Article by Joseph Tunney, Civilized Despite what your dispensary or licensed producer might tell you, that’s probably not Purple Kush you’re smoking. In fact, a Canadian researcher suggests marijuana strain names are often nonsense. “We know extraordinarily little,” said Sean Myles, a 38-year-old associate professor in the Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Nova ...

Article by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Marijuana, the most commonly used illegal drug in America, is going mainstream. Now legal for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, pot seems poised for wider use, too: 21 states allow the possession and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. And legalization campaigns are underway in ...

Article by Truro Daily News On today’s date 44 years ago, in 1965, The Beatles were invested as members of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The announcement of their honour led several previous members to return their medals. John Lennon later said the four musicians smoked marijuana in the palace washroom. Lennon returned ...

Article by Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Top celebrities including Common, Tim Robbins and the author of the “Orange is the New Black” memoir are joining forces in what they are calling “Artists for 64” — the effort to legalize recreational use of marijuana in California. A show of force announced Tuesday includes rapper and actor Common; music producer Russell Simmons; Ty Dolla ...

Article by Keegan Hamilton, Vice Even by the usual standards of politics, this election’s campaign against marijuana legalization has made strange bedfellows. The largest donors to the various anti-weed political groups around the country include a billionaire casino tycoon, a woman who believes in reefer madness, a drug-crusading former U.S. ambassador, cops, prison guards, booze merchants, and a pharma company ...

Article by Jessica Leone, Marijuana Resources Flushing cannabis involves flooding the soil with water until it runs clean, anywhere between a few days and 2 weeks before harvesting your plant. The question is why? Well, when the marijuana plants are growing, a lot of nutrients are needed to grow them healthy and strong. High nutrient soil is an essential part ...

Article by Allie Beckett, Marijuana.com It’s officially pumpkin season, so it’s time for every stoner’s fall favorite: The Pumpkin Bong This is the easiest tutorial on the web — follow these “three simple steps” and you’ll be smokin’ out of a pumpkin in 10 minutes or less! Most Pumpkin Bong how-to’s tell you to gut the entire pumpkin first, a time-consuming and messy ...

Article by Tyler Koslow, Merry Jane Now that Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa’s “The High Road” Summer Tour has come to close, the two rappers finally have the time to do what they love best, smoke up a storm and chill out. While the Doggfather has been conquering Canada’s cannabis industry and making a movie with his boy Jooba Loc, ...

Article by Paul Chavez and Christine Rendon, Daily Mail Miley Cyrus blamed being ‘too stoned’ for flubbing lyrics while performing on Sunday in Washington, DC. The 23-year-old pop star was performing a rendition of My Way in honor of Bill Murray at the Kennedy Center event when things went awry. ‘I f***ed it up,’ Miley reportedly told the audience, according ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr, Ganjapreneur An international group of researchers in China have created an atomic-level image of cannabinoid receptor CB1, which could lead to a deeper understanding of how the cannabinoid system works in the human body, according to an Asian Scientist report. The image “revealed an expansive and complicated binding pocket network consisting of multiple sub-pockets and ...