Even if you’ve yet to try it out for yourself, you’ve probably heard of kratom by now. In fact, such is the hype surrounding the stuff that it’s hard to escape the subject right now. Controversial or otherwise, kratom is a herbal substance you’ll be hearing a lot more about over the coming months and [...]
We recently came across a cannabis cultivation article which we felt we simply had to share with our readers. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the usual kind of pot growing article that sings the praises of the idea and tells you all you need to know about crafting killer cannabis from the ground up. Instead, it came [...]
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will oversee both recreational and medical cannabis. It will screen and license retail cannabis shops, and these are expected to open their doors in mid-2018. While 4 out of 5 Cannabis Control Commission members voted against the ballot that legalized recreational marijuana in the state of Massachusetts, one of them [...]
Read, adopted, and ordered to the Senate on September 14,2017, Senator Stone, Senator Scott Wiener, Senator John Moorlach, and Assembly member Tom Lackey have sponsored the Senate Joint Resolution, No. 5 (SJR-5). A request to the Congress of the United States to pass a law that reschedules marijuana or cannabis and its derivatives from a [...]
It’s probably fair to say that if the majority of cannabis critics knew the truth behind their misled assumptions, the whole legalization debate would be so much easier. But this of course is not the way things go in the real world as while ever there are scare stories, there will be millions who believe [...]
Two attempts, three years and $11m later, Florida finally decided to give the green light to medical marijuana. Patients and campaigners across the country rejoiced when it became clear that Amendment 2 had passed, laying the groundwork for the state’s first genuinely accessible medical cannabis legislation. The only problem being that laying the groundwork was [...]
House Bill 2355 has passed both houses of the state legislature in Oregon and is expected to be signed into law by Governor Kate Brown. This decriminalizes heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, LSD, oxycodone, and MDMA. Possession of these in usable amounts is only a felony if someone has a prior felony conviction. While this is [...]
The cartel related violence has again exploded this year in Mexico. Clearly the war on drugs is a war the Mexican government cannot win. Just as other governments have failed to eradicate drug use, including the American government, the government in Mexico is attempting to battle the cartels militarily, this ultimately escalated the conflict further. [...]
For the most part, the Colorado cannabis community has had a lot to celebrate as of late. What’s been a figuratively religious experience for some, has recently become an actual religious experience – for the people of Denver, at least. This April brought about two more well justified reasons for celebration for the International Church [...]
In December 2016, the Mexican Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of passing medical cannabis laws. This was achieved with a yes vote wining by a margin of 98-7. On April 28th, 2017 legalization moved a step closer when the lower house voted 374-7 in favour of legalization. This just left the Mexican president to officially sign [...]
