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Wed
27
May

Marijuana-Infused Smoked Salmon Is The Future Of Breakfast

What's better than baked salmon? Salmon that gets you baked!

THC-infused treats are everywhere now that legal weed is becoming socially acceptable. But most of the options on the market today are sweet, likely because it's easy to cover up the taste of marijuana with chocolate.

But the folks at Rosenberg's Bagels in Denver are pioneers for infusing smoked salmon with THC, bringing weed over to the savory side and, more importantly, to breakfast.

"The flavor is really great, not that weed brownie flavor that you try to cover up with chocolate," Rosenberg's General Manager Nicholas Bruno (aka Nicky The Fish) told The Huffington Post. "The dill, lemon and cannabis, everything melds perfectly with the fish."

Wed
27
May

Medical marijuana in NY remains out of reach

ALBANY, N.Y. — The 10-year-old girl stood smiling at the governor's side as he signed a medical marijuana bill into law last July.

Amanda Houser was so excited for the event, her mother said, her health problems — a rare form of epilepsy — were nearly forgotten for the day. And the photo from the New York City event of Amanda bashfully holding her cheeks next to Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of the more memorable images from his time in office.

But the good feelings from the event have gradually subsided, and ill patients are increasingly frustrated that, nearly a year later, they still can't access medical marijuana in New York.

Tue
26
May

Religion and marijuana: Where does Islam stand on marijuana?

This week we will be exploring the status of marijuana within the worlds major religions. We will look at whether usage is condoned or condemned. We begin with Islam, a close second to Christianity as the most popular religion globally.

Islam is the doctrine of the Muslim faith. Like Christianity, it's a monotheistic faith which finds its roots in the Middle East. Islam was revealed to the world by The Prophet Muhammed, sometimes referred to as the Prophet of Allah (the Islamic word for God). The holy text of the Muslim people is called the Quran which is believed to be the word of Allah, dictated verbatim by Muhammad; The Quran is sacred scripture and is followed with dogmatic orthodoxy by the Muslim people. 

Tue
26
May

Recreational marijuana sales report

Retail sales of recreational marijuana continue to grow in Washington state, trending up about $3 million over April to May 20th, according to the latest report of activities from state regulators.

An earlier report here suggested there was a 30 percent reduction from April to May, but that turned out to be a misinterpretation of data issued by Washington State Liquor Control Board.

Customers purchased more than $35 million in 502 products in April, but receipts are just $22,582,100 in the May 20th report. 

When questioned about the drop, WSLCB spokesman Mikhail Carpenter said comparison of this newest data to prior months is not valid, because those are for the full month, while May’s numbers are only through the third week.

Tue
26
May

Cannabis – Healer or Killer?

During the last few months in Poland, cannabis has been receiving a good deal of attention. This is a result of a few events - both positive and negative - which have placed the issue of cannabis regulation in the mainstream media limelight.

Cannabis Activist Arrested

Tue
26
May

Eleven reasons why legalization is good for Saxony-Anhalt

Experience in the US to relax the strict cannabis prohibition, show that fears are unfounded. Eleven Reasons Why Saxony-Anhalt would benefit from cannabis legalization vigorously.

Sometimes there are 1,800 plants in the former railway station in Fischbeck, then 2,100 plants in the former administrative building of the Telekom in Stendal. Hardly a week goes by without a detail of police somewhere in the country uncovering a more or less large cannabis plantation - At the same time more and more voices in the political landscape are calling for a release of marijuana under controlled conditions.

Tue
26
May

End of the legal high: MPs to announce 'blanket ban on ALL' including laughing gas

The Home Office is set to publish plans to ban the dangerous synthetic drugs, according to government insiders.

It would spell the end for so-called 'head shops', which sell legal highs including nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas.

The news will be welcomed by the Local Government Association (LGA), who last week called for a ban on the sale of every psychoactive drug except tobacco and alcohol.

It came after a group of students were rushed to hospital after taking a legal high – initially thought to be the outlawed cannabis substitute Spice.

Cllr Ann Lucas of the LGA said: "We need an outright ban on legal highs that will enable the closure of head shops and protect the public from devastating consequences.

Tue
26
May

It's just like a winery tour, but with bongs

WEED, ganja, pot, hooch, the chronic, the sticky icky, sweet mary-jane, hippie lettuce, bud, skunk, the herb, wacky tobaccy, buddha, the devil’s weed.

Marijuana has been demonised for decades, but changes are afoot. A recent survey by Palliative Care Australia found that 67% of Australian’s were in favour of the legalisation of medical marijuana. These results came just days after it was announced the first ever Australian grown crop of medical marijuana was set to be planted in Norfolk Island with a view to exporting the eventual one tonne harvest to Canada.

Tue
26
May

In Our View: Medical marijuana

During the 2015 legislative session, SB259, a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, which would have legalized medical marijuana in Utah, failed to pass the Utah Senate by just one vote.

The bill identified a number of illnesses that would have qualified patients to receive cannabis, including Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, AIDS, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, glaucoma and severe or chronic pain.

Tue
26
May

'Spice' Artificial Marijuana Smoking Gets University Students Rushed to the Hospital

University students from Lancaster University were rushed to the hospital in critical condition after smoking artificial marijuana.

Five first-year students from Lancaster University were rushed to the hospital after taking Spice, a drug considered to be a 'legal high' before it was outlawed in 2009.

While three of the students are now safe and have been discharged, two remain in the hospital though they are already in stable condition, according to BBC News.

The authorities and ambulances arrived at the Grizedale College after students were reported to be "suffering adverse effects after taking the substance, which appears to have been a synthetic cannabis substitute".

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