Cannabis Pet Medical Cannabis Bill Introduced in Rhode Island by Sophia Vida February 22, 2023 Lawmakers in Rhode Island introduced a bill allowing pets to use medical cannabis if and when it is certified by a licensed veterinarian. House Bill 5504, or the Edward O. Hawkins And Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act, was in...
Hemp NoCo9 Joins the Big Leagues With Keynote Speakers From Major League Baseball and Charlotte’s Web by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 MLB executives Jon Coyles & Uzma Rawn will join Jared Stanley of Charlotte’s Web on March 29 in a panel discussion led by NoCo9 producer Morris Beegle at the upcoming 9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo What: 9th Annual NoCo Hemp ...
Hemp Prairie Band Ag Supports Potawatomi Nation’s Economic Development With Industrial Hemp by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 In 2018, when the federal Farm Bill legalized the regulated production of hemp after 80 years of prohibition, Theo Wahquahboshkuk was just about to finish his degree in environmental science at Haskell Indian Nations University in...
Hemp Nominations Now Open for NoCo9 Hemp Industry Awards & Hemp Pitch Competition by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 As hemp industry leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, policymakers and advocates prepare to convene at the 9th annual NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s most comprehensive hemp business conference and trade show, on March 29-31, 2023, a...
Cannabis Senate Panel Approves Cannabis Research Bill by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 A U.S. Senate panel last week approved a bill that directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct research into cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The bipartisan legisla...
Cannabis Location of Receptor Key to Psychedelic Drug Effects by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 It turns out that real estate and psychedelic treatments hinge on the same factor. That is the chief takeaway from a new paper published by researchers at the University of California, Davis. “Location, location, location ...
Cannabis Police are Getting People High as Part of ‘Stoned Driving’ Training by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 Driving while stoned. It has become one of the more vexing challenges for law enforcement in the era of legalization, with cops across the country struggling to square their jurisdiction’s new cannabis laws with their mandate...
Cannabis Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 Do you suck at rolling joints? You need not worry, because most likely, the majority of casual smokers fall into the same category. Laissez les bons temps rouler—French for “Let the good times roll”—is today’s unofficial...
Cannabis Study: Current, Lifetime Cannabis Use Associated with Lower Blood Pressure by Sophia Vida February 21, 2023 Among the myriad benefits cannabis can offer, it looks like the plant medicine may be linked to lower blood pressure levels. According to new data published in the journal Nature: Scientific Reports that assessed the relationsh...
Cannabis The Anthropologist Who Became a Shaman Cult Leader by Sophia Vida February 20, 2023 Browsing through an antique bookstore in Quito, I stumbled on a book called Shabono: A Visit to a Remote and Magical World in the South American Rain Forest, written by an anthropologist named Florinda Donner. Published in 1982, I...