For more than half a century, US growers have been on the cutting edge of creating high-grade cannabis, with the primary goal of achieving ever-greater potency and complexity of highs. But in that time, while legal pot has reached a tipping point of popularity in the US market, longstanding federal prohibition has meant that very […]
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How Long Should You Hold Marijuana Smoke in Your Lungs?
Take a nice, big hit off that joint or bong. Now hold in your hit of marijuana smoke for… how long? What’s the right amount of time to hold in marijuana smoke so you preserve lung health and get max high? It helps to know that a 2012 University of California San Francisco (UCSF) study discovered […]
Marijuana Haters & Politicians Gut Florida Marijuana Legalization
Florida marijuana law was supposed to change for the better after voters overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana amendment (Amendment 2) in 2016. The law gave doctor-approved medical marijuana patients the right to buy to corporate-grown schwag sold for high prices at licensed dispensaries run by a handful of politically-connected growers. But the law wasn’t complete […]
How to Make Marijuana Tincture (the Green Dragon)
Marijuana tincture is made using high-proof alcohol and marijuana. Marijuana tincture gives you a potent, fast-acting, concentrated dose of cannabinoids and terpenoids. It gives you a rapid-onset, psychedelic, long-lasting, unique high. The nearly-pure alcohol you use to make marijuana tincture ensures that the mixture stays cannabinoid potent for several years. Here’s all you need to […]
Fentanyl Pharmaceutical Company Squashes Arizona Marijuana Legalization
Arizona narrowly defeated a 2016 recreational marijuana ballot proposal called Prop. 205. A scandalous pharmaceutical company run by a greedy billionaire that makes opiate drugs that create addiction and kill people spent big money to defeat Arizona marijuana legalization. Insys Therapeutics handed at least half a million dollars to a drug war political action committee […]
Marijuana and Pregnancy: Stories from Pot-Using Moms
In our three previous articles on marijuana and pregnancy, we heard from expert cannabis researcher Dr. Melanie Dreher. She discovered that Jamaican women who combine marijuana and pregnancy create better outcomes for themselves and their children. Our articles show that marijuana and pregnancy go well together because marijuana is a safe, natural medicine that helps […]
Marijuana and Pregnancy: The Rastafari Jamaican Ganja Experience
In my previous two articles on marijuana and pregnancy, I pointed out that the war on marijuana and the war on women’s reproductive rights (including abortion) are linked. Women have been told that we can’t control our own bodies, prevent or terminate pregnancies, or use marijuana during pregnancy. In our most recent marijuana and pregnancy article, […]
Monsanto Enters Hydroponics & Marijuana Growing Industries
At the Maximum Yield Indoor Gardening Expo in Boston several years ago, I was shocked to discover that Monsanto (a convicted GMO corporate criminal known for making chemicals that kill marijuana plants and ecosystems) was at the expo! At the Boston expo, you wouldn’t have seen the name “Monsanto.” Instead, you saw a front company called […]