When Jeff Sessions was nominated by President Trump to the Attorney General position, most cannabis advocates were none too happy about it. Among other red flags of pro-Drug War, anti-marijuana actions in his past, the most memorable and troubling of Sessions remarks regarding pot were that “good people don’t smoke marijuana” and that he thought […]
Colorado’s Department of Revenue is reporting a steep decline in marijuana prices following legalization. The office, which measures the price for cannabis every six months, says that marijuana prices in the state of Colorado took a dive last year, sinking 24.5 percent to $1,471 a pound. Analysts expect this downward trend to continue in Colorado […]
History was made this week when the first ever all-hash record was pressed. You could listen to Slightly Stoopid’s song “Dabbington” on Spotify or YouTube right now, on the go, while you partake in the vaporization activity the song seems to endorse. Or, you could slow things down and enjoy the finer things in life. […]
Several winners from last December’s Emerald Cup have been dethroned after they were found to contain pesticides. Though the event took place over a month ago in Sonoma County, California, it took awhile to put all contestants through thorough testing at SC Labs. The problem was relatively small in the flower categories. Of the 735 […]
As if weed weren’t neat enough, now some people are claiming it can turn you into Wolverine. A new report from the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management claims that the topical application of cannabis oil caused the wound of a Canadian man suffering from cancer to shrink, as reported by Live Science. The man, […]
As the legal cannabis market expands, a very practical business problem is getting more serious. How can a successful marijuana company protect its brand if it can’t legally patent its products? Cannabis is still different from other businesses in this regard. If you make soda pop, you can’t call it Coca-Cola. If you make a […]
The Air Force is getting ready to recruit a few good stoners. In the midst of a sweeping relaxation of its recruitmentment standards, the branch of the U.S. Armed Forces is giving potential Gooses and Mavericks a free pass on prior marijuana use, according to Military.com. Previously, a standard question for recruits was how many […]
An industry association and two hemp companies are arguing that the DEA’s new rule to make hemp-derived CBD oil a controlled substance should come under federal review. Their argument is not that rule is lame or pointless or that it seems to contradict the wishes of the American public and its increasing relaxed laws pertaining […]
The next time you see a police officer bust somebody over a little weed, just know that they’re probably not doing what’s in their heart. A study from the Pew Research Center which surveyed roughly 8,000 law enforcement agents in the U.S. found that more than two thirds of them believe cannabis should be legal […]
In 2015, a hash oil extraction mishap sent Ryne Wilhelmi flying through the air. According to the Coloradoan man, a valve popped on his closed-loop system and then static electricity from his sweatshirt caught the leaking butane gas. That’s when his neighbors heard a loud explosion and saw the extractor rocket into the air. Amazingly, […]
