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New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidates Need To Step Up For Cannabis

“New Jersey’s cannabis consumers have a list of specific issues that Sherrill and Ciattarelli could address… And we vote—so the candidates would do well to stop by and say ‘high’ to us before Election Day.” By Chris Goldstein, NORML The Garden State is having a quiet economic revolution with legal cannabis, but both mainstream candidates…

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After Harvest: From Drying to Selling Cannabis

The joys and challenges of being a small farm cannabis cultivator are myriad. Beginning in the spring, when we first “crack” our seeds in preparation for planting, the thrill is there. Each delicate little sprout is carefully placed in living soil, and for the following seven months, we have the supreme joy of watching those…

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How America Accidentally Legalized Lab Cannabis

…and still doesn’t know what to do about it In 2018, Congress slipped a decimal point into law and, without meaning to, opened the gates to a new cannabis economy. The Farm Bill’s definition of hemp (any cannabis plant with less than 0.3% delta-9 THC on a dry weight basis) was supposed to revive rope,…

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Massachusetts Campaign To Roll Back Marijuana Legalization Law Is ‘On

A Massachusetts campaign says it is “on track” to collect enough signatures to put an initiative on the 2026 ballot that would roll back key aspects of adult-use marijuana legalization in the state. Meanwhile, some in the cannabis reform community are raising concerns about alleged instances where voters are being approached by signature gatherers with…

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Ohio Lawmakers Advance Bill To Scale Back Voter-Approved Marijuana Law

Ohio House lawmakers on Tuesday approved an amended Senate-passed bill that would make significant changes to the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law while incorporating a series of regulations for hemp that are meant to align the two sectors of the cannabis industry. Members of the House Judiciary Committee agreed to changes to the measure from…

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Dear Dabby: How To Take a Proper Dose of Cannabis

 What is the right dosage for an edible?  — Indy Gestion I wish I knew. Everyone is different. Body weight, personal tolerance levels, how much you’ve had to eat beforehand, all kinds of things factor into how an edible will make you feel. Anecdotal experience shows me that 10 mgs of THC per 100 pounds of…

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Why Gen Z is Saying Yes to Cannabis and No

Why Gen Z Is Choosing Weed Over Booze   Gen Z, or the Generation Z that was born between the early 1990’s through the early 2000’s – are making waves and changing the way we see the world today.   Despite being just a few years away from so called Millennials, this generation of young…

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Does Cannabis Cause Mental Illness, or Just Expose It?

Despite the numerous studies backing up the significant mental and physical benefits of marijuana, prohibitionists still continue to fuel the fear-mongering factory with clickbaity articles and content, which claim that cannabis causes mental illness.   Weed causes psychosis and schizophrenia, they claim.   If it sounds familiar, that’s because the rhetoric is similar to those…

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Kenya’s Music & Art Scene Keep Cannabis Culture Thriving Despite

I’m in a bus on the Thika Super Highway, headed to Juja. It’s dark outside, but I leave my window open, loving how the wind feels against my face. My brother and I had a quick sesh before I left for home, and the THC is just now kicking in.  Gengetone music is blasting from…

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Chaos in a Jar: Field-Testing Flower for Hash

It’s a blazing hot 92-degree (33°C) day at the Casa Flor farm in Willits, California, and the first attribute of the towering cannabis plants that I take in is their ability to shade me from the sun. Two days after the autumnal equinox, the coolest place to be is down in the dirt among the…

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