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06/13/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Despite public education campaigns, people in Illinois are still using synthetic weed, then getting hospitalized with bleeding eyes and ears

Marijuana, in its natural form, is known to provide a ton of medical and health-promoting properties. It’s also pretty cheap and can be grown in your backyard – which, of course, isn’t fun for Big Pharma, makers of synthetic cannabinoids that parade as safer alternatives. There’s just one problem – they’re not, as evidenced by the […]

06/08/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Psychedelic drugs and plants found to be highly therapeutic; now Big Pharma is cashing in

Over the last five years, research has consistently pointed to a number of psychedelic drugs and plants as novel treatments for an array of mental health issues: depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and more. Psilocybin mushrooms, cannabis and kratom are some of the most promising medicinal plants, while other pharmaceutical psychedelics (LSD, MDMA and […]

06/05/2018 / By David Williams

Yeah, that’s really smart: Some people are smoking drugs laced with bug spray for an extra high

In an effort to get a more potent high, drug addicts in Indianapolis, Indiana are now reportedly turning to street drugs that are laced with bug spray. As Indianapolis Star reports, typical drugs such as marijuana, tobacco, synthetic cannabinoids, and even banana leaves could be among the types of drugs that are now made available […]

06/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Marijuana use among young people in the U.S. highest it’s been in 30 years

Using medical cannabis to alleviate the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease or numb the pain that comes with PMS is one thing. Smoking weed everyday for kicks is another thing entirely. The number of young Americans who use marijuana on an everyday basis has reportedly reached a record high, according to an article in The Nation’s […]

04/23/2018 / By Vicki Batts

People who use medical cannabis are less likely to abuse opioids, research finds

Could plant medicine be the solution to the pharma industry-created opioid epidemic? Despite being marked with stigmata, the cannabis plant has continued to prove its medicinal value — even under strict (and nonsensical) prohibition via the federal government. Multiple studies have shown that marijuana, when used medicinally, reduces the risk of opioid abuse — and […]

03/09/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Cannabis proven an effective alternative form of pain relief for elderly patients, allowing many to quit taking dangerous meds, research finds

President Trump announced last year that the opioid epidemic was a “public health emergency” and called for the medical community to look for alternative therapies to battle the growing crisis. The President cited the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics which places drug overdose as the leading cause of injury death […]

03/02/2018 / By Vicki Batts

A look at the evolving relationship surrounding medical marijuana vs. opioid deaths

Past research has suggested that medical marijuana could be a viable solution to reducing the number of people who succumb to opioids — but a new study led by RAND Corporation and supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse questions this potential. The study by RAND shows what most other studies have found: A sharp […]

01/04/2018 / By Mike Adams

Jeff Sessions re-criminalizes cannabis nationwide… the full TYRANNY of Washington D.C. lunatics is now on display

By now, you’ve probably heard that U.S. DOJ head Jeff Sessions just “re-criminalized” all cannabis nationwide, regardless of state-based legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use. “The Justice Department chief effectively withdrew federal guidelines that helped limit prosecutions of businesses and individuals who sold pot in a legal manner under state law because marijuana […]

11/19/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Protecting its interests: FDA attacks CBD supplements to protect Big Pharma’s opioid profits

Big Pharma is working overtime to restrict consumer access to cannabidiol, or CBD, a non-psychoactive component of cannabis sativa (marijuana) that’s been shown to help relieve pain, muscle spasms, and other ailments. Using the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as authoritative cover, the industry is quietly leading the charge to ban CBD from being […]

11/08/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Cash crop: The real reason cannabis approval is so slow is because Big Pharma wants to patent it

The fact that Big Pharma has been a driving force behind marijuana prohibition is hard to ignore — especially when it comes to the number of opioid manufacturers that have spent thousands of dollars fighting against medical marijuana. The plague of opioid addiction has struck the United States hard, leaving countless numbers of overdoses, deaths […]

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