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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...

Anyone who has ever tried to make their own edibles has realized that simply adding a few spare nugs into your brownie batter will not produce the desired 'effect.' Why is this? Why does smoking weed get you high while eating it does not? The reason you can't get high from simply sprinkling your spare shake onto pasta is because of a process known as 'decarboxylat...

When you're in a dispensary and tell a budtender that you want to purchase some cannabis, you'll probably hear something like this: "What are you looking for? Do you want a sativa or an indica?" What he or she really wants to know is what type of high you want.The use of "sativa" and "indica" to designate strains is the industry standard when it comes to determining h...

As many regular consumers understand, weed can be a bit of a tricky thing sometimes, especially when it comes to dosing. Used in larger amounts, it can knock you flat on your back (in both good and bad ways), while in smaller amounts it can be used more functionally. For a lot of smokers, the low-tech nature of smoking weed can be a benefit - there is definitely somet...

From brightly colored sour gummy worms to fizzy sodas, marijuana has found its way into almost every edible product imaginable. You will realize this fact upon your first visit to any dispensary, as you are bombarded with a myriad of edible options to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters. Whether you want to satisfy your sweet tooth with a THC-laden chocolate peanut bu...

The obvious answer to the question is "Yes, of course you can" but should you? What are the effects of smoking weed while pregnant? Will the fetus be affected? What are the health risks for the mother? What will happen if you smoke weed while pregnant? In October 2017, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published the following advice: "Before pre...

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 ...

Ahhh, the marijuana grinder. The essential smoking accessory that is simple, effective and yet oddly under the radar even though they get so much use. Flower fanatics the world over know that this relatively basic device can be critical to getting the best smoke out of those beautiful buds. And if you're making edibles at home or adding cannabis to your meal, a grinde...

Last year, the worldwide cannabis concentrate market raked in 3.73 billion USD and it's projected that by 2026, the same market will generate 13.78 billion USD. Although concentrates are relatively new to the cannabis industry, the benefits associated with these products and their high cannabinoid and terpene content keep attracting millions of interested consumers. O...

Cannabis hash – or hashish – often conjures up stereotypical images of dark and mysterious lounges in North Africa or on the Indian Subcontinent. Contrary to popular knowledge, this popular type of cannabis resin has been used for a variety of purposes for millennia. Even today, hash and other types of cannabis concentrates remain desired and highly sought...

Illinois' medical marijuana program was passed initially as a pilot program as a way for the state to test it out without 100% committing, but now that the state has seen lots of success with medical marijuana legislators seem to be ready to fully legitimize it. A new bill has been proposed that would do just that ontop of adding several conditions to the state...

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...