For decades, America was sold a familiar line: smoke cannabis long enough, and your lungs would eventually resemble an ashtray. But one of the largest long-term pulmonary studies ever conducted quietly complicated that narrative in a way prohibitionists rarely mention. A landmark 20-year study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association tracked more…
CHAMPS Comes Back to Austin and the Cannabis Community Shows Out Stone Slade – Blazed Magazine When CHAMPS returned to Austin just months after its first visit, it did not ease its way back in. It arrived to a city ready to treat the moment like something worth celebrating. This was not just another trade…
The Endorphin Myth Revisited For decades, the narrative was simple: you run, your brain floods with endorphins, and voilà, instant mood boost and a little pain relief. But there’s a problem. Those endorphins, especially the ones we measure in your bloodstream, generally can’t cross the blood–brain barrier in meaningful amounts. They’re good at dulling physical…