Miscellaneous

Nation’s failed weed war turned many into prisoners and others into moguls

Nation’s failed weed war turned many into prisoners and others into moguls Eileen Rivers | Sep. 5, 2019 It was 2012, and Ferrell Scott was watching television inside Pennsylvania’s Allenwood Read More

Marijuana has become big business. So why are small growers struggling to survive?

Marijuana has become big business. So why are small growers struggling to survive? Paul Solman | Jul 11, 2019 As marijuana has been legalized in states across the country, investors have Read More

How Psychedelic Surf Smugglers Invented Dabs (With Help From the CIA?)

How Psychedelic Surf Smugglers Invented Dabs (With Help From the CIA?) David Bienenstock | July 9, 2019 Who invented the dab? All too often in the world of cannabis such Read More

Marijuana Ties Are Hurting More Filers in Bankruptcy Courts

Marijuana Ties Are Hurting More Filers in Bankruptcy Courts Jonathan Randles | June 22, 2019 A little-known division of the Justice Department is using the nation’s bankruptcy courts to impose Read More

2,500-year-old tomb offers earliest evidence of humans using cannabis to get high

2,500-year-old tomb offers earliest evidence Katie Hunt | June 12, 2019 Cannabis has been cultivated as a crop for millennia, but there’s been little historical or archeological evidence showing when Read More

The risk of contaminants and false labeling in the exploding CBD industry

The risk of contaminants and false labeling in the exploding CBD industry Lisa Fletcher | May 15th 2019 The cannabis derivative, CBD, is popping up everywhere — lip balm, body Read More

Report: Majority Of Commercially Available CBD Products “Contaminated” With Heavy Metals

Report: Majority Of Commercially Available CBD Products “Contaminated” With Heavy Metals 23 May 2019 CBD-infused products commercially available in retail stores and online often contain heavy metals, such as lead Read More

No Expiration Date: A Sex Coach and Therapist On Seniors, Intimacy And Cannabis

No Expiration Date: A Sex Coach and Therapist On Seniors, Intimacy And Cannabis Abbie Rosner | May 23, 2019 One common misconception “cannasexual” coach Ashley Manta is happy to debunk is Read More

A Betrayal By a Leader of Oregon’s Cannabis Industry Shows How the Weed Business Went From Down Home to Cutthroat

A Betrayal By a Leader of Oregon’s Cannabis Industry Shows How the Weed Business Went From Down Home to Cutthroat Katie Shepherd | May 22 Beth Schechter’s world shattered with Read More

Oregon’s Open Cannabis Project Is Closing on May 31

Oregon’s Open Cannabis Project Is Closing on May 31 Josh Jardine | May 7, 2019 The last couple of weeks in the Oregon cannabis industry have been filled with confusion,Read More