April News

April News

Finally Some Good News for Vaping After months of pressure from the scientific community, the American Heart Association’s academic journal retracted a widely circulated vaping study, which claimed that using e-cigarettes increased the likelihood of having a heart attack. Last June, a University of California San Francisco study concluded that vaping and smoking cigarettes posed…

“I Survived Recreational Cannabis . . . But Barely.”

“I Survived Recreational Cannabis . . . But Barely.”

How Legalization Nearly Ended a 25-year Success Story When the initiative to legalize recreational cannabis in Michigan passed in the fall of 2018, Rhonda Bronkhorst-Miller saw no cause for concern. Shakedown Street, the business she had owned and operated for 25 years was a counter-cultural institution of the Grand Rapids community, the state of Michigan,…

Beccy Feather

Beccy Feather

beccyfeather.com Beccy Feather is a British born artist who attended Wolverhampton University in the UK where she graduated first in her glass making program. She has travelled and worked for studios in Canada, America, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Turkey. In 2010, Feather completed an MFA in Glass from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is…

The 420 Gourmet

The 420 Gourmet

Pot Luck Jeff Danzer The 420 Gourmet, The Elevated Art of Cannabis Cuisine Jeff “The 420 Chef” Danzer has served over 12,000 edibles, and the biggest complaint most diners had before tasting his cooking is that they hate the skunky taste of cannabis in their food. That’s a preconception that Danzer is changing. Dubbed “The…

MT Brands

MT Brands

“We are, without question . . . the leader in our industry, whether in knowledge, science, manufacturing or distribution—and we always will be.” Did you hear that? That’s the sound of the gauntlet hitting hard-packed earth. Bang. That was MT Brands™ CEO and founder, James Morrissette, channeling his inner-Kanye to let the industry know exactly…