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Leafly  Lifestyle Published on September 30, 2022 (Sasha Beck/Leafly) Mike DeLao’s love for cooking grew organically, in his grandmother’s kitchen where she made fresh tortillas every morning. This sense of community stayed with him as he grew up and went out into the world. At 18, DeLao went off to college and had a culinary […]

The Fresh Toast  By Since 2019, at least 26 women in Oklahoma were charged with child neglect felonies for consuming cannabis while pregnant, according to The Frontier. The punishment for this crime can be life in prison, though the previous offenders who pleaded guilty were given probation. Of those 26 women, at least eight were medical marijuana license […]

The Fresh Toast  Experts believe climate change makes it more likely for viruses like COVID and monkeypox to spread and infect more people. There are currently two viruses affecting large amounts of people all over the world. This year saw the rise of monkeypox, with about 67,000 cases worldwide. 2020 saw the rise of the […]

Leafly  Politics Published on September 30, 2022 Three adult-use cannabis stores are expected to open in Vermont on Saturday, Oct. 1. We’ve got all the details. After years of waiting, one of America’s most 420-friendly states is finally getting its own legal cannabis stores. Vermont’s first state-licensed adult-use stores are scheduled to open this Saturday, […]

The Fresh Toast  Dabbing has become one of the most popular ways that experienced cannabis consumers get high. This method of consumption involves placing a tiny amount of cannabis concentrate on a hot surface, allowing it to vaporize, so that you can inhale extremely potent marijuana. Medical or recreational cannabis consumers alike can enjoy the benefits of […]

Leafly  Lifestyle Published on September 29, 2022 (Svitlana/AdobeStock) The report aims to demystify “purposeful and intentional” cannabis use across America. Data points include 206,000 sessions in total. The data from those experience logs were used as the basis for the report,” according to its authors. “This report reveals distinct consumption trends that product manufacturers and […]

Leafly  Health Published on September 29, 2022 (AdobeStock) Another stigma bites the dust. Munchies be damned, a new study showed cannabis use could be connected to lower obesity rates in states that legalize adult-use. North Dakota State University researchers tracked obesity rates in Washington State, from 2002 to 2018. They compared those rates to those […]

Leafly  Lifestyle Published on September 29, 2022 (Savina Monet for Leafly) If you’re reading this, you managed to make it through six planets in retrograde last month, Stargazers. You are probably busy licking your wounds and asking yourself, “Do I even want to look up at that devilish night sky this month?” Well, there is […]

The Fresh Toast  By Amazon made headlines last year when it came out in support of ending marijuana prohibition. Now, it seems the company has gotten cold feet. It is reportedly clearing spice grinders, used by some to grind weed flower, from its site ostensibly in keeping with company policy not to sell drug paraphernalia. What Happened In a Seattle Times story from earlier […]

Leafly  Politics Published on September 29, 2022 This story was written by Nina Zdinjak and originally published on Benzinga. The FDA has appointed Norman Birenbaum to be its senior public health advisor on cannabis research and regulatory actions, reported Inside Health Policy. Why this matters This is the first time the FDA has hired a cannabis research and regulation advisor. The agency continues to struggle with regulations on […]

The Fresh Toast  Marijuana use is becoming increasingly common. And as more states legalize the plant for recreational and medicinal purposes, more and more people are confident in its medicinal strength. Still, due to how difficult it is to conduct proper research on the drug, there are a lot of things we don’t know about […]

The Fresh Toast  Although we hear it time and time again, we often have to learn the hard way that there is truth in the phrase “having too much of a good thing.” This saying, while annoying when uttered by our worrying parents when we eat candy as children, can be painfully true when it […]