Why knowing about marijuana is important?
Marijuana is a preparation of a plant called Cannabis sativa. During the history, in different cultures, this plant has been used for different reasons. But t...
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Endocannabinoids: is There Marijuana Inside our Brains?
While current legislation considers marijuana/cannabinoids to have no medical uses, the discovery of an endocannabinoid system in the body, specifically in the ...
Legalize the Green
Welcome to 2015. The era of social media, slacktivism, Donald Trump 2016, and so much more. I must say that even looking back just 15 years ago, our society has...
Endocannabinoids and Cannabis as a Schedule I Drug
Lately in politics, there has been a push for the legalization of marijuana whether be it for medical or recreational uses. Within this push for the legalizati...
Potential Benefits of Legal Marijuana
Legalizing marijuana for medical use has not been the only major topic surrounding the drug, legalizing it for recreational use has also become a major topic. A...
How Many Fingers am I Holding Up?: The Truth About Concussion
I think we have all seen it before. That scene in various movies where somebody takes a hit to the head, and the coach comes over and asks “How many finge...
Don't Let Us Down: The Culture Behind Concussions in Sports
Due to many symptoms including nausea, sensitivity to bright lights, headache, and general ‘fogginess’, most athletes know right away when an impact...
When Can it be Safe to Say a Concussion is Healed?
Concussions are growing in the public eye; there is new research, new worries and discoveries about how much about concussions has been ignored in the past, or ...
"More than just a game"
Concussions are not something to think lesser of than any other physical or mental impairment. After all, concussions can be damaging to the point where they le...
Concussions: Do we really know enough?
This week in neurochemistry, we talked about the topic of concussions. I had not known a lot about concussions before the week, but I knew that it was caused by...