New research published this week in the journal JAMA Psychiatry discounts the links – often put forward by the federal government to show the “dangers” of cannabis – between marijuana use and anxiety and depression disorders. Researchers looked into the records of those who participated in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions…
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…
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…
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…
It’s been a little over two years since retail marijuana sales began in Colorado and guess what? Legalization looks pretty much the way activists have been saying it would. Catastrophe has not ensued! Of course less people are going to jail for weed; that’s a given. On top of that, a ton of economic activity…
JP Carroll The legalization of marijuana production in certain U.S. states is hitting Mexican farmers hard, and taxing the massive, near omnipotent drug cartels south of the border. A Mexican farmer used to earn $100 per kilo of marijuana and now earns $30 per kilo, according to the Los Angeles Times. Production in Mexico has decreased…
Josh Fatzick Police in Washington, D.C., arrested two people Tuesday night for allegedly distributing marijuana after the pair had been selling pot for “donations” in the city for months. Nicholas Cunningham, 30, and Evonne Lidoff, 18, operated three vehicles throughout the district where they would sell pot brownies in exchange for “donations” from patrons, according to…
Josh Fatzick Marijuana is legal to possess in Washington, D.C., but it’s still illegal to purchase or sell. Pot enthusiasts aren’t fretting, though, they’re more than happy to give weed as a gift. Adam Eidinger, the man behind the initiative that legalized weed in D.C., told FOX 5 he and his friends will be offering…
From Bankable Insight By Charles Seeburger Whether it’s Black Market or Legal, Weed is a Serious Cash Crop From the legal markets thriving in states like Colorado and Washington, to the underground trade that generates billions of Mexican cartels, the economics of weed are crazy. Ganja. Smoke. Dro. Chronic. Spliffage. The names are as varied…