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Marlboro Weed Could Be The Deal That Finally Legalizes Cannabis

Cannabis is making some very powerful friends. On Monday, the leading Canadian marijuana company Cronos Group Inc. confirmed that it was in talks with mega-conglomerate Altria Group Inc. about a possible investment in cannabis products. While Altria isn’t itself a household name, their most popular product Marlboro Cigarettes is. In fact Altria is one of […]

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Study Shows Weed Is 114 Times Less Toxic Than Alcohol

Two German researchers have a bone to pick with the world’s drug laws. In a study published in the research journal Scientific Reports, they outline their findings comparing the toxic levels of the most common drugs including heroin, cocaine, alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis. What they found contradicted common scientific beliefs and drug regulations. In their […]

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“Legit” California Cannabis Associates Charged In Murder Conspiracy

In the California cannabis business, there’s a dynamic of white market vs black market right now. Even after the state went legal at the beginning of the year, illegal cannabis operations have continued to thrive, with reports that 60% of weed sold in state is from the black market. And maybe consumers are right to […]

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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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The IRS Isn’t Happy About Weed Companies Paying Taxes In Cash Either

Of all the pains involved in operating a legal cash business, one of the more unpleasant may be hauling loads of cash to a government building to pay your taxes. As a result of extremely stringent limitations and fees placed on cannabis businesses who use banks, many just choose to go it alone and operate […]

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California Cannabis Tries To Keep Up With Packaging Requirements

In California, some cannabis producers and retailers are struggling to keep up with requirements which can seem like overkill or almost unworkable. Last month at the California Cannabis Business Conference (CCBC), a meeting of more than 3,000 area business leaders, a packaging panel voiced some concerns over the state’s new and changing requirements. State legalization […]

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Trump’s Proposed Border Wall Could Be Making Mexican Weed Better

Of all the many ways Trump’s proposed border wall would royally disrupt all kinds of issues in immigration and trade, the cannabis market might not be the most important, but it is one of the more interesting. While the wall isn’t coming up yet (or probably anytime soon, and maybe never) it has already got […]

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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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Two Dead In LA Dispensary Shooting

Two people have been shot and killed at a cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles on Monday. Los Angeles police believe the incident to be a robbery gone wrong, as reported by the LA Times. On Monday at 4:20 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at a dispensary on the 400 block of Western Avenue. […]

Is PotCoin About To Make A Comeback As The Weed Industry’s Cryptocurrency?

Ever since the establishment of a legal marijuana market, banking has been one of the major problems facing the industry. Because cannabis is still illegal at a federal level, it’s dicey for a bank to engage in business with them. The U.S. Treasury and Justice departments said they’ll leave banks alone, provided they watch their […]

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How Does The Wax Liquidizer Work?

Cannabis review site 420 Pony announced this week the winner of their 2016 420 Product of the Year Award: the Wax Liquidizer. The Wax Liquidizer, if you don’t know, is a solution in a bottle that will, like it sounds, liquidize concentrates so that they can be used in a vape pen. A neat trick, […]

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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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What Can Isolated Terpenes Do For Cannabis Flower?

Terpenes have come to the forefront of extraction artistry over the last couple of years. These essential oils are extracted and isolated from cannabis and then mixed into cannabinoid extracts. Kind of like cooking spices for weed concentrates, terpenes can heighten and alter flavor, but also change the medical effects of a wax and the […]

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Medical Cannabis Extracts Finally Legal In Michigan

Governor Rick Snyder signed a seriesof laws last month to regulate the state’s MMJ program, making cannabis concentrates and medical marijuana dispensaries legal for the first time in the state’s history. Though legal medical marijuana has technically existed in Michigan since 2008, no one was sure what was legal and what wasn’t. Until recently, the […]