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Anyone who suffers from springtime allergies knows the misery of battling it out with pollen, grasses and ragweed, but there is one other culprit the sneezing and wheezing stoners of the world may have failed to consider: marijuana. Now, while we believe having an allergic reaction to weed is nothing less than a cruel joke played by the master of the universe, the reality is more people suffer from cannabis allergies today than ever before. A recent study written by a team allergy researchers ...

A medical marijuana user near Florenceville says he's relieved a ban on being able to grow his own pot at home has been temporarily halted by a federal court decision. Terry Perkins, 63, says he suffers from chronic pain from a back injury and rheumatoid arthritis. Marijuana has helped him cope, but he says he wouldn't be able to afford his medicine under new rules slated to take effect on April 1, which required him to get supplied by a licensed grower. "Under this program that they brought ...

There’s a reason patients call it “Hellth Canada,” and it’s not because they’re doing a hell of a job. Health Canada has been running Canada’s medical marijuana program from the beginning, and they’re really bad at it! Here’s the top 6 ways they’ve been screwing up. #6 They can’t decide how to spell marijuana Cannabis is a plant with many names, but most people call it marijuana and they spell it with a J. They use this word because back in the 20′s, when White Supremacists where writing Can...

It’s almost too taboo to discuss: pregnant women & marijuana. It’s a dirty little secret for women, particularly during the harrowing first trimester, who turn to cannabis for relief from nausea and stress.Pregnant women in Jamaica use marijuana regularly to relieve nausea, as well as to relieve stress and depression, often in the form of a tea or tonic. In the late 1960s, grad student Melanie Dreher was chosen by her professors to perform an ethnographic study on marijuana use in Jamaica to ob...

Both my parents have died from cancer. Both went through Chemotherapy and I have watched them suffer from the affects. If only we were more educated about Cannabis and its benefits. Laurie Canadian420 Here is a survivor.... Meet Stefanie LaRue: Cancer Survivor and Medical Marijuana Advocate Stefanie LaRue was 30 years old when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer and given the dismal prognosis of less than a year to live. That was nine years ago. In 2013 Stefanie had a Vid...

WHO GREW YOUR MEDICINE? You won’t believe where Canada’s legal marijuana supply is really coming from! Last week, both Tweed and Mettrum had loads of marijuana seized from the same Kelowna airport. Media reports described Tweed’s shipment as 55 varieties of “plants, seeds and in-production plant materials” from multiple growers across BC. Licensed Producers are desperate for product, since Health Canada has been so slow in processing their applications that most of them haven’t had time to gr...

Many people suffer from social anxiety but it is often a subject that is pushed aside, as many are embarrassed to talk openly about it. Social Anxiety is also called social phobia which is an anxiety disorder in which a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. Anxiety (intense nervousness) and self consciousness arise from a fear of being closely watched, judged and criticized by others. I am not the one to talk about my problems or myself but this is me I am one o...

Cancer Care Ontario says drinking linked to liver, colorectal, breast and oral cancers Alcohol consumption is linked to an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 new cases of cancer in Ontario a year, the province’s cancer agency says. Cancer Care Ontario released a report Tuesday – titled "Cancer Risk Factors in Ontario: Alcohol" – which suggests a third of Canadians are aware of the link between drinking alcohol and cancer. Drinking alcohol has been shown to cause oral cancers as well as esophageal, lary...

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Health Canada is set to turn its medical marijuana policy on its head next spring, when it moves from patient-grown pot to an industry run by large commercial producers. Doctors and patients are among those opposed to it, but entrepreneurs are rushing to get a piece of what's expected to be a billion dollar business. CBC's Nick Purdon takes a look at the high stakes for the industry's main players. Watch Video here on https://www.facebook.com/Canadian420nurses

Last week I was riding in the truck with the radio on and listening to CBC news and heard how a 11 yr.old first Nations girl with leukemia is waiting on a judge to decide on Nov. 14/2014, whether she should be forced back into chemotherapy. The Brantford family has chosen indigenous medicine instead, and say Canadian courts have no authority over them. McMaster Children's Hospital went to court to try to force Childrens Aid to action to protect the child whom they say, requires urgent, life-savi...

This week on White Coat Black Art: Medical marijuana -- the new system for providing it to Canadians and why much of organized medicine wants no part of it - even though thousands of patients are clamouring for it. A chronic pain specialist in Calgary tells Brian she's worried about being asked to give patients drug that may not be safe or effective. The head of the Canadian Medical Association agrees, but is hopeful the government will heed the warnings from MDs to "get it right.' Brian also ...