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Article by Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post via Toronto Star Recreational marijuana use is now legal in eight states plus the District of Columbia, giving public health researchers more leeway than ever to investigate some of the foundational underpinnings of cannabis culture: How much weed is in a joint? What happens to your brain when you get high? And now: Are chronic ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Federal, provincial, and territorial ministers of agriculture concluded their annual conference recently, discussing numerous issues, including the pending legalization of cannabis in Canada. In addition to cannabis, the meeting, which took place on July 20 and 21, 2017 in St John`s, Newfoundland and Labrador, brought together agricultural ministers to discuss international trade, a new $1.2 billion Strategic ...

Article by Jenna Valleriani, Lift News On Monday, the Ontario Survey on Cannabis Legalization came to a close after a one month online consultation period. In the next two weeks, the Ontario government will also be holding in-person consultations to get feedback from a variety of stakeholders on the direction of some key policy pieces on how cannabis should be ...

Article by Ricardo Oliveira, Lift News One in five jobs in the developed world requires night shifts or frequent day-night rotations. By asking workers to be active and alert when their natural cycles demand the opposite, these jobs can end up exerting a great toll on workers’ physical and mental health. Unsurprisingly, shift-workers perform worse and hold higher rates of work-related ...

Article by Helena, GreenCamp Paranoia is one of the most common side effects of marijuana. Some users experience it regularly almost every time they use the herb, while others have never felt it. It can be frustrating and discouraging. Some people avoid using cannabis altogether because they prefer not to experience marijuana paranoia anymore. To be honest, marijuana induced paranoia ...

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Article by Rob Ferguson, The Toronto Star Think of it as Reefer Awareness, not Reefer Madness, an over-the-top 1936 film preaching the evils of marijuana. With less than a year until the federal government legalizes recreational marijuana, Ontario is starting work on a public education campaign to highlight health and other dangers of pot – particularly to young adults. Health Minister Eric ...

Article by Addam Corr, Cannatech News Despite cannabis being the most widely-taken ‘drug’ in the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC) who just released their 2017 report, were unable to find a single case of an overdose from the four corners of the globe. The report, which summarized statistics from 2015, found that cannabis is the most ...

Article by Ryan Mellow, Cannabis Life Network In North America, cannabis is due to be legalized in Canada next year, it’s legal in some form in over 50% of the U.S., and possession of under 5 g has been decriminalized in Mexico since 2009- but there’s still plenty of reasons to be paranoid or, should we say, careful. Nothing’s worse than being ...

Article by Eleanor Cummins, Inverse Every summer, pot-loving athletes head to marijuana hotspots like Denver, Colorado to get high and exercise. They’re participants in The Four-Twenty Games, a roving Olympic-ish event complete with a 4.20 mile race, kickball tournament, and, according to the event website, social events that “break down the stereotypes that have been built up during the era of cannabis prohibition.” The events ...