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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...

The Story and Benefits of Rick Simpson Oil Every so often someone in the marijuana universe comes along, often with some quirky invention or some primo strain and earns a place in the pantheon. Jack Herer, Tom Forcade, Brownie Mary, Bob Marley - they're folk heroes who are tangled up in the history of AIDS activism, decolonization and the gradual cancellation of p...

For decades, cultivators have worked tirelessly to perfect the process of growing and harvesting marijuana. From finding the exact soil ph levels to timing the drying process down to the minute, growing weed has gradually become an art form. The days of backyard weed farmers are all but behind us, with many of today's growing operations looking reminiscent of  ch...

Around the world, roughly 147 million people consume cannabis (2.5 percent of the global population). Millions of individuals smoke cannabis instead of utilizing other consumption methods like vaping, orally ingesting edibles, sublingually administered liquids, or topical applications. Although smoking marijuana has been a staple for centuries, more studies have revea...

There are plenty of possibilities when it comes to enjoying the medicinal and recreational benefits of weed but a cannabis tincture might be the easiest way to manage the precise intake of your favorite green product. By definition, tinctures are concentrated liquid herbal extracts made by using alcohol to remove the active cannabinoids from the plant matter. Cannabis...