Cannabis cultivators are using technology to reduce water and energy use, cut down on labor costs and increase yields and quality. Here are examples of the technology that marijuana and hemp growers are using to make their facilities more productive: Sensors to help control irrigation and fine-tune lighting. Systems that can remotely control a grow-room […]
There are, basically, two modes of weed legalization occurring on the national level. One is a progressive, step by step approach, and the other is a push for a complete stripping of any criminalization, all within one bill. Corey Booker, along with Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden, are in the latter camp. In particular, Booker […]
Seven years ago, Colorado became one of the very first states in the United States to legalize recreational marijuana. In the last few days, the state of Colorado has released a 200-page biennial report which lists the impacts legalization has had on the state as well as the state’s tax revenue. According to the Regina […]
On Sunday, the US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD told CNN that “When it comes to decriminalization, I don’t think that there is value to individuals or to society to lock people up for marijuana use. I don’t think that serves anybody well.” He went on to say “In terms of our approach to marijuana, […]
It’s a fun little thought experiment to imagine the beginnings of the marijuana plant. The why, how, and where of it all. Why would a plant evolve into something that, when smoked, would make humans feel the way it does? And where did this whole thing start? A new study published on Friday answers at […]
Many farmers rushing in to profit from hemp over the past few years were burned badly. Some recorded massive economic losses because of the learning curve associated with the plant, others because contracts or processors fell through. Still more suffered crop loss, a perennial risk in agriculture. Hemp advocates are looking for ways to convince burned […]
Illinois has been flooded with cash made from the huge sales of marijuana in the state since legalization, and we’re continuing to see where that money is going. On the same day that it was announced they would finally be giving out 100 more marijuana licenses so that the playing field wasn’t 100% white and […]
The Kentucky Hemp Association claims that state police are illegally raiding legal hemp retail stores as they look for delta-8 THC products and is asking a state judge to put a stop to the practice. The group on Tuesday asked a Boone Circuit Court judge to stop police from using an April 19 letter from […]
The Department of Cannabis Control is the newest government agency to hit the streets in California. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law recently in the hopes to simplify and consolidate the rules and regulations regarding marijuana in the state of California. When this law was signed, a new department was formed with the intent to […]
The link between weed and pain therapy has been around for about as long as state legalization was a reality, but we’re still in the process of truly figuring out what part of the plant is actually reducing pain. A science journal, news-medical.net dives into what they call the “entourage effect,” which is the theory […]
