As more states continue to legalize, a disproportionate number of black Americans are still being arrested and incarcerated for minor cannabis offenses. It’s a maddening dichotomy addressed in a gripping new short film “Not Just Another Day,” set to re…
Education
2020: A Record Year For Cannabis Studies
The cannabis plant is arguably the most dynamic plant on earth. It can be used for medical purposes, it can be converted into fuel, and it can be made into countless types of textiles. In many ways it would be easier to come up with a list of things th…
We Need To Educate Children And Adults About ‘Drug Education’
We Need To Educate Children And Adults About ‘Drug Education’
Reefer Madness is gone, but not repented.
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Gateway Community College Offers Courses In Cannabis Business Training
If you want to get into the pot business, a Phoenix college is making it a little easier. Gateway Community College launched a program to teach the business side of the bud. “It’s an industry that can bring dollars into Arizona,” said Jeanne Ratliff, D…
How Do I Change Someone’s Mind About Cannabis?
My cousin chose to medicate his terminal cancer with cannabis. In response, his mother chose to call the police. Despite medical cannabis not yet having been enacted in New York at the time, the officers left soon after they arrived without taking any …
Smoking Marijuana For The First Time: A Beginner’s Guide
There’s no predicting how you’ll first react to the herb, so the best way to go is to start slow and know what you’re smoking or otherwise ingesting. While the scales of prohibition propaganda fall from the eyes of many, cannabis loses its stigma and b…
Can You Smoke Your Leftover Weed Stems? What Can You Even Do With Them? Here’s What You Should Know.
It’s happened to us all: you underestimate the amount of marijuana at your disposal and it’s late at night, so you can’t buy more. You look through your ashtray and your weed baggie and there’s nothing useful in sight. Then you spot the stems. Should y…
CCSF Expands Menu with Cannabis Culinary Courses
A trio of non-credit classes taught by notable chefs will be offered this spring. When it comes to learning about cannabis, the options for a higher education have long been few and far between. That’s why, earlier this year, City College of San Franci…
Greenhouse Marijuana Dispensary Opens In Northbrook With Store Designed To Help Educate Consumers
A new marijuana dispensary is now open in Northbrook, with a focus on educating customers, both new and experienced, about the use of cannabis. Greenhouse Northbrook, 755 Skokie Boulevard, opened Oct. 1 after a ribbon cutting with the Northbrook Chambe…
How Does Cannabis Get You High?
How do marijuana’s psychoactive properties work? Have you ever looked at your hands? I mean really looked at your hands? You might think you have, but as the above classic Doonesbury cartoon implies, people who are high on cannabis may perceive mundane…