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Firefighter Busted For Making Extracts In The Fire Station

The plan was to fight fire with fire extract, but now it appears that the fire-fire plan has backfired. Travis Allen, a Lieutenant with the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue in Florida, was arrested Monday after deputies discovered his efforts to make sweet cannabis extract inside the local firehouse. Some reports, however, are pretty misleading about […]

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How Extract Suppliers Are Fighting Counterfeit Vape Cartridges

It’s a sign of success: major weed vape manufacturers now have the same problem as Air Jordans, Rolex watches, and Gucci bags: knock-offs. Merry Jane is reporting on a glut of counterfeit hash cartridges which have flooded markets all over the world, especially in areas of the United States without permissive medical or recreational marijuana […]

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Though Flowers Are Tolerated NYC, Hash Oil Can Still Put You In Jail

A bizarre contradiction in New York City’s new cannabis policies has all but decriminalized cannabis flower while leaving possession of hash oil as a jailable offense. Drug reform advocates started celebrating earlier this year when the New York City Police Department and District Attorney both agreed to stop arresting and charging people for small time […]

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Fill Juul Pods With Hash Oil In 5 Easy Steps

Cannabis has a long history of DIY hacks. For generations now, there have been DIY weed innovations such as apple bowls, hot knives, ballpoint pen chillums, soda can bowls, and, when you hit bottom, pipes made of only tin foil. And the age of extracts and vaping of course has its own hacks. Sure you […]

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Patients In Need Face Cannabis Oil Shortages In Canada

One month after Canada legalized cannabis, some medical marijuana patients, including ones who depend on treatment to keep severe symptoms at bay, are facing shortages as the country adapts to the new system. Some suggest that suppliers are diverting cannabis products to recreational retailers because of the potential for higher profits. “It’s actually more than […]

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U.S. Feds Are Hiring Extraction Artists And Joint Rollers

Things are looking to get a whole lot groovier in the federal government. The National Institute of Health recently put up a posting looking for a business to become its go-to cannabis provider. The successful applicant will manufacture up to half a metric ton of cannabis extracts a year and grow up to two tons […]

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Legalization Expands In Three States In Historic Day For Cannabis

In what may be the most eventful day for cannabis in the United States in two years, the country has gained three new legal marijuana markets and lost one of its most powerful adversaries in less than 24 hours. Yesterday, voters in Michigan voted to legalize adult use of cannabis statewide, while in Utah and […]

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Cannabis Doc Says Smoking Pipe Resin/Reclaim Is No Bueno For Your Health

If you’ve ever been a stoner who hit bottom, then you are all too familiar with the temptation of smoking pipe resin. Pipe resin, sometimes called “reclaim” depending on regional use, is that black tar that builds up on a smoking apparatus such as a bong or pipe over the course of dozens or hundreds […]

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Cannabis Oil Effective In Treating Crohn’s Disease, Research Shows

Another day, another study showing promising medical effects of cannabis. Today, the ailment in question is Crohn’s disease, a chronic illness which inflames the gastrointestinal system and causes many serious and painful symptoms including severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, and malnutrition. While there is no known cure for Crohn’s, in recent years researchers have discovered […]

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Congressman Takes Down DEA For Outsourcing U.S. Research Weed

In a testament to the stupidity of U.S. federal cannabis policy, the Drug Enforcement Administration moved to give preference to Canadian providers for American research last month. And now the DEA is getting a public dressing down over the issue courtesy of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida). Gaetz unleashed a tweet storm on the agency Wednesday. […]

10 Worst States To Get Busted In With Concentrates

Earlier this week, one of our Instagram followers left this comment on one of our posts regarding criminal charges for hash oil: “In Texas I’m on a class 3 felony 2-10 state pen for 1 gram of hash oil.” We thought that was pretty fucked so we direct messaged this user, asking where in Texas […]

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Review: Absolute Xtracts Vape Pen & THC Spray

Here’s our thoughts on a few different products we tried from Abosulte Xtracts this week. SOUR DIESEL CO2 OIL A little stronger tasting than some oil cartridges, but the taste was sweet and terpy – not the dieselly flavor the strain’s flower gets its name for. Absolute’s oil has been tested at close to 70% THC, […]

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Aurora Extraction Laws Rehashed

A new ordinance in Aurora, Colorado proposes to ban private hash oil manufacturing and regulate legitimate licensed extraction. While the law hopes to make extractions safer, obtaining the licenses may prove more than a small hurdle for small 710 businesses. Aurora has seen six extraction explosions since October 2013, resulting in property damage and injury. […]

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3 Easy Ways To Make Butane-Less Hash Oil At Home

Most hash oil connoisseurs sooner or later get interested in wanting to make a batch of their own. Only problem is maybe they don’t want to blow themselves up, or maybe they don’t feel like taking the risk of a prison sentence. Lucky for them, there are a few safe and (depending on your state) […]

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Study Finds Adding Terpenes Might Make Extracts Toxic

The mass use of cannabis extracts is such a new phenomenon that learning something new about its effects shouldn’t be too surprising. But that didn’t stop us from being a little rattled by the findings of a new study from the University of Pernambuco in Brazil. According to the study, though naturally occurring terpenes in […]