Portugal has a special status in Europe when it comes to drug policy. In fact, it was the first European country to decriminalize...
We're all more or less familiar with tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis that interacts with cannabinoid receptors in the brain, altering our sense of...
The days when our tobacco merchants only sold OCB or Rizla are over. Zig Zag, Raw, Greengo, Smoking, Futurola, you name it...
With 26 states having legalized medical cannabis in the U.S., 4 states legalizing recreational cannabis, and at least 3 in the process of voting for full legalization of...
Canadian scientists are currently discussing the THC limit for driving. Other countries have already taken such measures: in the United States, the limit is...
Cock-a-doodle-doo! Kanavape is a CBD e-cigarette designed by two Frenchmen, Sébastien Béguerie and Antonin Cohen. Its launch was announced at the end of...
The human body contains natural cannabinoid receptors called CB1 and CB2. Studies on breast milk prove that these receptors have been used since our earliest...
Governor John Hickenlooper has signed a law banning the production and sale of candy and confectionery containing THC in Colorado. Since the legalization...
Prohibition is increasingly blunted and the demonization of weed no longer works. Perceptions are changing, and so is the image of the weed smoker. Less and less...
Cannabis is a plant, and like all plants, it has a particular smell. But where does the cheesy smell of certain varieties of cannabis come from, particularly the...
Rick Simpson, creator of his own cannabis oil, claims that the healing benefits of his oil are due to THC, not CBD. In...
Cannabis enthusiasts have long regarded a strain's potency as the main factor that makes one variety more desirable than another. The potency of...
While the medical use of cannabis has been documented in pharmacopoeia for over 10,000 years and was even legally available until its prohibition in...
Cannabis, long demonized, is beginning to regain its image. From the therapeutic use of THC and CBD to hemp fibers used in aircraft construction,...
With the exception of insects, all animals have nervous systems sensitive to cannabis molecules. Scientific studies agree that animals...
American soccer players don't spare their physique: many blows are dealt and their bodies have to juggle, or even get used to, the pain on a daily basis....
As cannabis gradually becomes legalized, consumers are discovering (or rediscovering) uses that defy stoner clichés: products from...
According to the Russia Today news site, pot plates engraved with the name of the terrorist organization Islamic State were confiscated in Yvelines during a...
And it's not us who say so, but Franco Roberti, Italy's national head of the fight against the mafia and terrorism. Decriminalizing the sale...
Legend or fact: the word «assassin» is thought to have originally meant «hashish consumer» or hashishin. The resinous substance is said to alter the senses before...
