https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bringingithomemovie More industrial hemp is exported to the U.S. than to any other country and American consumers are purchasing over $450 million in hemp products annually. BRINGING IT HOME explores the question of why a crop with so many widespread benefits cannot be farmed in the United States by illustrating its history, current industries and talking to both opponents and proponents of the industrial hemp farming legalization effort. DVDs AVAILABLE for Purchase BRINGING IT HOME (52 minutes) tells the story of hemp’s past, present and future through interviews with hemp business leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the globe, historical…
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https://youtu.be/q2Dtr08WCFU Use this link to get a 55% discount when downloading the film 184 countries signed up for Richard Nixon’s drug war. New Zealand arrests more of its citizens for pot than all of them Directed by Arik Reiss (Section 18 Media). NZ/USA 2015. The documentary that finally clears the smoke around the failed international prohibition of cannabis DRUGLAWED details how New Zealand got rolled up in the US-led Drug War along with 183 other countries. Over the past 100 years the US has forced its fatally flawed model of drug prohibition on almost every country on earth. Four decades…
Campaigners have been telling the world all along that cannabis can cure all manner of ailments, and now it seems the US has finally yielded to their point of view. The American government has finally added the use of cannabis to their official cancer advice website. The National Cancer Institute now advises that cannabis, and cannabinoids ‘may be useful in treating the side effects of cancer and cancer treatment.’ Benefits of the drug include: anti-inflammatory, blocking cell growth, preventing growth of blood vessels that supply tumours, antiviral activity and relieving muscle spasms. On top of all this, cancer cells were…
Legal roadblocks preventing my escape from illness August 19, 2015 Colm Sides Dear Leo Varadkar, Can you please respond to the last email that I sent to you. Our correspondence to date is below (not including my first letter that I sent to you). I took a lot of time to respond to your letter and the concerns raised therein and I would appreciate if you could write back to me. Your Letter: Dear Colm, The Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, T.D., has asked me to thank you for your recent letter concerning Cannabis. Under the Misuse of Drugs Act,…
Beersheba, Israel: Inhaling cannabis is associated with the remission of refractory idiopathic angioedema, according to a clinical report published in the journal Case Reports in Immunology. Angioedema is a condition characterized by rapid swelling under the skin in regions around the face and throat, which may result in airway obstruction or suffocation. Investigators from the Soroka University Medical Center in Israel reported on the progress of a 27-year-old male patient with life-threatening, recurrent angioedema of unknown origin. Doctors placed the patient on a regiment of 20 grams of inhaled cannabis monthly after he failed to respond favorably to prescribed steroids…
Quebec, Canada: A history of cannabis use is associated with a lower likelihood of obesity and diabetes, according to population-based data published in the journal Obesity. Investigators from the Conference of Quebec University Health Centers assessed cannabis use patterns and body mass index (BMI) in a cohort of 786 Inuit (Arctic aboriginal) adults ages 18 to 74. Researchers reported that subjects who consumed cannabis in the past year were more likely to possess a lower BMI, lower fasting insulin, and lower HOMA-IR (insulin resistance) as compared to those who did not use the substance. Specifically, researchers reported that cannabis users…
Myalgic encephalopathy (ME) is a complex and controversial disorder characterized by chronic symptoms of fatigue that have no apparent cause and are not relived by rest. Although there is very little empirical research into the potential for cannabis to treat ME, countless sufferers report feeling subjective relief. What is myalgic encephalopathy? Myalgic encepalopathy (ME) has been known by various names in the decades since it was first described, including myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), chronic Epstein-Barr virus (due to the belief that the condition was caused by the Epstein-Barr virus), post-viral fatigue syndrome, and systemic exertion intolerance disease. As…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that growing up to 20 plants of marijuana is not a crime. The possession of small amounts of the drug had already been decriminalized. The court ruled on the private cultivation of marijuana in an appeal filed by a man who had been sentenced to more than five years in prison after he had been caught by police with a recently cut plant weighing 124 grams. The maximum amount of marijuana that can legally be carried is 20 grams in Colombia. However, because the plant was meant for personal consumption, the court confirmed that…
VICE traveled to Manchester to meet people who have become addicted to over-the-counter substances sometimes refereed to as ‘synthetic marijuana’, research chemicals or ‘legal highs’. https://youtu.be/t6pmc7Tpx4w Whatever it is, it’s not cannabis. Know what your smoking guys and be safe out there.
“The Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana” by Jeff Ditchfield and Mel Thomas is the most exhaustive guide to medicinal cannabis produced to date, with information regarding the types of illnesses and diseases that can be helped by cannabis, real case studies from medical users, grow information, legal advice, and more. With many recipes for extracts, descriptions of administration techniques, and discussions of the therapeutic uses of cannabis throughout the ages, “The Medical Cannabis Guidebook” serves as a handbook for cannabis use and also allows patients to make and grow their own medicine, prepare…
