State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida’s first legal pot growers, setting in motion the final stages of the drawn-out process to get Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry off the ground. The Department of Health tapped two of its own workers – Christian Bax, […]
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WATCH: A$AP Rocky Lights Up On Air
We always get excited when Thursday rolls around because it means a new, HIGH TIMES-approved episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC (10:30 p.m.). But this week we're extra pumped because A$ AP Rocky is joining Scott Aukerman and Kid Cudi, and let's just say, this epi… Read article here: High Times
Vermont Wants To Grow Hemp At MMJ Facilities
State officials are asking lawmakers to allow marijuana dispensaries to grow hemp plants and produce and sell therapeutic hemp oil. The dispensaries want to sell the oil as a treatment for children who suffer from seizures and other neurological symptoms, according to Lindsay Wells, marijuana program administrator at the Department of Public Safety. Wells and […]
Women & Weed: Tracie Egan Morrissey
Women are at the vanguard of the marijuana movement: as growers,cannabusinessowners, manufacturers of edibles andtopicals, activists, mothers who choose tomedicate their kidswith herbs instead of pharmaceuticals, and, significantly, as self-i… Read article here: High Times
Kentucky: University Part Of First Study On Marijuana Compound Effects
Addiction researchers are only beginning to understand how dozens of chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant, known as cannabinoids, influence human health and behavior. According to Shanna Babalonis, a researcher and assistant professor of behavioral science at the University of Kentucky, research investigating the effects of cannabinoids on humans is limited. The well-known marijuana […]
Radical Rant: Cigarette Smoking At All-Time Lows (But Media Hypes Marijuana’s Rise)
The latest data from the annual Monitoring the Future study is out, covering the results of their survey of young people’s use of drugs. According to the survey, 5.9 percent of undergraduate college studentsare smoking pot daily, the highest recorded rate sinc… Read article here: High Times
Nico’s Nuggets: Using Supplemental Lighting to Veg Plants Outdoors
Can your outdoor marijuana grow benefit from supplemental lights? Grow expert Nico Escondido has the answers! Read article here: High Times
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False Report in the Denver Post Creates Hardship for Colorado Marijuana Dispensaries
On Monday, theDenver Postpublished a shotgun-style report implicating a couple of Denver marijuana dispensaries in the unlawful sale of a number of pot products treated with unapproved pesticides. The storysuggested that during an inspection, city health… Read article here: High Times
Ten Different Health Benefits Of Marijuana, Why Would You Not Want This Medicine?
10. Treatment of Glaucoma If you are one of the millions who have been suffering from glaucoma, then smoking marijuana can help you get the best eyesight and relieve pressure from they eyes. Intraocular pressure can increase in certain individuals, especially those who have diabetes. Glaucoma is serious disease that can cause blindness. 9. Manage […]