Due to collapse in big cannabis tech company, dispensaries had to suspend business MJ Freeway, a seed-to-sale tracking software platform for the cannabis industry, has struggled in recent months with hacks and outages, forcing some dispensaries to record sales by hand. The company — which was offered a $10.4 million contract from the Pennsylvania government…
People in Oakland, California has been developing a number of Drug War reparations programs during the last couple of years. It’s a segregated city that’s gentrifying in certain parts and remains under draconian police rule in others. Oakland police have been identified as being “less respectful, and consistently ruder toward[s] black motorists during routine traffic…
What do athletes, investors, and Walmart employees have in common? In order to be one, you may have to pass a drug test. And the list doesn’t end there. Even as cannabis makes strides towards legalization in countries like Canada and the U.S., uptight executives everywhere ensure that drug testing remains a fixed part of…
The best cannabis seeds to grow in colder climates Although it may seem impossible, cannabis can be grown outdoors in colder climates. To get the upper-hand in this situation, it is advised to start out with seeds that contain the right genetics for the job. There are many factors to consider when attempting to grow…
You know that the normalization of marijuana has reached new frontiers when nuns can be found smoking fat doobies before prayer. Times are, indeed, a changin’. They call themselves Sisters of the Valley—a group of nuns who now run a medicinal marijuana business in California’s Central Valley. Most of the Sisters grew up in a…
There are as many experiences of being high as there are individuals, and people’s physical differences can mean that they encounter a completely altered version of what another person sees. For those with partial or total blindness, getting stoned can be a rather different experience than it is for those with full sight. Depending on…
Despite the rapid legalization of marijuana as both a medical and recreational substance, parents who smoke marijuana remain at risk of having their children taken away from them by Child Protective Services (CPS). There are few stories more heart-wrenching and infuriating than when children are wrongfully separated from their parents. Cases that involve marijuana are…
Clearing the air With legalization on the horizon in Canada, dispensaries are marketing marijuana as a cure for what ails you – including cancer. Do the claims hold up? In a lab at the University of Nottingham in England, brain-cancer specialist Richard Grundy is growing cells from children’s brain tumours to see if cannabidiol –…
If this sounds like the sort of plan that was brainstormed by a group of high cannabis-entrepreneurs, that’s because it was. The online cannabis guide company, Herban Planet, and Level Up, a dispensary based in Scottsdale Arizona, recently teamed up on a project to send the first pound of marijuana into outer space. The strain…
Quality Assurance In The Field: Instruments For Growers & Processors As the cannabis marketplace evolves, so does the technology. Cultivators are scaling up their production and commercial-scale operations are focusing more on quality. That greater attention to detail is leading growers, extractors and infused product manufacturers to use analytical chemistry as a quality control tool.…