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When Sallie B. lectures her weekend class about marijuana, she likes to make her spiel as accessible as possible. The chef starts by explaining the effects of cannabis-infused butter, and then she demonstrates how to cook with it. "You want to make sure you're making it correctly so that you...

Forewarning: Sorry about the long post as I usually don't have much to say but I feel things need to be explained up front. So joined about a month ago after page stalking for about a year now. My daughter @ 20yrs old has severe Rheumatoid Arthritis, severe Fibromyalgia, issues due to certain...

It was just a few years ago that now 30-year-old epilepsy patient Zara Abas tried her first medical marijuana on the advice of her doctor. Abas suffered seizures almost every day and took four prescription drugs. It didn't take long for her to notice the difference. "As soon as I started it...

Nancy Whiteman's marijuana confectionary company makes millions of dollars a year, but she considers herself an "accidental cannabis entrepreneur." That's how she felt in 2010 when starting Wana Brands (shortened from marijuana), now Colorado's leading company for cannabis-infused...

Kaycee Bawdon is out to show that smoking marijuana while taking care of children is perfectly acceptable. When the mother of four from central California gets together for a playdate with other moms, they often enjoy some herbal refreshment while kids frolic in the yard nearby. Whether...

Eddie Biggar sports a black-and-green suit dotted with tiny green leaves as he dances jovially on a corner of the Pacific Coast Highway. Some two-and-a-half hours southwest of Portland, he owns the sidewalk. Just like a sign-waiver might promote the local pizzeria, The Weedman boasts $5...

Hemp is a crop that grows like any other, but with more legal boundaries. Purdue's Agriculture personnel have been growing and researching hemp since 2015. They hosted their second Industrial Hemp Field Day on Thursday at Meigs Farm, south of Lafayette. Janna Beckerman, field day organizer...

Don Knight keeps a "hard times" stockpile in the basement of his turn-of-the-century bungalow in Elko, Nev. Dozens of tightly sealed ammo cans are stacked in the corner, each packed with a handful of shotgun shells, a 2,000-calorie vacuum-sealed military food brick, a stash of water purifying...

Amanda Ellis-Graham's multiple sclerosis was once so bad she could barely hold a pencil. She suffered from vision and hearing problems. Walking was nearly impossible because of terrible vertigo. Numbness and a sensation of pins and needles slowly spread through her body. Ellis-Graham, now...

Several of the independent experts hired to review applications to open medical marijuana businesses in Maryland had ties to companies whose materials they reviewed, according to records obtained by The Washington Post. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission said it is investigating these...

A career in cannabis is controversial: Some workers dig in their heels and say, "Not me! I'd never have anything to do with that," while others are eagerly doing their best to break in, intrigued at the possibilities. In my 20-plus years supporting career development in Colorado, a handful of...

I've learned a lot from you guys and I really appreciate that, I'm almost done with my very first grow. This blueberry autoflower will be 2 months old next week. Couple questions; I notice the top leaves on one of the colas is starting to get a light green, is that because she's nearing the...

In some circles, Jessica Andreavich is known as the Robin Hood of Delaware's medical marijuana community. But to law enforcement and others, she is a drug dealing felon who gamed the system. For years, the activist and medicinal marijuana cardholder turned the plant form of the drug into...

When Deb Lynam's golden retriever Benny suffered a major medical episode, she initially sought out traditional veterinary medicine. Unfortunately, she concluded that the recommendation she received could have harmed or even killed him. Two years ago Benny had a massive seizure. "It was...

After fracturing her neck in a car crash 15 years ago, Pamela Cabagnolo began what she called a downward spiral of opioid use. She took the drugs to get up in the morning, to go to work. She popped pills for her pain until she went to bed at night. Cabagnolo said she took her pills to exist –...

Melissa Pierce doesn't enjoy being high. And she's the first to admit that building a national network for women to talk about their experiences with marijuana is not something she expected to do. Last Thursday night, Pierce shared her hesitation to get involved in the industry–and why she...

I first discovered the work of Cannabis Photographer Kristen Angelo when the Seattle Times did a profile of her for their series highlighting "cool jobs" in the region. Her work stood out as something fresh, new, and real. Unlike the high-contrast, psychedelic images I was used to seeing...

Grow, baby, grow. The Berkeley City Council has finally set criteria for the medical cannabis grow houses voters approved in 2010. The city expects to collect $650,000 to $1.3 million each year in tax revenue related to cultivation in West Berkeley, staff has estimated. Officials voted July 11...

Hello all, so I got this feminized photoperiod Golden Flame seed from Telegrow. Planted around 18 February this year and Im growing in Portugal. Plant grew fine, quite big, I did a FIM, topped her around the 10th node, cause she was staying in my balcony and had to limit her height. She...

Bari Gold was never one for tutus. When she was 4, Roberta Gold gave in to her daughter's competitive spirit and enrolled her in a local soccer program. While the rest of the girls picked daisies on the field, Bari played fiercely against her opponents. She joined a travel team at 9 and worked...