Know Your Herbs

As the cold and flu season rears its ugly head, ingesting harsh cannabis smoke can be far from anyone’s to-do list. But if you’re suffering from intense symptoms, or rely on medical weed to reduce other pains and ailments occurring in your day to day life, giving up cannabis to recover from a cold can be a unpleasant decision. Well, you’re in luck: cannabis legalization and the explosion of the market have created a lucrative field in which multiple products and methods of consumption have thrived — […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) often pledges on the presidential campaign trail that he will legalize marijuana in all 50 states on his first day in the White House — but he went a step further this weekend by inviting a crowd of about 15,000 people to come and personally witness the cannabis executive action. At a rally in Chicago on March , the 2020 Democratic candidate reiterated his legalization promise, stating that “there are some things that a president can do with executive order.” “It just so […]

Vangst, one of the leading recruitment agencies in the cannabis space, recently gathered data from 166 companies across 17 states concerning female and female-identifying employment in weed. Seen here, their findings suggest that out of 631 total female employees, 17.6% held director or executive roles. Additionally, “of all surveyed companies, 43.4% are more than 50% female identifying,” and “38.5% of [total] cannabis employees are female-identifying individuals.” These numbers are trending up as the market increases and as more states gain access to legal cannabis — but we […]

With spring training now in full swing, Major League Baseball is further clarifying its stance on marijuana. Players can now consume cannabis without risk of discipline, the league explained in a new memo, but they can’t show up to work under the influence and — at least for now — are barred from entering into commercial arrangements with companies in the marijuana industry. The league also says it’s also teaming with product-testing organization NSF International to analyze and certify legal, contaminant-free CBD products in order to allow […]