Staying fit and healthy has made the “Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for 2017″ in the “Number 6” position (Gill, 2016). For the cannabis medicinal patient and recreational marijuana enthusiasts alike, coconut oil can now be considered as a “superfood”…
We all know that using any medication, let alone botanical medicines, is a trial and error experience. Our goal is to find the minimum effective dose for addressing the symptom or condition we are targeting, but depending on the method…
Oregon has made national headlines having the second highest rate of opioid drug abuse in the nation. At the same time, the Oregon Pain Management Commission recently stated we have over 750,000 Oregonians who live in chronic pain. With these…
Superstar Marilyn Monroe had two arms, two legs, and a heart that seemed to beat just like everyone else. Yet, she was a 20th century iconic movie star. There was something about her that shined and we are still drawn…
We first met Dr. Rachel Knox in early 2017 when renewing a family member’s medical card. I was impressed with her bedside manner. She truly cares for her patients and it was evident in the appointment we had with her.…
When I became pregnant with my daughter at twenty-nine, I sadly left the herb behind. I thought in doing so, I was being a responsible, upstanding mom. But at age thirteen, my daughter was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disease…
In 2010, I was taking a daily regime of about thirty-five different prescribed medications, three to six times a day. I have had a laundry list of conditions including heart problems, asthma, depression, and more. I was seeing a doctor…
Meet the Scientist: Kit Doyle, and I connected over a shared passion to promote cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceutical medicine. Over the years, we have seen friends, family, and co-workers go down the path of synthetics and pharmaceuticals—a path…
I grew up in the 1960s and came of age in the 1970s on the beaches of Southern California. Drugs were no stranger to the cultural environment, with day drinking a social norm. At times our home was one big…
Frank’s Gift is a high CBD strain that is quickly gaining notoriety in the cannabis community. This clone-only cultivar has tested over 24% CBD and 9% THC! The majority of today’s potent CBD strains have odd growth patterns, carry a…
“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.” –Mason Cooley The journey I found myself on began when I started exploring other options for chronic pain relief. I had a family member suffering from…
The spider web-like mass found in my right breast the summer of 2012 had me thinking about my mom, the farm she was raised on, DDT, Rachel Carson, and cannabis – in that order. I saw the configuration while proactively…
Although it’s still taboo in many parts of the country, the pillars of cannabis prohibition are falling in the United States. As a result over half our nation now has medical cannabis laws. Discussions of the potential benefits of cannabis…
We’ve all heard about the health benefits of raw juice; whether it be a fresh-squeezed cocktail of apples, spinach, lemons, and ginger, or the latest cannabis juice craze. Juicing is especially beneficial because of its high antioxidants from the raw…
On a warm and beautiful Sunday morning, two colleagues and I set out with plans to construct my personal greenhouse. We were hard at work for about an hour and half when the drill caught the glove I was…
