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Fri
16
Sep

Want to become a weed sommelier? There's a school for that

Red wine goes with steak. White wine is paired with chicken. So what strain of weed goes with fish?

Organizations such as the Trichome Institute are now offering courses to teach people how to answer that and other important weed-paring questions by better understanding the complexities of the marijuana plant. The the institute has trademarked a term for the skill: “interpening,” for interpreting marijuana terpenes, the organic in the plant’s essential oils.

Fri
16
Sep

Can 2016 marijuana ballot initiatives ignite a fire under millennial voters?

Millennial and youth voters in America care more than any other generation about the legalization of marijuana, but will that be enough to drive them to the polls for November’s pivotal election?

There are as many as 13 pending ballot initiatives to legalize either adult recreational marijuana use or medical marijuana, with initiatives in nine states having already qualified to be on the ballot in November. Voters in Arkansas, Florida, Montana and Oklahoma will vote to legalize medical marijuana, while Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada will decide whether to regulate marijuana like alcohol.

The cannabis industry in the U.S. has arguably never faced a more monumental decision on its future and it’s a decision America’s younger generations care about.

Fri
16
Sep

How to Safely Use Marijuana As Part of Your Fitness Routine

Move over, supplement industry! More and more people are starting to utilize cannabis as part of their workout plan, and it’s no secret why. The herb is a natural anti-inflammatory and tends to help the consumer feel comfortable and pain-free.

Fri
16
Sep

Report says legalising marijuana in California would be windfall for cannabis industry

If voters legalise marijuana in California on 8th November the cannabis industry can expect sales to increase to $6.5 billion by 2020, a new cannabis industry marketing report predicts.

Cannabis investors can expect 18.5 per cent sales growth a year in California if Proposition 64 passes, according to The State of Legal Marijuana Markets, published by New Frontier Data and ArcView Group. The 2016 report says: ‘Legalisation of cannabis is one of greatest business opportunities of our time and it’s still early enough to see huge growth.’

In 2015, medical marijuana sales in California were $2.7 billion, the study noted.

Fri
16
Sep

Mexico president following California marijuana vote

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has proposed liberalizing his country's drug laws, privately asked California lawmakers visiting Mexico about a state measure to legalize recreational marijuana, a state legislator said on Thursday.

A delegation of California Democratic lawmakers visiting Mexico talked for an hour on Wednesday with Pena Nieto about trade and the state's border with Mexico.

During the meeting, Pena Nieto brought up the November ballot measure without getting into details, California state Senator Ben Allen said in an interview.

"But they're clearly paying close attention," he added.

Fri
16
Sep

Marijuana sold over the web will disrupt drug cartels, says Eaze CEO

In the crowded world of on-demand apps, there are three criteria that matter, according to Eaze CEO Keith McCarty:

  1. Consumers use the product a lot.
  2. Suppliers can be agile.
  3. The product is naturally social.

All three of those criteria are met and exceeded by cannabis, the product delivered by McCarty’s company. Eaze partners with medical marijuana dispensaries to bring the drug to nearly 100 cities and towns in California, and he joined Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask to talk about what’s next.

Fri
16
Sep

California: If marijuana is legalized, where would $1 billion in pot money go?

 

After covering administrative costs, here are some uses for the remaining tax revenue if voters approve Prop. 64:

• $10 million, increasing to $50 million annually by 2022, for grants to local health departments and nonprofits that support addiction treatment, job placement, mental health treatment and other services for communities hard-hit by previous drug policies.

• $2 million annually to the UC San Diego Center for Medical Cannabis Research to study marijuana as medicine.

The remaining revenue will be divvied up to include:

Thu
15
Sep

Denver Will Be Voting on the Social Use of Marijuana

Denver voters will decide this November whether marijuana consumption should be allowed in bars and restaurants.

Just days after the rejection of a competing measure proposed by the Denver chapter of NORML, elections officials announced last week that the issue of social marijuana use would still go before voters this fall.

On Thursday, organizers with the Neighborhood-Supported Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program received confirmation from the Denver Elections Division that the group collected enough signatures to earn a spot in the upcoming election.

Thu
15
Sep

Identifying Old or Bad Cannabis Past its Shelf Life

Cannabis can have an indefinite shelf life, but only if all of the proper conditions have been met. For cannabis to truly stand the sands of time, one must not only handle each process of the growth and harvest cycle carefully, but also store the cannabis properly. If all of these conditions are met, one could be enjoying their favorite strain 10 years from now with little quality degradation.

Thu
15
Sep

Canadian teens are smoking less tobacco, but marijuana popular

A new federal survey suggests the percentage of students who smoke tobacco fell to about 3 per cent in 2014-15 from 4 per cent a year earlier.

The Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey found declines in both the numbers of students who had ever tried smoking and current smokers.

Alcohol and marijuana were more popular than tobacco.

The study surveyed 42,094 students in Grades 6 to 12 (or Grade 6 to secondary V in Quebec). Students in Grades 7 to 12 were also asked about alcohol and drug use.

It said in 2014-15, 18 per cent of students in Grades 6 to 12 had tried smoking, if only just a puff, down from 24 per cent in 2012-13.

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