Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Symptoms of postpartum depression are higher among women who used hookahs before or during pregnancy, according to a study led by Zelalem Haile, Ph.D., Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine associate professor of epidemiology. Hookahs …
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Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition Releases White Paper Critical of SAFE Banking Act
As the momentum for cannabis legalization grows, social equity continues to be a key issue for the industry and politics on both sides of the aisle. The impact of the cannabis prohibition that devastated communities across the country still reverberates …
Read More »With pot rules relaxed, more U.S. teens driving while high: study
(HealthDay)—America’s roads are notoriously unsafe on New Year’s Eve, and a new study shows that marijuana legalization could be making the situation even worse. Almost half of teenagers who regularly use pot admit they’ve gotten behind the wheel while stoned, …
Read More »The beauty of cooking with cannabis with Chef Nikki Steward, the chef behind Dave Chappelle’s weed dinners
For almost five years, Nikki Steward has been Hollywood’s best kept canna-culinary secret. But to assume her skills are exclusive to novelty edibles would be a blatant underestimation of her talents, which are far greater than any one kitchen could …
Read More »Vaping could nearly triple the chance of smoking in teens
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study offers strong evidence that kids who use e-cigarettes are more likely to take up smoking or smokeless tobacco, researchers say. Teen boys who vaped were almost three times as likely to start smoking …
Read More »Lung injuries should be a warning about vaping’s risks
Ulf Wittrock/EyeEm, Getty Images The patients, most of them young, began showing up at hospitals in the spring of 2019. Some were coughing, out of breath or feverish. Some were vomiting or had diarrhea. Some ended up in intensive care, …
Read More »Marijuana ER visits climb in Denver hospital study
by Carla K. Johnson This Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 file photo shows marijuana buds ready for harvest in Akron, Ohio. A study shows marijuana is sending more people to the emergency room in one large Denver hospital. Inhaled weed caused …
Read More »Former Chewing Gum Mogul Brings Branding Know-How to Florida Medical Marijuana Business
William Wrigley Jr. II, whose great-grandfather made chewing gum a cornerstone of American confectionery history, has made a major investment in a company to make medical marijuana someday as mainstream as his family’s famous Wrigley’s Spearmint gum. Wrigley, who retired …
Read More »Midwest Update: Ohio MMJ Rollout Behind Schedule, Michigan Approves Testing Labs
Here is the latest on cannabis law reform in Ohio and Michigan. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
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; …
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