Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA enacted a temporary policy to end cannabis testing among players during the 2020-2021 season. This past week the league’s commissioner, Adam Silver, said the temporary ban may become permanent. Will the NBA stop testing for cannabis among players? Silver told NBS’s Today Show, “We decided that, given all the […]
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It should come as no surprise that alcohol sales have risen during the pandemic. Since many people are feeling stressed out, anxious, and bored, drinking alcohol is a common way to let loose and unwind. However, you might be surprised to learn that these days more people are replacing alcohol with weed. How many people […]
Arizona marijuana laws: Is weed legal in Arizona? Cannabis is legal in Arizona for adults over the age of 21 and patients 18 years of old or older who have qualifying medical conditions. Although residents voted to fully legalize cannabis in November 2020, recreational cannabis won’t be sold until at least March 2021. According to […]
2020 has finally come to a close. We can all agree that this past year was a memorable one, for good and bad reasons. Although the global pandemic stole headlines, there has been some good news going on behind the scenes as well. This is especially true when it comes to cannabis. The cannabis industry […]
There’s a Gold Rush In California A Gold Rush is upon us in the Golden State of California. However, this latest wave concerns us with nuggets of another sort: marijuana. California Republicans have hailed it, and today country regulators are adopting distribution rules along with an array of related laws ahead of January 1 deadline […]
You may or may not have heard about how mangos can intensify your high when smoking weed. Just how does this seemingly random fruit interact with cannabis in our bodies? Read below to find out. Do mangos get you higher? Let’s make one thing clear: eating a mango will not make you high. You have […]
A recent study has shown that fabric made from hemp can be naturally resistant to bacteria and even kill strains of staph on it’s surface. In 2006, nearly 2 million Americans were infected each year during hospital stays, and almost 90,000 of them died as a result of the infection. Nearly 70 percent of the […]
A new study has shown that CBD appears to reduce the ‘cytokine storm’ that damages the lungs and kills many people who are infected from COVID-19. This is because it enables an increase of a natural peptide called apelin, which is known to reduce inflammation. The study was done by researchers at Dental College of […]
New Zealand’s citizens will be participating in a historic vote to legalize cannabis this weekend. It’s is the first country to put the legalization of recreational cannabis use to popular vote. New Zealand’s reform would allow its citizens over 20 years old to buy up to 14 grams of cannabis per day. The vote is […]
On Wednesday, Vermont became the 11th state to legalize recreational cannabis. Republican Governor Phil Scott has announced legislation to regulate and tax cannabis sales without his signature. The news was considered a major victory by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). This is big news for Vermont, which is only the second state in America to […]