
The Health Consequences of Keeping Cannabis Illegal
Cannabis remaining illegal might pose as the most costly delusion in modern medicine. The most impactful repercussions we face are those to our individual health—but they don’t stop there. While this plant has been used as medicine for potentially thousands of years, having being listed on the U.S Pharmacopoeia from 1851 until 1942 to treat over 100 illnesses, it now continues to face an uphill battle whose most serious casualty in a loss is the health of the population. For

Cannabis as a Gateway
The claim that Cannabis use leads to the use of more dangerous narcotics has been spewed since the start of its prohibition. Originally purely a scare tactic, it picked up steam through the years largely from studies much like one released from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1999. This study illustrated that people who have tried Cannabis are 104 times more likely to try cocaine than those who haven’t. This notion has been all but dispelled given the number of studies

Cannabis & Anxiety: Making Some Sense of the Information
Anxiety disorders, in some form or another, are now the most prevalent mental health disorders in the United States. While the limited research potential has prevented much information from being definitively proven, there is growing evidence to suggest various components of Cannabis could provide relief from certain anxiety disorders. Let’s start by getting a better understanding of what exactly an anxiety disorder is. According to the American Psychiatric Association, anxie