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A Few Things to Know Before Cooking with Cannabis

There are many different ways you can choose to enjoy cannabis. It can be smoked, vaporized, used topically, and – a favorite to many – it can be eaten. When ingested, it takes longer for the initial effects to become noticeable, and after those effects set in you will likely feel them increasing in intensity, […]

Cannabis provides strong pain relief

Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) has been the topic of a lot of discussion in the U.S., not just in recent decades but for more than a century. It’s been one of the most controversial plants worldwide, arguably more than poppies and peyote. What’s hard to argue with, however, are the clinical findings that the pain-relieving […]

Dispensaries in Iowa Want PTSD Patients to Have Access to Medical Cannabis

Medical cannabis dispensaries and patient advocates in Iowa plan to ask Iowa health officials on Friday to add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and several other ailments as qualifying conditions for the state’s medical cannabidiol program. At a meeting of the Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board scheduled for Friday morning in Ankeny, Iowa, officials will hear petitions […]

Scientists Find Cannabis Compound More Effective Than Aspirin for Pain Relief

Despite the hundreds of compounds Cannabis sativa plants produce, just two cannabinoids—THC and CBD—have dominated discussions about the medicinal and therapeutic properties of cannabis. And for good reason. THCA and CBDA, the inactive acidic forms of THC and CBD, are the most abundant chemicals produced by cannabis plants, making them both the most commercially viable […]

The High Priestess: A Stoner’s Guide to Leo Season

Suns out, bums out, it’s time to spark it up in honor of the heat. We’ve made it past Eclipse season and now we get to celebrate. Summertime sadness WHOMST? We’ve officially departed from the emotive world of watery Cancer season and now we’re in the luxurious and loud vortex of Leo season. Represented by […]

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Shut Down After Owner Was Caught Selling Meth

An Oklahoma medical marijuana dispensary has been shut down after the owner of the shop was arrested on Wednesday for selling meth. Agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) arrested Jeffrey Peregrino, 38, the owner of the Left Handed Okies medical marijuana dispensary in Spiro, Oklahoma, who faces two counts of trafficking methamphetamine, according […]

New Poll Finds American Marijuana Use Roughly Even With Cigarette Smoking

Your chances of encountering an American who smokes cigarettes is just about as likely as crossing paths with one who smokes weed. That’s just one takeaway from a new Gallup poll, which found that the rate of cigarette smoking in the country has plummeted to an historic low. According to the survey, just 15 percent […]

SUM Microdose Tablets Expands Into California Cannabis Market

Colorado biotechnology company KelSie Biotech announced on Tuesday that its SUM Microdose line of products is expanding into California’s legal cannabis market. The company’s cannabis-infused products will be manufactured by Verde Natural, a cultivator and processor of marijuana products based in Colorado and California. Verde Natural also has a licensing agreement with KelSie Biotech to […]

Key Takeaways from Today’s Hearing on the SAFE Banking Act

A Senate committee held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss ways for cannabis businesses operating legally under state law to obtain access to banking and financial services. At the hearing, Senators and witnesses including members of the cannabis industry focused on the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019. Under the measure, federal […]

[Updated] Synthetic Weed Found in Alabama Prison Lands K9 in Hospital

Update: The K9, named Jake, died over the weekend, according to local media. Original Story: A prison K9 in Alabama required CPR after a contraband raid last week exposed the animal to synthetic marijuana. The dog, named Jake, assisted a search conducted last Thursday at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County, Alabama. As the search […]