Dee Russell, The Happy Chef Inspired by the philosophy of Hippocrates, ancient Greek founder of western medicine, who said, “Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food,” cannabis chef Dee Russell is cooking up a prescription for good health. “The plant is medicine, so if you’re using it recreationally, you’re consuming…
The HQ/SSE Event: A NEW Type of Trade Show By Norm Bour There are trade shows—and there are trade shows, and unfortunately, most of them are pretty much the same. So trying to introduce sophistication and organization is always welcome, and has been all too rare in the alternative trade show space. Let’s face it,…
With 20 years behind him as glass blower, Dylan Kelley had tried a bunch of different techniques from inside-out and wig wag to reticello. One day, he was brainstorming with a couple of buddies about sandblasting when a spark of inventiveness popped in his head that he could create function through imagery eliminating the need for…
The Pipe Joint Littleton, Colorado The Pipe Joint, in Littleton, Colorado, is a family business. Lisa B. is the owner. She’s helped by Lucy and Meeka — Lucy is a rabbit and Meeka a ferret. There’s also an aviary worth of parakeets. Lisa might very well have rather opened a pet store instead of a…
The Polar Blast Eddie Villarreal is accustomed to the reaction his Polar Blast water pipe gets from first-time users. “Everybody thinks the Polar Blast is a gimmick until they try it,” he says. “As soon as they take a draw, their eyes get big and they’re like, “Damn, that’s the smoothest hits I’ve ever taken!”…
Online sales of e-cigarettes and other vaping products are undergoing a monumental shift in the United States. The Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act — passed in December 2020 as part of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act — amended the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act by expanding the original definition of “cigarette”…
for Microbial Content, Pesticides, or Heavy Metals The CBD industry’s peer-reviewed watchdog Leafreport.com recently undertook an comprehensive review of 2946 products from 136 brands to verify how many were being tested by third-party facilities for purity or potency. The report also released a list of the top ten most transparent brands. “The CBD industry is still very…
One in four Americans currently consume cannabis, reporting they’ve tried some form of cannabis within the past twelve months. What’s more, 23% of current cannabis consumers say they tried cannabis for the first time over the past year, suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with expanded state legalization, has rapidly accelerated cannabis acceptance and adoption in…
As COVID-19 restrictions continue to lift, Groupon surveyed more than 2,000 people across the U.S. and not surprisingly found that the majority (71%) of Americans are ‘So #@$%ing Ready’ to get back to their everyday lives. Another 74% said they will never take ordinary experiences such as eating at a restaurant, getting a haircut outside of their…
Jeremy Sinkus is a real rock star among glass artists, known for his amazing geological designs, including crystals and gemstones, all realistically recreated in glass. By layering transparent magentas, blues, emerald greens and clear with the torch and applying a technique he discovered to add texture, Jeremy cold works the glass to create the “tooling’…
