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Here you will find information about Jack Herer, maintained by Jeannie Herer. This website is used as a resource to keep you informed about Cannabis Hemp and the relevance it plays in our culture. Please share your comments to the articles and send us a message using the contact form.

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Need for weed: Seniors smoking marijuana

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — There is a growing trend of seniors lighting up and smoking marijuana because they believe it is better than their prescription drugs with fewer side effects. “I call it the new don’t ask, don’t tell,” said Amy Cavinaugh. Cavinaugh started using marijuana five years ago after having a double mastectomy [...]

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Interview: Chef Mike Delao of TV’s Cannabis Planet

Flash Rosenstein I never met Resident Chef Mike Delao of  TV’s Cannabis Planet but I consider myself a fairly decent judge of character. Years of being left alone in a car in the middle of the Bronx for hours on end during my prepubescent years, I acquired the skills necessary to dissect a person purely [...]

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Wisconsin Activist Ben Masel Has Died, RIP To A Great Activist

By: Bill Egnor Saturday April 30, 2011 7:57 am Ben In Madison   Ben Masel has died. You may or may not have known him but he was an activists activist. When I think about what it means to be out there fighting the good fight I think about Ben. He had run for office [...]

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Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana

Melissa Luck | KXLY4 Executive Producer       SPOKANE, Wash. — To call what the Hyde family has been through a “parent’s worst nightmare” sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it’s hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 brain [...]

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Pot patients extol drug’s medical benefits, despite ban in unincorporated SB County

JESSE B. GILL Ffffffffffp! That’s the sound Scott Bledsoe makes when he takes his medicine. Bledsoe, 39, helps run a medical marijuana buying club out of his Crestline home. The members – there are about 10 – pay dues, buy medical marijuana in bulk and meet once a week to share what their money has [...]

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The dispensaries are under attack again – Lake County, CA

Written by Ron Green    On Thursday, April 28, at 10 a.m., the Lake County Planning Commission will be considering a draconian medical marijuana dispensary ordinance proposed by the Community Development Department.  The meeting will be on the first floor of the courthouse in Lakeport. I urge interested people to attend this meeting and show support [...]

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Medical Marijuana Becoming Blockbuster Drug

Medical marijuana is now a $1.7-billion market in the U.S. This means that sales of medical marijuana rival the annual revenue generated by Viagra, a $1.9-billion business. What’s more, the medical marijuana market is expected to nearly double in the next five years, and that’s just in the 15 U.S. states where the drug is [...]

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Volunteers Wanted For THC/DUI Study – Denver, CO

The news program HDNet World Report has asked CTI to help round up some volunteers for a study they are doing of how cannabis affects the driving of medical patients. The study will require volunteers to take a driving simulation test before and after ingesting or smoking cannabis. The news show will compare the results [...]

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Marijuana Compound Treats Multiple Health Issues

By Chris Kilham AP Marijuana. Sierra de Juarez, Ensenada, Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)   Today is known as National Marijuana Day or 4/20—and if the idea of having a marijuana deficiency sounds laughable to you, a growing body of science points at exactly such a possibility. Scientists have known that the active psychoactive compound in [...]

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Hemp Seed Oil

Posted by SarahK In honor of today, April 20th, also known the world over as 420, we here at Truth in Aging decided it was time to take a look into hemp seed oil. Note that we have already taken a look at cannabis specifically and its interesting acne fighting benefits.  This article is not [...]

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