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 […]
In Canada, if buy weed legal, you’re probably going to get it in a “dull, bland brown box.” While other industries fall over themselves to try to make their packaging as eye-catching and user-friendly as possible, Canadian weed looks like a toxic chemical bought from a wholesale warehouse. Photos on Global News show what the […]
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. […]
Lines went around the block and cheers ran out as Canada made world history today. It is the first major world economy to legalize cannabis, conducting an experiment on the world stage. It’s a big day for stoners, dabaholics, potheads, wooks, and every other variety of cannabis consumer. But it’s also a major day for […]
In what CNBC has called the “largest marijuana-related acquisition in U.S. history,” cannabis retail chain MedMen has bought out the medical marijuana vendor PharmaCann. The deal was done for $682 million, paid for in stocks. The acquisition represents a marriage between major industry players on the West Coast and East Coast. MedMen has made a […]
Yep. It’s finally happening. All them big box mofos could be in on it soon. You’ll wait until midnight Black Friday to go down and get a pound of brick-packed middies for a low, low price. And that’s before Amazon starts getting in on it and then everyone just gets the same weed from Monsanto […]
No respect. A Vietnam veteran with an impressive military and academic career was fired from his position at the Air Force Special Operations School for using CBD oil to treat his cancer. Not only did Capt. Henry Cobbs use CBD to treat his cancer, but he claims he actually cured it. Cobbs was diagnosed with […]
Watch where you put those fingers of yours. A new technology developed in Britain makes it possible to detect THC in your body with 99% accuracy, according to a study published in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology. Some coroners over in jolly old England have apparently been testing their bodies using the new technology, and […]
When cannabis goes full legal in Canada next week, some of the country’s police will get a full reprieve to smoke weed to their heart’s content while off duty. But others will not be so lucky. The determining factor is location. As the country has prepared to implement its nationwide legal recreational program, many cities […]
Well, why not? There’s enough eccentric stoned billionaires out there that you would think somebody else would have thought of it by now. Like, maybe that one billionaire asshole who likes space and kind of likes weed? But no–space is still mostly virgin territory for Maryjane. For now. But a couple of well-funded jokers […]
