Happy Hemp Day!
Weednesday June 17, 2020
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In todays report:
Regular Cannabis Users have a higher level of day to day general happiness, and are typically in a better mood than their lame non- user counterparts
Introduction. Despite widespread legalization, the
impact of medicinal cannabis use on patient level
health and quality of life has not been carefully
evaluated. The objective of this study was to
characterize self-reported demographics, health
characteristics, quality of life, and health care utilization
of Cannabis Users compared with Controls.
Study participants (N=1276) were a convenience sample
of either patients with a diagnosed health condition or
caregivers of a patient with a diagnosed health
Cannabis Users (N=808) were compared with Controls
(N=468)
using negative binomial regression and linear mixed
effect models testing the effect of initiation, cessation,
and maintenance of medicinal cannabis
Cannabis Users self-reported significantly better quality of life
[t(1,054)=-4.19, p<.001], greater health satisfaction [t(1,045)=-4.14,
p<.001], improved sleep [children: t(224 =2.90, p<.01; adults:
[t(758)=3.03, p<.01], lower average pain severity [t(1,150)=2.34, p<.05],
lower anxiety [t(1,151)=4.38, p<.001] and lower depression
[t(1,210)=5.77, p<.001] compared with Controls.
Fewer trips to ER less meds and Conclusions. Cannabis use
was associated with improved health and quality of life.
Longitudinal testing suggests that group differences may
be due to the medicinal use of cannabis.
The great hemp hoax of the 1930s used racism and xenophobia to con-vince Americans the hemp was scary and bad. The Library of congress recently put together a collection of these diabolical works.
Library of Congress Compiles Racist Cannabis Propaganda From the 20th Century
Tracking media from 1897 to 1915, the archive features
articles from every corner of the US, almost all of them
containing racist slurs describing cannabis as a “dangerous
Mexican weed” that had “loco’ed” the entire nation.
https://merryjane.com/culture/the-devils-harvest-how-reefer-madness-became-a-pro-weed-movie
https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-marihuana
https://merryjane.com/news/colorado-cops-are-still-overwhelming-persecuting-black-cannabis-users
“I’ve seen some really large numbers in terms of the amount of cash flow that would come into the government as a result of just a normal excise tax regime.”
Some industry anal-ists go out on a limb to predict the obvious for the QVC crowd.
“My assumption is that 2022, for me, is the magic number,” Canopy Growth CEO David Klein told CNBC’s Jim Kramer. “I think, as you watch more and more states move to legalization for medical or rec, you really bring in almost two more senators each time who are really going to feel compelled to not make criminals out of the people in their 20s