Efforts to Legalize

Efforts to Legalize Medicinal Marijuana in Georgia The fight to legalize marijuana for both recreational and medicinal purposes remains a multi-year legislative battle in states across the country. Georgia is no exception, and despite progress, the fight for adequate access to medicinal marijuana wages on for many patients suffering from…...

Georgia’s Path

Medical Marijuana in Georgia: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going Slow but Steady As of September 2017, more than 2,500 Georgians are allowed to use medical marijuana—specifically cannabis oil—to treat their various conditions. How did we get to this point? In this blog, we’ll look at the recent history of…...

Long-Term Effects of Light Marijuana Use

What’s the Harm? It’s no secret that the public’s perception of marijuana has changed considerably over the years. Back in 1936, a church group financed a movie then known as Tell Your Children. It warned of the devastating effects that smoking marijuana could have upon young people: Characters hallucinated, went…...

Is Medical Marijuana Overprescribed?

There are two sides to the coin, as you might imagine. More and more, doctors around the nation are beginning to understand that marijuana has valid medical uses. Even the American Medical Association (AMA) has said that the plant does have some valid therapeutic benefits. Yet in some states where…...

Is Marijuana Addictive?

What is Addiction? To understand whether marijuana is physically addictive, one must first define addiction. Physical addiction occurs when “the body adapts to the presence of a drug so that drug no longer has the same effect (when ingested), otherwise known as a tolerance.” Once the drug is removed from…...

Buying Story: Continental Consumption

With the views on cannabis changing around the world, many consumers are enjoying the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere now surrounding acquiring cannabis legally. Of course, there are still many grey areas surrounding cannabis laws worldwide.  In some countries and states it remains illegal, yet in others, more relaxed restrictions apply. …...