Kathryn Watson Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees watched porn on the job, stole government equipment — selling it for quick cash — and drove under the influence while on the clock, but Americans who fund their salaries will likely never know their names. The EPA Office of Inspector General (IG) investigated dozens of EPA…
Meet Sister Kate and her apprentice, Sister Darcy. They are not affiliated with any religious organization, but they do feel they serve a higher calling: to bring cannabis-based medicine to the sick in order to propagate relief and healing. The sisters grow CBD-rich cannabis plants in Merced, California, then use the plants to make cannabis…
Washington Inseparable from Hemp by Joe Klare The recent occasion of Presidents Day allows us to take some time to look back on Presidents of yore and discuss the things they championed. When you talk about the Father of our Country, George Washington, you really can’t have a discussion of his life without talking about…
Guy Bentley Marijuana is stronger now than has it has been for the last 20 years, according to a study from the University of Mississippi. Published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers examined 38,681 samples of marijuana obtained from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration between 1995 and 2014. Levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana tripled from…
by Joe Klare Legal marijuana means big profits that no longer go to criminals and cartels. So who is going to get those legal cannabis profits? Obviously those with the drive and foresight to navigate a new and evolving industry; also, being a celebrity doesn’t hurt. Celebrities are flooding into the “dope game.” There are…
by Joe Klare Now that primary season is underway, we are beginning to see who the front-runners are for President of the United States. For cannabis users, the real question is how those candidates feel about the issue of marijuana law reform. When I say “front-runners,” I mean viable candidates that have a shot at…
Legal marijuana businesses make a lot of money, as you can imagine. But thanks to federal law there is tons of legal cannabis cash out there at risk of enticing robbery attempts or worse. Because cannabis is illegal under The Federal Controlled Substances Act, most banks and credit unions are shying away from taking money…
Rand Paul Has Led the Way on Cannabis Reforms By Elias J. Atienza Rand Paul, in his Ask me Anything session on Reddit, Senator Rand Paul gave his strongest backing of cannabis since he introduced the CARERS Act of 2015. When asked by a Reddit user about which ways he would help legalize cannabis, Rand…
Guy Bentley Medical marijuana could provide significant pain relief for those consistently suffering from migraines, according to a new study. Published in the journal Pharmacotherapy, the research found migraine frequency was cut in half in subjects treated with medical marijuana from 10.4 times a month to 4.6 times per month. Out of 121 patients,…
After a three month sales tax “holiday,” recreational marijuana consumers in Oregon began paying a 25% sales tax on January 1, 2016. Yes, you read that correctly: 25 PERCENT. For those of you who went to public school and didn’t bother augmenting your economics education any further, this means that the actual price of recreational…