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1. Marijuana
   The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party that aims to end prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area. Thus, Marijuana Party candidates are free to express their own personal views on all other political issues - even if such views contradict the personal opinions of other Marijuana Party candidates or the party leadership.
2. Marijuana -- Effects
   Marijuana cigarettes have been used to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and research has shown that THC is more quickly absorbed from marijuana smoke than from an oral preparation. However, any antiemetic effects of smoking marijuana may not be consistent because of varying potency, depending on the source of the marijuana contained in the cigarette.
3. Marijuana -- Medical Marijuana
   Marijuana is medicine for millions of patients around the US. Federal opposition persists in spite of successful medical marijuana programs in several states. States, cities moving to allow medical use by those in need. Click here for the latest news and information about medical marijuana.
4. Marijuana -- Users
   Marijuana abuse ... has the potential to promote cancer of the lungs and other parts of the respiratory tract because it contains irritants and carcinogens. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. It also induces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into their carcinogenic form—levels that may accelerate the changes that ultimately produce malignant cells. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which increases the lungs' exposure to carcinogenic smoke. These facts suggest that, puff for puff, smoking marijuana may be more harmful to the lungs than smoking tobacco.
5. Marijuana -- Drugs
   Myth: Marijuana is a Gateway Drug. Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous substance because it leads to the use of "harder drugs" like heroin, LSD, and cocaine.
6. Cannabis -- Marijuana
   The Cannabis Cup is a 5 day long celebration of the many wonderful things about marijuana. It's official purpose is to bring cannabis experts together so that they can "taste" the latest varieties of marijuana and hashish, and vote for the one they like best, much as a panel of wine experts might gather to judge the year's wine offerings.
7. Marijuana -- United States
   Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States and in Canada. A dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the plant Cannabis sativa, it normally is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong). It can ... be smoked in blunts, that are cigars which have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with cannabis, often in combination with another substance. It might also be mixed in food or brewed as a tea. When use as a more concentrated, resinous form it is called hashish and, as a sticky black liquid, hash oil. Marijuana smoke has a pungent and distinctive, normally sweet-and-sour odor.
8. Steve Kubby -- Marijuana
   Steve Kubby, 59, is an avid skier and outdoors person, Steve is especially concerned with health care issues because of his own personal experience as a cancer survivor. Twenty three years ago he was diagnosed with adrenal cancer and given six months to live. Crediting medical marijuana, inner determination, and the love and support of family and friends, Steve has become the first person to ever survive so long with his form of cancer.
9. Salvia -- Effects
   A sitter should remember, foremost, that no matter how unusually a Salvia user is behaving, Salvia journeys are relatively short-lived. Don’t panic if someone is having a difficult experience. Just keep the person safe from harm and wait it out. Strive to keep the matter private. Within an five to ten minutes, the effects will start to wear off, and the person will return to their usual self again. It is reassuring to hold onto this knowledge if things seem to get complicated.
10. Cannabis -- Medicinal Cannabis
    The use of Cannabis is thought to go back around 4000 years. It was used as medicine throughout the Asia and the middle east to treat a variety of conditions. It began to get used the western world (usually as a tincture) around the middle of the 19th century. It was famously used to treat Queen Victoria's period pains. It was even available from shops in the US. By the end of the 19th centuary its medicinal use began to fall as other drugs such as aspirin took over.

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