“You really should check out Farma. They’ve got a different way of doing things there.” Our friends in Portland know good cannabis, and we never need much convincing to review a new shop, but something he says in passing, walking from the couch to the bathroom, is intriguing. “They have a kind of weird […]
Yesterday’s News — July 13, 2105 Syracuse dispensary will donate portion of profits to families in need Citiva Medical, a company looking to open a cultivation center and dispensary in the Syracuse area, announced a plan to provide assistance to families in need of medical cannabis for children. Because the average monthly […]
Sacred Seed’s Blue Dream and Herijuana Purple Berry concentrates by TC Labs What we enjoyed: Blue Dream: a classic strain with memorable smell and flavor; relaxing but not debilitating; is like yoga in cannabis form Herijuana Purple Berry: made us quiet (we didn’t think that was possible); settled our stomach and nerves; strong enough […]
Yesterday’s News – June 30, 2015 Cannabis and federal job recruitment No matter where you live, cannabis is off limits if you work – or want to work – for the federal government. The State Department, the CIA, the FBI, and other federal agencies have made it clear that they will not be […]
Yesterday’s News – June 16, 2015 Court rules companies can fire you for medical cannabis use Colorado’s Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings that determined employers can terminate employees for using cannabis, either medically or recreationally, even in states where its use is legal. The case, brought by Brandon Coats against his former […]
Yesterday’s News – June 4, 2015 House Blocks DEA From Messing With Medical Marijuana The House of Representatives voted to reauthorize an amendment that would block the federal government from intervening in state legal medical marijuana programs on Wednesday. Passed by a vote of 242-186, the amendment, which was first introduced last year, […]
Yesterday’s News – May 21, 2015 Cannabis Coffee Table Book Featured on NPR Everyone’s favorite quiet talkers are celebrating what they call a “glamour moment” for cannabis, the publication of Green: A Field Guide to Marijuana. The coffee table book, by strategist Dan Michaels and California photographer Erik Christiansen, documents almost 200 strains […]
Yesterday’s News – May 20, 2015 Bernie Sanders is From Vermont, So He’s Cool During a Reddit Ask Me Anything session, Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pointed to his home state of Vermont – and his track record of cannabis friendly policies – to illustrate how marijuana reform would look under his administration: “The […]
Yesterday’s News – May 12, 2015 Oregon Marijuana Committee Argues Over Local Control The joint committee charged with implementing Oregon’s Initiative 91 can agree on almost everything, except the issue of local control over medical marijuana facilities. In order to prevent diversion of product to the black market, the group of lawmakers […]
Yesterday’s News – May 5, 2015 Executive Order Brings MMJ to Puerto Rico Medical cannabis is now legal in Puerto Rico, after Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed an executive order that went into effect immediately. The health department now has three months to decide how to implement the new law, including qualifying conditions and […]