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Meet The 7-Month-Old Going Viral For Her Luxurious Hair

Amy Hansen
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Meet The 7-Month-Old Going Viral For Her Luxurious Hair

Some of us spend our entire lives trying to reach peak #HairGoals by taking supplements, using a silk pillowcase, and eating foods rich in omega-3s — anything to urge our follicles to ‘get in the game’ and give us a shiny, thick head of hair.

But at 7-months-old, baby Chanco has already achieved this. And she’s got an Instagram account to prove it. As you can see by her photos, she was born with a full mane last December, and it’s only gotten more next-level since then.

 

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While baby Chanco’s hair looks pretty solid, there’s a chance it won’t always be this voluminous (womp, womp). According to Yahoo! Lifestyle:

Because of hormones, some babies are born with plenty of hair, only to lose it in the following weeks. Baby Chanco’s hair may not be lost, but its texture and color could change as she grows.

Of course the texture will change as she gets older! What young girl doesn’t immediately kill her hair’s chance of survival with a can of RAVE or AquaNet as soon as she enters Junior High? Until then, baby Chanco, take care of those locks, girl!

How Will Marvel Replace Actors After The Next ‘Avengers’ Movie?

Brendan Bures
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How Will Marvel Replace Actors After The Next ‘Avengers’ Movie?

It seems like ever since Robert Downey Jr. accepted the role of Iron Man back in 2008, we’ve wondered when exactly he’ll hang up the suit. Downey has appeared as Tony Stark in eight different Marvel films, plus other various cameos. But after 2019’s Infinity War follow-up, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will approach a crossroads with Downey and the countless other actors who make up the Avengers. What happens when Downey no longer wants to suit up in Iron Man armor and Chris Evans decides to hang up his Captain America shield?

Luckily, Marvel hasn’t had to address such concerns yet. But the possibility remains present on the mind of Kevin Fiege, who serves as Marvel’s studio head and de facto MCU architect.  He addressed such concerns in The Costco Connection of all places and says the studio has a plan in place should an actor walk away before their character’s story has completed its arc.

The answer, according to Fiege, is in the comic books:

That’s what we can look to in the comics. And that’s why these characters are so relevant. I talk about 10 years of movies, but it’s 50-plus years of these characters in the comics

And they’re just as relevant and popular. And that’s because they do get updated. They do change with the times. I have no doubt that all of our actors, who are in peak physical shape, have got another 50 years in them to be heroes.

Fiege added that he hasn’t had to contemplate such action because the focus remains finishing what they started with Infinity War. But his message appears clear that while audiences may have grown accustomed to watching Downey as Iron Man or Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, these characters will persist beyond whatever actor plays them. We’ve already seen this play out with Bruce Banner/the Hulk—Eric Bana, Edward Norton, and Mark Ruffalo have all played the role within the past decade or so.

Though Marvel has successfully expanded its movie universe, adding in more diverse characters and allowing directors more creative freedom, the idea of 50 more years of these movies seems rather daunting. However, if Downey is still playing Tony Stark circa 2060, you best believe I’ll show up for a screening.

This Democratic Congressman Just Called Marijuana A ‘Gateway Drug’

Mary Schumacher
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This Democratic Congressman Just Called Marijuana A ‘Gateway Drug’

As long as there is a debate about cannabis, which is admittedly still a controversial subject — especially in states where legislation hasn’t been made regarding marijuana — there will be three continually asked questions: What about stoned driving? How do we protect our children? And, isn’t pot a gateway drug?

The latter question, however, has all but been squashed in public debate, especially with studies and numbers showing that cannabis is actually an exit solution for the opiate based pharmaceuticals and street drugs that are ravishing our country. Many veterans and those in chronic pain have weaned themselves off of not just opiates, but muscle relaxers, benzos and other strong, addictive prescriptions.

One Democratic Congressman didn’t get the memo, though. During a caller Q and A on CSPAN, Rep. Elijah Cummings made the painful aside, “We know that marijuana is known to be a gateway drug.” Even though the comment came out during his focus on racial disparities in cannabis arrest rates, it still stood out as a tell.

Over previous years, Cummings had voted several times against protecting states rights when it came to marijuana, but he changed his tune in 2014, including the cast of a full turnaround vote that the federal government should not be able to meddle in state law.

While the remark could have been a gaff on Cummings’ part, it could also show that he, and many others who are new to the positive side of the THC table, still holds some lingering prejudice against the plant. Those prejudices could potentially bleed into policies he votes on in the future, but let’s not jump the gun.

Because of his recent track record, it’s likely a safe bet to give Cummings the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes a safety phrase comes out when we aren’t even thinking it. Perhaps Cummings was imagining a much earlier career debate for a moment or maybe he does still believe that cannabis leads to harder, more addictive drugs, but his recent voting record yet stands out.

As long as Cummings continues to vote in favor of cannabis based policies, we can follow the old adage, “Actions speak louder than words.” Still, the fact that one simple aside that goes against what we’ve learned and have known about cannabis caused such a stir is ultimately positive. People are paying attention and many are changing hardset minds as more and more proofs spill out of the pudding.

5 Deadly Drugs The Government Says Are Safer Than Marijuana

Maria Loreto
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5 Deadly Drugs The Government Says Are Safer Than Marijuana

Even though cannabis has never caused or has been related to any deaths, the plant is still incredibly misunderstood by the US government who’s reluctant to admit that their system of categorizing drugs is wrong and outdated. In the Drugs of Abuse Resource Guide, the DEA’s own guide of drugs, marijuana is categorized as a Schedule I type of drug suggesting that it’s more dangerous than cocaine, meth, fentanyl and tons of other deadly drugs. The US government is still blind and deaf to the evolving opinions of the world regarding cannabis and to its progress.

Check out this wild list of drugs that the DEA considers less dangerous than marijuana:

Benzodiazepines  

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Commonly referred to as Benzos and categorized as Schedule IV, these drugs are psychoactive and are found in many anti-anxiety medicines like Xanax and Valium. They’re kind of a mystery, in terms of how they work, but scientists agree that they affect neurotransmitters like GABA. Benzos suppress the activity of these neurotransmitters and help people cope with anxiety and the overactivity of these nerves. These drugs have a lot of potential for abuse and are responsible for the deaths of over 8,000 americans.

Cocaine

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Categorized as a Schedule II type of drug, cocaine is a stimulant and a highly addictive drug that has some therapeutical uses, but is mostly considered illegal due to its dangerous side effects that include violent behavior, paranoia and tremors. In 2011, more than 4,000 people died from cocaine overdose. Overdoses from this drug can also lead to cardiac and respiratory arrests, and strokes.

Fentanyl

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Categorized a a Schedule II drug, Fentanyl is one of the strongest opiates available. This drug is normally used for treating pain after surgeries because it produces a strong and immediate effect (about 50 times stronger than morphine) that doesn’t last very long, which is also why it’s so dangerous and addictive. Fentanyl is responsible for over 10,000 deaths a year.

Methamphetamine

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Part of the Schedule II category, this drug is a stimulant that can be snorted, smoked, swallowed or injected. It’s highly addictive because it increases the production of dopamine and can lead to death, strokes, heart attacks and organ failure.

Morphine

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One of the oldest pharmaceuticals in history, morphine was widely misused and caused the deaths of thousands of patients. Nowadays, doctors prescribe it with much more care, yet it’s still considered pretty dangerous.

Oxycodone

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Originally developed as a less addictive and dangerous version of morphine and heroin, oxycodone is just as powerful but easier to acquire, which is why is referred to as “Hillbilly Heroin.” Statistics claim it kills around 5,000 americans a year.

The Ultimate Guide To Marijuana Dosing For Beginners

Project CBD
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The Ultimate Guide To Marijuana Dosing For Beginners

Cannabis therapeutics is personalized medicine. The right treatment regimen depends on the person and condition being treated. For maximum therapeutic benefit, choose cannabis products that include both cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating compound, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component of cannabis. Here is the ultimate guide to marijuana dosing.

Working Better Together

CBD and THC interact to enhance each other’s therapeutic effects. They work best together. A patient’s sensitivity to THC is a key factor to determining the ratio and dosage of CBD-rich medicine. Many people enjoy the cannabis high and can consume reasonable doses of any cannabis product without feeling too high or dysphoric. Others find THC unpleasant. CBD can lessen or neutralize the intoxicating effects of THC. So a greater ratio of CBD-to-THC means less of a “high.”

Finding your ratio is the first step to effective treatment.

Find Your Ratio

Although banned by federal law, dosed cannabis medicine is currently available in the form of concentrated oil extracts, infused sublingual sprays, capsules, edibles, and other products. Potent cannabis oil extracts have varying ratios of CBD and THC that are calibrated to suit the needs and sensitivities of each patient.

For anxiety, depression, spasms, and pediatric seizure disorders, many patients initially find they do best with a moderate dose of a CBD-dominant remedy (a CBD:THC ratio of more than 10:1). But a low THC remedy, while not intoxicating, is not necessarily the best therapeutic option.

A combination of CBD and THC will likely have a greater therapeutic effect for a wider range of conditions than CBD or THC alone.

For cancer, neurological disease, and many other ailments, patients may benefit from a balanced ratio of CBD and THC. Extensive clinical research has shown that a 1:1 CBD:THC ratio is effective for neuropathic pain. Optimizing one’s therapeutic use of cannabis may entail a careful, step-by-step process, whereby a patient starts with small doses of a non-intoxicating CBD-rich remedy, observes the results, and gradually increases the amount of THC.

In essence, the goal is to self-administer consistent, measurable doses of a CBD-rich remedy that includes as much THC as a person is comfortable with.

The Biphasic Effect

Cannabis compounds have biphasic properties, which means that low and high doses of the same substance can produce opposite effects. Small doses of cannabis tend to stimulate; large doses sedate. Too much THC, while not lethal, can amplify anxiety and mood disorders.

CBD has no known adverse side effects at any dose, but drug interactions can be problematic. An excessive amount of CBD could be less effective therapeutically than a moderate dose. “Less is more” is often the case with respect to cannabis therapy.

“Dosage is everything”—Paracelsus

Dosage Guidelines

  • Decide how you want to take cannabis. Cannabis oil is available in sprays, capsules, edibles and other products.
  • Find your ratio. Cannabis products have varying amounts of CBD and THC. A high CBD or high THC product is not necessarily superior to a strain with a balanced ratio. Find the proper combination to optimize your therapeutic use of cannabis.
  • Begin with a low dose especially if you have little or no experience with cannabis.
  • Take a few small doses over the course of the day rather than one big dose.
  • Use the same dose and ratio for several days. Observe the effects and if necessary adjust the ratio or amount.
  • Don’t overdo it. “Less is more” is often the case with cannabis therapeutics.
  • Be aware of possible side effects. Cannabis is a safe and forgiving medicine. Depending upon delivery method and individual tolerance, it can amplify anxiety and mood disorders. Other possible side effects are dry mouth, dizziness and faintness.
  • Consult your health counselor. Proceed cautiously, especially if you have a history of alcohol or drug abuse, mental illness, or are pregnant or breastfeeding.

This story originally appeared on Project CBD.

Meme Of The Week: Melania Trump Doesn’t Know How To Garden

Maria Loreto
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Meme Of The Week: Melania Trump Doesn’t Know How To Garden

Melania Trump is getting a harsh reminder that the internet never forgets. In this instance, the content isn’t even all that incriminating, it’s just an awkward picture that features her “gardening.” It’s funnier than it sounds.

Huffington Post reports that the photo was taken a while ago, in September 2017, when Melania Trump was planting and harvesting vegetables with the Boys & Girls Club of America. After looking at the photo for a few seconds you might wonder just why it didn’t go viral when it first came out.

Model and author Chrissy Tiegen was one of the first to comment on the photo, mentioning how spotless Melania’s shoes look and how unlikely it is that she’s actually gardening. Her large following made the tweet go viral in a few hours. The post now has over 10 thousand Retweets and 130 thousand likes.

Users were quick to join in and add even more jokes, photo shopping Melania into other scenarios, adding in a dancing Michael Jackson and commenting on how spotless her outfit and hair looks. Maybe people are being really mean and Melania is the cleanest and smoothest gardener around. Who knows. The jokes are still great.

Is Facebook Blocking Marijuana-Related Searches?

Mike Adams
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Is Facebook Blocking Marijuana-Related Searches?

Facebook is allegedly up to some super-secret plot to prevent pages with the words “marijuana” and “cannabis” in the title from showing up in its search results. So it Facebook blocking marijuana-related searches? Although the targeted listings have not been disabled, a report from Marijuana Moment suggests that the social media giant is “shadow-banning” certain organizations from the platform that blatantly represent the cannabis trade and the fight to dig the cannabis plant further out of the pits of prohibition. This dust up was uncovered earlier this week after the California Bureau of Cannabis Control discovered its page was affected. It was later determined that cannabis media outlets Marijuana Moment and Marijuana Business Daily, as well as advocacy group the Marijuana Policy Project also did not turn up when entered into the Facebook search.

However, it does not appear that every pot-related page is victim to the supposed shadow ban. Pages like Cannabis Now Magazine, Cannabis Culture and even the First Church of Cannabis are still turning up without issue. Others pages representing sites that publish almost exclusively marijuana-related news and features, like The Fresh Toast, High Times and Snoop Dogg’s Merry Jane remained unaffected, as well.

But there is no doubt that when “marijuana” is entered into the Facebook search bar, nothing shows up but the message “We couldn’t find anything for marijuana.” Whether this is an intentional move on the part of Facebook or just a technical snag to be sorted out in the near future is not yet known. The social media company has not responded as to why this is happening.

Journalist Chris Roberts, who penned the shadow ban piece, explains that Facebook and other social media platforms have been struggling for years to figure out how to handle pages dedicate to marijuana, which remains illegal at the federal level.

“Advertisements for marijuana businesses or advocating cannabis use are regularly blocked on Facebook and other social-media websites—including Instagram, which is also a Facebook property—for violating community standards, which ban the sale of “illegal drugs”,” he wrote.

“Algorithms often block promotions for news articles or other noncommercial posts that merely mention “marijuana” or “cannabis,” a situation that often requires lengthy appeals processes to clear automatically flagged content that doesn’t actually violate terms of service.”

Social media platforms have been causing trouble for the cannabis community for sometime. Last year, Twitter temporarily blocked searches pertaining to marijuana. So it is possible that Facebook is experimenting with a similar policy shift. Yet, as Roberts points out, “Users accessing Facebook via the iOS app have been able to find cannabis-related pages they already follow on the main search results tab, but tapping the “Pages” tab yields an empty result.” This is likely an indication that the geeks in Facebook’s coding department are just stoned.

Apple’s Next iPad Pro Could Look A Lot Like The iPhone X

Maria Loreto
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Apple’s Next iPad Pro Could Look A Lot Like The iPhone X

Apple is planning on improving their iPads, releasing two models in the coming year that are different and promise an upgrade that , up until now, the tablets have been missing. One of the tablets is cheaper and accessible to schools, the other will look like a large iPhone X.

This iPad will be called iPad Pro and it could feature Face ID, no notch, and a much thinner and sleek design. This discovery was found by 9to5Mac, hidden in the code of beta 5 of Apple’s iOS 12. The icon found on the software shows an iPad with no notch.

Another bit of code was uncovered by9to5Mac developer Guilherme Rambo, who uploaded an image on Twitter.

In order to have access to Face ID, iPhones must have True Depth camera, which is currently exclusive for iPhone X devices. In the future, Apple might make the technology available for all of their devices, or they might save the most expensive and cool features for higher priced products.

If the iPad Pro follows the footsteps of the iPhone, then it’s likely that it won’t feature a headphone jack. Which is the worst idea that Apple is successfully popularizing.

France Has Banned The Use Of Cellphones In Schools

Maria Loreto
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France Has Banned The Use Of Cellphones In Schools

French citizens and lawmakers decided to ban the use of smartphones in schools this past Monday. President Emmanuel Macron had proposed this law while he was campaigning, promising that kids under the age of 15 would have the choice of either leaving their phones at home, or shutting them off for the duration of the school day.

While some exceptions are made for students with disabilities and for those who’ll use electronic devices for educational purposes, the law is supposed to extend itself to other electronic devices that have access to the Internet, including tablets, laptops, and others.

The Verge reports that this isn’t the first time that France has monitored the use of cellphones; in 2010 the use of smartphones was banned during all teaching activity. Earlier this year, texting while in a car was banned, even when pulled over by the side of the road.

Alex Corbière, deputy of Unbowed France party, said that the approved law was already in place. “I don’t know a single teacher in this country that allows the use of phones in class.”

According to The Guardian, the law will kick off properly during the beginning of the school year in September. French lawmakers explained that even though technology can be used for educational purposes, the use of mobiles should be controlled. This law is also supposed to serve as a public health message to families. “It’s good that children are not too often, or even at all, in front of a screen before the age of seven,” said Jean-Michel Blanquer, the French minister of education.

Former NJ Gov. Partners With Marijuana Edibles Company

Amy Hansen
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Former NJ Gov. Partners With Marijuana Edibles Company

New Jersey’s former Governor James Florio has joined the advisory board of Nuka Enterprises. It’s a big score for the Colorado-based company as they work to expand into the Garden State.

Floria will be supporting the company through his law firm, Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Capelli, LLC.

Nuka’s 1906 cannabis edibles include artisanal chocolates for energy, arousal, sleep, relaxation and bliss.

“The people of New Jersey have recognized and acknowledged the importance of cannabis legalization as a medicinal, social justice and economic issue, and that the time for responsible change has come,” said Florio in a statement. “I am proud to be partnering with Nuka who have been recognized for their safe, innovative and progressive approach to the cannabis edibles market. I also believe in Peter Barsoom, Nuka’s founder and CEO, who is a New Jersey native and a thought leader in the industry, promoting responsible consumption of legal cannabis in a regulated market that protects the consumer.”

Peter Barsoom, CEO of Nuka Enterprises, says it’s an honor to be working.

“This is an exciting time of economic growth in New Jersey, which has the potential to be totally transformative for cannabis legislation and regulation,” said Barsoom. “New Jersey is the home of so many highly-regulated industries, including pharmaceutical and biotech, and robust research institutions. We’ve got incredible resources and models, and we have executive support across all branches of government–our governor and both leaders of the the legislative branch. This is our opportunity to get this right–to get social justice right, to get research right, to get the consumer experience right–and when we do, we will set best practices and standards for the entire world.”

Florio joins a list of other politicians joining the Green Rush.

Former House Speaker John Boehner and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld are both board members of Acreage Holdings,  a cannabis business that aims to “make cannabis available to any patient who can benefit from safe and reliable access.”

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