“Credit or debit?” There’s just no getting around it. Those are words that you need to be able to say. Sadly, for many in our corner of the market, that ability often hangs by a thread. Banks work in the concrete world of numbers and figures. Nuance doesn’t calculate. Our products are legal, yes, but…
Pipe on left: @takoglass . . . . Pipe on right: @buddbayglass . . . . The terms for defining different types of glass pipes are pretty standard — there’s Sherlock, spoon, chillum, steamroller and bubbler. But ask for the definition of what makes a piece “heady” and you’ll quickly find out, as we did…
You might say the Fourth of July is a BOOM for business. According to a survey by bankingrate.com, Americans spend $6.6 billion on party supplies over the weekend including $1 billion worth of beer. All in all, the average household spends roughly $346.50 over the July Fourth holiday on food and drinks and other supplies….
You’re not likely to see contestants making bongs, but the art of glassblowing is coming to Netflx with a 10-episode competition-style series beginning on July 12. Blown Away follows a group of 10 highly skilled glassmakers from North America who have a limited time to fabricate beautiful works of art that are assessed by a…
Cancer survivor and CBD medical consumer Felicia Palmer is going face-to-face with Facebook over the platform’s anti-cannabis stance, citing a “pattern of censorship and suppression of information” regarding “legal uses of cannabis”. Ms. Palmer, founder of the longest-running hip-hop news website in the world, SOHH.com, and her new company, Cannaramic Media, Inc., are commencing federal, civil action against Facebook,…
Marijuana legalization heralded the beginning of the end of America’s disastrous, racist War on Drugs. But an emerging cannabis market is abandoning the values of racial justice that in large part motivated those initial calls for legalization. White entrepreneurs are crowding out black and brown ones, with legislation in many parts of the country failing…
Research by Leafly found that introduction of a new dispensary within a half‐mile radius of a new home increases home prices by approximately 7.7 percent on average. An overwhelming majority of studies—including one from the journal Preventive Medicine in 2018, and a Federal Reserve Bank 2017 paper—found no increase in crime related to the location…
Researchers concluded that spice users have an increased risk of overdose — First, synthetic cannabinoids act on the same central cannabinoid receptors in the brain as THC in natural cannabis, but have a greater ability to bind with these receptors and are far more likely to spark a physiological reaction when the two meet. Second,…
E-liquids, particularly cinnamon and menthol vape flavorings, can negatively impact heart and cardiovascular health according to researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. “There is no safe way to vape,” researchers concluded. “It’s not as safe as originally thought, especially with the…
The NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) have reached agreements designed to protect the health and safety of NFL players. The Joint Pain Management Committee will set rules regarding the use of prescription medication by NFL players as well as conduct research concerning pain management and alternative therapies. “There are a lot of alternative…
