Cannabis May Decrease The Deadly Lung Inflammation Caused By The COVID-19 With the rapidly growing pandemic of COVID-19, it has been an urgent challenge to create new treatments and prevention strategies that can help curtail the disease spread and reduce mortality. Researchers have started looking for solutions in multiple places, and one of them is the cannabis plant. Researchers from the University of Nebraska and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | July 10, 2020 1 Comment
Colorado Sells Record $1.75 Billion Of Cannabis in 2019 According to the Colorado Department of Revenue data, Colorado’s cannabis shops set an annual state record last year with $1.75 billion in sales revenue — yes, that’s BILLION with a B. The Cannabis industry in Colorado brought in over $300 million in tax revenue to the state in 2019 as well, surprising economists who believed that Colorado’s cannabis industry was […] Brains SnowBrains | February 21, 2020 1 Comment
Canada’s Recreational Cannabis Industry is Struggling To legalize or not to legalize marijuana has been a topic of debate for many areas around the world. While medicinal marijuana use is legal in 33 states, recreational marijuana use is legal in only 11. While the efforts towards legalizing marijuana in the United States have been and continue to be arduous, there is currently more public support for marijuana […] Brains Emily Crofton | January 3, 2020 1 Comment
Canada Legalizes Recreational Use of Cannabis Canada’s parliament has passed a law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana nationwide, reports the BBC. The Cannabis Act passed its final hurdle on Tuesday in a 52-29 vote in the Senate. The bill controls and regulates how the drug can be grown, distributed, and sold. The country is the second worldwide to legalize the drug’s recreational use and Canadians […] Steven Agar | June 21, 2018 0 Comments
Happy 420: “Tanner Hall and the Athlete’s Case for Cannabis” – by The New Yorker Is this for real? Our beloved stoner athlete Tanner Hall has been making unprecedented moves in the action sport community. He is one of the first high level athletes to endorse pot as helpful substance to his training and his success. Tanner said “[I] used it when I competed at the X Games,” he mentioned, “It helps with the stress, with […] Keenan Grady | April 19, 2016 12 Comments
Is It A Smart Idea to Use Marijuana In The Mountains? When Canada legalized marijuana in October 2018, pushback came from an unexpected place––search and rescue. Not long ago, marijuana was still considered a bad drug mostly used by hippies and stoners. These days it’s becoming legal, socially accepted, and even used for its medicinal purposes. Legal or illegal, the odors wafting off the chairlift don’t lie – people like to smoke […] Mike Lavery | April 20, 2024 3 Comments
420: The Legend Behind the Californian High-Schoolers and How 420 Became Globally Recognized Amongst Stoners Each year on this day, 420, 20 April, marijuana enthusiasts all around the world, from Amsterdam to London to California, congregate to celebrate cannabis culture, whether it’s legal or not. Every year, more than a thousand people gather in London’s Hyde Park to mark 4/20, smoking joints together at the designated time while calling for cannabis to be legalized, and tens of […] Steven Agar | April 20, 2024 0 Comments
Cycling the West Coast: Lost Coast or Bust! [Day 21] Day 21 We tried to get out of Eureka early before traffic got too crazy. As soon as we got out of town, we stopped at a McDonald’s for a breakfast sandwich before pedaling toward Ferndale. Related: Cycling the West Coast: Fish Tacos and Scenic Drives! [Day 20] – SnowBrains Ferndale marks the last town before we enter the lost […] Cycle Luke Guilford | May 29, 2023 0 Comments