Tucked in the north western coastal mountains of northern California lies the most famous cannabis cultivation area in the world: the Emerald Triangle. Comprising Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties, the Emerald Triangle has developed more than fifty years of experience …
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California Wildfires Now Largest in California History, Say Officials
The Mendocino Complex fire, the largest in California’s history, and the deadly Carr Fire have reportedly burned a combined 600,000 acres throughout northern California, with the most devastating blazes tearing through cannabis country, torching homes, ready-to-harvest farms and packing houses. …
Read More »The Impact: Marijuana Producers Learn to Reduce Their Energy Consumption
The Impact is a weekly series that looks at how the legal cannabis industry affects and protects our environment. Each week, we examine and explain the environmental impact of cannabis, for better or worse. This week, writer Greg Heilers covers …
Read More »Nearly one-fifth of Californians are still buying marijuana from black market, study finds
(Smell the Truth file photo) Some cannabis consumers are still buying their products on a criminal level, despite California’s newly regulated legal market. A report published by the Bay Area-based cannabis delivery company Eaze found that 18 percent of California’s …
Read More »Industry Insider Opinion on the Current CBD Trend and the Future of Cannabidiol
Author Bio: Craig Henderson is the founder and CEO of Boulder, CO based Extract Labs. Extract Labs is producer of high quality, hemp derived CBD products. Craig is originally from California, but has spent years living all over the country; …
Read More »New Study Determines Presence of Dispensaries Does Not Affect Teen Cannabis Use
A new California study has determined that the presence of MMJ dispensaries does not affect cannabis use in teens. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
Read More »Pot for pets: U.S. federal law puts vets into a quandary
(Reuters) – A wave of medical research is providing fresh evidence that marijuana may help dogs and cats cope with arthritis, epilepsy, anxiety and other maladies without the side effects of traditional drugs, but veterinarians are afraid to prescribe it …
Read More »Travel Tuesdays: Weed and Wine
Travel Tuesday is a tourism column shedding light on the most cannabis-friendly corners of the globe. This Tuesday, Brian Applegarth, founder and president of the California Cannabis Tourism Association and proprietor of Emerald Country Tours, makes the case that weed …
Read More »UC Irvine Medical School Will Study THC’s Effects on Adolescents’ Brain Development
By, Valli Herman Science may one day be able to answer a pressing question many parents have had about their adolescent children’s difficult behavior: Is it a passing teenage phase, or is it a result of using marijuana? And if …
Read More »Medical marijuana availability doesn’t increase teen use, study finds
Medical marijuana on display in San Francisco, CA. (via DPA) Neighborhoods with medical cannabis dispensaries near schools have not seen an increase in illegal teen use, according to new findings. In a recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent …
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