Photo contributed by: LeGarrette Blount. After three Super Bowl Championships, LeGarrette Blount has set his sights on the CBD industry with his company LG’s Feel Good. The brand is geared towards professional athletes who traditionally use opioids to manage physical and mental problems during the season. Blount believes that CBD is an effective alternative to opioids … [Read more...] about Former NFL Player LeGarrette Blount Creates CBD Brand Geared Towards Athletes
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Philadelphia’s Art of Wellness Event Aims to Celebrate Women and Cannabis
Art of Wellness poster. Photo Credit: Instagram/@patchw.ork This March, one pop-up art event centered on women and wellness is celebrating Women’s History Month and the upcoming April 20th celebration. The event will occur on March 25th from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Rita Thompson and Christie Ciberey will host the Art of Wellness event in the Thinkers Makers Society art gallery … [Read more...] about Philadelphia’s Art of Wellness Event Aims to Celebrate Women and Cannabis
Celebrate St. Patty’s Day With These 12 Items for Cannabis Lovers
Swap alcohol for cannabis this St. Patty's Day. Photo by Visualistka. It’s that time of year again, St. Patrick’s Day! Despite being in the middle of a pandemic in 2021, Forbes reported that cannabis sales on last year’s St. Patrick’s Day had made over $89 million across the country. Though the company that produced the data — Akerna — believes that this may have been in … [Read more...] about Celebrate St. Patty’s Day With These 12 Items for Cannabis Lovers
Petition Seeks to Create Equity for Women in Cannabis
Photo Contributed by: Kyra Reed Cannabis is quickly falling behind other industries in terms of inclusion and diversity. In 2017 women held 37% of c-suite positions in the cannabis industry. Today, that number has dropped to 27%, a full point behind the national average. Kyra Reed and members of the Women Employed in Cannabis community seek to stop this … [Read more...] about Petition Seeks to Create Equity for Women in Cannabis
Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis: Explaining Increasing use for Treatment
CBD oils on display. Photo credit: Jonathan Reyes/flickr. Currently, there are nearly a million Americans that have multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease where the immune system targets the myelin sheath on nerve fibers of the central nervous system (CNS). Severe enough damage to the nerves can prevent one from being able to walk. Without an existing cure for it, those … [Read more...] about Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis: Explaining Increasing use for Treatment