Devastating outcomes from a hike in the hills responds to the healing power of cannabis. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are between 20,000 and 40,000 cases of Lyme disease reported each year in the U.S. between 2002 and 2015. The numbers are increasing. All too often, medical professionals incorrectly diagnose cases at first. The devastation Lyme … [Read more...] about Cannabis Treatments for Lyme Disease
Weed Nuns
There’s the Sisters of Mercy, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and now, Meet the Sisters of CBD. For a truly challenging way to make a living, try running a medical cannabis farm and mail order business in Merced County, California. The hype about California is that its residents are all loopy, laid-back stoners trying to revive the 1960s. But about half of the state’s … [Read more...] about Weed Nuns
A Jazz-Age Fantasy Pool Party
It’s too bad we can’t physically time travel—but maybe with virtual reality (VR) tech, one day we can dial it back in history, and you’ll (sort of) be there. We imagined what it would be like to travel in between the prohibition periods, when alcohol was legal anew, and cannabis not yet outlawed. Won’t you join us? We’re headed to a party at Pickfair, the famous Hollywood … [Read more...] about A Jazz-Age Fantasy Pool Party
Not So Green
The story broke on February 27 in both the Berkeley News, a publication of the University of California, Berkeley and the science journal Nature. The DNA in beer-producing saccharomyces yeast has been commandeered to make cannabinoids instead of alcohol. In the Berkeley News article, lead researcher Jay Keasling, a Berkeley professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, … [Read more...] about Not So Green
DIY 60’s Style
But there were no shops selling buds and bowls then, and most of us had never seen cannabis before. Before vaporizers or bongs, before seedless flowers and the astonishing variety of strains and lineages, before medibles, before treks to Amsterdam and cannabis cup competitions, and way, way before legalization, we were all beginners. We had to figure out where to find it and … [Read more...] about DIY 60’s Style
