How to Start Using Weed Safely So, you’ve heard that marijuana isn’t dangerous but can offer a number of notable health benefits, which include improved sleep, stress management, pain relief and more. Naturally, it follows that you want to try using weed products yourself — and as long as you live in a state where adult-use or medicinal cannabis is legally available, you have … [Read more...] about How to Start Using Weed Safely
Archives for July 2020
The Dime: 7/31/2020
Written by Sonia Case Following important cannabis news articles every day can be a real burn-out, we know. That’s why the Emerald rolls up a chronicle of the headiest news hits, and passes them to you at the end of each week. We Bring You: The Digital Dime. Party Poopers Galore In November, Mississippians are set to vote on Initiative 65. If passed, doctors could … [Read more...] about The Dime: 7/31/2020
Restorative Justice Series: Lucas Loy
Lucas Loy is now entering the age of 30 with the success of getting his case sealed, which was a result of an incident that took place when he was a 17-year-old high school student. In 2007, Loy was approached by another student, who he describes as an outcast. The student wanted help obtaining small quantities of cannabis, which he knew Loy, and his friend … [Read more...] about Restorative Justice Series: Lucas Loy
Cannabis Education: Major in Cannabis at City College of San Francisco
As the normalization of cannabis takes the U.S. by storm, colleges across the nation are starting cannabis research and education programs. One such program is City College of San Francisco’s (CCSF) new Cannabis Studies Associate of Arts degree. The Cannabis Studies major, according to the degree outline, will serve as an “introduction to the complex biopsychosocial … [Read more...] about Cannabis Education: Major in Cannabis at City College of San Francisco
Religion, Culture and Cannabis
Written By: J. Laura Arman Religiosity is an important predictor of cannabis use, according to the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy and the Department of Sociology at Florida State University. Jonathan Merritt, a well known Christian author on religion, culture and politics, wrote an article for the New York Times on Christianity and cannabis. … [Read more...] about Religion, Culture and Cannabis