TESTSTSARDSAR Opening the Lid on More Accessible Cannabis Packaging by Tami Kamin Meyer Are child-safety features locking out patients as well?  Bill McCall had never tried cannabis until his home state of Ohio legalized medical marijuana in 2016. McCall, 62, suffers from chronic pain and a seizure disorder but has neither mobility issues nor arthritis in his hands. However, he could not open mylar bags containing his medical cannabis. The child-safety closure keeping the baggie airtight wasn’t ...[Read More]

5 Funny Women Breathing New Life Into Cannabis Comedy by Taylor McLamb It’s no joke that women love cannabis. In fact, according to the cannabis data analytics firm Headset, Gen Z women had the fastest growth in legal cannabis year-over-year sales during the pandemic. However, the majority of cannabis consumers still lean heavily male. How much of that is because of the negative stigma still attached to women smoking cannabis?  From television to movies to stand-up comedy, cannabis has long been...[Read More]

Bees That Eat Hemp Don’t Age as Quickly  by Johnny Green New research from Poland found bees supplemented with hemp extract age slower than those on a normal diet. Getting older stops being fun at some point. At least, I know that was the case for me. When you are younger you can’t wait to get old enough to go to school, or old enough to get a bike, or old enough to drive, or old enough to go to bars/dispensaries, etc. But at some point aging becomes burdensome. Stuff starts to hurt that didn’t...[Read More]

A Complete Guide To Growing Cannabis Indoors For Beginners by Aron Vaughan So, you want to know how to grow weed indoors, for the first time, on a budget. We have you covered. *The grand total to grow 5 plants with a minimal setup is around $1000. However, this price can vary dramatically depending on the equipment used and size, and the natural advantages of the cultivation space chosen. Step 1: Set Up Your Grow Room The thought of setting up a grow room can be daunting, but keeping several que...[Read More]

Feeling Stressed? 4 Proven Ways CBD May Help You Relax by Sponsored In recent years, CBD has become so popular that you can find it in vape shops, organic food stores, and wellness centers, and virtually anyone is likely to know something about it. But if you do not know what it is, let us explain it to you. In short, it is a natural compound derived from the cannabis plant that gained recognition and became incredibly trendy due to its health benefits, ranging from stress and anxiety management...[Read More]

How to Find the Best Delta-8 Softgel by Stephanie Jensen at CBD Origin Delta 8 THC. You’ve probably heard of it—the legal way to get high. With the popularity of this product, the market is expanding rapidly. There are many different delta 8 products to choose from, such as softgels. Softgels are convenient to those who want a D8 edible but don’t want to consume the excess sugar and calories of gummies and other sweets.  Unfortunately, the Delta 8 market is unregulated, so it’s up to you to find...[Read More]

Working Out With Cannabis for Beginners by Lisa Smith Most people want to enjoy the benefits of better health, but many of us can’t get ourselves going for a workout, or we have trouble getting the full benefit of the exercise time available to us. What might surprise some people is the fact that many view cannabis to be the key to getting the most from the exercise time they have. With cannabis becoming legal in jurisdictions around the country, we are starting to see an increase in health-cons...[Read More]

TESTSTSARDSAR As Tobacco Demand Wanes, Malawi Farmers Look To Cannabis by Frank Schuler Could cannabis farming replace tobacco crops for Malawi’s farmers? The life of a small-scale farmer is not an easy one. After all, there are no set hours and there are no days off. From sunrise to sunset you have to do as much as you can to get the most out of every day, especially during non-winter months. Tobacco farmers have it even harder in that the crop that they cultivate is surrounded by a great deal ...[Read More]

How to Find the Best CBD Spray by Thea Engst at CBD Origin When it comes to finding the best product in any field, research, trial, and error are necessary. That process, however, can not only be time-consuming but expensive. There’s not much worse than spending your hard-earned money on a product that just isn’t what you need or what it claims to be.  And the world of CBD, or cannabidiol, is a world full of magnitudes of products, both bad and good. Since hemp became legal in 2018, the market h...[Read More]

How to Find the Best CBD for Nerve Pain by Candace Osmond at CBD Origin Around 10% of people in the United States feel a tingling and painful sensation due to nerve pain. Some also experience severe neuropathy symptoms that affect their quality of life. One potential cure to this condition is CBD.   Let this article help you find the best CBD for nerve pain. Discover the features to look for and some of my product recommendations! I chose this list based on their overall effectiveness, popularit...[Read More]

Factors That Affect the Potency & Flavor of Cannabis and How to Deal With Them by Sponsored Avid smoker or an occasional toker, no one wants a bland and impotent flower. There are many ways you can keep the potency from dropping and largely they all have to do with storage. Improper storage can lead to a decrease in cannabis quality and, as a result, your experiences with the flower can be significantly reduced. The main factors to consider to preserve cannabis at its highest quality and pot...[Read More]

TESTSTSARDSAR The Benefits (and Essentiality) of Corporate Social Responsibility in Cannabis by Max Hansen Corporate social responsibility is a management concept that is woven into corporate identity rather than a singular initiative or a one-off drive like a seasonal donation. By practicing CSR as a regular means of operation, companies aim to balance economic, social and environmental imperatives into what UNIDO describes as a “triple-bottom-line approach” without neglecting shareholder or st...[Read More]

What’s New in Sustainable Cannabis Packaging?  by Taylor McLamb If being more sustainable was at the top of your New Year’s resolution list this year, achieving that goal could be a bit daunting when buying cannabis at a dispensary. Breaking through the layers of plastic when opening your favorite edibles or flower is not only time-consuming, it’s wasteful. The non-recyclable material, extraneous labeling, and paper waste all come at a heavy cost to the environment.  Cannabis could save the worl...[Read More]

Mike Tyson Says Cannabis Has Made Him a Better Person by Aron Vaughan Former undisputed boxing heavyweight champion of the world turned cannabis advocate and entrepreneur Mike Tyson told Cannabis & Tech Today in an exclusive interview that cannabis has undoubtedly had a positive effect on him in his personal life. “You can ask my wife and kids five years ago how I was, and you can ask them now,” said Tyson. “They didn’t like me five years ago. My family did not like me. You know what that fe...[Read More]

20 Cannabis Tech Terms To Know by Jessica Billingsley Every industry has its own jargon and terminology that can be confusing to learn. When your business spans more than one industry, the more there is to know. To help simplify some phrases often used in cannabis and technology, I’m breaking down the meanings of each with some context as to how they apply in the real world. Seed-to-Sale (STS) Originally coined by MJ Freeway in 2021 and now widely used in the industry, the term Seed-to-sale refe...[Read More]