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Legends of 420: Weed’s top 5 strain families

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If you don’t know your weed history, you don’t know where you’re toking from. So we assembled the best cannabis journalists in the world to interview the most primary sources, and write first drafts of weed history that could credibly sit in the Library of Congress. The book of cannabis—revisions expected. Boom—Forbidden Fruit.

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New crop of US summer cannabis contests announced

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Marijuana awards offer a rare data point on cannabis quality with history tracing back to the first Cannabis Cup held in Amsterdam in 1988. Greenwolf plans future Zalympix contests in flower and hash, and ideally would like to blind the judging, so packaging and branding has less influence. He co-hosts The Hash podcast.

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US to ban Backwoods, Swishers and other flavored blunt wraps

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Criminalization of menthol cigarettes “really scares me,” Maritza Perez, director of national affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, told reporter Marc Gunther. “It Are we repeating history? He co-hosts The Hash podcast. We can avoid this approach,” the ACLU tweeted. This will have tremendous racial disparities.”.

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15 cannabis strains to take Pride in this year

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An abbreviated cultural history. He’s written for WIRED, Rolling Stone and Billboard, and is the former cannabis editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as the author of several cannabis books including ‘Marijuana Harvest’ by Ed Rosenthal and David Downs. He co-hosts The Hash podcast. Is weed gay?:

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10 excellent Asian American cannabis products to try today

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It’s been used as medicine in Asia for thousands of years, but that history has been so oppressed in the community.”. Cannabis’ global history doesn’t fully translate to dispensary shelves or the stoner media canon. “We received a lot of aggression, but behind closed doors, people were asking for recommendations. Related.

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Zkittlez marijuana brand tastes a lawsuit from Skittles candy maker

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Second—the long history of non-cannabis trademark holders enforcing on cannabis companies. He’s written for WIRED, Rolling Stone and Billboard, and is the former cannabis editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as the author of several cannabis books including ‘Marijuana Harvest’ by Ed Rosenthal and David Downs.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

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The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). upcoming seminars).