Marijuana reform is on the horizon for Virginia in 2021, as a lawmaker has filed a bill to legalize marijauana in the state for adult use. The new legislation would allow adults twenty-one (21) and older to purchase and possess …
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8 dispensaries to buy weed in Portland
Portland has some of the best cannabis you can find in all of Oregon, and the wide selection of locally-owned dispensaries truly speaks to conscious enthusiasts and first-time buyers alike. But where can you find the best of the best …
Read More »CBD—it’s everywhere, but does it work?
(HealthDay)—You would have to be living in a cave to have missed the CBD craze that is sweeping across America: New products are cramming store shelves as the market explodes for what many Americans believe to be a miracle cure-all. …
Read More »Mexican lawmaker proposes warm beers to cool desire for a drink
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Time to crack open a cold one? Not so fast—a local Mexican lawmaker proposed a measure Thursday limiting the sale of cold beer to curb alcohol consumption, unbottling a wave of mainly mocking reactions online. “If …
Read More »Two firms first to export LatAm medicinal marijuana to Europe
In this Jan. 30, 2019 file photo, employees prune marijuana plants at a Fotmer SA, greenhouse in Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay. On April 24, 2019, Fotmer in Uruguay and another company in Colombia announced they will become the first to export …
Read More »California’s best legal marijuana deals for 420 [sponsored]
It’s 4/20 again, the sun is out, and parks, college dorms, and crash pads throughout the nation will be undoubtedly clouded with weed smoke. As California moves into its second year of legalizing recreational cannabis, more dispensaries than ever are …
Read More »UCLA researcher aims to study societal impacts of cannabis
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the 15 months since the recreational sale of marijuana became legal for adults in California, an explosion of new cannabis-based products, unchecked health claims and slick advertisements has bombarded the state. Anticipating the accompanying social …
Read More »Mind-Blowing New Platform Lets Users Explore Cannabis Chemical Data to Get Smart
By: Michael Robinson I love learning about cannabis. Over the last three decades I’ve parsed all kinds of cannabis information of varying quality. Though misinformation (e.g., broad leaf varieties are higher in CBD than narrow leaf ones) and disinformation (e.g., …
Read More »How cannabis is firing up the U.S. supply chain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. companies cannot stop talking about marijuana, hoping in part they can catch investor interest as the booming economy around the drug lifts revenues throughout the supply chain. FILE PHOTO: A fully budded marijuana plant ready …
Read More »Majority of Madrid’s black market marijuana hash contaminated by feces, study finds
(courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Tourists looking to take in Spain’s cannabis culture should probably skip on buying hashish from Madrid’s illegal street dealers. According to a study published in the journal Forensic Science International, “The majority of the hash sold in …
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