Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson has been all over the mainstream media this past week, peddling fear and falsehoods in the guise of objective reporting. Berenson’s premise is simple: Harry Anslinger may have been a racist, but he was right about the harms of marijuana. His new book, Tell Your Children: The Truth […]
Medical cannabis gained substantial scientific validation in 2018. Studies have furthered our understanding of the beneficial effects of cannabis on a range of conditions including pain, depression, anxiety, healthy aging, and neuroprotection. RELATED STORY The Most Important Cannabis Studies of 2018 Pharmaceutical companies and beverage behemoths are hedging on cannabis’ widespread appeal and therapeutic benefits, […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers have introduced a bill to legalize medical marijuana, including a Republican state senator who said he “smoked a joint” when he was diagnosed with cancer seven years ago. Republican state Sen. Dan Seum said he was given a bottle of OxyContin seven years ago when […]
While Coca Cola has made headlines for their rumoured interest in developing a CBD product, a new infused beverage out of upstate New York called Recess just beat them to market. Although skeptics argue that hemp-derived CBD has limited benefits, I was pleasantly surprised to feel quite calm after downing a can of the hemp-infused […]
Late last month, my sciatica pain came back in full force. Sitting was incredibly uncomfortable, and it got to the point where I was crawling on my hands and knees just to be able to make it up the stairs. Immediately, I reached for CBD. For me, the most amazing aspect of cannabis is the […]
I checked out a lot of exciting genetics at the Emerald Cup last month. Here, breeders and growers gathered to show off their very best strains—it was clear which seed packs were selling out and which new cultivars breeders were most proud of. Last year, I found hits like White Tahoe Cookies and Mimosa. But ultimately, […]
The legal cannabis industry has seen tremendous growth over the past few years, and it continues to improve each day. And with legality comes maturity—today’s world of weed is a far cry from that of yesteryear: there have been exponential improvements to the way we view cannabis, purchase cannabis, and live a cannabis lifestyle. Find […]
When Seattle author Thomas Kohnstamm finished writing Lake City, his first novel, his thoughts naturally turned to selling the book. With about 50,000 books published in the US every year, he needed a way to catch a reader’s eye. He found his answer in a most unlikely place: the cannabis industry. Novelist Thomas Kohnstamm got […]
Online, the company bills itself as the “first Canadian retail pharmacy chain to offer a variety of cannabis products to medical cannabis patients,” but while product information is available nationally, Shoppers Drug Mart can initially only sell medical cannabis to patients in Ontario. RELATED STORY Shoppers Drug Mart Granted License to Sell Medical Cannabis Online […]
After years of growing cannabis in California’s illicit market, Kevin Jodrey emerged in the 2000s to serve California’s medical cannabis market. In 2008, he became the Cultivation Director at the Humboldt Patient Resource Center (HPRC), one of the oldest cannabis dispensaries in the country, to help isolate strong CBD genetics from Cannatonic, a famous CBD […]
