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The largest entertainment arena in the U.S. is entering into a historic partnership with two cannabis drink brands, with plans to provide adult guests with a selection of hemp-derived THC beverages to enjoy. The brands—Señorita and RYTHM—announced the years-long partnership with the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday. Adults 21 and older will have the…

By Zack Huffman via Cultivated News Driving the news: After a two-year drought, this year could finally see more states legalize. 2024 broke a six-year streak of at least one state legalizing every year. And last year was also a dud for legalization, but momentum persists even as the federal government continues to stall on…

Aging adults with a history of cannabis use exhibit greater cognitive performance than those with no or little history of past use, according to data published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.   A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Colorado and Georgia Tech assessed cognitive performance and brain volume…

Let’s talk about time scales. Cannabis evolved the ability to produce THC approximately 28 million years ago—long before humans existed, before our primate ancestors descended from trees, before most of the species we recognize today walked the earth. Humans began cultivating cannabis approximately 12,000 years ago—making it one of our very first domesticated crops, possibly…