Medicinal Genomics has just finished sequencing the cannabis genome. Not to make some truly righteous bud, but to find the parts of the plant that are medicinally valuable and make them into drugs that don't also get people stoned.READ»
Gone are the days when you had no idea where your pot--we mean, your friend's pot--came from or how it was grown. Now the organically conscious smoker can get the cleanest, greenest weed.READ»
The first ever study of its kind by See Change Strategy takes a deep dive into medical pot, a growth industry. Here's a free sample of the data. If you want more, though, you'll have to buy it. READ»
The hydroponics chain weGrow just opened a 10,000-foot outlet store in Sacramento and has plans for other outlets in Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, and Oregon. Can medical marijuana thrive in big-box stores?READ»
California commercial artist Clay Butler would like to offer you a tasty sip of Doc Weed. No? How about Orange Kush? They both come in bottles containing "12 mind blowing ounces."READ»
Pot is going green(er).
OrganiCann, a monster dispensary in Santa Rosa, California has developed compostable packaging designed to make your morning bong rip medical cannabis that much more guilt-free. Most weed comes in ...READ»
Medical marijuana can be daunting for the uninitiated, with offerings like Blue Dream, Strawberry Cough, and Green Crack. How are patients supposed to navigate the world of dispensaries? That's where WeedMaps.com found its lucrative niche -- and why it's currently for sale.READ»
Dreams of legalized marijuana in California went up in smoke this week as Proposition 19, the state's legalization measure, failed to pass. What happens now to the state's pot industry?READ»
A majority of Californians now support marijuana legalization -- as does a group of mothers from A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing), now campaigning for Proposition 19. But should the growers support it too?READ»
One of the most entertaining sideshows in the debate over Proposition 19, California's marijuana legalization initiative, has been watching various organizations take sides.READ»
Like your local Mac market, SPARC is slick, modern, and offers specialized instruction--in acupressure and self-healing, Ayurvedic cooking, art therapy, and calligraphy.READ»
The closer marijuana comes to full legalization status in California, the more likely it is that the plant will be treated like any other crop--that is, as an industrial cash cow that often squeezes out small farmers. And the marijuana industrialization process is, in fact, already beginning. READ»
Honestly, we're surprised that this doesn't already exist: Tribudesign, a young Lebanese firm, has secured a distributor for White, which is basically a bong that looks like an iPod.
Maybe bong is too cavalier a word. It's ...READ»
