As they stood above Mexico City on a 17,000 foot volcano, the owners of Pure CBD Exchange decided to go all in on CBD flower by launching Aspen Valley Hemp Company. Pure CBD Exchange began in 2016 as a low-cost, high quality brand for organic CO2 extracted CBD oil products. Since that time, the company […]
Adult-use cannabis is officially legal in Michigan as of today, but there are not yet any legal retail outlets to buy recreational marijuana in the state. Voters legalized the use of cannabis by adults in a statewide initiative that passed with nearly 56 percent of the vote in the midterm elections held last month. Matthew […]
A Canadian law firm is distributing promotional car air fresheners to publicize new stoned driving laws that go into effect soon. The air fresheners were sent to clients of Acumen Law, a firm that specializes in impaired driving defense. The firm’s logo, phone number, and website address are printed on the air fresheners. A letter mailed […]
Hightimes Holding Corp., the parent company of High Times Magazine, has agreed to immediately convert approximately $25.6 million of convertible 12 percent Hightimes notes into shares of stock at $11 per share—the same price per share the company’s stock is being offered to the public. As of Tuesday, the company says it’s reduced $28.6 million of existing debt […]
Quebec’s center-right Coalition Avenir Québec party surged to its first ever majority government in this year’s provincial election. And one of CAQ’s first orders of business was to follow through on its campaign promise to increase the legal age minimum for buying, possessing and using cannabis in Quebec. Yesterday, the CAQ government introduced a bill to […]
For years, cannabis conspiracy theorists floated images of packs of Marlboro brand joints to illustrate the extent that corporations could conquer the marijuana industry once the drug was legalized. With Monday’s announcement by Reuters that Marlboro and Virginia Slims’ parent company Altria is discussing investment opportunities with Canadian cannabis firm Cronos Group, those alarmist tactics […]
Running is an activity you either love or hate. For some, it’s a transcendental experience often compared to meditation. For others, it triggers avoidant behavior in the psyche—and somehow enhances the appeal of Netflix and pizza to a level in which excuses are disguised as logic. But not for Jerry Dunn, America’s Marathon Man. At […]
Carbon dating has shown ancient water pipes with cannabinoid compounds as early as the 1300s. Our ancestors clearly knew what they were doing when it came to burning the sacred flower. They understood that passing the smoke through water cools and filters the smoke. These ancient tokers also knew that water filters out fine particulate […]
Every week, New York City residents lose hours of their lives to a rapidly deteriorating subway system. One in three weekday trains face delays. Power outages, crumbling platforms, track fires, collapsing tunnels, and overcrowding—everyone knows the subway is falling apart. But the money to fix it seems impossible to find. After decades of neglect, politicians […]
Over the course of 2018, California has suffered both its largest and its most destructive wildfires. The Camp Fire is the state’s most destructive, burning over 142,000 acres, killing at least 85 people, and destroying more than 18,000 structures. These totals are apt to rise, as not all of the missing have been accounted for […]