By Susan Boskey Who knew? In my article, Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells, I laid out the scientific evidence provided by in-vitro and lab animal testing. The fact of cannabis’ proven ability to kill cancer cells still only barely scratches the surface in terms of further…
By Susan Boskey Let it be known that the cultivation of industrial hemp, a non-psychoactive variety of cannabis, is now possible for every state of these United States. This, with the passing of the Unified 2018 Farm Bill, December 2018, championed by Senate Majority Leader…
By Susan Boskey Until recently chemotherapy and radiation have been considered the only game in town for someone to attempt to beat cancer. This, despite the fact that such treatments are poisons destroying the health of the immune system and its vital healing function while…
By Susan Boskey Hands down, cannabis comes out on top despite the ever-present stigma that rears its ugly head even in legal recreational-use states. Alcohol use, however, is generally still more popular and widely accepted in the adult world. In the information age boasting huge…
Op-Ed by Susan Boskey In 1983 I had the privilege of co-producing the last leg of R. Buckminster Fuller’s national speaking tour at the Marin County, California, Civic Center titled, “Only Personal Integrity is Going to Count.” Sadly, just a few months thereafter, I was…
By Susan Boskey Is hemp cannabidiol (CBD) oil the new snake oil? Definitely not! Yet by the way some websites are marketing it I’m left to wonder. The cannabis industry and others call the unrestrained and exuberant marketing of legal marijuana the “Green Rush” as…
By Susan Boskey Perhaps not your grandparent’s pain meds, medical marijuana is quickly becoming a favorite ‘go-to’ medicine for Baby Boomers and those ever-more elderly. Getting to this point of therapeutic use, however, has been quite the long and windy road given how the US…
Op-Ed by Susan Boskey Cannabis is a very good and ancient medicine that can help and heal many ills. Yet nothing, including cannabis, is ever all one way. When its plant properties are used correctly, cannabis heals but when over-used/abused it can totally ruin someone’s…
By Susan Boskey (This is the final of a three-part series: The Anxiety Epidemic. Read Part I and Part II.) “We are not humans having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Modern society is so far…
By Susan Boskey (This is the 2nd of the series: The Anxiety Epidemic. Read Part I of the series here.) Hands down the pharmaceutical industry has cornered the market when it comes to helping people overcome symptoms of various anxiety disorders. With statistical evidence of…
By Susan Boskey Last week I read an article titled, “Anti-anxiety meds could be next U.S. epidemic.” [1] I think a better title would have been: Anxiety: a U.S. Epidemic. How do we know anxiety is of epidemic proportions? We know because statistics reveal a…
By Susan Boskey Cannabidiol (CBD) is everywhere today in health news. It has made cannabis respectable, once again. As one of over 100 chemical compounds in the cannabis plant and one that is non-psychoactive, CBD is a current stand-out in the cannabis family. Of course,…
By Susan Boskey This is the 3nd and final part of a three-part series about: Part I- the contextual influences modern society has on mood disorders and addictions, Part II – the risks of buy-in, and Part III – the possibility of soul renewal via…
By Susan Boskey This is the 2nd of a three-part series about: Part I- the contextual influences modern society has on mood disorders and addictions, Part II – the risks of buy-in, and Part III – the possibility of soul renewal via (but not limited…
By Susan Boskey This is the first of a three-part series about the contextual influences modern society has on mood disorders and addictions, 2) the risks of buy-in, and 3) the possibility of soul renewal via (but not limited to)therapeutic cannabis use. Part I: The…
By Susan Boskey Who wants to be branded a pot head in our drug-test economy? Not anyone I know. It’s a costly label garnered from a stereotype of those who abuse cannabis but typically don’t think they are. The ‘evil drug’ mental construct placed on…
By Susan Boskey Cherokee proverb:”Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” In my last article, Depression on the Rise and the Cannabis Response, I wrote about how the diagnosis for depression rose 33% between 2011 and 2014, some possible…
By Susan Boskey Are you experiencing depression? If so, you are not alone and are among the millions of Americans plagued by this mood disorder. A recent article shared new statistical details about how depression in the U.S. is on the rise. Apparently the diagnosis…
By Susan Boskey Holism is about the big picture; it relates to the theory that nothing happens in a vacuum. When seeking answers to a problem, holism puts the emphasis on the ‘whole’ rather than the parts. The English Oxford Dictionaries define holism: The theory…
By Susan Boskey Earlier this month a CNBC article came out with a statement of the obvious which most people have already known for a long time: the economy has not really gotten better. Duh. All the while soon after the 2007-8 economic meltdown and…
