Wana Brands makes use of Colorado Cultivars’ hemp for WanaCapsXR

STONE, Colo., Oct. 5, 2015/ Weed Wire/– Wana Brands, a leading manufacturer of instilled products in Colorado, has actually partnered with regional industrial hemp business Colorado Cultivarsfor the production of WanaCapsxr, Wana’s brand-new extended release capsules.

Is commercially grown cannabis being tested for harmful contaminants or are there unexpected health risks associated with sparking some Colorado green?

It turns out it’s still optional to test Colorado’s medical marijuana for harmful substances, but that is set to change next year. Depending on their condition, medical marijuana consumers are more likely to have a reduced immune system, making them even more sensitive to contaminants.

By Alanna Ketler

Illinois is launching a pilot program for medical marijuana use in the state. According to a study conducted by the Midwestern state, the most common medical-grade weed seekers in the state are older women.

As Oregon legalizes recreational marijuana use, and the Pacific Northwest morphs into the “bud hub” of America, there is a growing level of concern about the thousands of stoned individuals who hop in their cars every day to go pick up yet another package of Double Stuff Oreos. Marijuana advocates argue that being high behind the wheel is not nearly dangerous as being drunk, to which pot opponents merely answer with “Being under the influence while driving is against the law regardless of what your drug of choice may be.”

Why are ‘risky’ and ‘unpleasant’ new versions of cannabis replacing the real thing? Adam Winstock shares findings from the Global Drug Survey.

For the last decade much about harm reduction for cannabis was pretty straightforward. Nothing much had changed apart from the dominance of high potency herbal cannabis and its association with higher rates of paranoia, memory loss and dependence.

Reddit's "Ask Reddit" section consists of users asking any sort of question for the rest of the community to answer, from the helpful ("What's the coolest thing I can buy for under $25?") to the absurd ("If everyone [were] cows, what are some song titles you'd expect from Emoonem and other cow rappers?"). Recently a user asked the following:

I am the author of Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir, published on April 20 this year. In this book, I chose to organize the major events of my life around a marijuana spine. I thought it was high time that someone came out as a longtime recreational user for whom cannabis has proved not ruinous - but life-enhancing. I felt called to offer the events of my life as a testimony to that.

As a nurse, most of the patients I see are geriatric (with the average age around 76) and 84 percent of them have never tried cannabis before despite many of them having more than one health condition. In traditional healthcare models, seniors need to be closely evaluated for additional health conditions and when a medication is warranted, all disease states need to be factored in before starting a new medication. As a medical professional, I feel medical cannabis is no exception.