Cannabis Scientists Identify Viroid-Resistant Purple Cannabis Strain by Sophia Vida July 05, 2023 While humans battle COVID, cannabis plants face an equally devastating threat: Hop latent viroid (HLVd), a viroid that occurs worldwide in hops, but in recent years jumped to cannabis, destroying THC yields in infected plants. ...
Cannabis U.K.-Based Hemp Farm Shuts Down Due to THC in CBD Products by Sophia Vida July 05, 2023 In the British Isles, Jersey Hemp is the only farm permitted to cultivate hemp. While it’s licensed to produce CBD products, the United Kingdom government recently closed the farm down because it found trace amounts of THC in th...
Cannabis Seven Founding Fathers Who Farmed Hemp and Advocated for It by Sophia Vida July 04, 2023 On July 4, 1776—247 years ago—the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain. Many of them not only grew hemp but insisted how impo...
Cannabis U.S. Forest Service Reminds Employees That They Are Still Subject to Federal Law by Sophia Vida July 04, 2023 On June 22, U.S. Forest Service (USFS) deputy chief for business operations Tony Dixon published a statement exploring the relationship and impact of cannabis on federal employees. “Over the last 10 years or so, our views aro...
Cannabis Cannabis and the Second Amendment: A Word of Warning by Sophia Vida July 04, 2023 The ATF released clarification on May 30 to firearm owners after the passage of cannabis legalization in Minnesota, reminding them that until federal law changes, they no longer have a right to own or possess guns or ammunition, t...
Cannabis Legalize America Is the First Cannabis-Focused Super PAC by Sophia Vida July 03, 2023 The U.S. Cannabis Council (USCC) announced on June 28 that it has created Legalize America, which is the first United States’s Super Political Action Committee (or Super PAC) that is specifically dedicated to cannabis reform. A ...
Cannabis President Biden Is ‘Very Open-Minded’ About Psychedelics For Medical Treatment by Sophia Vida July 03, 2023 President Joe Biden’s youngest brother said the president has been “very open-minded” in their conversations about therapeutic psychedelics, AP reports. During a phone interview with The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusX...
Cannabis Middle Aged Women Using Cannabis To Alleviate Menopause, Survey Finds by Sophia Vida July 03, 2023 Middle aged women in Canada are increasingly turning to cannabis for relief from menopause-related symptoms, according to newly published research. A survey conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta sought to “e...
Cannabis NBA Contract Allowing Players To Smoke Weed Goes Into Effect by Sophia Vida July 03, 2023 The National Basketball Association has removed cannabis from its list of banned substances under a new contract that allows the league’s players to smoke weed and invest in cannabis companies. The new collective bargaining, whi...
Cannabis Report: Elon Musk Takes Ketamine by Sophia Vida July 03, 2023 A juicy new story highlights the drug diet of some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful individuals, including Elon Musk. The story, published last week by the Wall Street Journal, claimed that Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner o...