Is it Safe to Travel with Cannabis?
Planning a getaway this July 4th holiday week and taking your cannabis along for the ride? Think again. Yes, folks do it all the time, but you should consider your tolerance for risk and the angst that goes along with it. Personally, I don’t venture into this...
Does CBD Have a Place in Exercise Programs?
While CBD is typically thought of as a therapeutic tool for insomnia, pain or anxiety, the value of CBD is expanding to the fitness world. A recent article, “Can CBD Improve Your Fitness Results?”, published in US News & World Report tackled this very question....
Kicking Opioid Addiction to the Curb
Athletes for Care, Patients Out of Time & Holistic Cannabis Academy Team Up Check out this video produced by the Holistic Cannabis Academy (HCA) featuring Riley Cote of Athletes for Care (A4C) and Mary Lynn Mathre of Patients Out of Time (POT) about...
Cannabis, Mood & Depression
Linda A. Parker explains the mood enhancing and anti-depressant qualities of CBD and THC. By Linda A. Parker on April 19, 2017 An excerpt from Cannabinoids and the Brain by Linda A. Parker (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2017) Cannabis...
CBD Users Manual
A Beginner’s Guide to Cannabidiol & Cannabis Therapeutics Reprinted with permission from Project CBD. In 2009, a handful of CBD-rich cannabis strains were discovered serendipitously in Northern California, America’s cannabis breadbasket, where certified...
Shifting the Healthcare Paradigm: Medical Cannabis Leads the Way
Thrilled to announce that the Holistic Cannabis Academy will be sharing the same stage as Dr. Raphael Mechoulam at the inaugural conference for the Institute of Cannabis Research at Colorado State in Pueblo. Cannabis researchers, educators, industry leaders and...
Integration of Cannabis into Wellness
As anyone with a chronic health condition will tell you, there are no easy answers. Successfully preventing and treating health issues requires integrating various healing modalities such as nutrition, herbalism and aromatherapy. Where can cannabis fit in? In a...