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Cannabis - long known for its sedating properties - is a popular sleep aid. Weed’s analgesic properties can provide relief for chronic pain, while its anti-anxiety effects can ease a stressed-out mind and body, making it easier to fall asleep and stay asleep. One recent study found cannabis use resulted in 30 minutes less time to fall asleep, on average.

CBD - the non-intoxicating cannabis compound that claims to cure almost everything - has found its way into pain-relieving creams and ointments. It’s still early days for research, but studies suggest CBD, alone and combined with THC, can reduce inflammation, decrease pain and increase  endocannabinoids within the body. 

Skunk, one of the many, many slang terms for cannabis, refers to the smell of both raw and smoked cannabis. While the generic weed smell is unmistakable, each strain actually has a unique smell, thanks to its terpene profile. Here are some ways to minimize the odour of cannabis when you are consuming or storing it.

It’s fitting that 2020 - a year that caused massive anxiety and stress - was also a breakthrough year for psychedelic therapies. Mushrooms, ketamine, MDMA and other drugs are proving to successfully treat mental health and addiction issues

Infusing cannabis into tea and other hot beverages has a long history of providing calm and relieving pain. Making cannabis tea is quite easy, which may also explain its enduring popularity with stoners. Here are two simple recipes for weed tea and tisane.

Many of us will admit to combining weed and alcohol from time to time. Obviously, moderation is a good thing. But your experience may also depend on which substance you start with: drinking or consuming cannabis.

Dogs, cats and other furry children are the latest target market for CBD products, ranging from oils and tinctures to foods and treats. CBD may help a wide variety of ailments but proper dosage and product quality is important.

Once upon a time, being a savvy stoner meant knowing the difference between the main cannabis strains: Indica for relaxation; Sativa for uplift, plus hybrid strains for a bit of both. But new research into the plant is giving terpenes an important role in cannabis’ effects.

Lucky Canadians celebrated the second year of cannabis legalization on October 18, 2020. After a shaky start, stores are sprouting across Canada, and prices are going down. Here's a look at legal weed today, and a glimpse ahead.

Pot. Grass. Weed. Wikipedia lists 1,200 slang names for cannabis alone, with many more expressions to describe marijuana quality, its effects and the people who smoke it. Here are some of the more common slang terms for cannabis.

Each method of consuming cannabis has differing effects. Smoking weed gets you an immediate but shorter lived high. Ingesting cannabis takes more time, but the effects can be stronger and last much longer.

It was only in the spoilsport Victorian era of the 1800s that tobacco pipe smoking became firmly gendered: men smoked pipes, respectable women did not. But of course all sorts of wonderfully non-respectable women continued to smoke pipes.