Extroverting

Author: Brad Dunn

  • Las Vegas Marijuana Dispensaries Offer Valentine’s Day Deals

    Two Las Vegas Valley marijuana dispensaries will welcome one of the country’s most romantic days of the year with discounts on pot.

    The+Source will offer store points for those who refer a new customer from Feb. 13 to Feb. 15, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

    Five pairs of customers and those who referred them will be selected for a free candle-lit dinner at pot-themed Cheba Hut, which is located two doors down from the Las Vegas location. Flowers of the Field will also gift a $75 bouquet to the five winning couples.

    “Valentine’s Day is a social holiday and marijuana is something that’s best enjoyed with other people,” said The+ Source spokesman Dan Zarrella. “We want to celebrate this thing together.”

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  • Fish Waste Used to Grow Marijuana in Former Pulp Mill

    A Nova Scotia company will soon begin growing cannabis in a former pulp and paper mill in Queens County, and hopes the buy-local ethos extends to marijuana.

    Health Canada granted Aqualitas Inc.'s cultivation licence Jan. 19, making it the third Nova Scotia company to get the approval — joining Breathing Green Solutions Inc., which has a production facility in the Wentworth Valley, and THC Dispensaries Inc. of Antigonish, according to CBC.

    Myrna Gillis, co-founder and CEO, said Aqualitas plans to start growing its first crop in February and then it will test it and apply for a sales licence, with the hope of selling cannabis this summer. So far, none of the three Nova Scotia companies are licensed to sell.

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    • Niagara Falls Weighs Pros and Cons of Cannabis Tourism

      Niagara Falls tourism officials think there's a chance American tourists will cross the border to smoke legal pot.

      And they are asking whether the area should try to capitalize on American and other home-grown pot tourists by creating licensed pot lounges, according to CBC.

      With the legalization of cannabis deadline approaching, the province is looking at considering allowing licensed cannabis consumption lounges and is asking the public to weigh in on its decision a questionnaire.

      "We're just researching and trying to come up with what the stakeholders and give that information to the municipality and pass it on to the province so they know what our feelings are," said Wayne Thomson, Niagara Falls Tourism Chairman.

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      • Can Landlords Ban Legal Cannabis? Here’s What the Law Says

        Can Landlords Ban Legal Cannabis? Here’s What the Law Says

        Adult-use recreational cannabis is scheduled to be made legal across Canada this summer. But not everyone’s celebrating.

        As legalization looms nearer, some apartment-dwellers are prepping for legal battles over tenant rights to follow. Not all tenants are looking forward to legalization and are not welcoming to the idea of legalized cannabis being smoked indoors, according to Leafly.

        Steven Lebow is one such tenant. A renter in Toronto, he’s tangled with cannabis-smoking neighbours in his building, who used heavily enough for Lebow to be able to smell the smoke from inside his apartment. 

        “It got to point that the cleaning help refused to clean the hallway as the smell was so strong,” Lebow told Leafly, noting that his complaints didn’t bring the results he hoped for.

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      • Cannabis Cocktails for Beginners

        Cannabis Cocktails for Beginners

        Now that Prop. 64 has begotten a recreational marketplace for marijuana, many are rolling their eyes at advertisements for cannabis-infused tea, chocolate and barbecue sauce. 

        But while legalization opens the gate for long overdue research on the medical efficacy of cannabis, Prop. 64 also grants more Californians the opportunity to experiment for themselves with the potential benefits of cannabis, according to the North Coast Journal.

        Two local women, Gillian Levy and Susan Cleverdon, have built a business on the need for a safe way to explore using cannabis for health and wellness. 

        "We see cannabis as a super food or nutritional support, rather than a drug," explains Levy, stressing that the tinctures are formulated to promote optimal wellness.

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      • Cannabis: Brain Alterations May Spur Feelings of Alienation

        Cannabis: Brain Alterations May Spur Feelings of Alienation

        New research has revealed altered brain activity in young adults with cannabis addiction.

        The findings suggest a mechanism that may explain why the risk of depression and other mental health issues is higher among those who use the drug, according to Medical News Today.

        The study was carried out by Dr. Peter Manza, Dr. Dardo Tomasi, and Dr. Nora Volkow, of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, MD.

        The findings have been published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

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      • Canadian Cannabis Companies Search for Workers Ahead of Legalization

        Canadian Cannabis Companies Search for Workers Ahead of Legalization

        Canadian marijuana companies are on a hiring spree, looking to fill an array of roles as they gear up for the legalization of recreational cannabis later this year.

        The workforce is booming, said Alison McMahon, who runs Cannabis At Work, a staffing agency focused on the burgeoning industry. Right now, she's recruiting for positions in everything from growing and production to sales and marketing, all across the country, according to CBC.

        Stigma may once have kept people from applying for work with a cannabis company, but those perceptions have shifted and people are now excited about the opportunities, McMahon said.

        "I think that the people, at this point, who are looking at the industry and are excited really see the upside and the growth potential," she said. "More and more people are open to this topic, so it doesn't end up being that big of a deal."

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      • High Cost of Medical Marijuana Causes Pain in Vermont

        High Cost of Medical Marijuana Causes Pain in Vermont

        Recent scientific reviews have found substantial evidence that marijuana can be useful in easing at least some types of chronic pain. Yet even for the majority of Americans who live in states that have legalized medical marijuana, choosing opioids can be much cheaper.

        "I can get a bottle of opioids for a dollar on my state insurance," says MaryJane Sarvis, a textile artist in Shaftsbury, Vt. Instead, Sarvis says, she spends around $200 each month on medical marijuana, according to NPR.

        Sarvis has permanent nerve pain from a childhood spine surgery. At 12, a doctor fused 10 of her vertebrae together in what she says was then a state-of-the-art effort to treat scoliosis. Thirty years later, the disks started breaking down. Her doctors told her she'd be on opioids for the rest of her life.

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      • Mandy Moore: Rubbing Cannabis Oil on Feet Helps With Wearing High Heels

        Mandy Moore: Rubbing Cannabis Oil on Feet Helps With Wearing High Heels

        Wearing regular heels is one thing, but the sky-high stilettos the stars strut in down the red carpet is another kettle of fish.  

        No one knows that better than Mandy Moore, having been in the public eye since she was just a budding pop star teen. But lucky for her, she found a solution to the age-old problem of high heel-inflicted foot pain, according to the Daily Mail.

        The 33-year-old explained that her secret to escaping sore feet is none other than cannabis oil.

        Mandy explained her hack to the publication while getting ready to hit the red carpet for the Golden Globes, saying that she went looking for help after a particularly painful night.

        'I always try to choose really comfortable shoes, because as I’ve gotten older I just can’t hack being in heels for an extended period of time,' she said.

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      • Medical Refugee Family Calls for Legal Medical Cannabis in Kansas

        Medical Refugee Family Calls for Legal Medical Cannabis in Kansas

        The first time Gavin had a seizure, he had just turned 3. It was a grand mal seizure, the kind where people convulse uncontrollably due to irregular activity in the brain.

        Melissa Ragsdale, Gavin’s mother, had never seen a seizure before. Little did she know, she would witness her son have thousands of seizures over the next five years, according to the Garden City Telegram.

        Gavin is 8 now. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., with his mother, and he is a medical refugee. He and his mother, who previously lived in Fairway in Johnson County, were able to settle in Colorado thanks to the generosity of another medical refugee family and many others woven together through a tight-knit network of patient advocacy groups calling for nationwide legalization of medical cannabis at the state and federal levels.

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