Hemp History In Pennsylvania

By Jordan Gesko IG: @jordangesko Photos by Josh Spooner IG: @spoonloon Hemp History Week 2017 truly was a historic week for Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania planted their first legal hemp crop in 80 years. Across the state, PA allowed 16 Industrial Hemp Licenses to organizations like Rodale Institute and Lehigh University. The organizations are studying hemp in all different soil for food and fiber. They...

Organ Transplants For Maine Medical Cannabis Patients

By Benjie Cooper IG: @nuglifenews YouTube: Lucid's Vlog With a 7 – 6 vote, Maine's full legislature gave its approval to LD 764/HP 544, An Act To Limit the Exclusion of a Patient from Eligibility for an Organ Transplant Based on Medical Marijuana Use. Maine is the latest in the growing list of states that are ending the practice of denying medical...

Cannabis And Media

By Kathleen McLean FB: Kathleen McLean With High Times selling a week ago at a value worth $70 million, it’s left many people pondering how media has evolved in the cannabis industry. In 1910, after the Mexican Revolution, America feared the unfamiliar Hispanic culture, including marijuana use. It was then that the media and government worked hand in hand to develop...

Five Things To Know About Juicing Cannabis

By Benjie Cooper IG: @nuglifenews YouTube: Lucid's Vlog Smoking is arguably the most popular way of consuming cannabis, but it's only one of many methods that people like to use to get cannabinoids into their body. In recent years, we've seen dabbing grow in popularity, as well as a multitude of edibles of every variety imaginable make their way into the medical...

South Carolina Becomes The Newest State In The Union To Legalize Industrial Hemp

By Frank G. Shineman This year, Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina signed a bill into law, called House Bill 3559. In this signing, South Carolina became the 31st State of the Union to legalize the commercial production of Industrial Hemp. This historic and groundbreaking bill was passed by a unanimous vote of 105-0. This South Carolina bill will function...

More Than Flavor And Aroma

Photo by Ganjatographer By Nikki Walls IG: @ms.majorblazer What is the first thing you do before you enjoy your Kush? You inhale its beautiful complex aromas and appreciate the different mixtures that give the trichomes their distinct flavors. Skilled breeders can isolate and enhance different terpenes to produce new bold flavor combinations. Terpenes are the molecules for aroma that happen to be...

A Conversation With Tribal Theory

By Brian Sweeney IG: @sparked_interest_photography Tribal Theory is an independent urban reggae band from San Diego. The band is comprised of Nico Tuilesu- vocals, Peter Cruz- guitar and backup vocals, Rudy Duenas- bass, Ku Hawkins- vocals, and Brian Baker on the drums. I was curious as to how the members Tribal Theory felt about cannabis. After exchanging pleasantries, and realizing there are...

Thoughts On Self Love

By Tiffany Shakib, MA Psychology Whatever you are experiencing, whatever your problems may be, there are other people who have experienced these problems too, and felt your feelings. Your feelings, thoughts, fears, shames, and self-judgements are not yours alone, they are not alien, strange, weird, or different. Change your thoughts of exclusion, into thoughts of inclusion of others. What you...

Cannabis Commercials

By Kathleen McLean Facebook: Kathleen McLean The first cannabis commercial debuted on major networks in the state of New Jersey in March 2014. It was produced by marijuanadoctors.com, a company that connected medically approved patients with doctors. The commercial can be seen on Youtube under “first marijuana commercial.” It’s funny! It depicted the quintessential shady character slanging sushi from behind a...

Hortiscope

By Medicinal Mike Boris Instagram: @medicinal_mike Aries This week your smoking buddy seems to be smoking the joint from the lit end. Take a mellow approach to this behavior and you’ll have a buddy for life. Libra Your favorite strain is listed at every dispensary this week! It must be your lucky week. Remember too much of a good thing is something nobody has...