Grow Life 420

Homemade gifts rule, and that includes cannabis edibles. You know who could use some cannabis-infused edibles this holiday season? Every adult in this batshit country.

Cannabis edibles can help with the common physical and psychological manifestations of the stresses of the pandemic, including insomnia, anxiety, and pain. (“Just wanting to be high right now” is frequently cited as well.)

Gifts made with love are awesome, and with cannabis, even better. So let’s make some!

– Read the entire article at Portland Mercury.

Dr. Bronner’s, the largest natural soap-maker in the world with the smallest label font known to exist, has always seemed like a product used by people who also use cannabis. Call it a hunch. CEO David Bronner has done quite well for himself making a soap with 101 uses, and the company has donated more than $5 million to various cannabis legalization causes over the years. Last week, Bronner announced he’s moving into the cannabis industry with that same multi-faceted model.

Merry Jane ran a piece that covered the plans of the good Doctor to partner with California-based cannabis brand Flow Kana to launch Brother David’s. The brand is promising to do some pretty cool things.

– Read the entire article at The Stranger.

A new study has made some revealing discoveries about the cannabis grown at the University of Mississippi. That’s the infamous and sole source of cannabis being used in federally funded cannabis research. I’ve written before about the numerous reports of poor quality flower, possible mold, and absurdly low THC levels.

That Ole Miss weed, which is funded by the National Institute On Drug Abuse (NIDA), is clearly not representative of what anyone in the real world is smoking/processing, and despite numerous requests to the Justice Department to expand the options for researchers to obtain cannabis from other, better sources, NIDA remains the solitary hook-up for federally funded researchers. Now we come to find they are the worst… weed dealers… ever. No, worse than the dealer who shorted your bags, or sold it wet, or was always four hours late.

Marijuana Moment shared what University of Northern Colorado researchers uncovered when seeking information on the genetics of NIDA-provided weed. Per Marijuana Moment:

– Read the entire article at The Stranger.