Why politicians don’t support legal weed when most Americans do {$excerpt:n} In 2018, weed, of all things, could be the issue that our country agrees on most. Americans are more divided along party lines than ever, but, for the first time, a majority of people on both sides of the aisle believe that cannabis…
How to plan the dream weed wedding {$excerpt:n} Love isn’t the only thing that’s in the air at weddings these days. Rather than raising a glass in honor of holy matrimony, some newlyweds and their guests are lighting up a joint. In legal states like Colorado and Oregon, some weddings are incorporating bud into…
Texas denies medical marijuana to over 300,000 epilepsy patients {$excerpt:n} In Texas, over 300,000 epilepsy patients have been excluded from safe access to a potentially life-saving medicine. While the new treatment is still considered experimental, the medicine was approved for limited use in Texas back in 2015. The problem? Only a select number of…
Watch rising trap star Kodak Black freestyle for 12 minutes {$excerpt:n} Meandering around a midday parking lot, rapper Kodak Black decided to perform a 12-minute freestyle rap for the camera. That’s two minutes longer than Black Thought’s impressive ten-minute spit on Hot 97 earlier this month and forty minutes shorter than the average doom…
California will allow pesticide weed sales until mid-2018 {$excerpt:n} Pesticides, genetically-modified crops, ethical, local, organic. Many consumers have begun to assess what they put in their bodies in a new way. Just between 2000 and 2005, the U.S. organic foods market doubled to an estimated value of $13.8 billion dollars. But, despite the fact…
How this conservative mom became a marijuana powerhouse {$excerpt:n} Cassandra Farrington, the former leader of her daughter’s Girl Scout troop with a soccer-coaching husband, is about as far away as you can get from the picture of a traditional weed trailblazer. In a 2012 editorial, she mentioned that she doesn’t seem much interested in marijuana…
Letters to the Editor for December 26, 2017 {$excerpt:n} Anyone claiming an opinion should read “Chasing the Scream, the “war on drugs from its racially motivated inception in 1914 through today’s contribution to societal breakdown. My experiences in Colombia and Central America mirror the books findings. Other countries, from Portugal to Switzerland … Source:…
What Canadian smokers will do about the predicted weed shortage in 2018 {$excerpt:n} Canada will experience a weed shortage once legalization hits. Estimates suggest that demand for weed in Canada will be about 795,000 kilograms (or 1.8 million pounds) in 2018. Right now, all the licensed producers (LPs) in Canada will be lucky to hit…
The most powerful priestess in Ancient Greece used drugs to fuel her visions {$excerpt:n} All that’s left of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi in Greece is a few piles of mountainous rock and a handful of orderly columns. But for centuries the hulking limestone structure, emblazoned with the words “know thyself” and “nothing…
This off the grid couple is revolutionizing outdoor weed farming {$excerpt:n} As the marijuana industry continues to spread across the country, its impact on the environment has become a chief concern for regulators and cultivators alike. One weed farm, high in the western Colorado mountain range, believes it has the answers. Rob Trotter and…
