Health and Safety

6+ day, 33+ min ago   (140+ words) A Minnesota study found that thousands of cancer patients reported improvement in several symptoms after enrolling in the state’s medical-cannabis program. Researchers examined information from 6,621 patients enrolled between July 2015 and December 2023. Patients reported improvements involving vomiting, nausea, appetite loss, anxiety,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (443+ words) Jacqui Lipson is a breast cancer survivor, cannabis consumer, homeowner, and mother living in Braintree, Massachusetts. I am the face of modern, regulated cannabis use: a menopausal woman, a breast cancer survivor, a parent, a homeowner. And that’s terribly inconvenient…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1095+ words) Winston‑Salem has always lived at the intersection of tradition and transition. It’s a city shaped by tobacco, by manufacturing, by faith, and by a long‑standing belief in law‑and‑order governance. For decades, that meant cannabis in…...

2+ week, 13+ min ago   (182+ words) To random passersby, late summer afternoons along Green Street in West Salem look, sound, and feel like many others found in urban neighborhoods. Scott Sexton has been a bemused observer of daily life — and occasional thorn in the side of…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1719+ words) As anyone knows from walking the streets of the West of Scotland, recreational cannabis consumption is very common but remains illegal. This is not the case across Europe and North America. The extent of the issue is not just the…...