Whenever Josh Wurzer buys legal California pot, he makes certain it was grown without pesticides. That’s because Wurzer, as president of cannabis-testing company SC Labs, knows how prevalent the use of health-threatening chemicals is in an industry that until recently operated mostly in the shadows. Three to four of every 10 samples that SC tests reveal the … Continue reading “Pot Laced With Pesticides Forces States to Act as EPA Stays Away – Bloomberg”
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California Fires Destroy Cannabis Crops At Harvest Time
By Aaron G. Biros The fires ripping through the Northern part of the state have impacted a growing number of cannabis businesses. Earlier this week, a series of wildfires began ripping through Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, causing mandatory evacuations, rampant property damage and taking the lives of at least 17 people. Extraordinarily high wind … Continue reading “California Fires Destroy Cannabis Crops At Harvest Time”
In Photos: Take a Trip Inside a Modern Hydroponics Facility | Leafly
Indoor cannabis cultivation has moved out of the dimly-lit basements and garages operated by renegade activists, patients, and green thumbs. Nowadays, massive legal grows occupy sprawling warehouses and multi-million dollar agricultural facilities. As budgets and plant counts scale up, so do the technology and sophistication of these gardens. To share a view of what the … Continue reading “In Photos: Take a Trip Inside a Modern Hydroponics Facility | Leafly”
Michigan will allow one-stop shopping for some medical marijuana businesses
The medical marijuana industry is poised to explode with new state regulations and taxes on the dispensaries that will sell the weed. Kathleen Gray/Detroit Free Press The medical marijuana business is expected to explode next year when the state begins to hand out licenses, and rules released Thursday by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory … Continue reading “Michigan will allow one-stop shopping for some medical marijuana businesses”
The DEA Wants To Study The Medical Benefits Of Cannabis, But The DOJ Is Stonewalling Them
Although CNN reported that a study found little evidence that marijuana helps treat chronic pain and PTSD, we beg to differ… Two studies published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine found that there was little scientific evidence to support either the effectiveness or safety of medical marijuana. If Marijuana is Dangerous, Opioids are Nuclear If the researchers believe … Continue reading “The DEA Wants To Study The Medical Benefits Of Cannabis, But The DOJ Is Stonewalling Them”