Law enforcement in Southern Oregon counties already gets flooded with complaints of possibly illegal cannabis grows. Jackson County Sheriff Nate Sickler says his department receives anywhere from 10 to 15 complaints a week regarding suspicious grows. To criminally prosecute, law enforcement must prove through testing that illicit growers are cultivating plants containing THC levels above…
A scientist with ElleVet Sciences collaborated with academic researchers to examine how CBD influenced dogs’ and cats’ behavior and blood composition over 12 weeks. While dogs showed no clinically significant variations after 12 weeks, cats exhibited excessive head shaking and licking. “As we continue with our studies, we expect to narrow down dosing strategies for…
As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated Press tally derived from interviews, court records, news…
Which types of CBD products should retailers offer? Twenty-three percent of consumers use CBD-infused vapor products more than the once a week, the highest of any category, according to Technomic, a research and consulting firm servicing the food and foodservice industry. This outpaces non-chocolate candy (17%) and energy drinks (15%). Despite this, consumers are…
When purchasing products, it was no surprise that the potency, health and other effects of cannabis ranks as most important with 96% of consumers saying it’s extremely important. According to a study by Canivate Growing Systems, a cultivation method free of pesticides ranked nearly the same in terms of importance (95%). Respondents indicated that they…
Happy February, one and all. It is nothing but a pleasure to be on the other side of winter and all its bone-chilling bleakness. It’s not completely warm yet, especially in the northern half of the continent, but the Winter Solstice is now more than a month behind us, which means that the Sun is…
