by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Cannabis News Wire, Media Partners
Cannabis has attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to its potent and rather versatile therapeutic properties. States with medical cannabis programs allow patients suffering from at least one out of more than 20 qualifying conditions to use cannabis for therapeutic purposes, indicating marijuana’s wide range of medical applications.
Furthermore, researchers are constantly working to further cannabis science and understand precisely how it delivers its benefits to develop safe cannabis-derived medications for various health issues. Surprisingly, cannabis may also have some applications in oral health, particularly in terms of managing dental pain and anxiety.
It is a known fact that cannabis can be effective against chronic pain. A large portion of recreational users and medical cannabis patients use the plant to address pain-related conditions. Furthermore, researchers have noted a possible reduction in opioid prescriptions in states with legal cannabis markets as people turn to cannabis as an alternative for pain relief.
This makes cannabis a possible option for alleviating pain caused by dental issues. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 40% of U.S. adults experience some kind of dental pain every year. In extreme cases, dental pain can cause or exacerbate mental issues, including depression, and significantly reduce an individual’s quality of life. Although cannabis may be a temporary solution to most dental issues, it has the ability to inhibit pain of most kinds and could be helpful in treating dental pain.
Cannabis extract CBD (cannabidiol) is specifically known for its pain-relieving properties, especially when paired with another extract called THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol). CBD also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that could make it effective at treating and promoting the healing of common dental conditions like canker sores.
Some cannabinoids have antibacterial properties that could allow for the development of cannabis-based products to minimize the effects of dangerous oral bacteria and reduce the risk of oral diseases. On top of that, marijuana’s anti-anxiety effects at low doses can also help to alleviate the anxiety many people feel before a dentist appointment.
Around 36% of Americans are estimated to have a fear of dental treatment, and 12% report having an extreme fear of dental treatments. Given how important regular dental appointments are to maintaining dental health and overall physical and mental health, it is crucial that everyone visits a dentist at least once every year for a checkup.
For people with anxiety prior to dentist visits, cannabis can help alleviate their anxiety, calm their fears and allow them to successfully complete dental exams.
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by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Media Partners, Psychedelic News Wire
A recent study published in the “Neuropsychopharmacology” journal has found that 5-MeO-DMT or DMT (5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine) may boost structural neural elasticity. The article reported that, after giving mouse models 5-MeO-DMT, researchers found that the psychedelic caused an enduring increase in dendritic spine density in the brain’s medial frontal cortex.
Researchers posit that the neural changes could be a counter to the changes caused by depression, adding to the growing body of studies pointing to psychedelics as potential mental-health treatments.
DMT is a naturally occurring psychedelic found in certain species of seeds, toads and plants with a rich history of use in indigenous cultures for spiritual and shamanic practices. It is relatively short-acting and induces profound but short-lived psychedelic experiences characterized by altered sensory perception, ego dissolution and feelings of connectedness.
Lead study author Sarah. J. Jefferson and her team ran a series of experiments with mice by running them through specific situations and noting behavioral changes caused by psychedelics. They found that both higher and lower DMT doses caused brief head-twitch responses with higher doses causing more head-twitch responses. These responses remained at their peak for around four to five minutes compared to an average of 14 minutes in mice dosed with psilocybin.
Researchers also found that DMT stopped ultrasonic vocalization by 99% compared to psilocybin, which stopped the vocalization by only 30%, and ketamine, which showed 62% stopping of vocalization. The scientists discovered a 10–15% increase in dendritic spine density in mice that received a single DMT dose; the increase endured more than a month afterward.
The researchers concluded that DMT could modify innate behaviors by raising the number of head-twitch responses and limiting social ultrasonic vocalizations. Additionally, they said that the psychedelic induced structural plasticity in the medial frontal cortex by increasing dendritic spine density.
Recent advances in psychedelic research have revealed that psychedelics such as DMT, psilocybin and LSD have the potential to treat several mental-health conditions at minimal doses and with barely any adverse side effects. Psychedelics have been especially effective against mental-health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and treatment-resistant depression when paired with psychotherapy.
However, these substances remain illegal in most countries, including the United States, and regular users have to access them through the illicit market.
Some psychedelics can also cause side effects such as nausea and intense psychological effects, including panic and confusion, when taken recreationally. Research has found that limiting psychedelic use to strict and controlled medical settings improves their therapeutic potential while reducing their risk of side effects.
DMT kicks in faster, but its effects last for a shorter time, typically less than 20 minutes compared to other psychedelics, which can induce hallucinogenic experiences that last for several hours. This makes DMT more suitable for medical applications compared to psychedelics such as psilocybin, whose effects last for hours and require the need of a trained therapist to guide patients.
That said, entities such as Mind Medicine Inc. (NASDAQ: MNMD) (NEO: MMED) (DE: MMQ) are studying different psychedelic compounds with a view to leveraging their various therapeutic potential in order to find effective treatments to the mental ailments plaguing the world today.
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by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Grow Opportunity, Media Partners
By Kris Dube, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Niagara-on-the-Lake was once home to what was touted as the largest medicinal marijuana-growing operation in the world.
Canopy Growth closed its Tweed location on Concession 5 in 2021, a property with one million square feet of indoor greenhouse space that opened in 2014.
And finally, after sitting empty for several years, the website of real estate firm Avison Young says the property, with a listing price of more than $32 million, has been sold.
An online website that lists property transfers indicates it sold for $21,800,000 in May, to a company that grows mushrooms _ neither the realty company or Canopy Growth responded to calls or emails to confirm that information.
Angus Foreman, the man who originally purchased the Concession 5 greenhouses and received Health Canada’s permit to grow medical marijuana, told The Local that with the exception of the more recently built greenhouse added to the range, the range was not best-suited for growing cannabis.
He later sold the operation to Canopy Growth, and said he would expect it to be purchased by a produce or flower operation,
He thought it unlikely, he said, that another cannabis producer would purchase it, because growing the crop has turned out to be not very economical.
Coun. Erwin Wiens, who has been a local grape grower for 26 years, said he has heard the former Canopy Growth site had been purchased, but not who bought it.
It appears interest in growing cannabis, medicinal or recreational, has dried up in Niagara-on-the-Lake, as the Canopy Growth facility is the only legal one to have ever set up shop within the municipal boundary, said Marah Minor, spokesperson for the town.
Minor said the municipality is unaware of what might be moving into the greenhouses.
“The town is not aware of any current operations at this site,” she said. “There are no formal applications for this property at the current time.”
When the operation, originally known as Park Lane Farm when Foreman started it, and then Tweed Farms under Canopy Growth took over, opened in NOTL, there were only a couple of other legal medicinal cannabis operations in Canada, tightly controlled by Health Canada, and since it closed nobody else has come forward looking to grow cannabis in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
“The town has not received any inquiries for potential growers in Niagara-on-the-Lake,” Minor said.
Once Canopy was already in operation, selling its harvest through mail orders only, the town implemented an interim control bylaw to curb any further facilities from starting up, until its cannabis production and processing bylaw was implemented in 2020.
But Canopy was allowed to continue because the bylaw came after it was already growing, said Wiens, who noted the most important factor of the bylaw was the mandatory 600-metre setback put in place for future growers, which was largely intended to address odour concerns.
“Folks in St. Davids, their concern was always the smell,” said Wiens, referring to when Canopy was in business.
It was often “overwhelming and overpowering” for them, he said.
It also seems that a forecast of large-scale, commercial grow operations as the next agricultural cash cow hasn’t budded the way some were predicting, although there were those who tried.
In 2017, police arrested two people for growing marijuana in a greenhouse on Larkin Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake. It was reported at the time it was believed they were operating under medical marijuana licences, but outside Health Canada regulations.
At least two other greenhouses operations were suspected of growing cannabis illegally, and investigated by police, one on Lakeshore Road in 2014, at a time when the town said it had five applications for growing cannabis, and one in Virgil about five years later.
Wiens said it’s his understanding that cannabis didn’t become the booming business many expected it to be, which is likely the reason why sites such as Canopy Growth are closing, and new ones aren’t sprouting up.
“In agricultural products, it comes down to the economics of it, and so consequently, you’re not seeing a major uptick in growth,” said Wiens.
Asked if there were a lot of owners of agricultural lands who thought when legalization came into play, and was getting plenty of attention, that they might be able to sell their assets and retire, Wiens said that back then some did.
But as it turned out, growing cannabis “was not as economical and profitable as it was originally thought,” said Wiens.
Even though cannabis facilities, for both medicinal and recreational purposes, continue to be allowed in town under certain restrictions, he doesn’t see a resurgence coming.
“It’s hard to find a spot in Niagara-on-the-Lake where the setbacks work,” he said, adding the municipality “just doesn’t have the space” for them to exist.
He’s also said he would not expect another cannabis company would occupy the former Canopy Growth property.
Cannabis also can’t be purchased legally in Niagara-on-the-Lake, a result of council opting out in 2018 of allowing retail stores to open in the community.
It was the “right idea at the time,” said Wiens, adding that residents “didn’t have an appetite for them.”
Municipalities, under regulations from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, are unable to opt out after agreeing to allow stores on their streets or in local strip malls.
However, they can reconsider and welcome retail stores after initially saying no.
Wiens said there hasn’t been any discussion at council since making the first decision to opt out.
by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Cannabis Prospect Magazine, Media Partners
by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Cannabis Prospect Magazine, Media Partners
by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Cannabis Prospect Magazine, Media Partners
by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Cannabis Prospect Magazine, Media Partners
by Grow Up Conference | Aug 30, 2023 | Cannabis News Wire, Media Partners
More than two years have passed since the legalization of medical cannabis in South Dakota, and an impressive count of more than 11,500 individuals from the state now possess medical marijuana cards. This substantial figure stands in stark contrast to the initial projections made back in 2021 when the program was launched, as Jennifer Seale, the medical cannabis program administrator at the state Department of Health, pointed out.
Initially, the state had envisaged a cardholder count of 6,000 by 2024, a projection that Seale shared with the members of the Medical Cannabis Oversight Committee in Pierre during a recent session. The committee, composed of lawmakers and other officials, evaluates the state-operated medical cannabis program and provides suggestions for its enhancement.
The fiscal year 2023 witnessed a significant portion of the medical cannabis program’s revenue attributed to newly issued cards, amassing a total of $1.37 million. However, Seale expressed uncertainty about the sustainability of this revenue stream once the issuance of medical cannabis cards reaches a saturation point.
A contentious issue that emerged in discussions pertains to pop-up clinics, which have become a primary channel through which South Dakotans access medical cannabis cards. The issue of pop-up clinics was also flagged as problematic during a prior committee assembly in October 2022. This concern led to the introduction of failed bills, one of which aimed to confine medical cannabis clinics to specific facilities.
Representative Fred Deutsch presented these bills during the legislative session of 2023, which concluded in March. Reflecting on his personal experience of acquiring a medical cannabis card, Deutsch underscored the lack of privacy due to audibly overheard conversations between patients and providers. Additionally, he highlighted the suboptimal nature of the provider-patient relationship established during the appointment. Deutsch’s appointment was conducted by a nurse practitioner he had not encountered before. He criticized the appointment for its brevity, lasting less than 10 minutes, and for failing to conduct a thorough examination to determine his eligibility for the card.
The committee is poised to readdress the issue, potentially through legislation or recommendations presented to the Legislature. Several ideas are under consideration, including barring individuals with vested interests in the cannabis industry from operating pop-up clinics, mandating ongoing medical education for card issuance and implementing a cap on the number of cards a provider can issue in a single day.
Although the fee for obtaining a medical cannabis card remains at $75, pop-up clinics have the latitude to impose significantly higher charges for appointments. As Deutsch disclosed, he paid around $170 for his appointment.
Presently, there is no limitation on the number of cards a provider can dispense. Senator Erin Tobin, who chairs the committee, asserted that enforcing such a change would eliminate the financial incentive associated with operating pop-up clinics.
The committee’s discussions extended to other matters, including the utilization of medical cannabis by parolees, even though substances such as alcohol are prohibited for them. Some members of the committee contended that this allowance contradicts the court’s intention of barring parolees from alcohol or drug use. The committee has plans to revisit the topic of pop-up clinics and other associated issues in its forthcoming meeting.
The growing interest in the medical use of marijuana could encourage many companies such as Advanced Container Technologies Inc. (OTC: ACTX) to expand their operations and address the growing demand for cultivation equipment and other supplies needed in the marijuana value chain.
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by Grow Up Conference | Aug 29, 2023 | Media Partners, The New Agora
by Gary Z. McGee
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” ~Edward Abbey
On the compass of life most of us have been conditioned to think that happiness is True North. Many of us go through life thinking happiness is the be-all-end-all, the ultimate prize. If I only had this, I’d be happy. If I only did that, I’d be happy. “Happy” is the constant carrot forever dangling in front of us, just out of reach.
But what happens when we aim beyond happiness? When we think outside the box of happiness? When we dare to go north of happiness? If we merely shoot for the moon, do we not forsake the stars? It’s like the “foot in the door technique” applied to happiness. The interesting thing is that you are more likely to achieve a state of happiness by aiming north of happiness than by merely shooting for happiness alone.
Here are five strategies for aiming beyond happiness…
1.) Seek Flow states:
“Creativity-like life itself-begins in darkness.” ~Julia Cameron
There is perhaps no other state better at launching you past happiness than achieving a flow state. When you are in the creative throes of a flow state, you are beyond place and time, beyond sadness or happiness, beyond good and evil. Time stops. Interconnectedness consumes you. It is the only state that subsumes all the other states on this list.
Being in flow is similar to being “in the zone.” Everything flows. Everything lines up. Infinity abounds in the here and now. There’s no wavering. There’s no hesitation. Anything keeping you away from being fully present in the moment falls away. Creativity emanates. Imagination gushes, full-frontal, tidal. All you can do is surf it into timelessness.
In the flow state, you’re not just a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop.
And when you come up for air, not only are you happy, you are triumphant. You are overwhelmed with the joy of creation. A joy tantamount to jouissance. You have surfed the wave of your flow state straight over happiness and landed into providence.
Happiness becomes merely a side effect of doing something you love. It’s the residue of falling in love with the moment so completely that you lose your attachment to happiness. You have surrendered your egos attachment to happiness, and love stands triumphant.
2.) Seek Non-Attachment:
“Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.” ~Rumi
Speaking of surrendering your ego’s attachment to happiness, non-attachment launches you past happiness by burying your ego, before it can sink in its claws, or at least by transforming your egocentric view into a soul-centric one. Non-attachment puts the cart of the ego behind the horse of being fully present.
Selflessness is key. When you’re not married to a particular outcome, you are more open to whatever the outcome might be. When you’re not attached to a particular expectation, you are more likely to adapt and overcome the vicissitudes of life. In a selfless state, in a non-attached state, emotions come and go, washing over the state of human experience like tidal forces on a beach.
In a non-attached state, you are always north of happiness. You’re north of any emotion, really. Emotions are neither here nor there. They are merely passing storms or momentary sunshine. Nothing lasts forever. There is no permanence. The only thing that never changes is the fact that everything changes. Your defeats won’t last, but neither will your triumphs.
3.) Seek No-mind:
“Truth is a staff rejected.” ~unknown
No-mind is that rare state, usually achieved through deep meditation, where thoughts melt away and you are completely present in the moment. All previous conditioning, indoctrination, and brainwashing falls away. All that remains is the infinite void, Indra’s net, the interconnectedness of all things. You’re able to see with “over-eyes”, perceiving the big picture despite the usual small picture perspective held up by your ego. Indeed, no-mind is the place where the ego goes to die—at least temporarily.
In this state you are a fountainhead to the cosmos. Your crown chakra is in full flutter. You are in a state of absolute non-bias and non-judgment, completely open to the vital information being downloaded by the universe. All thought is put on hold. Your mind is a sponge soaking in truth. It’s only after the meditation, when no-mind is replaced with mindfulness, where the potential for happiness manifests itself. And the potential is great, heightened by the experience in no-mind.
For no-mind has already launched you past happiness, into a state of absolute vulnerability, where the judgment, bias, and close mindedness of your thoughts were torn down to allow for beauty, truth, and wisdom to sneak in. All three of which can lead to Eudemonia: happiness beyond happiness, a flourishing of the human condition, a mind-body-soul creative expression and a deep sense of purpose.
4.) Seek Interdependence:
“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.” ~Michel de Montaigne
Beyond codependence, beyond even independence, there is the holistic state of interdependence. When you are codependent, you expect happiness to come to you. When you’re independent, you expect to find happiness. When you’re interdependent, however, you have already subsumed happiness because happiness, like sadness, grief, joy, guilt, anger, love, and any other emotions, are simply a small aspect of the interconnected whole. Happiness is merely a small side effect of living a full life, just as all other emotions are.
Achieving a state of interdependence is no small feat, but the little bursts of happiness discovered along the way make the pain of growth well worth it. The pain of passing through the many thresholds of cognitive dissonance, dark nights of the soul, ego death, comfort zone stretching, and the trials and tribulations of taking an independent leap of courage out of codependent cowardice, will lead to the absolute joy of self-improvement, self-overcoming, and the personal transformation into your own version of heroism.
Working toward a state of interdependence, day in and day out, makes happiness itself a process, an inherent aspect of the overall method. Because you are always aiming for personal growth, self-improvement and self-overcoming, you are always north of happiness. The process itself trumps the happiness gained, but it is also within the process where the most happiness is obtained.
5.) Seek Meaning creation:
“Happy is the man who discovers wisdom. For the merchandise of it is better than silver, and the gain better than gold. Length of days in her right-hand; and in her left-hand riches and honor. She is a tree of life to them that hold her; and happy is everyone that retains her.” ~Proverbs 13-18
Meaning trumps happiness, yet most happiness comes from meaning. As such, the creation of meaning is the ultimate trump card, and perhaps even the ultimate True North.
When you’re creating meaning, you are the perennial artist, a self-inflicted mythologist transforming the mundane infinity that surrounds you into the meaningful art that defines you. As a creator of meaning, you hold courage in one hand and audacity in the other, defying the inherently meaningless universe by creating your own meaning despite.
The meaning you create becomes a trophy, a symbol of your imagination and creativity, a magic elixir that can be shared with “the tribe,” and a legacy that can be passed down to your progeny. It becomes your life’s purpose, an immortality project that transcends happiness.
At the end of the day, searching for happiness is old hat. Better to go north of happiness. Better to experience flow states. Better to practice non-attachment and no-mind. Better to strive for Interdependence through self-improvement and self-overcoming. Better to create your own meaning despite meaninglessness and happiness. Best, to simply revel in the little moments of happiness that come and go from courageously living a well-lived life.
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About the Author:
Gary Z McGee, a former Navy Intelligence Specialist turned philosopher, is the author of Birthday Suit of God and The Looking Glass Man. His works are inspired by the great philosophers of the ages and his wide-awake view of the modern world.
This article (North of Happiness: 5 States of Being that Will Launch You Past Happiness) was originally created and published by The Mind Unleashed and is re-printed here (retitled) under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Gary Z McGee and themindunleashed.com. It may be re-posted freely with proper attribution, author bio, and this statement of copyright.
by Grow Up Conference | Aug 29, 2023 | Cannabis News Wire, Media Partners
An escalating number of Canadian marijuana enterprises are submitting grievances against their industry counterparts, alleging infractions or expressing concerns. This escalating trend is a product of fierce rivalry and struggling companies resorting to any available advantage, as experts point out.
According to Canada’s federal marijuana regulatory authority, the past year witnessed 706 instances of such grievances filed by regulated marijuana establishments against fellow regulated operators. This figure represents a notable surge compared to the records from 2021, which documented 214 formal complaints, and the statistics from 2020, when the count stood at 182 complaints, as data from Health Canada showed.
Chad Finkelstein, a legal expert at the Toronto-based law firm Dale and Lessmann, commented on the situation, noting that “numerous cannabis enterprises engage in various marketing practices that border on regulatory conformity or, in some instances, overtly violate them.”
In a recent example, an Alberta-based cannabis retailer was found to have transgressed the advertising criteria laid out by the province’s Cannabis, Liquor, and Gaming Commission. Finkelstein noted that previously, cannabis companies habitually scrutinized each marketing concept in advance to ensure compliance. However, fewer firms follow this practice today. He suggested this shift might be due, in part, to the historical lack of enforcement against potentially contentious marketing actions, leading marijuana companies to perceive these as permissible.
Finkelstein, who also chairs the firm’s marijuana division, advised companies to heed feedback from the public. “The optimal approach to risk mitigation involves avoiding platforms more likely to attract family or parental attention,” he advised. “We’ve encountered clients who desired to take calculated risks with advertising during festivals or via mailers potentially seen by minors. If your target audience includes families, there’s a higher likelihood of receiving grievances compared to instances where exposure to children is limited, and parents are less predisposed to field inquiries from their children regarding the presence and meaning of the content.”
Hyde Advisory and Investments CEO David Hyde affirmed that there is an increasing number of distressed licensed producers, resulting in heightened complaints lodged against rival enterprises. He noted that licensed producers struggling to differentiate themselves often resort to questionable measures to gain an edge over competitors.
“Many are forced to navigate advertising restrictions, skirt sampling limitations, or even offer incentives to retailers — whatever it takes, as many have realized that pushing boundaries and taking risks is essential,” he said.
This has prompted their competitors, which are also teetering on the brink, to cry foul, even if they aren’t actually breaching regulations or crossing boundaries, simply because they are just as desperate.
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