Low-skill-low-wage jobs are aplenty, but the ones that pay require serious degrees. This post from MSN News checks out the jobs in the legal cannabis industry! If you're dreaming about striking it rich in the burgeoning legal marijuana industry, it'll help to have an advanced science degree But for an industry predicted to employ as many as 300,000 people by 2020, ... Continue Reading
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Experts Weigh in On the Health Benefits of CBD
Cannabis experts and advocates are now talking about CBD as a solution for many health conditions. This post from VailDaily.com has insights on the health benefits of CBD. When home health hospice nurse Sage Pierson was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age 40, she could have "walked into the woods and shot herself in the head," she was in so much pain. She tried the ... Continue Reading
The Night Legal Marijuana Came to Las Vegas
On the ground in Las Vegas the night marijuana became legal for all adults! This post from Rolling Stone covers Nevada's first night with recreational weed. At first glance, it's hard to decide who's wearing the better outfit: the mustachioed man with the bud-leaf button-up and rhinestone ball cap, or the ponytail guy with the tie-dye shirt featuring a Rastafarian Cookie ... Continue Reading
Florida Medical Cannabis Amendment Not Enough
The principal backer of Florida's Amendment 2 will sue state over legislation that bans smoking medical cannabis. John Morgan has been steadfast in saying that the 71 percent who voted for the amendment expected smoking as one of the ways to consume cannabis. Get more details in this post from The Cannabist. The Florida Legislature’s passage of a bill to enact the state’s ... Continue Reading
The Increase in Weed’s Potency Over the Years
Conventional wisdom says marijuana is stronger than it used to be. This post from Mic.com reveals the complicated, science-backed truth about weed’s potency! If you've ever smoked up with someone who lived through the 1960s, you may have heard them remark that marijuana is much stronger than it used to be. But is that actually true, or just a hippie myth? Here's the straight ... Continue Reading