Art Courtesy of Rebekah Jenks Walking into my job’s occupational health office sends my stomach into more twists than a pretzel. In my profession, an employee physical is standard. Also like many professions, a drug test is utilized for screening….
All Art Courtesy of Rebekah Jenks Every songbird yearns for the southern hemisphere when temperatures are turning cold. Migratory fledglings are innately drawn south, they cover vast distances to secure food, nesting and finding a safe haven in winter. Our…
My Father’s Cancer Journey Begins In 2014, my father was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer originating in plasma cells that crowds out healthy cells. According to the American Cancer Society, myeloma accounts for only 1.8 percent of cancer…
Holy smokes, Joe Biden pardoned all those convicted of federal marijuana violations and started the process of rescheduling cannabis? Maybe now I can get medical cannabis—or even adult-use cannabis—in my home state! Kentucky is one of just 13 states that…
Cannabis is one of the oldest known and most used plants on the planet, with evidence of this dating back almost 10,000 years according to recent archaeological findings near East Asia. With numerous uses as a source of medicine, food,…
“You have cancer.” These words dig deep into the core of one’s soul and change a person forever. You either learn to be a warrior or prepare for your end times. Determined to beat the disease without resorting to conventional…
These days, it seems that we can find a way to infuse just about everything with cannabis. Definitely food and tinctures, and of course lotion and beauty products. Did you know that we even infuse lube with cannabis? After my…
I am in the midst of a major transition. A few years ago, I took a job as a cannabis nurse. I felt burnt out by psychiatric nursing after having dispensed opiates and narcotics to patients that showed up monthly…
Having come from a strict Colombian family, weed was a sore subject in the ‘80s. My parents left Colombia before the Escobar days, but, the news portrayed Colombia as the drug capital of the world. My parents wanted to escape…
