Ah, the holidays, that magical time of year when celebrities sing of cotton white landscapes and America sees red from red cups at Starbucks. Whatever the tradition your religion or lack thereof inspires, it’s a season of celebration and reflection, a time to come together with family and friends to commemorate yet another trip around…
Emergency preparedness can help your business be a survivor As hurricane Irma made its way towards Atlantic coastline of Florida, Jason Newman, co-owner Smoke Signals Smoke Shop in Tampa, on the western side of the state, felt pretty safe – that was until the destructive storm veered from its original course and headed right towards…
Tito Bern Burlington, Vermont facebook.com/tito.bern Tito Bern is surrounded by glass. Not only has Bern been a professional glass blower since 1999, he’s also the owner of Bern Glass Gallery, in Burlington, Vermont, and is the guiding force behind the Pipe Classic, one of the longest running and most esteemed functional glass competitions on the…
“I think it’s the kindness that brings them.” When Shakedown Street’s co-founder and owner, Rhonda Bronkhorst-Miller discusses her business’s enduring success, her inclination is not to rattle off the usual numbers and figures, strategies, profit margins, etc., that make an establishment look good on paper. Instead, she opts to delve into those elements that exist…
We are indeed privileged to live in a modern age when appliances not only make our lives easier, but are themselves smarter and more efficient than ever before. Coffee makers, food processors and microwaves are quintessential to home kitchens. Why not then, with marijuana laws softening around the country, shouldn’t there be a countertop size…
by Austin L. Ray It’s hard out there for a retail shop. You’ve got customers to serve, bills to pay, appearances to keep up, lights to keep on, vendors to please, employees to please, and a whole host of other things to take care of that a humble trade publication like Headquest wouldn’t even think…
In September, New Hampshire became the 22nd state in the U.S. to eliminate the possibility of spending time behind bars for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Under the new law, people caught possessing up to three-quarters of an ounce of marijuana will receive a $100 fine for their first or second offenses. The punishment rises to…
More adults are using marijuana than ever before, but the trend is not the result of the growing number of state laws that allow legal use of recreational or medical marijuana. Instead of being caused by policy changes, researchers at the Public Health Institute’s Alcohol Research Group found that, “the passage of these policies reflects changing attitudes…
“I think there is some pretty significant evidence that marijuana turns out to be more harmful than a lot of people anticipated, and it’s more difficult to regulate than I think was contemplated ideally by some states.” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
Findings from a study by the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University concluded that marijuana with relatively high levels of CBD may be less risky to smoke over the long term, because the cannabidiol ingredient may counteract some of the drug’s harmful effects. The study was conducted on mice, and those exposed…
