The Plant That's Threatening Federalism | Natalie Reed

From a very young age we were being told how dangerous and awful cigarettes were for our bodies. I can remember sitting in my elementary school auditorium staring at a disgusting black spotted pig lung and listening to a man explain that this is what a human lung looks like after it is exposed to cigarette smoke for so many years. By the time I was of age to legally purchase cigarettes they were pretty much out of fashion. It weird to think that smoking was ever a trend but it was as much of a trend in the U.S. as UGGs or scrunchies were. The difference, however, is that cigarettes ended up being a deadly trend. Old Fashioned Cigarette Ad Not only was being a cigarette smoker proven to be deadly, but so was being around cigarette smokers. While the effects of secondhand smoke are not as direct or speedy, they can still result in all of the same consequences of smoking like cancer, and even death. Trends fade in and out and are usually replaced by something new, but still s...

CBD Oil CBD,  Cannabidiol, has been becoming increasingly popular, but very few people seem to actually know what it is. According to Jon Johnson's article in Medical News Today , " CBD is one of many compounds, known as cannabinoids, that are found in the cannabis plant." One of the main questions right now is whether or not CBD is marijuana.  In order to understand this we have to understand what marijuana is composed of. Marijuana contains CBD and THC which are two very different compounds that have very different affects on the body. So essentially CBD is just a component of marijuana, it is not marijuana itself. The THC is the part of marijuana that is known for producing the high that people feel after smoking or ingesting marijuana. CBD, on the other hand, is not psychoactive, but it also has been proven to have possible health benefits.  Most of the CBD used medically comes from hemp, which is a less processed form of the cannabis plant. Hemp and marijua...