The Department of Veterans Affairs will formally allow patients treated at its hospitals and clinics to use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, a policy clarification that veterans have sought for several years. A department directive, expected to take effect next week, resolves the conflict in veterans facilities between federal law, which outlaws […]

What kind of a sick world do we live in if a man can see his dogs killed in front of his family by the police for a small quantity of weed? Jonathan E. Whitworth found his house raided by the police because investigators believed Whitworth was in possession of a large amount of hemp […]

Good news has reached us. In the city of Portland the first “Amsterdam” style hemp Café has been opened. Portland has (sort of) legalized the possession of  hemp under an ounce(a little under 30 grams). The hemp Café has opened it’s door at precisely 4:20 p.m. last Friday afternoon and is the first coffee house […]

There’s now more scientific evidence for what many patients have known for awhile: Smoking marijuana can ease chronic neuropathic pain and help patients sleep better, according to a team of researchers in Montreal. The new study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that pain intensity among patients decreased with higher-potency marijuana, reports Caroline […]

We have recently come across this very interesting press release from Professor Peter Walker at the University of Bath (U.K) who is leading the research into the use of hemp-lime in construction.  Buildings and other infrastructure currently accounts for almost 20% of the UK’s eco-footprint.  This is another example of how this wonderful plant can […]