Strain Overview
The Scoop: While the story of the original Girl Scout Cookies (GSC) strain is clouded in mystery, we at Marijuana.com had the rare opportunity to talk to the breeders themselves to get the story straight.
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Trump to Appoint Rep. Tom Marino as America’s “Drug Czar”
A vocal and early supporter of then-candidate Donald J. Trump, Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino has been selected to serve as the next White House “Drug Czar,” according to CBS news.
Officially referred to as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Rep. Tom Marino (R) would be responsible for advising President Trump on America’s national drug policy and overseeing those federal agencies that enforce U.S. antidrug efforts. Additionally, the director of the ONDCP assesses, synchronizes, and monitors both the domestic and international anti-drug efforts.
Considered ambiguous on the topic of medicinal cannabis, Rep.
Canada Set to Speed Up LP Process to Meet Increasing Demand
A source for the Globe and Mail said that the federal government is poised to drastically speed up the licensing process to increase the number of companies authorized to grow marijuana in Canada. The expedited process should help to meet the expected increase in demand once adult-use legislation becomes a reality in the Great White North.
Further to the producer efforts, another priority for the feds is to ensure a diverse array of large and small businesses growing cannabis.
When Colorado Growers Compete Using the Exact Same Strain
Colorado’s Grow-Off is like Iron Chef for marijuana, a competition to find out whose prowess reigns supreme under controlled conditions. Instead of receiving the same theme ingredient (i.e. pork), 40+ growers throughout Colorado received an identical clone of a mystery cannabis strain.
Without knowing the strain’s genetics, each of these growers spent six months nursing their clone from veg to flower to harvest. The harvest date was at the growers’ discretion, and varied from grow to grow depending on when the plant went into bloom.
Therapeutic Benefits of Linalool in Cannabis
Essential oils have been used for their healing attributes for thousands of years, earning the moniker of Mankind’s First Medicine.
Essential oils are the aromatics extracted from plants; they are the regenerating, oxygenating, and immune defense properties of plants. They are very powerful antioxidants that provide a wide variety of distinct health benefits depending on the plant from which the oil was distilled.
Terpenes are the primary components that make up essential oils, they are the largest family of natural compounds found throughout nature.
LSD Marijuana Strain Review | Marijuana
Strain Overview The Scoop: Not for the inexperienced consumer, this strain enjoys an elevated THC content and a moderately low CBD percentage. Known for displaying several phenotypes, LSD is a powerful and disease resistant strain that’s celebrated for its ability to reduce bouts of restlessness daily stress, aching joints and despair. The Result: Loaded with beneficial cannabinoids, the LSD strain produces an exhilarated state of being. For some, it might even qualify as a mind-altering experience.
Read More »Grow Guide: Become a Manure Connoisseur
In this Grow Guide, we’re taking it back to the origins of agriculture and jumping headfirst into the original fertilizer — animal manure.
Bella the Alpaca at TKO Reserve’s Farm. Photo courtesy of Allie Beckett.
Back in the day, when human civilization first began cultivating plants for food, manure was the perfect animal byproduct that enhanced yields and overall health of the plants and soil.
Edibles Are the New Rosé in New York City
There’s a new socialite gracing New York City’s finest soirees and galas, and her name is Mary Jane Cannabaceae.
The New York Post spoke with a Madison Avenue socialite to discuss the new trend sweeping Manhattan’s wealthiest and most posh parties. Unsurprisingly, The Post’s source revealed that the negative cannabis stigma had faded and Fortune 500 CEOs have come out of the cannabis closet.
A 62-year-old woman named Jeri holds a weekly card game on Madison Avenue.
White Privilege, Marijuana and Chris Hayes: ‘Oh My Goodness’
Clever, articulate, and apparently a fan of marijuana – MSNBC host Chris Hayes acknowledged on Monday while chatting on Late Nigh with Seth Meyers about his new book, “A Colony in a Nation,” that he was once caught carrying marijuana into the 2000 Republican National Convention.
“We go through one checkpoint, and I think, ‘Oh my goodness, I’ve got $30 worth of weed in an eyeglass case,’” Hayes explained.
Cannabis Culture Loses Marc and Jodie Emery
After decades of building one of Canada’s largest cannabis empires, Jodie Emery and her legendary husband Marc are being forced by law to remove themselves entirely from their company.
Recently, in a massive police enforcement across the country, Cannabis Culture stores were raided and its employees arrested. At the top of the food chain during this questionable move by authorities lay the most famous marijuana activists in the great white north, Marc and Jodie.