By Tom Flow | Imagine coming home from a grocery store and opening a bag of fresh bread, only to find it covered with mould. There’s a bright green symbol on the bag, and the words “treated with radiation.” The bread has been run through the equivalent of an X-ray…
By Terry Hacienda | When it comes to how you store marijuana, the do’s and don’ts are pretty basic. But the guidelines can vary depending on your living arrangements, budget, aesthetic style and geography. There is no such thing as an expiration date for marijuana. It is a dried herb and can last…
Medical marijuana is now legal in Missouri, and the application processes are getting underway for the state to select cannabis growers, manufacturers and retail distributors. The formal application process to get into the highly regulated and highly lucrative medical marijuana business opens January 5 through the Missouri Department of Health…
BY: HERBERT FUEGO | The strain name game is a fun, complicated mess of cannabis genetics, nomenclature and overzealous salespeople. You can find strains named after celebrities, candy, presidents, mountain ranges and everything in between. Since they’re dealing with a psychoactive substance, it’s not surprising that strain breeders and pot dealers…
By: Thomas Fuller SAN FRANCISCO — A billion dollars of tax revenue, the taming of the black market, the convenience of retail cannabis stores throughout the state — these were some of the promises made by proponents of marijuana legalization in California. One year after the start of recreational sales, they…
By: Jonathan Small | 1. Cannabis will become more mainstream. “Thought leaders, CEOs, government officials and local community leaders will continue to drive the new and emerging narrative in mainstream media: Cannabis is here to stay and the people buying the products are our neighbors, physicians, stay-at-home parents, young adults, seniors…
By: Sidni West | I think we can all agree that this year was disappointing for everything (mostly democracy), so we’re more than happy to throw it out like the trash it is. However, cannabis had a great year — the industry is growing at a crazy rate, everyone is…
By: Jim Salter | ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has begun the move toward legalized medical marijuana by naming an outgoing lawmaker to a leadership role and announcing the start of the process for those who want to grow, make or sell marijuana products. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior…
Hemp uses is known to be cultivated specifically for industrial purposes in years gone. In fact, it was used in China and the Middle East back in 8000 BC. Hemp plant has a fiber that is used to manufacture a wide range of textiles and even seeds that were good for consumption.…
By Dennis Romero The U.S. hemp industry is expecting business to expand and investors to beckon after Congress on Wednesday passed farm legislation that included a provision to legalize and regulate the plant under the Department of Agriculture. “This is a monumental bill for hemp farming,” said Lauren Stansbury of the Hemp Industries…