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Can You Get a Secondhand High? So you're driving through Denver, sitting in the backseat of a buddy's car. Your friend in the front pulls out a joint and proceeds to light it. Normally you would join in without a second thought. However, you just got a new job and they drug test. Should you be worried? Well, that depends. Getting high from secondhand smoke, better ...

Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington the data for consumption in teenagers has gone down, despite what some who were afraid of legalization might have thought. Majority of teenagers in from 2010 to 2016, which includes pre-legalization and post-legalization years, showed a decrease in cannabis consumption as a whole by about 3-4% in all age g...

Job creation is a priority when it comes to increasing the value of the United States economy and the official report detailing new jobs created every year is completely omitting the largest job creating industry in the nation, marijuana. In 2018 alone the marijuana industry was estimated to have created over 64,000 new jobs. The grand total of all jobs related to the...

Despite the growing acceptance of legalized cannabis in the United States, both medical and recreational, one industry has been heavily avoiding getting involved with cannabis businesses because of the federal government's classification of the plant. Insurance is a natural part of any business protecting it's assets, but cannabis businesses are often being le...

After being approved by the New Mexico House and passing through it's first Senate Committee, a recreational marijuana bill looks to have hit it's stopping point in the Senate Finance Committee where it will not have enough votes to move forward this week. If the bill had become law it would've allowed for recreational marijuana to be sold to adults by sta...

Cocoa Beach, Florida officials passed a vote 3-2 last week that allows for law enforcement to issue a civil citation instead of an arrest at their own discretion for those caught with 20 grams or less of marijuana. The decriminalization comes at a time when many cities are making this change. The change can make a huge difference in a community that has yet to legaliz...

A local cannabis social club in Michigan is undergoing some changes after a soft opening earlier this month. Doobie's Social Club is making renovations, changed their name, and are awaiting a few permits from the city before they will be able to open their doors again. The private social club only closed down due to the renovation work being done on the second flo...

Earlier this month the CEO of Whole Foods expressed his interest to The Texas Tribune in alternative products like insects as proteins and cannabis being sold by his stores. He discussed that markets change and evolve and when government regulations accommodate for that then new products will be sold in all types of grocery stores. He voiced his support for legal...

Michigan's medical marijuana program has gone through an excessive amount of setbacks and changes that have ultimately hurt the patient by limiting access to medication. In a move to help bypass some of the political red tape involved in the program Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to dissolve the Medical Marijuana Licensing Board. Instead, a ne...

Several U.S. Senators have signed onto a new bill called The Marijuana Justice Act that would legalize marijuana at the federal level and expunge the records of those who have previously been convicted of cannabis use or possession. Introduced by Senator Cory Booker, the bill has sponsoring senators are among incoming Democratic presidential candidates inclu...

Illinois legislators are in talks about what it would take to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana in the state and have commissioned a study to determine if the current amount of licensed growers could keep up with the potential new industry. The state's 16 currently operating growers are eager to take on more business and say that they can handle th...

Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a new and efficient way to grow cannabinoids in a controlled environment, but the most surprising part is that it has nothing to do with the cannnabis plant. Instead of growing and processing the cannabis plant, using energy and industry at every turn to create a consumer product high in either CBD or THC, scientists are sugge...