Category: Marijuana Patients Organization

Archived articles from The Marijuana Patients Organization (marijuanapatients.org), an advocacy site that was widely popular in the United States from 2010- 2017.

The Healthiest People in the World

People who live in the healthiest countries have long life expectancies and low infant mortality rates. The lifestyle characteristics in the countries with the healthiest citizens are not surprising. Try adopting some healthy living habits from the world’s healthiest countries. Many of the citizens in the healthiest countries consume fish and tofu rather than heavily processed meat and choose walking over any other forms of transportation.

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Marijuana: Friend or foe? How can we evaluate medical potential without enabling addiction?

With National Recovery month beginning in September, Jon Weeldreyer, an addictions counselor at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, looks at the ways attitudes toward marijuana have evolved since the 1980s.

Although medical marijuana has provided relief to some patients’ medical disorders, he sees challenges with the growth in medical marijuana laws.

Weeldreyer, a counselor and manager of the Pine Rest Kalamazoo Clinic, explores these questions and challenges in the following column:{jcomments on}

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