A Guide for Pairing Weed with Wine

Marijuana and wine tastings are the latest hot trend to hit California. Pairing the two is a literal harmony of the senses, since both show impressive diversity, complexity, and depth. If you have yet to pair weed with wine, then expect an experience words fail to describe. Tantalizing the taste buds with these two promises a delight unmatched, but how do you pair them if you are new to wine, cannabis, or both? Understanding the Basic Principles of Wine Pairing An ideal match should promise an experience better than the…

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Canada gears itself for a billion-dollar marijuana industry as D-Day looms

Speculation is rife about just how big a slice of the marijuana pie will be devoured by Canada when it – in all probability – “goes green” on 7th June. But needless to say, billions upon billions of dollars will be made when recreational weed becomes legal on that date when the green bill is presented for the vote by the Canadian Senate. Considering that the Senate voted 44-29 in favor of the pro-cannabis bill in the first stage of the law-making procedure last March, it would appear more than…

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Seven astounding facts about marijuana sales that will leave you gob-smacked

Staggering amounts of money will be generated by marijuana sales now legal in nine American states, pumping billions of dollars into the economy and creating thousands of jobs in the workplace. It does not matter how vociferous the voices of anti-weed campaigners may ring, cannabis is Big Business and the taxes from pot sales will enrich the lives of thousands of US citizens. One just has to glance at the cold, hard facts to realize that legal weed spells an economic force to be reckoned with. Take the stock market…

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More children are admitted to hospital EDs because of secondhand smoke – be it from marijuana or tobacco

A combination of secondhand marijuana and tobacco smoke inhalation has been attributed to the increase in the number of children admitted to hospital emergency departments (ED) suffering from respiratory conditions. Dubbed SHMS – secondhand marijuana smoke – the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) could not say for sure that the same problems existed in children exposed to only one type of secondhand smoke inhalation – be it marijuana or tobacco. Presenting the findings of the first study of its kind, PAS says that the research was undertaken to establish an association…

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The decision by Zimbabwe to legalize weed could jump-start the African economy

Zimbabwe has legalized cannabis for the medical and scientific markets in a move that could snowball throughout Africa, bringing with it much needed financing for impoverished countries Despite the fact that Africa is the world’s second-largest consumer of marijuana and produces some of the best strains available globally, governments have frowned on legalization although, traditionally, weed has been widely used on the continent for untold decades. Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health, Dr David Parirenyatwa, rang the bells of change with the announcement that marijuana can now be grown, transported and sold…

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A Marijuana Bank is a priority of the California Cannabis Authority’s newly-appointed president

The contentious issue of legal banking facilities for California’s burgeoning marijuana industry is going to be put under the spotlight by the newly-appointed president of the state’s Cannabis Authority, Estelle Fennell. This go-getter is no stranger to the public, serving as 2nd District  Supervisor of Humboldt County for a number of years. After her appointment earlier this week, Fennell referred to cannabis banking – or rather the lack thereof – as an issue “that rises to the fore”. Fennell says that while counties and states have imposed tax structures for…

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