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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 […]
What the Wholesale Numbers Tell Us About Where Cannabis Markets Are Headed
LeafLink’s Wholesale Cannabis Pricing Guide, drawing on over 400,000 SKUs and billions of dollars in transaction data across 18 U.S. markets throughout 2025, paints a picture of the wholesale cannabis pricing continuing its downward march as markets mature and supply expands — with each market and product category telling a slightly different story. The Big […]
The Machine in the Room: AI, Identity, and What Cannabis Users Should Be Building Right Now
A note before we start: this one is not particularly about cannabis. It is about the world reshaping itself around a technology that nobody fully understands yet, and it closes with a specific message to the stoner community. Stick with me. The debate about AI has a generational fault line running straight through the middle […]
The Post-280E Opportunity: Turning Cannabis Risk Into an Asset
The April 2026 Department of Justice rescheduling order landed with the weight of a decade of advocacy behind it. For an industry that has watched every other legal sector deduct its rent, payroll, and marketing costs while cannabis operators paid taxes on money they never made, the optimism is more than justified. It is earned. […]
The Smoke Screen : Cannabis Triples Your Lung Cancer Risk – What the New Study Gets Right, Wrong, and How to Fix It
A new study drops, and predictably, the headlines follow. Cannabis triples your lung cancer risk. Heavy users beware. Smoke at your peril. The coverage makes it sound like rolling a joint is roughly equivalent to gargling asbestos, and the average reader is left with one clear takeaway: marijuana will kill you. The study in question, […]
What Happens to Your Brain the First Time You Try Psychedelics: New Scientific Research Unlocks the Truth
What Does The Latest Scientific Research Tell Us About How A Psychedelic Trip Affects The Brain For The First Time? Psychedelics were long treated as dangerous drugs, often associated with the counterculture, thanks to the War on Drugs… For many decades, they were linked to music festivals, hippies, and underground cultures, so much so that […]