How Long Is THC Detectable in Your System?
Some industries are weeding – no pun intended – out drug tests. For instance, businesses in NYC and Nevada have famously reduced testing for cannabis. Why this is? Curiously, bosses were worried that these tests would lead to them losing some of their best workers. This law allows those who use cannabis medically to not […]
Can I Use a California Medical Marijuana Card in Las Vegas?
With the growing number of states across the US legalizing medical marijuana, many patients are beginning to wonder whether their authorizations are legal in states other than their own. You can see why this question might pop up. Millions of people from places like California hop across the state line to Nevada every year to […]
Cannabis Lounges Are Coming to Las Vegas
Just less than two years ago something extraordinary happened that made Las Vegas more than just a hot travel spot for those with an affinity for 24/7 access to gambling, booze and many other sources of entertainment and “sinful” pleasures. The state of Nevada legalized marijuana for recreational use – a move that was destined […]
How to Best Preserve Your Cannabis
The environment in which a cannabis plant is grown, its genetics, fertilization and pest control practices each have profound effects on the end-product ultimately consumed by a user, however cannabis storage is also a key component in maintaining overall quality and freshness of the plant after purchase. Cannabis needs just the right balance of conditions […]
How To Properly Transport Cannabis in a Car
Nevada voters made history on November 8, 2016 by producing the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. Under the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, residents and tourists over 21 years of age can legally purchase, possess and consume recreational cannabis in Nevada. Recreational cannabis use became officially legal in the Silver State on January […]
Hemp Use Across Human History
Hemp is known as one of the non-THC components of the cannabis plant and holds the potential to help “green up” a number of industries. Hemp’s fiber, seeds and oil are incredibly valuable and provides additional reasons for why cannabis is referred to as a “cash crop.” For thousands of years, industrial hemp was the […]
Why 420 is Weed Day
In 2019, you do not need to be a cannabis connoisseur to know that April 20th is considered by many to be “National Weed Day”, in which cannabis culture is celebrated by millions of people worldwide. Around this time every year, many people like to ask: “What does 420 mean?” And, “Why and how is […]
Why Lab Test Cannabis?
As with any other medicinal products or pharmaceutical drugs on the market today, legal cannabis is required to undergo rigorous testing and to properly label each product with its strength and dosage information. The two major reasons cannabis products are lab tested, as Weedmaps.com states, is “to verify the products are safe for human consumption […]
Using Medical Cannabis to Improve the Health of a Pet
The question of using medical cannabis to improve the health of a dog or cat is a complicated one. Due to the fact that cannabis remains federally illegal and classified as a Schedule I drug, the amount of solid, peer-reviewed research available examining its safety or effectiveness on pets remains severely limited. Individual state laws, […]
How Many Jobs Depend on Legal Cannabis?
Thanks to the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana, America is currently experiencing the most dramatic job boom in recent history. While cannabis remains federally illegal, employment data agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics sadly ignores all job growth related to the industry. This makes it very difficult to determine the number of […]