IPM consultant Charlie McKenzie scouts a crop of indoor hemp intended for smokable flower in a North Carolina greenhouse. (Photo courtesy of CropWalk) More than 300 insects, spiders and mites are found on or near cannabis plants. While the vast majority of insects don’t cause economically significant damage, preventing a pest outbreak before it gets out […]
Hemp growers employing regenerative agricultural practices can now seek out certification for their crops that meet standards and criteria exceeding the current federal organic growing standards. Hemp producer Pocono Organics, based in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, said it has earned the Regenerative Organic Certified designation to become the first source grower of ROC hemp. Regenerative Organic […]
A new study has been published by the Harm Reduction Journal that finds a correlation between daily marijuana users and a lowered risk of opioid use from those with past addictions. The team surveyed 2,316 subjects who were suffering from Opioid Use Disorder. Of them, 51 percent were using cannabis. Those that were using cannabis […]
“May it be to the world, what I believe it will be … the signal of arousing men to burst the chains … and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form, which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are […]
Prime Example of How Drug Testing is Yet Another Tool of the Drug War, Crushing Opportunities – Even for Olympic Hopeful New York, NY: American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, who wowed Americans with her record-setting win in the women’s 100-meter race at the U.S. track and field trials in Oregon last month, has been suspended from […]
In some news that will seem entirely antiquated in just a few years, one of the best American runners has tested positive for marijuana, and will probably have to miss a chance at winning a gold medal in the upcoming Olympics. Richardson has been breaking records in the 100-meter dash, but after testing positive last […]
When it came to delivery services, it was never quite as easy and convenient in the marijuana world. You’d get the app, shop around, but would have to follow a link to a web browser in order to make any purchases. Certainly much easier than it’s ever been before, but other delivery services could simply […]
“I oppose it,” says Senator Steve Daines from Montana. The state has just voted to legalize marijuana, but Daines still opposes federal legalization. According to a new article at Politico, there are at least 10 republican senators that Chuck Schumer needs to convince to back a federal legalization bill. At most, Senators Lisa Murkowski and […]
Oregon lawmakers have agreed on new limits for hemp-derived products including delta-8 THC. A bill that cleared the legislature Saturday and now awaits Gov. Kate Brown’s signature would ban the sale of hemp products containing THC to minors, reported (Medford’s) KDRV-TV. According to co-sponsor Rep. Lily Morgan, the legislation was drafted with input from several […]
Well this should have some sort of ripple effect. Clarence Thomas, perhaps the most conservative judge sitting on the Supreme Court, has written about the silliness of the federal government’s stance on marijuana. The court dismissed a case from a Colorado medical marijuana dispensary seeking federal tax breaks, but Thomas wrote about how unfair the […]
