CBD is now the enemy of the armed forces. A new Navy policy states that enlisted personnel who test positive for THC or other controlled substances for which they have no valid prescription are subject to mandatory administrative processing and could receive a discharge characterized as “Other Than Honorable” (OTH), which can affect future veteran’s…
Senator Bernie Sanders made two announcements recently on Joe Rogan’s podcast – one that he plans to reveal UFO and alien secrets should he become President, and second that he will deschedule marijuana and make it federally legal. “Right now you have a federal law — it’s called the Controlled Substance Act. Here’s heroin, here’s marijuana — they’re…
Mike Sessoms and Gus Shamoon of Wild Bill’s Tobacco Discuss SSE “Don’t get me wrong. I’ll still go to them, but if I have to tell you which is my favorite, by far, SSE.” What Gus Shamoon means by “them,” is probably obvious, but in case there’s any doubt, he’s talking about the other industry…
Thoughts on Bigotry in an Industry Founded on Universal Acceptance Trigger warning: This article features racially charged language. We are obviously including it not to celebrate or condone it, but rather to expose and condemn. If you want to clean your closet, you must first turn on the light. “You wanna talk demographics? Half…
How many times have you gone into a smoke shop and the person behind the counter is so involved with playing a game on their phone that they barely look up to say hello. It’s a pretty safe bet that store isn’t making very many sales and very few people come back for a second…
Some people have known what they wanted to be since they were very young.Chris B., the owner of PipeNJ, in Brick, New Jersey (thus the NJ), has always been with glass blowing, but rather than “making art from flame,” he wanted to be the person selling pipes. When Chris would tell people his dream, they’d…
Rob Morrison @rmorrisonglass The kids today have Rick & Morty, Family Guy and Ren & Stimpy. When Rob Morrison was growing up it was The Muppets and Sesame Street. As a glass artist, Morrison, 47, has transformed more than two dozen different Muppets into functional glass pieces. His favorites are Grover, Cookie Monster, Oscar the…
Whether you have two employees or two-hundred, it’s important to the success of your business that everyone is operating from the same playbook. Staff meetings allow you to share information and training, which will make your business run more smoothly and improve the customer experience in your store. Staff meetings can also help you…
In a new white paper by Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) and Illumination Investigations, Evan Vorpahl and Lisa Graves document how Juul has flooded statehouses with lobbyists to advance T-21 legislation, Commonly known as “Tobacco 21,” – bills to raise the purchase age of tobacco to 21, but that include poison pill measures preempting…
As an employer, it’s likely that at least once, you’ve been duped by an applicant’s amazing resume. Not only was it printed out on resume paper, rather than hastily scribbled on a napkin, most of the words were spelled correctly and the job history made it seem like they’d be a responsible, attentive and…
