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Oct 26, 2017 | Health
The world we live in is fast paced and demanding. Smartphones have made it so that we are never more than a few seconds away from disconnecting ourselves from the world around us. Plus, we are bombarded with advertisements wherever we go that tell us we are missing...
Oct 13, 2017 | Health
Pot & Pregnancy: What Do We Know? Cannabis and pregnancy can be a touchy topic. It is a confluence of several deeply personal subjects: child rearing, herbal medicine, governmental authority, and moralizing around substances. Each of these on their own is a...
Oct 12, 2017 | Health
Any extreme shock or terror can create PTSD, and its effects are felt across one’s entire life. It imprints your nervous system, creating long-term physical and mental health issues we are only just beginning to understand. But this is far from something reserved for...
Oct 3, 2017 | Health
Deep dreamless sleep is where we rejuvenate ourselves. Our overworked, hyperstimulated, and stressed-out systems finally get a break from the constant input of daily life. It's during this process that your body rests, cleans itself, detoxifies organs, heals and...
Sep 21, 2017 | Health
Every day 22 veterans commit suicide. Every day, 22 courageous heroes who served us with honor, who did the hard thing, who made deep personal sacrifices for our collective good take their own lives because the pain of living is too great a burden. The traumatic...
Sep 13, 2017 | Health
Cannabidiol, known as CBD, is becoming a major focus of scientific research for all its health benefits, slowly taking the spotlight from its psychoactive cannabinoid cousin, THC – at least on medical grounds. This little single molecule is showing promise in treating...
Sep 8, 2017 | Health
Many cannabis enthusiasts (ourselves included) have found that cannabis has the potential to enhance sex. And no wonder; many strains—especially those further towards the indica side of the spectrum—produce a relaxing, full-body high that tends to accentuate the...
Aug 24, 2017 | Education, Health
We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: When it comes to cannabis and its intersection with issues like civil liberties and health care, we are living through a truly fascinating time in history. For one thing, Americans are letting it be known in overwhelming...
Jun 7, 2017 | Health
Like it or not, we 21st-century Americans are living in what could be termed “the era of the consumer.” Increasingly, our field of vision, our sonic environment, and seemingly our inner monologues are being infiltrated by advertising—medicine is no exception. While...
Jun 6, 2017 | Education, Health
It hasn’t been until recently that the cannabis community has started taking note of terpenes. Usually, we are busy with focusing on cannabinoid profiles, such as THC & CBD, to tell us what type of high we’re going to experience. The cannabis community continues...
May 31, 2017 | Education, Health
Healthcare is in the midst of a sea change, or, more accurately, several concurrent sea changes. Behind the very public debate over the federal government’s role in healthcare, one of these smaller shifts—yet one equally tectonic in its implications—is the role of...
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