Beyond the Buzz
Why THC is Only the Opening Act We’ve all been there: you pick up a strain with a sky-high THC percentage, expecting to be transported to another dimension, only to find the…
Tag: Alternative Medicine
The Green Exit
How Cannabis Saved Me from the Opioid Loop We’ve all heard the “gateway drug” myth, the idea that a joint leads you straight to the hard stuff. But for me, the story…
Marilyn Monroe & Cannabis
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…
Inhaling Botanical Herbs
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…
Meet Dr. Rachel Knox
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…
High Art: Cannabis & Muse
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…
Farmacy | 2 Dye 4 Creations
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,…
The Mad Scientist Meets Florence Nightingale
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…
Cannabis & Cancer: Chemical Culprits (Part 1)
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…
The Healing Effects of Medical Cannabis on a Serious Injury
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…