08 Mar Top Stories From The Edge – Week of March 6th

A Weekly Roundup of Stories We Found Interesting – From The Profound To The Profane

Satisfy Your CBD Craving With A Power Lunch
Listen up people! Will Kleidon, founder of Ojai Energetics, said we are all CBD deprived.

CBD On Ice
CBD products are all over the shelves in Alaska including health food stores. The news of the seizing of thousands of CDB products from ten businesses in the state puzzled many. In response, the Hemp Industries Association sued.

Spiritual Cannabis & Your Expanded Mind
I’ve been using Cannabis to expand my consciousness since the 70s. Still, there is nothing like being told this by a Zen buddhist.

Interview With Cannabis Tech Startup Eaze
Interesting interview of Jim Patterson, CEO of Eaze, a San Francisco-based company. Its app lets approved medical marijuana users order products from dispensaries and have them delivered to their door.

200 Million Reasons Why Pennsylvania Should Legalize Marijuana
Pennsylvania has a budget shortfall projected at nearly $3 billion over this year and the next. Its auditor general, Eugene DePasquale suggested legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, and taxing the hell out of it.

Should You Invest In Weed Dispensaries?
Here a roundup of a few notable dispensaries in the country. Nanalyze is an investment focused blog. It’s interesting to read that LivWell has only $750K in funding, but they have managed to open 14 dispensaries, mostly leveraging their profit for expansion. Now, that’s a business model I can endorse.

Poison Weed?
In Canada, two of the largest licensed medical marijuana growers are being sued because heir products were contaminated with banned pesticides, myclobutanil and bifenazate. Bifenazate is particularly bad news. It’s both a carcinogen, and neurotoxin.

Veterans need alternative to pharmaceutical drugs
Weed for Warriors, a non-profit organization, provides guidance to medical marijuana for veterans who have diagnosed with PTSD, chronic pain, sleep disorders, addiction withdrawal, and other issues.

Grow weed Indoor or Outdoor – a view from an aficionado
Sarah Russo from Project CBD discusses the age-old question.  She even proposes in a third option – “Best of Both World”.