Cooking with cannabis: Melt-in-your-mouth cannabis chocolate – GreenState

Cannabis can be effective at managing stress, sleep, nausea, and pain, and chocolate is a mineral rich food that contains methylxanthines, theobromine, and caffeine, which can have positive effects on mood and cognition. In addition to the flavor profile and sweet satisfaction chocolate provides, cannabis and chocolate are a perfect chemical pairing too, releasing anandamide […]

Going green, growing greens: How the cannabis industry is addressing its energy problem …

So, what does that mean? In short, it’s a lot of greenhouse gasses pumped into our already loaded skies, from Southern California . Indoor growing is widely expected to become the majority growing method as its light, climate and other quality controls make for much-desired, crystal-covered, high-THC buds. “It’s a good study,” said Shawn Cooney, […]

Justice Clarence Thomas Is the Unlikely Cannabis Supporter on the Supreme Court

You might think this is good news since Justice Thomas is one of the most conservative Justices on the Court, therefore surely more liberal Justices would agree. The case today involved a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado that, even though it was operating completely legally within the state of Colorado, could not take advantage of […]

Mary at the bat: Major league baseball players who got real about cannabis use

The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the cannabis-enthusiasts of Major League Baseball for many seasons. And the league is even working with a product-testing organization called NSF International to verify legal, contaminant-free CBD products that players could one day use for medicinal purposes. Last year’s season was cut short by COVID-19, so this is the first […]

Lamont signs bill making CT the 19th state to legalize recreational cannabis

The law places Connecticut ahead of most or all states in using cannabis legalization to reverse years of inequity in criminal prosecution that heavily targeted low-income residents and people of color. Lamont chose the historic Old Appropriations Room in the state Capitol for the occasion, joined by a group of advocates and supporters, mainly state […]

Recreational cannabis will be legal in Virginia on July 1st: Here’s what to expect

That’s the question cannabis-enthusiasts in the state have been asking ever since Virginia legislators legalized the possession  of up to an ounce of marijuana for adult recreational use this February. Possession of up to one ounce with no intent to distribute will become legal for adults, 21 and older. Virginia is joining 17 other states […]

Amazon has stopped testing job seekers for cannabis: Here’s what it means for you

One in three Americans now live in a state where cannabis is legal, and those states are introducing laws barring employers from testing for cannabis, making company policies on the issue for multi-state operators increasingly complex. “For nationwide employers like Amazon, the decision to stop testing for marijuana is becoming recommended course,” Harding told GreenState. […]