Article by Dylan Klimchuk, Cannabis Life Network There are a handful of different ways you can choose to consume your cannabis. To help you choose, here’s a guide to the basic cannabis consumption methods. Cannabis Consumption via Smoking Smoking is easily the most well-known and most common method for cannabis consumption. Smoking cannabis involves lighting the actual cannabis flower and inhaling the smoke. There ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily Cannabis stores and cultivators aren’t the only businesses cashing in on the early success of Canada’s regulated marijuana market. Ancillary businesses catering to the niche home cultivation segment are also faring well, according to government data and industry sources. That market can include anything from seeds and lights to growing mediums. Experts cite a number ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op With the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspending two more UFC athletes for positive cannabis tests last week, UFC president Dana White says he’s working to “loosen up” the rules when it comes to pot. Cannabis is legal in the state of Nevada, and the UFC removed weed from its list of prohibited substances in 2019, but ...

Article by Sam Riches, London Free Press The passwords and private information of 1.4 million users in an online cannabis growing and journaling platform may have been exposed. So alleges Volodymyr “Bob” Diachenko, an independent cybersecurity consultant, who posted a blog about his findings on LinkedIn. Diachenko says that GrowDiaries, an online community of cannabis growers, exposed more than 3.4 million user ...

Article by Mary Schumacher, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op No matter what the safety is of cannabis vaping and smoking, there will always be people who opt for extra caution or who don’t like the feel of smoke or vape in their lungs. This doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy the effects of cannabis, though. There are many ways to get ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk and Cody Lindsay, Cannabis Life Network Welcome to another segment of Cooking with Cannabis 101, today we’ll be going over how to cook with kief. We’ll cover what kief is and how to cook with Kief! If you’re unfamiliar with the term, kief refers to the resin glands that contain terpenes and cannabinoids. If you’ve got some weed laying around, ...

Article by Nathan Mison, Edmonton Journal Three years after the federal legalization of cannabis, Canada has yet to harvest this new sector for the economic opportunity it presents. Despite the fanfare and excitement that welcomed legalization and the increasing revenue generated by licensed retail, the illicit market continues to account for over 50 per cent of cannabis sales in Canada. ...

Article by James Hale, Marijuana Business Daily Despite the generally poor economic environment and the tight financing facing cannabis businesses, two cannabis innovation projects based in Canada have secured new funding. Hyasynth Biologicals—a six-year-old, Montreal-based biotechnology company that produces sustainable products through fermentation—announced it has received a $2.5-million milestone payment for its commercialization achievements in being the first to market cannabidiol (CBD) ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Sudbury, Ont.-born Alex Trebek died this past weekend at the age of 80, after fighting pancreatic cancer for the past two years and hosting Jeopardy! for nearly 40. Trebek took over the quiz show in 1984 and was generally reserved on-air, though he would offer glimpses into his wry humour during interviews with the contestants, or ...

Article by Edith Hancock, The Drinks Business Aphria said it has entered an agreement to buy Atlanta’s Sweetwater Brewing Co. for around US$300 million, which is well known in the state for its stoner-focused marketing. Global brewers have invested time and resources in north America’s burgeoning cannabis drinks industry within the past five years, with most launching beverages that are ...