by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Spirituality
People use meditation in order to gain mindfulness, self-awareness, physical and emotional relaxation. Every major organized religion encourages some form of “meditation” (in the broad sense).. For example, Hindu mantras are repetitions of sacred words able to bring...
by Tammy | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health
Medical Marijuana is legal in Columbia and about half of the states in the United States. Bills to legalize the same are still in the process of being enacted into law in other states, which means that in a few years, medical marijuana will be legal in all U.S....
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health
For years, many caregivers and patients have been using cannabis extracts to directly treat cancer and dramatically reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. Despite the steady increase in remarkable success stories, the mainstream media has generally been reluctant to...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics
Chips, chicken wings, perhaps some White Castle? We already know that activating the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R) contributes to that uncontrollable urge to snack. And now, according to a new study published in Nature this week, the munchies are partly driven by...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “If cannabis were discovered in the Amazon rainforest today, people would be clambering to make as much use as they could of all of the potential benefits of the plant. Unfortunately, it carries with it a long history of being...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics
What drug is enjoyable and, under some circumstances, might actually be good for your brain? Can smoking this substance prevent age-related memory loss, for example? To answer these and similar questions, I turn now to a neurotransmitter system in the brain that was...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I spent the day at the inaugural service of the First Church of Cannabis. Here are my thoughts. I’ve also embedded audio of “High Priest” Bill Levin’s sermon. The Leon-Tailored Audio is less than three minutes, it really was short...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health
It’s sometimes said that the most dangerous thing about marijuana is getting caught with it. And as an ever-increasing number of Americans comes around to the benefits of (at least) decriminalizing the drug, that sentiment rings truer and truer....
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health
A group of medical researchers from St. George’s University of London were commissioned by the federal government for the purpose of definitively proving that cannabis has “no medicinal value”; however, they seem to have proven just the opposite. The results of the...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Safety & Harm Reduction
On Wednesday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd grabbed headlines with her description of an edibles meltdown, saying “For an hour, I felt nothing […] But then I felt a scary shudder go through my body and brain. I barely made it from the desk to the...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health
In this article, Mike Zappy transcribes the contents of a talk on cannabis and how it’s going to change ‘life as we know it’ that he had intended to deliver at a Tedx event in Boca Raton. The text was approved by the organizers and Zappy was...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, LSD, Other, Psychedelics
Is intelligence related to an increased likelihood of recreational drug use? I10 Famous Geniuses and Their Drugs of Choicet’s an interesting hypothesis and one that’s been gaining momentum in recent years. If a definitive link between intellectual capacity and drug...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Spirituality
Almost everyone (arguably) has used cannabis recreationally at one time or another. Most people see it as little more than a natural substance that can cause a temporary euphoria and yet, in some people’s opinions, it is a drug that creates laziness and a depleted...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Science
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For some bizarre reason, there is not a state in the US that recognizes Autism as a qualifying condition to use cannabis medically, except in the case of California where doctors can prescribe cannabis to anyone they feel will...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health
It is no secret that our world is seeing a huge increase in poor health and cancer cases. It should come as no surprise when we look at what we eat daily, the condition of our environment and the types of body care products we use daily that contain a ton of cancer...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Safety & Harm Reduction, Science
A 2012 Duke University study made international headlines when it purported to find a link between heavy marijuana use and IQ decline among teenagers. Other researchers questioned the findings almost immediately: Columbia University’s Carl Hart noted the very...
