Benefits of Sacred Sage: Smoking, Smudging, and Drinking

Cannabis has taken the healing and smokeable herb spotlight in the Western world for many years. It is recorded that recreational use of marijuana was first introduced to American culture after the Mexican Revolution in 1910. From there it has remained an herb of controversy. In recent years, studies have proven marijuana to be effective in treating glaucoma, improving lung health in cigarette smokers, reducing epileptic seizures, decreasing anxiety, stopping cancer cells from spreading, easing pain associated with several disease processes (i.e. multiple sclerosis and arthritis), calming the effects of PTSD, and providing a host of other physical, mental, and …read more