Smoking Sinners

By Cara Anderson IG: @carajojo Is smoking weed a sin? The Bible doesn’t mention cannabis directly, ever. However, the Bible doesn’t mention many taboo current day practices, as it was written in 6000 BCE (or earlier.) There’s an argument that if something hadn’t been discovered or invented before the writing of the Bible, then it’s open to modern interpretation. But… It turns...

Cards Against Humanity: Weed Edition

By Brittany Morgan Williams Cards Against Humanity: That weird card game I play while getting drunk with friends. Or stoned out of my mind, also (hopefully) with friends. Because, honestly, I can’t be that willfully meanly funny without having some type of mind altering substance. Or so I would have you all believe…. Anywho, now there is a new addition...

A Higher Survival Rate For Cannabis-Consuming Trauma Patients

By Benjie Cooper IG: @nuglifenews YouTube: Lucid's Vlog A group of researchers at Arizona State University recently concluded a five-year study analyzing adult patients in the Arizona State Trauma Registry. Between 2008 and 2012, the group studied a total of 28,813 pre-screened patients to determine what relationship might exist between trauma patients' positive marijuana screenings and their mortality rates. The study, “How Does...

Tainted Alcohol From Mexico

By Frank G. Shineman To begin this report, I want to start out with what many would call a disclaimer.  Before I dive into this report on occurrences of tainted alcohol I want to warn not only those who have traveled to Mexico before and those who have not yet gone there.  For many years I was a fan of...

Celebrate The Women Of Cannabis Conference

Celebrate the Women of Cannabis Conference By Penny Hayes It was Sunday, and the smoke in the air and ash stuck to cars were an unwelcome reminder of the many fires burning in the mountains around the Emerald Triangle. As I made my way into the Arcata Community Center, the Celebrate the Women of Cannabis Conference was already in full swing. The...

Seizures And Weed

From Convulsions and Partial Paralysis to Running Around with the Kids in 30 Seconds. By Dan Williams It usually starts in my right leg, a tightening and tingling, then the nerves feel like I'm being zapped by a DC taser. Then it hits my spine, the left side. Then the whole body. Convulsing. I’m having a seizure. But I’m conscious, so...

Cannabis, Since 1975

By Benjie Cooper IG: @nuglifenews YouTube: Lucid's Vlog In the modern cannabis market, there are an incredible amount of choices that are available to both medical patients and recreational consumers. But which product is right for the customer? "Since 1975" is a newcomer to the California cannabis world and is aiming to reach a segment of the marijuana-consuming crowd that they feel...

Lemon Groves City Council Refuses to Separate Church and State

By Katie Burke Last Tuesday, August 15, 2017, Lemon Grove City Council threw all reason, laws, and ordinances aside to side with the Catholic Church. There were about 60 people in attendance of the Lemon Grove City Council Meeting; some came to support the three dispensaries facing appeal for being declined for zoning with Measure V. As it turned out,...

Pro – Cannabis Parade Hits the Streets Of Humboldt!

By T. Raabe The Yes We Cann Parade and Hullabaloo went down on Saturday, August 12th and for the cannabis friendly community here in Arcata, CA right in the heart of Humboldt, it did not disappoint.  There was an overall family friendly vibe, and the mood was jovial in the light of California's cannabis legalization. The floats were...

International Church Of Cannabis Welcomes New Members

By Justin Samuels Twitter: @screenwriter32 Instagram @samuelsjustin Elevation Ministries welcomes the community to the newly opened International Church of Cannabis. The International Church of Cannabis is open for membership in Denver, Colorado.  Members of the church partake in the sacred cannabis sacrament in order to aid their journey of self-discovery.  Members tap into their own higher power and find their own truth with...