Lifetime Cannabis Use Not Tied To Dementia In Surprising New Study
What if one of the most controversial anti-cannabis warnings of the last few decades turned out to be completely wrong? For far too long, cannabis opponents relied on the same fear-mongering tactics; they spread exaggerations and false narratives about weed, claiming that it made people lazy, dumb, and forgetful. They said it destroyed motivation, caused […]
The THC Breathalyzer Hype Machine: Why This Technology Still Doesn’t Solve the Problem
Every few years, like clockwork, a new cannabis breathalyzer story cycles through the news. The headline is always some variation of “breakthrough” or “game-changer” or “the device police have been waiting for.” The funding is usually federal. The technology is always described as promising. And buried somewhere in paragraph twelve, the researchers quietly acknowledge that […]
Cannabis Labeling Workflows—Reinvented!
For years, cannabis operators have accepted labeling inefficiencies as an unavoidable cost of doing business. Yet, many facilities still rely on fragmented, manual workflows that require employees to export spreadsheets, copy cannabinoid results, and rekey intricate terpene data into static label templates. This traditional approach actively drains productivity, inflates labor costs, and introduces unnecessary opportunities […]
From Ditch Weed to Dank: The Lost World of 1977 Cannabis and Why It Still Matters
Flip through the High Times Top 40 from 1977 and the first thing you notice is the trim job. Or rather, the complete absence of one. Stems tangled through everything. Leaves pressed flat against seeds. The whole arrangement looks less like a curated cannabis product and more like something a field mouse dragged into the […]
Why Workforce Risk is Real and What it Means
Every conversation about cannabis risk follows the same script: Regulatory uncertainty, 280E, capital access, and maybe interstate commerce, depending on the room. None of that is wrong, and operators dealing with those pressures daily don’t need me to tell them they’re real. But after more than a decade working inside this industry, watching companies scale, […]
The 9 Hardest Things About Growing Cannabis (From People Who Actually Do It)
Growing cannabis looks deceptively simple from the outside. You plant a seed, water it, give it some light, and in a few months you harvest something you can smoke. The internet is full of tutorials that make it seem like a slightly more complicated version of keeping a houseplant alive. Then you actually do it. […]
People are Dying While We Argue About a Plant Having Medicinal Properties
Fifty-four thousand Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2024. That number is actually considered progress. At its worst, in 2023, the toll was nearly 80,000 dead. The year before that, more than 81,000. These are not statistics in the abstract — these are people who got up one morning and did not make it to […]
88% and Rising: America Has Already Made Up Its Mind on Cannabis Legalization
Eighty-eight percent. Let that sit for a moment. According to the latest nationwide polling from Pew Research Center, released May 26, 2026, only one in ten American adults thinks cannabis should remain fully illegal. That’s it. One in ten. The same fraction that still believes the Earth is flat, that cursive handwriting is essential life […]
Hemp Beverage Expo 2026: Get in the Room Where the THC Beverage Industry Is Being Built
The Hemp Beverage Expo (HBE) heads into its second show this June in Austin, Texas, and the energy is full speed ahead — even with November 12th looming over the industry. With policy updates shifting rapidly and operators scrambling to brainstorm contingency plans, getting in the room with businesses and advocates from across the beverage […]
The “Skinny Weed” Breakthrough? Scientists Find That Cannabis Compounds May Fight Obesity
What if one of the biggest myths about cannabis has finally been debunked by science, over and over again? For far too long, opponents of legal marijuana have argued that cannabis use leads to individuals who are usually overweight and couch-locked, unable to move, and overwhelmed by a lack of motivation. Images of the stereotypical […]