Last month we made it to the exclusive Harvest Showcase in Wellington, CO, to check out the latest hemp varietal from New West Genetics that has industries abuzz. After seven years of breeding research with accolades as America’s first domestically bred AOSCA-certified hemp seed, we had to see, feel – and smell it ! – for ourselves.
Farmers, advocates and CEOs are feeling quite fed up with the backtracking of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) when it comes to researching and commercializing industrial hemp agriculture once again in America.
Although marijuana has been growing legally in California since 1998, it has taken almost 20 years for voters to believe industrial hemp deserves a shot at the free market. Ironically enough, it was passed riding the wave of public support for recreational marijuana.
Every Sunday in the fall season, millions tune in as violence voyeurs for NFL football. If it involves head-bashing, blood and beatdowns, there's a good chance for high ratings. But as the seasons go by, your favorite gridiron stars are paying a price unseen. Chronic Traumatic Encephalophathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease commonly found in athletes with a history of repetitive brain trauma. So why doesn’t the NFL go after this potential therapy if it could improve and protect player health?
Based in Quebec, Canada, this visionary crew is hoping to open the first hemp-crete block plant in the Americas after spending the last ten years building houses from hemp.
Longtime leader in cannabis activism and social justice, Steve DeAngelo is no stranger to articulating a distant vision for what the plant can do for our health and the American economy. His new book, THE CANNABIS MANIFESTO, is both a call to action and a radical vision of humanity's relationship with this healing, yet controversial plant.
Throughout history, artists have been known to use marijuana for creative inspiration. There’s no need to delve into the gigantic list of writers, painters and other creatives who’ve used substances like cannabis, mushrooms, LSD, opium, tobacco, alcohol, etc., to access new forms of information, and often these uses are in combination. For some, these altered states permit the mind to explore fresh connections between and within ideas, as well as instill a sense of flow between mind and body.
There are days when I’m blown away by how the Internet has flattened the top-down pyramid of information in the world. The freedom and sharing of cyberspace has led to millions of Americans discovering all sorts of dark, seedy secrets about their government and the nation's history.
Limited to only 40 prints, this fresh release manages to flip the movie's scare tactics on their head, instead adding a dark sense of allure to the experience. About the work, artist Chris Garofalo says, "The original poster has such a loud 'scare you straight' vibe, that I decided on the 'seductive danger' route."
As a country that engages in war, you'd think that the least America can do is offer some level of comfort to veterans once they return. Unfortunately, that's not as simple as providing traditional benefits. A sizable chunk of veterans from the past four major US international interventions (Vietnam, Iraq, Iraq II, and Afghanistan) return with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and afterward endure flashbacks to horrific events, severe mood instability, and debilitating sleeplessness, among other problems. Could marijuana be the solution America's vets have been waiting for, and if so, why does the federal government continues to stand in the way?