Illinois made history at the start of 2019 by becoming the first state to legalize recreational cannabis through an act of the legislature rather than through a citizen led ballot initiative. With cannabis retailers set to open at the start of 2020, many cities are scrambling to create adequate legislation before the first eighth is sold. The Windy City has been slo...

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order against e-cigarette and THC vaping products. This order makes California the third state to take an official stance against what experts are now calling a national emergency. So far, there have been 450 reports of respiratory illnesses linked to harmful chemicals believed to be contained in knock-...

As medical marijuana legalization has steadily spread across 33 states, with 11 states even allowing the sale of recreational cannabis, it seems that federal legalization may soon be on the horizon. Despite the growing popularity of marijuana, The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) chose to maintain marjiuana’s status as a Schedule 1 substance in 2016. This means t...

A major argument for prohibition amongst the anti-marijuana crowd is that an increase in legal weed equals an increase in crime. However, a recent study published in the Journal of Regional Science and Urban Economics suggests otherwise. Data collected over a 3-year period in Denver Colorado neighborhoods indicates that the opening of a dispensary leads to a drop in ...

As the current vaping 'crisis' rages on across the US, health officials believe that an Oregon man could be the first ever reported death from a marijuana vaping product bought at a licensed dispensary. Reports indicate that an Oregon man who died recently from respiratory illnesses was using a marijuana vape pen bought from a licensed state dispensary before his il...

After a strong nine month run in California's State Legislature, Senate Bill 51 has been moved to ‘inactive file' as of September 10th. The bill was designed to organize a banking system for California cannabis companies run by the state government. Senator Robert Hertzberg crafted the bill as a way to create legal banking avenues for cannabis businesses in the a...

The term trichome is generally used to refer to the tiny hairs or miniscule glands that can be seen emerging from the surfaces of leaves and other epidermal surfaces of plants. Specifically speaking, trichomes are epidermal cells that are either unicellular or multicellular. Many are so small that a microscope is required to analyze them properly. The term originates ...

Grandaddy Purple. Purple Kush. Purple Haze. If you've ever been into a dispensary you might have seen some of these strain names and noticed that the cannabis community has a fascination with the color purple. Purple strains, which are sometimes grouped together and called "Purps" are a relatively new genetic trend and a product of selective breeding that has resu...

Picture this: you walk into a dispensary and ask the budtender to show you their favorite strain and they pull out Blue Dream. Your budtender holds a jar out to you and tells you to take a whiff. You stick your nose in and take a deep breath, your senses are hit with a fruity sweet smell and then an earthy vanilla aroma. In this article we will discuss how terpenes ca...

Out of all drugs that exist, cannabis is the most commonly consumed and cultivated illicit drug in the world. Millions of individuals consume cannabis for purely medicinal reasons, but others consume it recreationally. Regardless of why cannabis is consumed, most consumers don't think about how the products they consume were made and where they started, especially can...

What are Cannabis Based Concentrates? Concentrates, also sometimes referred to as oil, dabs, and hash are "concentrated" forms of their beginning source, flower. When compared to the parent flower, concentrates contain a much larger concentration of cannabinoids - the naturally occurring chemicals in cannabis, such as THC, THC-A, CBD, CBD-A. Concentrates can be broke...

Hotboxing is pretty simple -- smoke in whatever way you feel most comfortable, then don't let the smoke get out. Usually, this is accomplished more easily if you're in a small place like hotboxing a room, hotboxing a car or hotboxing a closet. Keep the doors closed, seal up any windows and places where air can escape and start smoking. Wait until you are sitting in an...