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Cannabis + Other Plants for Medicinal Tinctures

An ancient way of delivering active ingredients in plants
Josh Jardine

Cannabis tinctures are a great delivery system. Cannabis and hemp can be soaked in high percentage alcohol, or a fat like coconut oil, and deliver whole plant extracts, including THC/CBD and other cannabinoids, terpenes etc. It’s an ancient way of delivering the active ingredients in the plants, as well as being portable, discreet, fast acting […]

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A Fat Sack… of Reader Questions

Josh Jardine

Last week we featured some past reader questions—but there are a lot more. In this week’s reader Mail Bag, we place a mailbag over the heads of readers, and beat them until they answer my questions. No, wait… I’m thinking of how the new CIA director operates. In this case, I simply answer questions from […]

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What the Puck?

Cannabis concentrates explained
Daniel Michaels

Cannabis concentrates come in many forms and are all very potent, reaching upward of 70 percent THC by weight on average with nearly 100 percent pure THC for some products now commercially available. Compared to 25 percent THC by weight for top-shelf flower, one can quickly understand how a very small amount of concentrate goes […]

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Cooking With Cannabis

Putting the ‘pot’ in crockpots
Charlie Hunter

We’ve all heard about the magic brownie. There has been a comical association between pot and the beloved chocolaty desert for as long as I can remember. Popular culture has latched onto this and taken it for quite the ride. Whether it’s Eric Cartman of “South Park” warning his friends about the dangers of hippies […]

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Smoke Signals 7/15-7/22

Just the Medical Applications
Leah Chatterjee

As medical weed becomes legal in more|more states (currently 23|D.C.), more medicinal cannabis products are becoming available. Topical salves, lotions,|tinctures using cannabis as a key ingredient can be found on the shelves of many dispensaries now. These products are used for a wide range of ailments such as muscle aches, nerve pain, and skin conditions. […]

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