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  • Jamaica’s Ganja Shortage: ‘Cultural Embarrassment’ or Clickbait?

    Feb 25, 2021, 8:26 am By Ben Hartman
    Could Jamaica, a global mecca of marijuana, a capital of cannabis culture, be running out of weed? Not really. But things did get bad enough that one analyst made headlines around the world by calling the shortage “a cultural embarrassment” earlier this…
  • Cannabis Could Lower Pregnancy Odds, Study Says

    Feb 22, 2021, 2:29 pm By Alexander Beadle
    This article was first published on Analytical Cannabis. It appears here with permission. Cannabis use could reduce the chances of a successful pregnancy, according to new research. Published in Human Reproduction, the new study assessed more than 1,200…
  • Cannabis Could Lower Pregnancy Odds, Study Says

    Feb 22, 2021, 2:29 pm By Alexander Beadle
    This article was first published on Analytical Cannabis. It appears here with permission. Cannabis use could reduce the chances of a successful pregnancy, according to new research. Published in Human Reproduction, the new study assessed more than 1,200…
  • Who’s Ready to Dominate Cannabis the Day It Goes Mainstream?

    Feb 21, 2021, 1:35 pm By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
    The cannabis space is growing (pun intended). It’s easy to think about that growth as a factor of changing perceptions among consumers — recreational, medical, or something in between. But it’s also no secret that the prohibition and regulatory…
  • How to Make Weez-Its, or Weed Cheez-Its

    Feb 21, 2021, 9:27 am By Ben Hartman
    Everyone has their favorite cracker, snack food, or relative, but there are few who can resist Cheez-Its. These rectangular, baked cheese crackers are savory, perfectly crunchy, and deliver providence on a surface not much larger than a postage stamp.  The…
  • Cannabinoids Could Limit Brain Injury Damage, Researchers Say

    Feb 18, 2021, 2:16 pm By Alexander Beadle
    This article was first published on Analytical Cannabis. It appears here with permission. The initial effects of a traumatic brain injury are severe. Fractures, soft tissue lacerations, and intracranial hemorrhage are all common injuries in the aftermath of…
  • Cannabinoids Could Limit Brain Injury Damage, Researchers Say

    Feb 18, 2021, 2:16 pm By Alexander Beadle
    This article was first published on Analytical Cannabis. It appears here with permission. The initial effects of a traumatic brain injury are severe. Fractures, soft tissue lacerations, and intracranial hemorrhage are all common injuries in the aftermath of…
  • How to Clean Your Vaporizer

    Feb 17, 2021, 4:51 am By Steve Turnbull
    Convenient, discreet, and handy, a vaporizer is a treasured bit of your smoking kit that you use all the time. Like any implement that has a busy life, it needs some maintenance. Keeping your vaporizer clean is an essential part of this.  Vaporizers are…
  • What Is Nanoemulsion and What Does It Mean for Cannabis Beverages?

    Feb 16, 2021, 3:51 pm By Ben Hartman
    Cannabis drinkables offer the promise of a better THC experience — the perfect happy hour libation with friends or colleagues — without any smoking or vaping needed and no hangover the next day. But until recently, the promise of cannabis in your cup has…
  • With Democrats in Charge, Cannabis Advocates Upbeat About Reforms – but Legalization Uncertain

    Feb 15, 2021, 5:02 pm By John Schroyer
    This article was originally published on MJBizDaily, and appears here with permission. Now that President Joe Biden has been sworn in and Democrats have taken control of Congress, many cannabis industry executives might expect some reform of federal marijuana…
  • Why You Should Be Keeping a Cannabis Journal

    Feb 15, 2021, 2:31 am By Ben Hartman
    Despite the traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, and years of PTSD, Otha Smith considers himself one of the lucky ones.  Pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident in 2003, a friend and medical student he was traveling with performed CPR until a medivac…
  • How Mara Gordon Got Her Start in Cannabis

    Feb 11, 2021, 3:13 pm By The Cannabis Enigma Podcast
    Listen & Subscribe: When Mara Gordon started using medical cannabis there wasn’t any lab testing — or any way to know how much of each cannabinoid or terpene was in a given strain. There was definitely no way of ensuring that you got the same effect from…
  • How to Clean a Glass Pipe

    Feb 11, 2021, 8:21 am By Ben Hartman
    A lot of dog owners may disagree, but a fresh, perfectly frosted bud resting in the bowl of a glass pipe is one of the best things to come home to at the end of a long day. Smoking a bowl in a glass pipe allows you to fully taste the cannabis strain and get…
  • Cannabis DUI Tests Aren’t Accurate, Study Finds

    Feb 10, 2021, 3:32 pm By Ben Hartman
    There is little relationship between blood or saliva limits on cannabis-impaired driving and the driver’s actual impairment, and law enforcement authorities must develop new detection methods, according to the findings of a new study.  A driver’s actual…
  • Changing the way we talk about cannabis

    Feb 8, 2021, 6:00 pm By Alexander Beadle
    This article was first published on Analytical Cannabis. It appears here with permission. Cannabis, weed, ganja, pot…there is an almost endless list of names used to refer to the Cannabis sativa plant and its products. But when it comes to law and policy,…
  • What Is Hash and How Do You Make It?

    Feb 7, 2021, 10:24 am By Ben Hartman
    Hashish or just hash, is a potent cannabis concentrate made by extracting the resin from cannabis plants and working and pressing it into solid form. It can take the form of spheres (like Nepalese temple ball hash), bricks or “cakes” like the hash made in…
  • What Is Kief and What to Do With It?

    Feb 4, 2021, 3:23 pm By Ben Hartman
    If you’ve ever looked at a bud of premium cannabis up close, you’ve seen the dusting of sugary crystals across the flower and felt the sticky resin on your fingerprints. That sparkly coating, called kief when it falls off the flower, is far from just…
  • 5 Facts Every Cannabis Advocate Needs to Know

    Feb 4, 2021, 6:06 am By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
    One of the most important building blocks of being an effective advocate is being able to drive the conversation. When it comes to cannabis and the struggle for legalization, improving access, and changing hearts and minds, advocates often find themselves up…
  • Cannabis Helps, Say Over Half of Parkinson’s Patients Who Use It

    Feb 2, 2021, 11:04 am By Alexander Beadle
    This article was originally published on Analytical Cannabis and appears here with permission.  In a new survey of German patients with Parkinson’s disease, 8% of patients reported using cannabis products. Of these consumers, over half said the drug had…
  • How Cannabis Affects Your Memory

    Feb 1, 2021, 3:49 pm By Emily Earlenbaugh, PhD.
    The main active chemical in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may have a negative impact on short-term memory. Some research even points to memory issues and changes to the brain for longer-term cannabis users. Still, the data also suggests that using…

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