If you saw me walking down the street, a white, middle-class guy in his 60s, I doubt you’d think I could be someone who was once addicted to opioids. But I was, and I’m sharing my story about this journey to help people understand that addiction can ha… Continue reading
Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week: NAR’s approval of a new fair housing action plan, unnecessary services agents can stop spending money on and a cannabis-themed open house…. Continue reading
At a cannabis industry job fair near Chicago in October, IT specialist Pam Lefkowitz, 59, was tenth in line to talk to a recruiter from Green Thumb Industries, a Chicago-based cannabis packaged goods retailer with stores across the U.S. Calmly waiting … Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: This video and transcript were previously published by PBS NewsHour.) As medical marijuana (also called cannabis) has become legal in much of the U.S., more older adults are starting to use it to manage pain and opioid addiction. In Ari… Continue reading
Navigating the relatively new world of legal medical marijuana (also called cannabis) in the U.S. is not simple. Trying to get your head around varying state regulations, marijuana strains, hemp, CBD, THC, terpenes, edibles and oils, if you want to, is… Continue reading
There may be nothing more painful than looking on, helplessly, while a loved one struggles with the agitation and uncontrolled behaviors of dementia. This is what happened to Greg Spier, as he watched his father, Alex Spier, who suffered from Alzheimer… Continue reading
Chances are that you, as a patient or consumer, have become a marketing target for cannabis-product sellers. The cannabidiol — a derivative of cannabis also known as CBD — product market is exploding. And that’s exactly why the Food and Drug Administra… Continue reading
We continue to hear so much about the medicinal benefits of cannabis — marijuana and hemp — for alleviating a variety of health problems, including chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia and seizures. Next Avenue has published many stories about medicinal can… Continue reading
With cannabis, a spoonful of sugar actually does help the medicine go down. Whether to treat chronic pain, get a good night’s sleep or relieve the side effects of cancer treatments, older adults are increasingly embracing cannabis-infused candies as a … Continue reading
For many of us who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, smoking pot (also called marijuana or cannabis) was an integral part of the social scene. But whether we never touched the stuff, gave it up decades ago or still maintain a relationship with the pl… Continue reading