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. […]

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Extracts Are “Hottest Product Category,” According To Cannabis Report

Weed extracts are the business to be in, according to a new report from leading cannabis research company Arcview Market Research in conjunction with BDS Analytics. Extracts are the fastest growing sector of the cannabis market, according to the report, nearly tripling its market share compared to three years ago, and set to equal the […]

20% Of California Cannabis Has Failed Lab Tests Since July 1

Extractors In Spain Make Concentrates Using An Espresso Machine

Two Cali Cannabis Brands Recall Product Amid Concern Over Lab Standards

Happy 7/10 Festival From Dabs Magazine!

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

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Extracts Are “Hottest Product Category,” According To Cannabis Report

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20% Of California Cannabis Has Failed Lab Tests Since July 1

Since California began its new testing protocol on all cannabis products in July, nearly 20% have failed to pass muster, according to a report from the Denver Post. While some blame sloppy cannabis growers and manufacturers, others say the testing regulations and facilities themselves are sloppy and inconsistent. Of the 10,695 product batches tested between […]

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Extractors In Spain Make Concentrates Using An Espresso Machine

In what may be the biggest DIY cannabis extracts innovation since rosin tech, researchers in Spain have discovered a way to make quality concentrates using an espresso machine and a common solvent. The study, done at the University of Valencia in Spain, is called “Fast extraction of cannabinoids in marijuana samples by using hard-cap espresso […]

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Two Cali Cannabis Brands Recall Product Amid Concern Over Lab Standards

Two cannabis businesses in California have recalled their products from stores after receiving negative results from their testing facility. These are the first recalls that have been implemented since new cannabis testing regulations were introduced to the state on July 1. In late July, The Bloom Brand recalled its oil cartridges after a lab test […]

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Happy 7/10 Festival From Dabs Magazine!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for you wax connoisseurs and dabaholics. Here at Dabs Magazine, we’re having a very merry Oil Day and have extracted for you the very most notable of news in the cannabis concentrate world. Chalice Festival Postponed As many of you already know, one of the highlights of […]

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4/20 Coverage From Dabs Mag

Happy holidays to all you dabheads, potheads, stoners, and wooks out there! Here’s your opportunity to let your rigs and bongs cool off for a second while you intake some words you might be too high to understand. But if you ain’t, here’s a quick update on what’s happening today in the world of weed. […]

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Cannabis Packaging Business Blows Up As Kush Bottles Acquires Solvent Company

There’s a whole lot of media attention given to the bajillion-dollar cannabis industry as legal markets open up in this place or that, but less mind is paid to the fast-ballooning cannabis ancillary businesses. The biggest among those might be cannabis packaging, and one of the biggest businesses in that business is probably Kush Bottles, […]

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Could Marijuana University Degrees Change The Industry?

Right now the cannabis industry is still years behind other industries. That can be bad in some ways (like with contradictory regulations), but it’s good in others. For instance, entry level positions have been open to those who want to work for it, regardless of education. Up until now, the cannabis industry has been mostly […]

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Intercepts Of Weed Packages Up 18% From Last Year

So, that’s why you never received that dank package you were waiting for. The number of cannabis packages intercepted in U.S. mail rose by 18.4 percent in the fiscal 2016 year. While some anti-legalization advocates are using that info to decry cannabis legalization, the data does not bear that out. Other downward trends in cannabis […]

5 Most Annoying Things You Can Do While Seshing

Usually, being stoned is forgiving on your nerves. Take enough dabs and someone can throw a molotov cocktail at you without it troubling you too much. But there are a couple smoking faux pas that will get at you while you’re seshing like a pebble in your shoe or a seed in your bag. Human […]

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Who Won The First High Times Concentrates Cup?

This week will go down in history. Hard to say how exactly history will remember it, but we at Dabs Mag are thinking that a few generations down the line, the world will have forgotten about horrifying shootings and bombings and American political conventions, and instead remember the the very first High Times Medical Cannabis […]

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Concentrates Pulled From Shelves Over Pesticide Content

It ain’t just the tane in that nasty tane-soup dabs that can mess you up. It’s the bug-spray too. A voluntary recall has begun in Denver by local dispensary Advanced Medical Alternatives after local officials found potentially hazardous levels of pesticides, as reported by The Cannabist. 133 individually packaged grams of concentrate were pulled for […]

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Oregon To Up Penalty For Wax Explosions

Lawmakers in Salem, Oregon are currently trying to revise arson law so that extractors who blow up their operation are subject to 1st or 2nd degree Arson charges. This would mean a Measure 11 offense and serious prison time. According to a Fox Affiliate KPTV, Salem has recently seen explosions in hotels, homes and even […]

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