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Today we bring over a post from our affiliate site Rational Nation USA . The content is certainly one that concerns compassionate and loving Americans. Onward we go...  "Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss."         Karl Brunnholzl  Capitalism is, or is soon to become a dying economic practice (system). The reasons are certainly many, complex, and interconnected. But the primary reason is that capitalism, particularly in the USA, has become entirely focused on increased productivity to maximize profits and increase shareholder's stake, ie increase the wealth of individual shareholders. Which means in truth, as well as in straight talk, to insure that the real (and obscene) wealth is funneled to and concentrated in the top 1 or 2 percent of the nation. When self interest becomes the driving force behind every decision, and selfishness essentially becomes a "virtu...

  Out of Germany -  more experiential data  on the efficacy of cannabis and high THC levels. Read on below from  NORMAL , my fellow cannabis advocates. Hannover, Germany:  Patients prescribed high-THC prescription-grade cannabis chemovars report them to be safe and effective, according to  data  published in the journal  Pharmacopsychiatry .  An international team of investigators surveyed more than 1,000 German patients authorized to use medical cannabis. (Plant cannabis and cannabinoid treatments, such as dronabinol, were legalized by prescription use in Germany in 2017.) Survey respondents obtained lab-tested cannabis flower from regional pharmacies. Potency of the most frequently used chemovar was 22 percent. The overwhelming majority of patients surveyed reported medical cannabis to be effective at treating their symptoms. Patients reported no significant differences between chemovars, most of which were dominant in THC and low in CBD co...

  Being one who experiences extensive osteoarthritis, as well as one who has used medical cannabis for a few years, i can attest to the fact it has helped with flare ups when they occur. Cannabis supplemented with ibuprofen when neccessary has worked well for me. And now on to a NORMAL article on the subject. London, United Kingdom:   Patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis report pain-specific improvements following their use of medical cannabis preparations, according to  observational data  published in the  Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy .  British researchers assessed the use of cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs) consisting of either flower or oil extracts in a cohort of osteoarthritis patients enrolled in the  UK Medical Cannabis Registry . (Since 2018, British specialists have been permitted to prescribe cannabis-based medicinal products to patients unresponsive to conventional medications.) Researchers assessed cha...

From my inbox (received from NORMAL ) to my cannabis site. This is great news, and, about 50 years late. Actually, as welcome as this mews is (it's a huge improvement) there's more to do. Moving  cannabis from Schedule 1 on the Controlled Substance List to Schedule 3 certainly improves the environment and will render benefits, but the ultimate goal remains getting it removed from the list period. Enjoy the moment, and if you can chip in to help the cause of removing cannabis from the list and getting rid of the stigma that foolish people foolishly implanted many years ago. Yesterday, the Department of Justice affirmed that the DEA has concurred with an HHS recommendation to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. While the DEA's opinion to reschedule cannabis fails to go far enough, it represents the first time the agency has ever abandoned its 'Flat Earth' position toward cannabis and acknowledged that the substance possess...

 

  Knowing the multitude of benefits derived from cannabinoids first hand i've become more  interested in plant based medicine more broadly and specifically p sychedelics. So, i went searching and came across the following article of interest. Rather than summarize i am bringing it here. full stop. Without further ado, from CLN  ... What is the Journeymen Collective magic mushroom retreat? Contemporary shamans Gary Logan and Rob Grover sat down with CLN the other day to discuss what really happens in a psychedelic treat. Is it a type of psychedelic therapy? Not really, says Rob. " It’s more along the lines of personal development. We recognize that there are clinical uses, there are  recreational  uses, and we’re in somewhat of the middle. What we’ve done is we’ve combined about sixty years of experience in personal metaphysical, spiritual teachings, and professional development as well. And we bridged all of those realms together to create what we know as the Jo...

 

Looking at NORMAL this afternoon i ran across the article following. Heavy metals as you know are not good to ingest through any delivery system. So i decided to to bring the article over in hopes of giving it additional exposure.  Marie, MI:  Consumers’ use of certain brands of commercially available rolling papers may result in heavy metal exposure, according to  data  published in the journal of the American Chemical Society ( ACS Omega ).  Researchers affiliated with Lake Superior State University’s School of Chemistry  analyzed  metal concentrations in 53 brands of rolling papers and paper cones. Products were purchased from four Michigan retail outlets. They included brands that are available nationally and internationally. Investigators identified elevated levels of certain metals – including copper, chromium, and vanadium – in about one-quarter of the products tested. Metals were most frequently identified in colored rolling paper products....

Today w e feature a guest article by  Eva Benoit . She is a life coach who specializes in helping others who experience the suffering of anxiety. More about Eva in her own words: I began my career as an office manager, which actually started my journey to becoming a life coach.  I was constantly bombarded with employees telling me about their work stress, which naturally turned into a conversation about  everything  — work-related or not — that took a toll on their mental well-being. I found that my most satisfying workdays were those that allowed me to help someone take control over their stress, whether it was something I was able to do in my role as the office manager or just as a compassionate listening ear. It wasn’t long before I scheduled monthly lunch meetings where the entire office practiced stress-fighting techniques and healthy coping strategies. About 6 years ago, I left the office for the last time to pursue being a life, career, and overall wellness co...

The following video is cross posted from A Portal To Infinite Potentiality .