By: Randy Tucker | Help wanted: budtenders, cannabis chefs, flavor scientists, extraction technicians. Those are just a few of the new job categories opening up in the budding legal cannabis industry in Ohio and more than two dozen other states where the drug is legal for medical or recreational use or both. A quick…
If you’ve ever walked through the gardening section of a hardware store, chances are that you’ve seen neem oil on the shelves. The ingredient seems to be popping up everywhere and being included in just about every “green” product on the market. But what is neem oil? Is it safer than the…
There are marked differences in the knowledge on the medical uses of cannabis and cannabinoids in different diseases. For nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy, anorexia and cachexia in HIV/AIDS, chronic, especially neuropathic pain, spasticity in multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury there is strong evidence for medical benefits.…
By: Kathleen Marshall Coco coir, derived from the coconut hull, is made from the fibrous material between the outer husk and the actual coconut. Originally, coir was used for making cordage and ropes in ancient India. It has also been used for making mats and other flooring materials. In the 1980s,…
Missouri officials announced last week that three separate medical marijuana initiatives officially qualified for the state’s November ballot, and competition between the sponsoring advocacy groups is already heating up. While all three measures seek to establish regulated medical cannabis systems in the state, two are proposed constitutional amendments and the third…
By: Ruth Schuster Over 10,000 years after beer was first invented, it’s hard to innovate. Apparently, though, it is possible. Among the latest wrinkles in designer quaffs are cannabis beer, and beer made using secretions harvested from models’ vaginas. Thank God the scratch ’n’ sniff era is pretty much over. Creating…
By: JOHANNA SILVER There’s no turning back with this backyard cannabis project. My seed-grown babies, which I started in March, are a foot tall and sporting classic, palmately compound leaves with serrate leaflets — the stuff dreams are made of. The clones have been acclimated to the outdoors. Clones and seedlings both grow…
If you are ready to make hash from weed, we will take you through the process. The hash making process is very simple, and there are multiple ways to make hashish. The key is separating the thc-rich trichomes from the rest of the plant material, then applying heat and pressure. …
By: Julie Day | Ask most any gardener whether they prefer organic or chemical fertilizer, and chances are you’ll spark a lively debate. However, if you could ask your plants the same question, you’d find out that at the most basic level, they really can’t tell the difference – nutrients…
Cannabis has been considered a stress reliever for nearly half a millennia and modern science has verified that this treatment works. Not only has research confirmed the efficacy of the medical marijuana, more and more Americans are treating stress-related conditions with the herb. Marijuana for relaxation According to a study…