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Next time you feel a stomach ache coming on, try treating it with some weed and spicy food.
Researchers have found that a compound in chili peppers can also produce an anti-inflammatory compound in the stomach similar to chemicals found in marijuana, reports Popular Science.
In a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the UConn Health School of Medicine found that capsaicin — the compound known for giving chili peppers their heat — targets a cannabis receptor in the stomach that releases a compound similar to those found
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Highest Testing CBD Strain Created by Yerba Buena Farms in Oregon
The Weed Blog is excited to announce that one of Oregon’s premier cannabis farms, Yerba Buena, has created and released their highest testing CBD strain, “Corazon” (Spanish for “Heart”). This new highest testing CBD strain is a cross between Charlotte’s Web and AC/DC. Testing at 22.5% CBD and 2.71% THC by Pixis Labs under Oregon’s ORELAP-certified testing regulations, the Corazon has the highest recorded CBD content in history.
Action Bronson Made a Dab Rig With Elbo
Rapper. Chef. TV Personality. Hash Connoisseur … and Glass Blower? Cannabis renaissance man Action Bronson does it all.
No longer content with just collecting glass, Bronson took a turn behind the torch with Elbo and the result is a multi-colored raptor with an eye-patched poodle disk attached. While Elbo did the heavy lifting, Bronson crafted the entire bottom section:
While this was clearly a collaboration, Elbo told me that Bronson appeared to be “a natural” with glass. Speaking last week at his studio, Elbo commented that “Bronson actually has some serious chops.
Weedmaps Oasis Steals the Show During Coachella Weekend
Every year, the music world seems to come to a halt for two consecutive weekends as the industry elite flock to the dry and dusty desert of Indio, California for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
420 Munchies: Chronic Grilled Cheese Recipe
Are you ready for crispy, buttery, cheesy, melt-in-your-mouth grilled cheese heaven?
Who doesn’t like a perfect grilled cheese? Fluffy bread, crisped to perfection, filled with gooey melted cheddar…my mouth is watering just thinking about it. My favorite thing about a grilled cheese is that you can stuff them full with whatever you’re craving, or happen to have lying around the house.
Cannabis Cuisine at the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum
The link between cannabis and cuisine is quite possibly as old as cuisine and cannabis themselves! From April 20th, the temporary exhibition ‘Cannabis Cuisine’ at the Hash Marijuana & Hemp Museum in Barcelona sets the table for a dinner full of hemp, invites you to devour the history of cannabis edibles and orders you a delicious dessert of recipes! To celebrate April 20th 2017, the date celebrated throughout the cannabis-consuming community as being linked to the “magic cannabis number” 420, there are many events taking place all around the world.
Read More »Jodie Emery’s Marijuana Mission | Marijuana
The queen of Canada’s movement to legalize marijuana has not been afraid to cultivate her undeniable girl-next-door charm – or invite controversy – for the cause. And now, an escalating series of police raids that have shut down the Cannabis Culture chain of dispensaries she helped build may put her behind bars for a long time. But Jodie Emery is still talking about the next fight, even while others in the movement wonder if her free-for-all style is doing more harm than good.
Two Flowers Dinner- A Celebration of Hops and Hemp
Two Flowers Dinner is a 4/20 event not to be missed…come enjoy this amazing dinner and collaborative event from leaders in the beer and cannabis industries in Oregon!Coalition Brewing an is excited to announce a unique and exciting collaborative dinner project – “ Two Flowers Dinner ” A Celebration of Hops & Hemp with East Burn.
Canada Today: Commemoration, Dining Tips and Marijuana
Each week, Canada Today mixes The Times’s recent Canada-related coverage with back stories and analysis from our reporters, along with opinions from our readers.The route my father followed across Windsor, Ontario, to visit my grandmother on Sundays took us down Ypres Avenue. We passed near other streets with names that seemed unusual to me as a child, among them: Verdun, Lens, Somme and Arras avenues.
Read More »Legal Cannabis Has Been Introduced by the Government of Canada
During the last few months, Canadians have felt the palpable anticipation hanging over the legalization of marijuana.
Cannabis lovers, growers, dispensary owners, and all others with with an interest in the expected end to prohibition have been anxiously awaiting the government’s official announcement to legislate and eventually legalize this long-suffering plant.
Today, that announcement finally arrived.
In a scheduled press conference, the federal government laid out the guidelines that will carry the nation forward into a new age of cannabis freedom.