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It's Just a Plant is a children's book, written, illustrated and published by Ricardo Cortés. It is designed for parents who want to educate their children about marijuana. The book's pro-marijuana legalization message has drawn widespread attention from critics and the media since its publication in January 2005.
Some U.S. states have legalized marijuana, but Peter Reuter argues that restricting promotion of marijuana once it is legal is more complex than it may initially appear. [ 82 ] According to the United Nations' World Drug Report, cannabis "was the world's most widely produced, trafficked, and consumed drug in the world in 2010", with between 128 ...
Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known by several slang terms, such as marijuana, pot or weed. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent.
Of all children who went to the hospital after an unintentional marijuana ingestion, nearly 60% of patients required some form of hospital-based intervention like blood work or intravenous fluids ...
Check out where the money is, where the jobs are, and what the economic impact will be as the multibillion-dollar marijuana industry goes mainstream. Surprising facts about the marijuana industry ...
Marihuana prensada ('pressed marijuana') is a cannabis-derived product widespread among the lower classes of South America, [186] especially from the 90s. Locally it is known as "paraguayo" or "paragua", since its main producer is Paraguay. [187] Marijuana is dried and mixed with binding agents that make it toxic and highly harmful to health. [188]
But new new research shows increased access is linked with more children accidentally ingesting edible cannabis products. From 2017 to 2021, the nation saw a 1,375 percent increase in cases of ...
The history of medicinal cannabis goes back to the ancient times. Ancient physicians in many parts of the world mixed cannabis into medicines to treat pain and other ailments. In the 19th century, cannabis was introduced for therapeutic use in Western Medicine.