Growing cannabis outdoors is easy. All you need is a nice open space that gets lots of light, a water supply, good soil, and a way to cover the plants when the weather turns. One of the most important things to know is that cannabis is dependent on a photoperiod, meaning that it changes from […]
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This is the year Texas residents will find out whether lawmakers are ready to build Texas a viable medical cannabis program or whether the Lone Star State’s old-fashioned politics will limit patients’ access to effective medicine. While the state Legislature passed a limited medical cannabis bill in 2015, hardly anyone in Texas can currently access […]
Hungry Canadians are easily smitten by the latest food trends and all the delicious food porn dished out on Instagram. But if you ask anyone who has ever worked in a professional kitchen, the descriptions of what happens behind the scenes can be less than glamorous. Each and every single day, it’s a chaotic shuffle […]
Available for Interview: Advocates, Community Leaders, and Experts Available to Comment on the Politics of Legalization in New York Today Governor Cuomo is expected to announce legislation to establish a legal market for marijuana in New York. The bill would effectively end marijuana prohibition in New York State and create a system to tax and […]
Available for Interview: Advocates, Community Leaders, and Experts Available to Comment on the Politics of Legalization in New York Today Governor Cuomo is expected to announce legislation to establish a legal market for marijuana in New York. The bill would effectively end marijuana prohibition in New York State and create a system to tax and […]
The weekend Lift & Co Expo highlighted Canadian innovation and entrepreneurial spirit at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Over 200 exhibitors and 100 speakers traded ideas and brainstormed for a sustainable cannabis future. And while the clouds of criminalization have blown out of the Canadian sky many exhibitors were still anxious about having their names appear […]
New York could see legalization this year, says State Senator Diane Savino, in this interview with The Hash podcast co-host Max Savage Levenson. Savino details what New Yorkers can do to get involved in the effort, as well as the steps lawmakers could take to ensure prohibition ends equitably. Subscribe to The Hash podcast for […]
Another year, another televised tragicomic hearing to fill one of our nation’s highest offices. One legal analyst describes nominee William Barr as ‘Sessions without baggage.’ As former—and possibly future—US Attorney General William Barr prepares to field two days of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee starting Tuesday morning, Leafly is taking a look back at […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is dropping a few hints about his upcoming marijuana legalization proposal. Speaking on public radio Monday, the Democratic governor says that if legalization moves ahead he believes local governments should have the power to prohibit retail cannabis shops within their boundaries. That’s similar to the situation […]
While browsing Leafly’s strain database, you may wonder what a cross of this and that strain is, what a hybrid or a backcross is, or what a parent strain is. All of these have to do with plant breeding—essentially, breeding a male and female plant to combine or refine the genetics of two plants or […]
