Calling it Medical Marijuana sends the RIGHT message to kids.

  Children are not stupid. Indeed, they tend to be more aware than most adults, who, by the age of 30 have generally devolved into repetitive patterns of mind and behavior. We either engage in futile endeavors to preserve the status quo, or launch doomed attempts at...

How I became a Medical Cannabis Activist: Blame Mom

When my mother was dying, I had the privilege of being her sole caregiver. And it was a privilege, for this extraordinary Hungarian writer and poet provided me with a wonderful, enviable childhood. I always felt completely loved, accepted and supported in my life choices. So,...

A Dark-eyed Junco is Trying to Kill My Car

and my house, whichever dies first. or The Magnificent Obsession of Small Birds  I don't know what either of them did to incite such rage. My car is a sedate, though somewhat crumpled, 1994 Mercury Sable that has seen better days. My house is a baby, relatively...

Marijuana: Grow it, use it, give it away—just don't sell it

                                                       images courtesy cannabisbook.com There was a time when cannabis was used...

Chuck Grassley, Medical Marijuana and "Small Government"

Democracy has its problems, but drug use is not one of them. Mind you, drug use and drug abuse are two completely different issues. Drug use is about civil liberty, and involves personal choice in the method and substance by which one deals with illness, fatigue, depression,...

DEA Mexico Chief Reyes Lists Reasons To End Marijuana Prohibition

Presently, the United States Federal Government sweepingly includes marijuana (or cannabis) in its ongoing War on Drugs. This classification is arguably a relic of the politically-based vilification of cannabis that began in 1937, and seems to have little to do with actual...

Cannabis Use Lowers Injury Risk by Two-Thirds, Swiss Study Shows

Researches uncovered some surprising results in a cross-over study of accident victims in a Swiss hospital ER: Cannabis use is inversely proportional to injury risk. In other words, the more cannabis used, the less chance of accidental injury. This same study showed a...

Flawed study inflates Testicular Cancer-Risk from Marijuana

The wire services are having a field day. Marijuana causes testicular cancer! Well, you can relax. The results of the study published in the Journal Cancer, (and released online February 9th) is full of caveats, and say it only “appears” that a link “may” exist.The...