by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 28, 2024 | Nursing
According to Dr. Andre Haughton (2019), the Cannabis Consumers Coalition report created in 2017 stated that more than 50% of consumers support policies of legalizing the use of marijuana (Jamaica Gleaner, 2019). With the legalization of marijuana in the works, many...
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 28, 2024 | Nursing
In the Philippine constitution marijuana or cannabis has been illegal in accordance with Republic Act No. 6425, or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, since it is the second most used drug in the Philippines after methamphetamine or as we all know “shabu”. The concern...
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 28, 2024 | Nursing
The great Robert Nesta Marley (n.d.) stated that “Herb is the healing of a nation; alcohol is the destruction of mankind”. In February 2015, the Jamaican government and lawmakers passed an act to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. The terms decriminalization...
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 28, 2024 | Nursing
Marijuana certification has become a reality in recent years with Uruguay becoming the first nation-state to fully legalize marijuana for both medicinal and recreational purposes. Today, the use of cannabis for both therapeutic and leisure purposes is allowed in most...
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 28, 2024 | Nursing
For as long as we can remember, we have been told that marijuana was a bad thing. Some would even call it “the devil’s lettuce”. Now, as time goes by and doctors and scientists start to do their research and they start toying with the thought of marijuana possibly...