Extroverting

Author: Brad Dunn

  • What’s the Shelf Life of Cannabis Oil?

    What’s the Shelf Life of Cannabis Oil?

    Finding a long-lost cannabis concentrate is a bittersweet moment. Your discovered concentrate was left stranded in a pair of jeans that had been stuffed in the far reaches of your dresser, untouched since that last camping trip. For about a year, it’s been sitting in between some parchment paper, waiting for you to unearth it.

    The good news: no mold. The bad news: it doesn’t look like the translucent and golden “shatter” you once had. What’s before you now looks like a collection of off-yellow sugar crystals. Has this hash oil gone past its shelf life? Can you still enjoy it?

    Find out here.

  • 5 Differences Between the United States’ and Canada’s Medical Cannabis Programs

    As Canada prepares to legalize cannabis countrywide, many have wondered how its medical marijuana program compares to the United States’. Here are five key similarities and differences between each country’s medicinal cannabis guidelines.

    The biggest notable difference between the Canadian and American medical marijuana systems is that Canada’s program is federally regulated, while America relies on separate state programs that vary significantly. Cannabis in the United States is prohibited at a federal level, which means each state must set up its own program individually, establishing possession limits, restrictions on cultivation, and nonstandard rules.

    Read the full story.

  • Can Low Doses of THC Help Restore Memory?

    Can Low Doses of THC Help Restore Memory?

    A recent study found that the active ingredient in cannabis restores memory in older mice. But what — if anything — does that mean for us?

    The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, was conducted by scientists in Germany.

    Over a period of one month, one group of mice of various ages was given continuous low doses of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. A control group of mice was given a placebo.

    The scientists tested cognitive ability like memory and learning skills in the mice. Normally you would expect learning and memory performance to decline with age. But this study delivered a surprising result.

  • Police Leave Playful Note for Illegal Cannabis Grower: ‘Sorry We Missed You’

    Police Leave Playful Note for Illegal Cannabis Grower: ‘Sorry We Missed You’

    Nothing like British police humour.

    After digging up an illegal marijuana patch near Oxford, England, police officers left a light-hearted note for the grower, saying: “Sorry we missed each other.”

    Thames Valley Police officers wrote: ‘Ooops! Sorry we missed each other but feel free to call me on 101 so we can discuss a deal. Lots of love, TVP xx”

    Read the full story here.

  • Jacksonville Gets New Medical Dispensary

    Medical cannabis dispensary, Trulieve, announced the opening of a Jacksonville location Tuesday.

    “We have many patients in the greater Jacksonville area so we’re excited to open our first dispensary in this corner of the state,” said Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers. “Continuing to open dispensary locations ensures faster delivery times and increases patient access, which has always been our mission.”

    Read the full story here.

  • Cannabis Comes to the County Fair

    Cannabis Comes to the County Fair

    California Gov. Jerry Brown last week signed a bill that details how to carry out the November 2016 ballot measure that legalizes recreational marijuana as of January 2018. Tucked deep in the text is an option for county fairs to allow sampling and sales for people 21 and older in designated spots.

    The media has had fun with the image of marijuana users getting the munchies and exploring the enticing array of fair food. The Fresno Bee last week imagined “a dramatic increase in funnel cake sales at county fairs across the state.”

    Read more at the Sacramento Bee

  • U.S. Patent Expert: Legal Battles Loom for Cannabis Industry

    How can someone a patent a living substance that grows in the wild and has been known for about 5,000 years?

    Professor Craig Nard says private companies are quietly securing federal patents on all manner of cannabis-based products, even though marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. An even richer irony is that the government itself has patented a method of “administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cannabinoids.”

    How do they do it? It goes back to a 1980 landmark Supreme Court decision.

    Read Nard’s column at PBS Newshour.

  • What Las Vegas Poker Players Think of Legal Cannabis

    What Las Vegas Poker Players Think of Legal Cannabis

    Nevada legalized recreational cannabis on July 1st for all adults over 21 years old. One of the largest demographics that frequents Nevada casinos are poker players.

    What impact is it having on the game?

    “Recreational marijuana is fantastic,” said Evan Jarvis, but other players expressed different viewpoints.

    [Watch the video at the Oregon Cannabis Connecton.]

    There’s more than some overlap between the game and the plant. Three-time World Series of Poker champion Dutch Boyd is open about it:

    “Marijuana is part of poker. If you’re ever on the tournament trail and stop in a Tunica hotel room during a World Series of Poker circuit event or in Los Angeles for a stop on the World Poker Tour, just walk down the halls and it’s everywhere. It smells like weed. It’s part of the game’s culture.”

    @cryptoblast published his points of view on that same story, rules and regulations are being spoken of in the open, and with hope we’ll hear more stories — good, bad, and otherwise — about players’ approach.

  • Thin, Fit and Active? Now That’s More Like It

    Thin, Fit and Active? Now That’s More Like It

    Science continues to shred the stereotype of marijuana users as lazy, fat couch potatoes. Thanks to some new research at Oregon Health and Science University, we now know that “heavy users of cannabis have a lower mean BMI compared to that of never users.”

    Even better: The study also proved that those who consume marijuana regularly are more physically active than those that use it sporadically or not at all.

    So, if you consume cannabis consistently, you can count yourself in a healthier population than those who don’t.

    See the details.

  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Green Aphrodisiac

    Question: What’s the real impact of cannabis on copulation?

    (Hint: Think blood flow, enhanced sensations, relaxed muscles, and easier release of oxytocin.)

    The answer.