At one point, I felt a kind of blinding calm In a backpacking hostel during a stag weekend 10 years ago, I fell asleep on a top bunk next to an open window. Of course, that now strikes me as a stupid thing to have done, but at the time I didn’t give it a…
There’s no smoke and therefore very little smell. The dank and distinctive smell of cannabis often drifts down the streets and through the parks of Manchester. But experts say new technology is making the practice of smoking it in public more discreet – and far easier to get away with. Vapourisers, or vapes, use similar…
which extraction methods are superior and why? The health and medical implications of the rapidly growing CBD market are astonishing. As the industry continues to grow, it’s important to understand one of the most important processes in the CBD industry: extraction. With so many methods of extraction of many different compounds and endless supply of…
more brewers are experimenting with marijuana and hemp . Marijuana and beer have always had a connection. Hops plants and cannabis are members of the same genus and have a closely related molecular structure. (And we won’t even get into how many brewers like to sample both.) Those ties are slowly becoming more formal, though.…
cannabis is grown indoors, in controlled environments When thinking about protecting the environment and stopping carbon emissions, most people do not think about how cannabis farms fit into the equation. However, the problem becomes clear when considering how these farms work. The cannabis is grown indoors, in controlled environments, which use massive amounts of electricity…
a hot topic at WorkSafe New Brunswick annual conference Hundreds of employers and other stakeholders gathered in Saint John Thursday to attend WorkSafe New Brunswick’s annual health and safety conference. WorkSafe NB chief medical advisor Dr. Paul Atkinson moderated a panel discussion with industry experts on marijuana in the workforce. “Across Canada, we have a…
Lynn Cameron, 48, was given just “six to 18 months” to live in December 2013. A Blantyre woman who was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer almost four years ago has credited cannabis oil for her survival. Following sessions of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she opted to try cannabis oil in a desperate bid to save her…
EastEnders’ Pam St Clement and Linda Robson for shocking MARIJUANA doc on ITV The 75-year-old former Albert Square actress will join Birds of a Feather’s Linda for the road trip with Christopher Biggins, John Fashanu and Bobby George. Gone To Pot will see the group of celebrities travel across America to learn how marijuana is…
Doctor warns taking cannabis while being treated for cancer could be dangerous by Ian Johnston Nearly a quarter of cancer patients had used cannabis in the past year to help cope with symptoms including physical pain, nausea and depression, according to a new study in the US. Researchers surveyed 926 patients at the Seattle Cancer…
25th-26th October CANNATECH IS COMING TO LONDON! In October the UK will host what is believed to be its first medical cannabis conference, an international jamboree of weed-based therapies in London. It may seem like an eccentric choice, given cannabis is illegal in Britain. But Saul Kaye, the Israeli entrepreneur behind the event, is confident…
