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…
In 2014 the Florida Legislature passed what is known in the medical cannabis community as a “CBD-only law.” This law was aimed at helping sick children; two years later, those sick kids are still waiting. CBD (Cannabidiol) is one of several dozen cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. It gained some measure of fame through…
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…
Geoffrey Ingersoll Despite polls showing a majority of support for marijuana legalization, Issue 3, a ballot initiative to make recreational and medical marijuana legal in Ohio, failed Tuesday night. Marijuana advocacy groups were disappointed, but also drew attention to the fact that Issue 3 had several provisions that divided the cannabis community. The ‘no’ vote grabbed 65…
Guy Bentley on October 2, 2015 The push for marijuana legalization in Ohio has been dealt a blow by the state’s financial establishment. The Ohio Bankers League (OBL) voted to oppose Issue 3 that would legalize both recreational and medical marijuana in the state. OBL, which has 210 members, fears a clash between the federal…
By: Laura Meyers A Michigan man woke up the other night around 2:30 a.m. to a knife-wielding intruder telling him “You’re going to smoke some weed with me right now.” True story. The man stalled the suspect, who eventually put the knife down. (I’m assuming so that he load the crack pipe. He sounds like…
by Avens O’Brien Cannabis is in the air – or in the news a lot lately, as states continue to legalize, decriminalize and medicinalize the plant. Last week, Senators Cory Booker, Rand Paul, and Kirsten Gillbrand introduced the first-ever bill in the US Senate to legalize cannabis for medical use. This is a historic moment,…
DENVER, CO–In possibly the most blatant case of the pot calling the kettle black, Sheriff Tom Allman warned what the legalization of pot could lead to in Colorado last year. “Thugs put on masks, they come to your house, they kick in your door. They point guns at you and say, ‘Give me your marijuana,…