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A audience with Dr Bob

Dr Robert Melamede is an associate professor of biology at the University of Colorado, USA, one of the states that allow the medicinal use of marijuana. He is an expert on the biology of the cannabis plant, how it relates to the functioning of the human body and why the cannabis plant has the potential to affect so many diseases and illnesses. Click on read more for the full inteview. Read more

Cannabis, can you smell a rat?

"PROOF CANNABIS IS A GATEWAY DRUG, CANNABIS CAN MAKE YOUR BRAIN GROW, CANNABIS AFFECTS BABIES IN THE WOMB, CANNABIS CURES CANCER" Just a few of the headlines cannabis has made since the year 2000, so when it comes to news about cannabis, it can be difficult to be objective at times. For anyone using cannabis it is a delight to occasionally read positive news about his ancient medicine, with the hope it might contribute towards legalisation. With that in mind it is logical to refute bad news about cannabis as unfounded rubbish, while accepting any positive news as proof that cannabis is harnless and should therefore be legalised. But, what exactly are the headlines above based on? Research done on rats. Read more

Vending machines dispense pot in LA

Los Angeles medical-cannabis dispensary owner Vincent Mehdizadeh poses with his new Marijuana vending machine installed at the Herbal Nutrition Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. The black, armored machine is bolted to the floor dispenses medical-cannabis to patients who provide a doctor's prescription and special identification card and their fingerprints. Click on read more for the full story. Read more

A History of Cannabis in Holland

By Ben Dronkers,the founder and president of Sensi Seed Bank. He has been in the cannabusiness since the early 1980s.

The breeding and selling of marijuana and cannabis seeds occurs in many places around the globe, but the Netherlands, and Amsterdam in particular, remains the epicenter of the cannabis earthquake currently shaking up the planet.

What unique set of unfluences allowed the Netherlands to become so prominent in the cannabis world ? Read more

Big Pharma Doesn't Want To Legalize

Somewhere in the USA a man is sitting in a prison cell, wasting away. This man lived a normal middle-class American life up until his incarceration. He had paid his taxes and contributed to his community. He'd worked at a decent job. More than likely, he has a family trying to get by without him for the next 10 to 15 years. There is no chance of an early release for this man. What did he do? He was found with a small quantity of marijuana in his possession. He wasn't an addict. He wasn't selling to children. It wasn't any sort of problem in his life or in anyone else's. To this man, a little bit of the bud was no different from a couple of drinks -- even better in many ways. Read more