Members of the local recovery community say they’re increasingly accepting marijuana use as an important harm reduction strategy for people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Harm reduction is an approach to treating substance use disorder that aims to keep people who use drugs alive and as healthy as possible.
Delta 8 -THC is the “regular” THC found in cannabis but is formulated differently. It has electrons in a different position than those in Delta 9 – THC allowing the product to interact with body receptors providing slightly different results.
Once you have decarboxylated product, you can then use it in tinctures, creams, and in edibles. Or you can simply grind up the product and sprinkle it on food – pizza, salads, etc. Be aware that like all cannabis edibles, if you eat cannabis, it will take about an hour to kick in. (Tinctures applied properly take much less time.)
When I talk to people about legalizing cannabis, the impaired driving issue is an argument that constantly comes up. “What about those who smoke and drive? How can we protect ourselves from them?”
There’s actually scientific evidence (as well as circumstantial evidence in the form of personal stories) that eating raw cannabis does a body good. It seems to be especially beneficial for people with chronic pain and inflammation.
Looking forward to another round of holiday small talk? Here are some tips to get you through the ‘cannabis’ talk.
It’s known by a lot of different names — pot, weed, bud — but perhaps the most common one is marijuana. There’s much discussion going on lately about whether the word marijuana is racist or not.
You don’t need to get “high” to get the benefits of cannabis. In fact, studies have shown that if you are using cannabis for symptom relief (anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, muscle spasms, etc.) it seems to work best at lower or micro-dose levels.
Sanctuary ATC has received a registration certificate to begin operations at its Plymouth dispensary location starting tomorrow.
The NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has issued a conditional registration certificate for the cultivation of therapeutic cannabis to Sanctuary ATC. Sanctuary ATC’s cultivation center in Rochester, New Hampshire, is the first to receive DHHS approval to begin cultivating therapeutic cannabis in New Hampshire.