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Unless you've spent the last few years hiding under a rock, you've probably noticed the exploding popularity of cannabidiol, or CBD. Whether it's cannabis dispensaries, health food stores, gas stations or ice cream parlors, you can hardly walk into a store without CBD-infused tinctures, topicals and edibles staring back at you. As CBD cements its place as a household ...

Like most other industries over the last 50 years, the cannabis trade has changed and evolved dramatically to adapt to technological advances, consumer tastes and market forces. Gone are the days when weak Mexican brick weed dominated the bowls and joints of U.S. consumers. Those days have been left behind due to a surge of scientific advancement in growth techniques,...

Looking for a fun, new experience while stuck at home? Consider hitting up a local dispensary, getting high, then downloading a few cannabis-friendly video games to explore a new world. Even without a good high, video games offer an escape from reality, so it only makes sense to combine the two. For your enjoyment, we've collected some of our favorite video games ...

Adult-use cannabis dispensaries across Massachusetts will be allowed to re-open and offer curbside retail service next week after two months of forced closure issued by Governor Charlie Baker. The dispensary re-openings are included in phase one of Gov. Baker's newly announced four part plan to slowly ease the Bay State's coronavirus-fueled social restrictions. I...

The ability to walk into a dispensary and legally purchase cannabis for medical or recreational use is a beautiful thing. It's like being a kid in a candy store. Except you are an adult and you want to make sure that your eyes don't get too big and you end up making purchases that you regret. The options of marijuana strains and marijuana products can be intimidating,...

As cannabis legalization continues to spread to new countries, states and cities, research and product development has followed swiftly behind. Marijuana aficionados have quickly discovered that THC is not the only cannabinoid worth obsessing over. Over the past few years, CBD has emerged as marijuana's second rockstar compound, helping users quell physical pain, anxi...

With the world on lockdown, being stuck at home is starting to feel like the new normal. Fortunately, if you're a fan of sitting back, getting high and binge watching tv, there's never been a better time to partake in one of the most enjoyable at-home pastimes. We've created a list of shows and movies you need to bump up on your watch-while-high list, along with what ...

With a quickly growing medical cannabis community, the number of people finding medical marijuana doctors and obtaining medical marijuana cards, especially in states where recreational cannabis is still outlawed, are increasing rapidly as well. In fact, during just one month of the COVID-19 quarantine, the percentage of people with MMJ cards grew by 10% -over 7,200 pe...

Cannabutter - or butter infused with active cannabis - is a great way to enter the wonderful world of weed edibles. Not so comfortable in the kitchen, you say? Not to worry. Making marijuana butter is a simple, straightforward process that's doable for any level of culinary talent. If you make sure to avoid a few common mistakes, it's also a fun and rewarding activity...

Cloning might have accumulated a bit of a mystique over the years thanks to Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters and battles in galaxies far, far away, but in reality, it is a common practice in the world of horticulture that simply means to make an exact replica of an already living plant. So what is cloning? The technical term is "vegetative propagation." And while the clo...

The monumental Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (simply known as The Farm Bill) was signed into law on December 20, 2018. For the first time, hemp was removed from the Controlled Substances Act. Yes, industrial hemp has been legal over a year now, and it will be continue to be treated as an agricultural product well into the future. The change was so dramatic that ...

Cannabis is one of the most unique plants on earth, with hundreds of distinct chemical elements each with their own distinct effects. The two most prevalent compounds produced in the plant are cannabinoids and terpenoids, which gives cannabis its famous effects. Many marijuana users are familiar with cannabis' two most popular cannabinoids, THC and CBD, but cannabinoi...