More and more people are acknowledging medical cannabis. To appease those cannabis enthusiasts who don't want the psychoactive effects of THC, however, marijuana cultivators and connoisseurs are consistently innovating CBD products, too. Cannabidiol or CBD is the non-psychoactive component in cannabis. CBD products are becoming a popular choice for people who prefer a specific [...]
By Katie King Does your doggo get nervous in the car? Does he have separation anxiety, or is he just a spaz all the time, even if you throw his tennis ball until he almost dies? Having a stressed out pet is no fun. We love our pets, but sometimes they can be a [...]
By Lara Johnson As winter finally starts to fade from memory, the rays of sunshine grow stronger, the days get longer and temperatures start to rise, it’s natural to start thinking about much-anticipated spring and summer vacations.  If you live in a US state where pot is legal for recreational use and you’re thinking [...]
By Lara Johnson Like many states in the US, Pennsylvania has a long and fraught history with marijuana. Back in the 1700s, hemp was a booming industry for the commonwealth, before restrictions pushed the cultivation of pot nearly entirely out of the state.  Now, medical use of marijuana is legal in Pennsylvania and Grower’s [...]
One of the controversial developments in the medical field is marijuana’s potential in treating patients with various illnesses like chronic pain, depression, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy. One of the most common neurological conditions people suffer from is an illness called epilepsy, wherein seizures occur on a regular basis or sporadically, due to a [...]
By Lara Johnson It’s long been known that cannabis has powerful qualities that can treat a variety of medical ailments from migraines to aches and pains. Many may be surprised to learn, however, that cannabis is even being used to treat diseases associated with dementia and aging, such as Alzheimer’s disease, and the [...]
The topic of weed and paranoia is a popular one. This side effect is one of the most-quoted by those against legalization of the plant and by people who tried it once in high school, and there is certainly ample anecdotal and scientific evidence of its truth. And yet, patients with conditions like GAD [...]
You probably know that eating cannabis makes most people hungry. And not just the tummy-rumbling sensation that reminds you it’s almost dinnertime – sometimes you’ll be overcome with the all-encompassing, eat-everything-in-sight, full-fledged Munchies. Why Does Cannabis Cause the Munchies? There’s a number of reasons scientists believe cannabis causes an increase in appetite. THC and [...]
Say what you want about millennials (we're lazy, technology-obsessed, and lacking social skills), but you can't deny that this generation is passionate about health and a greener lifestyle. That counts for the environment -- climate change is real -- and ourselves. Stats show that cigarette smoking is on the decline (dropping from 20.9% in [...]
We used to think the fastest way to get the maximum benefits from marijuana plants was to smoke the leaves – burning the plant material unlocks the beneficial cannabinoids, which enter the bloodstream on a puff of pungent smoke and pass through the blood-brain barrier to affect change within our endocannabinoid system (that’s just [...]