Medicine/Healing

…learn… lessons… the cannabis market…

In medical markets, there was an influx of “cannabis clinics” where practitioners specialized in the evaluation and treatment of patients with cannabinoid therapies. Many of these clinic chains built out expensive clinics resembling luxury medical spas, and later cashed out by selling their business along with their patient and client lists. In the United States…

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Politics

Legalizing marijuana: two Pa. lawmakers have joined forces in a bipartisan effort to get it done

The latest push to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania is bringing two lawmakers together from opposite parties with very different backgrounds. “It’s time for us to move forward in Pennsylvania,” said Regan, a former U.S. marshal who played a role in crafting the state’s medical marijuana program… having this first-time bipartisan, bicameral effort to legalize…

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Anthropology

Where there’s weed, there’s a way

So many Eugeneans have access to the cannabis plant… Another important step in preparing cannabis is decarboxylation, a chemical reaction that converts cannabinoid acids like THCA into activated cannabinoids like THC… Curing involves storing cannabis in airtight containers to prevent the loss of moisture and optimize flavor, though some prefer to keep cannabis dry when…

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Politics

DEA still insists marijuana has no ‘accepted medical use’

[The United States 91st Congress’ (which met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1971, during the final weeks of the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the first two years of the first presidency of Richard Nixon) enacted]… Controlled Substances Act [CSA] gives the Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA] the authority to reschedule…

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Anthropology

There will be oil

Compared to 4/20, 7/10’s calendar placement also makes the holiday a summertime holiday… 4/20 is about as mainstream as it gets for cannabis holidays… but… celebrating another date the past few years: 7/10. Read that number upside down and it spells “OIL.” Original Article (Eugene Weekly):There will be oilArtwork Fair Use: rodzief

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Anthropology

Cannabis goes green

…people can use their own backyards, gardens and homes… gardeners can choose to omit the use of pesticides or synthetic chemicals in home-grown produce.   …starting an independent garden of any kind benefits the planet from lessening long-distance transportation for cannabis or food, which is the largest source of fossil fuel emissions globally at 29 percent……

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Biography/Memoir

Billionaire Charles Koch on why cannabis should be legal

As a staunch libertarian, he [states he] sees cannabis prohibition as a basic infringement on personal freedom, as well as a destructive public policy that adds to America’s mass-incarceration problem… looks to a 19th-century French economist for wisdom. “For a law to be respected,” Koch says, paraphrasing Frédéric Bastiat, “it must be respectable.” Koch is…

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Biography/Memoir

Will Justice Thomas bring consistency to cannabis regulation?

…the IRS’s approach to Section 280E stands in direct conflict to the law in many states as well as the DOJ’s enforcement policies. Justice Thomas has long been skeptical of the federal government’s power to criminalize local marijuana use… Justice Thomas argued that the CSA [Controlled Substances Act] exceeded Congress’s power as applied to the…

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