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What does 710-friendly mean?

The Cannigma

710-friendly refers to hash oil , but it also refers more broadly to any form of cannabis concentrate, including: Wax Shatter Crumble Budder Live resin. As with many things in cannabis, the history of 710 is surrounded in lore and mystery. In 2013 the LA Weekly ran an article titled 710 is the new 420 and it exploded from there.

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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

Canna Law Blog

Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. Past legislative history : How many marijuana-related bills did this candidate introduce, sponsor or sign? If a candidate does not actively advocate for marijuana, we doubt their conviction.

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Israel: Cannabis Powerhouse

Canna Law Blog

In this post, I briefly examine the history of cannabis in Israel and what the future may hold for the country. In 2013, the Israeli Medical Cannabis Agency, an agency housed within the Israeli Ministry of Health, was established to further regulate medical cannabis.

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Italy: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DECREE – Definition of maximum levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in food

Cannabis Law Report

68/2013 of the Commission on the catalog. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of. Council of 17 December 2013 on financing, management and. 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of. 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of. Council of 17 December 2013 laying down rules on direct payments.

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Celebrating 420 in 2023

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

The term 420 is, at its simplest, a shorthand or slang reference to 4:20 PM (again, in the American style) or 4/20 on the calendar. Its use in reference to cannabis has been around for decades now and was (probably) originally used by a group of high school students in California who would meet up at 4:20 in the afternoon to smoke cannabis.

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Why cannabis can make your heart race

The Cannigma

A 1988 trial found that women given very low-THC (1.8%) joints showed “statically significant increases in pulse rate,” and this increase was more pronounced and lasted longer for participants with a past history of intermittent marijuana use 5. The trial did not include a control population given a lower dose of THC however.

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Massive $1 Billion Weed Bust Just Went Down in Los Angeles County

SpeedWeed

This might be the largest cannabis bust in the history of Los Angeles County. . It’s a fancy term referring to a team of dealers working together to sell drugs, and in this case: Weed. A DEA report released in March said that the agency is seizing about 80 percent less cannabis at the US-Mexican border as compared to 2013.

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