Medical Marijuana - Cannabis in Australia

Pot Matters: Cannabis and Motivation

A new study in the journal Psychopharmacology has some interesting results regarding concerns that marijuana use causes apathy, otherwise known as amotivational syndrome.

This was a big deal in the 1970s and early 1980s, back in the “Just Say No” days of anti-pot propaganda. The slur against marijuana was that it produced teenage...

Is cannabis safer than alcohol ?

Washington: Arizona is one of five US states with marijuana legalisation on the ballot this northern fall, and the state's Republican governor, Doug Ducey, is not happy about it.

Mr Ducey urged voters last week to reject legalisation, saying it would exacerbate the state's existing opioid problem."If we want to expand this universe of people that are addicted and abusing drugs, well, you'll have that chance in November," he said at a news conference. He added, "I don't think that any state became stronger by being stoned."

America's Largest Veterans Organization Calls on Government to Remove Cannabis as Schedule 1 Drug

The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans organization with over 2.4 million members, has passed a resolution calling on the federal government to remove cannabis as a Schedule 1 controlled substance which indicates it has no medical value. This is the first time the organization, formed in 1919, has passed a resolution calling on a...

Jill Stein "Marijuana Is Dangerous Because It's Illegal"

The title says it all, cannabis is not a dangerous drug, alcohol and nicotine are far more insidious.
Cannabis is only dangerous because of the criminal element involved and the lack of scientific based education, as opposed to sensationalistic media.