijuana products are permitted on premises. I further agree that complimentary marijuana products may be available from time to time. By accepting this waiver, I hereby acknowledge that my participation in the consumption of marijuana, both marijuana offered complimentary or supplied from legal outside sources, is at my own risk …”
I’d always wondered what the Brave New World would look like.
Now I knew.
 
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http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/08/07/weed-hotel-colorado-bud-breakfast-neal-pollack-silverthorne/39062/