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On the industrial outskirts of Oakland, California, tucked among the timeworn facades of warehouses and workshops, there’s a building entrance so nondescript it defies capture by photography—not only would you never notice it if you walked right past it, you wouldn’t even be able to see it if you were looking directly at it. Security is a paramount concern for cannabis businesses operating in “The Town,” and thanks to a serendipitous quirk of forced perspective and pre-war architecture, would-be bandits would have an easier time robbing the Hogwarts Express. This is ideal for a business trying to prevent unwelcome visitors, but much less so for a visiting journalist with a faulty sense of direction and a penchant for getting stoned before big interviews. In addition to being monstrously difficult to…

Up in California’s Emerald Triangle, just north of Cal Poly Humboldt and nestled between the Mad River and a community forest, HendRx Farm is a commercial nursery dedicated to cataloging the community’s work with the cannabis plant. What started as a simple 400-square-foot operation now spans almost 10,000 square feet across multiple locations, keeping around 200 varieties of clones at a time in their catalog and serving farms across California. Together, Daniel Hendricks, Jeff Schirmann, and David Lunsford have built a resource where the preservation of plants is paramount. The calling at HendRx Farm is to create a viable source for farmers to secure not only the clones that are high value right now, but also the ones that helped put this whole game together, strains like Ringo’s Gift, Arcata…

Willie Nelson. Cypress Hill. Bob Marley. Aside from them, not many artists are more synonymous with cannabis than Snoop Dogg. Following his appearance on Dr. Dre’s 1992 single “Deep Cover,” the D-O-Double-G played a starring role on Dre’s debut solo album, The Chronic, which (in addition to the title itself) put their affinity for the sticky icky icky front and center. Not only was it marketed as a pack of rolling papers, it also contained track titles such as “The $20 Sack Pyramid” and “The Roach (The Chronic Outro).” Over the years, his connection to cannabis grew even stronger and in 1999, he and Dr. Dre teamed up again for 2001, the six-time platinum follow-up to The Chronic. With a green marijuana leaf tucked neatly into the right corner of…

WOLF EXPLAINS THAT IN GENERAL, HIS PATRONS ARE NOT QUITE SO worried about getting busted by police, as he operates in mature markets in California, Colorado, and Nevada. Instead, they’re more worried about getting too high. Or even worse, being judged for deciding to get high. “We get a lot of discerning questions from people making sure that they weren’t going to get themselves in trouble. But a lot of them are not worried about getting themselves in legal trouble. It was more like people worried about their photos. And honestly, it was about societal judgments against them from friends, family, neighbors or their job. I felt like that was more of a fear [of getting judged].” But guess what? Another perk of doing pairings versus infusions is the fact…

The 2024 National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Weekend kicked off in early February, and each team included a Canadian-born “celebrity captain,” which this year included musician Justin Bieber, comedian Will Arnett, singer Tate McRae, and Grammy Award-winner Michael Bublé. The celebrities attended a press conference and answered questions from various reporters. While Bublé at first addressed a question about using his previous fantasy hockey league knowledge to strategize his draft picks for the NHL event, he also threw in a random mention of psychedelic mushrooms. “My buddy told me, ‘This is just a microdose of mushrooms.’ And he was lying. So, I’ll be honest, I thought I was in Blades of Glory for most of the time that I was out there until it sort of settled down,” he said.…

A new study featured in Nature Scientific Reports showcases how certain psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, LSD, ayahuasca, DMT, and San Pedro affect sexual function. Researchers from the Imperial College London’s Centre for Psychedelic Research studied 261 participants (55.6% male and 43% female) and discovered that many people saw an increase in improved sexual enjoyment, arousal, satisfaction, and felt more attracted to their partners as well as content with their own appearance, much of which was experienced up to six months after their psychedelic experiences occurred. Additionally, half of participants who use psilocybin to treat depression said that they also experienced increased sexual arousal, interest, and satisfaction when it came to sex, which is especially noteworthy because depression patients often report decreased sexual function and interest when using antidepressants to…

DEA Re-Hires Agent Who Was Fired for Taking CBD Several years ago, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) fired an employee who took CBD despite the compound being federally legal, but the decision didn’t stand in court. On Jan. 22, The Department of Justice rescinded the DEA’s decision to fire a special agent who was let go after testing positive for CBD on a routine drug test. DEA special agent Anthony L. Armour will be re-hired as a special agent and be reimbursed for back pay and legal expenses after a years-long court battle that stretches back to 2019. Armour proved in court that the CBD he took was for the purpose of treating chronic pain, rather than relying on highly-addictive opioids. Armour’s battle with chronic pain dates back to…

TOP 5 STRAINS 1 Girl Scout Cookies 3 @ $215 2 Kush Mintz 2 @ $392 3 Peanut Butter Breath 2 @ $254 4 Trainwreck 2 @ $244 5 Bruce Banner 2 @ $243 May brought an infrequent occurrence to THMQ, as pot prices in each individual market dropped, lowering the average cost of an ounce of cannabis nationwide to $297, which in another THMQ rarity, happens to be the same exact price for an ounce in the Western market, down $10 from $307 last month. The average ounce in the East dipped $5 to $310, and remains the only U.S. market over the $300 threshold. The South pitched in by declining by $1, down to $283. For the Top 5, leader Girl Scout Cookies was represented in both the…

After cannabis breeder Lawrence Ringo’s passing in 2014, Hendricks was at a memorial service in Mendocino, where he heard Samantha Miller from Pure Analytics Lab talk about the first time they discovered the presence of CBD in Ringo’s Gift. She described how everyone on the call afterward was cheering and laughing and how inspired everyone felt. The HendRx team knew they had to hunt and find the seeds so they could, in some small way, do their part to honor this work. They worked tirelessly to find two variations of Ringo’s Gift, eventually called Katie’s Cut and Levi’s Cut. After a lot of calls and messages, they managed to procure a hemp-compliant clone hunted to help treat the mother of a local client named Katie. Then, with the aid of…

THE CLANKING OF DISHES. THE TERPENE-DRENCHED aroma of herbs and savory cuisine. The sweet, dank waft of smoke billowing throughout the air. The laughter. Cultivating Spirits, a three-course cannabis dinner pairing, is about the overall combined experience. Celebrating its 10th year in operation, Cultivating Spirits provides three-course dinners complete with carefully matched cannabis pairings—the first of its kind to offer such services to the general public in the U.S. The journey began many years ago, and founder Philip Wolf now wears multiple hats as an active mover and shaker in the cannabis industry. He also co-founded the Cannabis Wedding Expo, and launched the recent venture CashoM, a cannabis masterclass program designed for consumers. Cultivating Spirits events bring together three different strains with three different courses of gourmet dishes that are…

Grammy Award-winning rapper Michael Render, best known as Killer Mike, appeared on an episode of Real Time with Bill Maher on Feb. 2 alongside New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Jessica Tarlov, co-host of The Five on Fox News. During the discussion, Killer Mike strongly advocated the need for reparations for Black people, pointing out that Black society has never opposed Native Americans or other groups from receiving reparations from the U.S.government. “You don’t hear Black people arguing against reparations for anyone. We’ve never argued against [Native American] reservations, we’ve never argued against any payouts for people in America was wrong, we’re simply saying that while we’re at the table, let’s do something to aid the people that, until 60 years ago, lived under apartheid.” Maher questioned further, noting that…

The Mediterranean nation of Malta, located south of Sicily, recently celebrated the opening of its first nonprofit cannabis association. The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) approved operational licenses for an association called KDD Society and one other organization, called Ta’ Zelli, in October 2023 under the condition that the flower would be tested and approved by ARUC before it could distribute cannabis to members. On Jan. 30, ARUC announced that KDD Society had officially passed mandatory testing and gave it the green light to allow it to begin operating and distributing cannabis to members (although technically, the association began operating on Jan. 27). In Malta, a single association can have no more than 250 members, and according to a report from the local news outlet Lovin’ Malta,…

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WITH A TAGLINE FEATURING A FOUNDING YEAR “SINCE before we could tell,” Sunset Connect alludes to the fluctuating legal status of the world’s most favored flower. When I visit the manufacturing space in San Francisco—a former lambskin condom factory and, later, a photography studio—the bright white walls are a welcome break from the dark gray day outside. It’s the last day of January 2024, and we’re in the middle of an atmospheric river called a “Pineapple Express,” but from founder Ali Jamalian’s upstairs office that oversees the space, I can only hear taps of the rain outside. Jamalian’s broad smile and kind eyes are the type that light up a room. Coupled with that, he’s a great storyteller. Through personal trials and triumphs, Jamalian has grown into a voice that…

1 HARRISON NARCOTICS ACT The Harrison Narcotics Act was signed by then-President Woodrow Wilson on Dec. 17, 1914 and took effect on March 1, 1915, establishing a federal drug tax designed to generate revenue and curb the free trade of drugs. It was approved via three bills, H.R. 1966, H.R. 1967, and H.R. 6282. The bills focused on strictly regulating the trade of cocaine, morphine, heroin, and opium, imposing taxes and restrictions on distribution of drugs without fully banning them. Before The Harrison Narcotics Act, you could buy heroin and cocaine at Sears (then Sears, Roebuck and Co.), or a bottle of Coca-Cola with a pinch of cocaine in it at a gas station with nearly zero oversight. It was mostly enforced on businesses run by Chinese immigrants and Black Americans.…

The North Carolina AMVETS (American Veterans) Service Foundation announced a study collaboration with the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) and Vantage Hemp Co. to conduct research on CBD as a treatment option for military veterans. According to AMVETS National Commander William Clark, the study was developed to better support and improve quality of life for veterans across the country. “This research initiative was developed in the pursuit of supporting and improving the lives of America’s veterans,” Clark said in a statement. “We are extremely grateful for the support of UNC and Vantage as their contributions will help provide meaningful results and catalyze well-informed decisions.” Vantage Hemp Co. has pledged a total of $100,000 to fund the study, which will include a placebo-controlled examination of participants who will receive daily doses…

THE DOCTOR-APPROVED CANNABIS HANDBOOK caplancannabis.com “Forget everything you think you know about cannabis,” the book’s back cover teases. Author Dr. Benjamin Caplan provides fact-based evidence about the efficacy of cannabis for numerous conditions, explaining what it can do and what has not yet been proven. It provides a resource that serves as a sorely needed guide for navigating the transformative landscape of medical cannabis. It contains testimonials from doctors at Harvard Medical School and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Caplan is a licensed and board-certified family physician, and focuses on topics including older patients and people grappling with chronic illnesses. The book presents real-life cases with real results, illustrating the efficacy of cannabis and the power it can provide. $24.95 THE CANNABIS CANCER CONNECTION: HOW TO USE CANNABIS AND HEMP TO…