Jack Herer

Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.

American Activist

Cressida Dick

Scent is very important to me but it is the case that my colleagues think it is hilarious that I simply cannot smell, ever, the smell of cannabis.

British Public Servant

Ziggy Marley

Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant, and it is very useful.

Jamaican Musician

Cannabis is used both for relaxation and medical purposes, which can affect its legality.

Multiple Uses

The term 'cannabis' is formal, whereas 'pot' or 'weed' are informal and used in casual conversation.

Informal Settings

The phrase 'medical cannabis' suggests legal use, while just 'cannabis' can imply illicit use.

Legal Implications

The legal context of 'cannabis' often involves discussions around crime, law, and penalties.

Legal Connotations

Cannabis is a controversial topic, so use the word carefully in discussions to avoid misunderstandings.

Sensitive Topic

Distinguish between 'medical cannabis' for treatment and 'recreational cannabis' for pleasure.

Medical vs Recreational

 I know you said that you've never tried any. Chris, don't do that wink. For those of you that have, sometimes it can be extremely overwhelming. So we only put it in certain ingredients so that we can control it. If you didn't want cannabis, we can just take that ingredient out and replace it with a non-infused item.

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 I know it's this is a sensitive topic but a very important one so thank you for for bringing this up and helping us explore it you know a lot of folks are gonna are experiencing health benefits from marijuana and cannabis what would you say to that part of the community

What commercialization...

 take advantage of and nobody has the right to own anything that's naturally occurring through the use of a patent what's up there dear oh I would have never thought that I'd come out here to try cannabis for Lily it would have never crossed my mind you know until we

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 differently to a different strain of cannabis a different dose of cannabis a different method of using it I don't know the answer and I don't think anybody else knows the answers there's this this crazy dissociation between what's happening at a federal level of

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 but if you can't do that, because you're traumatized or isolated or beaten down by life, you will bond with something that will give you some sense of relief. Now, that might be gambling, that might be pornography, that might be cocaine, that might be cannabis,

Everything you think you...

 and researchers who are interested in monitoring a rate of corpse decomposition. And in this particular photograph the body of a young boy has been used to reenact a crime scene. This is the only federally funded site where it is legal to cultivate cannabis

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 by doing the same thing that a certain kind of potato a certain kind of drug a sativa indica cannabis cross has something to say about us and that wouldn't this be kind of an interesting way to look at the world now the test of

A plant's-eye view -...

 cannabis ministry it's a non-denominational Church so we don't try to focus people's certain beliefs but we do believe that the cannabis plant is the Tree of Life it is

The Church of Cannabis PIPE...

 cannabis could be potentially useful for so the reality is in most of the world these drugs are still illegal and almost no research into the gun

The Decline in Drug...

 everybody wants to look at cannabis as another medicine and we have to remember though that most medicines are one ingredient cannabis is not one