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Art & Culture

What's It Like to Be a Full-Time Cannabis Journalist?

As legalization fever spreads from Ottawa to Uruguay, cannabis coverage has exploded across the world. The role of journalism and media – even working a cannabis beat – is something Solomon Israel knows well.

Business

CannaMoms and Fighting the Stigma

When Gill Polard, a Vancouver mom of two, spoke to a fellow mothers around a year ago, she heard a similar refrain. "This mom was telling me how cannabis is so bad, so dangerous, and moms shouldn’t do it at all. Meanwhile, she’s telling me this while guzzling a glass of wine and holding her newborn in the other arm,” Polard recalls in an interview.

Cannabis Abroad

Understanding Inter-Provincial Cannabis Travel in Canada

Enacted by the country’s federal government on October 17, 2018, the Cannabis Act outlined three certainties at its onset: that legalization should lead to the eradication of so-called “illicit” cannabis; that adult use would not equate to unbridled cannabis access and consumption of cannabis; and, finally, that the provinces would carry the weight of interpreting many of the bill’s many nuances.

Cannabis In The Household

Cannabis as a recreational drug and its depiction in the media

A commonality amongst a long list of so-called "stoner movies" - Reefer Madness and Dazed and Confused, mainstream popcorn-fare like the crazily popular coming-of-age movie The Breakfast Club, and the eight-season television weekly bake-fest that was That ‘70s Show is the social bonding ritual of the passing of the joint.

Health & Beauty

Understanding Cannabis-Based Sexual Health Products

In some respects, cannabis has come to serve as a panacea. From chronic pain to health conditions of varying forms, medical cannabis is being lauded as a primary or adjunct therapy option being embraced by millions of people. To the conversation of sexual health and enhancement, cannabis is now lending a range of new solutions, with the product line developing under this banner becoming incredibly robust.

Health & Fitness

Meet the "Healthy Stoner" Who Biked 19,000 Miles While Vaping

Roger Boyd wanted to shatter the stereotype of the lazy cannabis consumer, so the 38-year-old marketing executive from Bristol, UK, decided to do something about it. Over the past two years, he biked from the Northern English city of Newcastle and finished in Queensland, Australia, cycling through countries such as France, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Greece and India.

Safety & Usage

Canadian Edibles 101: Safety, Dosing & Basics

This article will coach consumers through some of the most common tips and safeguards used to ensure safety when trying edibles and infusions for the first, or the fifth, time.

Science & Tech

How This Seattle Company Wants to Preserve the 'Strain Integrity' of Cannabis

A common problem in the cannabis edibles industry is ensuring a strain’s many properties are preserved during the process of turning flower or oil into consumable products. But one Seattle-based firm is aiming to become a trailblazer in what’s called “lossless activation.”

Education

Looking at the State of Vertical Growing

Cannabis has traditionally been cultivated in what most agree is one of the least efficient manners imaginable. In horizontal setups, where plants grow side by side under direct light, much of the usable light is lost to the environment, and does not reach the plant. Also, more space is needed to grow in this fashion, and more energy is needed for the process. Which begs the question: why do most cultivators continue to grow cannabis plants on horizontal tables?

Lifestyle

What You Need to Know Before Making a Trip to a Canadian Cannabis Store

Buying cannabis from a physical store is one of the most alluring features of recreational legalization in Canada, but navigating this process still requires an understanding of how this new type of transaction actually works.

Wellness

Treating Lyme Disease With Medical Cannabis

Cannabis has been known to assist those living with a host of conditions, but is Lyme disease one of them?

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Safety & Usage

Canadian Edibles 101: Safety, Dosing & Basics

This article will coach consumers through some of the most common tips and safeguards used to ensure safety when trying edibles and infusions for the first, or the fifth, time.

Business

CannaMoms and Fighting the Stigma

When Gill Polard, a Vancouver mom of two, spoke to a fellow mothers around a year ago, she heard a similar refrain. "This mom was telling me how cannabis is so bad, so dangerous, and moms shouldn’t do it at all. Meanwhile, she’s telling me this while guzzling a glass of wine and holding her newborn in the other arm,” Polard recalls in an interview.

Art & Culture

What's It Like to Be a Full-Time Cannabis Journalist?

As legalization fever spreads from Ottawa to Uruguay, cannabis coverage has exploded across the world. The role of journalism and media – even working a cannabis beat – is something Solomon Israel knows well.

Wellness

Treating Lyme Disease With Medical Cannabis

Cannabis has been known to assist those living with a host of conditions, but is Lyme disease one of them?

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