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What’s the Difference between Live Resin and Live Rosin?
Let’s first break down the term “live”. Live concentrates are made from plants that are still alive, meaning the...
The Rise of American Cannabis Culture
The Rise of American Cannabis Culture The modern cannabis culture is still young. After all, it was completely illegal throughout the US until 1996,...
The History of Cannabis Criminalization
It’s an unprecedented time in cannabis culture. Many of us can buy some flower or an edible at a corner dispensary right now - which would have been...
The Story of Your Favorite Rock Stars’ Cannabis Arrests
Many of our greatest creatives and musicians have used cannabis as a creative aid - and they did so at a time when consumption was still illegal in...
The Cannabis Industry Has a Big Plastic Problem
In 1955, LIFE Magazine celebrated the advent of cheap, versatile, and ultimately disposable plastics with an article titled “Throwaway Living.” It was a...
The Best Cannabis Podcasts Out Right Now
There are more than a half-million podcasts in production today — and hundreds of them are devoted to cannabis. Just starting to sift through them? Here...
The Future of Cannabis
The Future of Cannabis The American cannabis industry has grown so quickly that some might forget that it barely existed a decade ago. Then the voters...
Strains for Anxiety, Pain Relief & More
There Are Hundreds of Strains. Which Will Work for You? Finding the right cannabis strains for you takes experimentation. Strains aren’t one-size-fits...
4 Anti-Cannabis Myths Debunked
The map is getting greener. Last fall, cannabis ballot initiatives passed in Michigan, Missouri, and Utah. But reform is not a given. In that same...
Musicians on Cannabis (In Their Own Words)
Last year, six Japanese teenagers and avid concert-goers were arrested for cannabis possession. “We wanted to be like foreign musicians,” they explained...
Cannabis in Sports
Professional athletes who have been suspended for cannabis use include NFL Hall-of-Famer Randy Moss, star Steelers wideout Martavis Bryant, Milwaukee...
The History of the Vape Pen
On the Shoulders of Giants Just as we wouldn’t have the Ferrari without first making the Model T, we wouldn’t be carrying vape pens today if it weren’t...
Vipers & the Gage: Cannabis in the Jazz Age
“Come on, sisters, light up on these weeds and get high.” -Cab Calloway, “The Man From Harlem” (1932) Here’s Louis “Pops” Armstrong, jazz legend. You’ve...
A Brief History of Cannabis in Art
The criminalization and stigmatization of cannabis is a strange, late-stage plot twist in humanity’s long association with the plant. Because for most of...
What Terpenes Are — and Why You Should Know Them
It’s a good time to be a cannabis enthusiast. New markets are opening, producers are honing their craft, and dispensary shelves are stocked with dozens...
What Makes a Great Dispensary?
Colorado is in the middle of a cannabis green rush. Dispensaries are blooming like columbine in the spring. This bounty presents locals and visitors...
5 Reasons to Eat an Edible Today
Even casual consumers know that there’s more to cannabis than the buzz. Science continues to demonstrate that not only does using cannabis feel good, but...
Becoming a Marijuana User
By Howard S. Becker First published in The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 59, No. 3, (Nov., 1953), pp. 235-242. An individual will be able to use...
More Reefer Madness
By Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic Monthly; April 1997; More Reefer Madness; Volume 279, No. 4; pages 90-102. EIGHT years ago Douglas Lamar Gray bought a...
LaGuardia and the Truth About Marijuana
by Fred Gardner, first posted February 8, 2010 at counterpunch.org. for Howard Zinn Howard Zinn greatly admired Fiorello LaGuardia and in the end the...
The Great Marijuana Hoax
By Allen Ginsberg, posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 on marijuana-uses.com. How much to be revealed about marijuana especially in this time and...
A Cannabis Odyssey: To Smoke or Not To Smoke by Lester Grinspoon
This entry was posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 at marijuana-uses.com Every age has its peculiar folly and if Charles Mackay, the author of the 19th...
The 10 Most Useful Mind-Enhancements of a Cannabis High
Dr. Sebastián Marincolo is a philosopher renowned for his published research on the neurological effects of a cannabis high. He was mentored by legendary...
Carl Sagan’s Mr. X
Did you know legendary astronomer Carl Sagan was an advocate for cannabis? In the late 1960s, cannabis use in the US was on the rise. This alarmed...
