21 Apr Top Stories From The Edge – Week of April 17th

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

Exploring Religious and Spiritual Cannabis Practices
A journalist takes us through the different religious practices with cannabis, and delves deeply into the spiritual usage of the substance.

“Weed Is Not a Factor” in the War on Drugs
Homeland Security Secretary, John Kelly, said on a national news program that “weed is not a factor” in the war on drugs. Unfortunately, some of his colleagues are not getting it.

For Melissa Etheridge, Smoking Weed is a Family Affair
Etheridge has been outspoken on the legalization of marijuana for some time now. She has even started a business named Etheridge’s Farms that produces marijuana related products. This week, she spoke openly on Yahoo News about smoking marijuana with her adult children.

11 Fancy Marijuana Accessories
Looking to celebrate 4-20 in style, here are some extravagant products to choose from. [photo gallery]

“Entourage Effect” in the News
Each strain of cannabis contains hundreds of chemical compounds. We are all familiar with THC, and CBD being the stars of the show, and companies are rushing to isolate these compounds to create products. The Entourage Effect refers to the synergic working of many of these compounds that produce the known benefits, and characteristics of each cannabis strain. It’s still a controversial subject, and currently in the news partially because of the recent announcement of CannaRoyalty’s launch of “The Terpistry” research to study the interaction between cannabinoids and terpenes, a diverse class of aromatic organic molecules. Here is another story on  Inverse website covering the same topic. Interesting read throughout.

Conan’s Collections
For silly, and goofy fun, there is nothing like Conan. Here are a few of his skits, and interviews involving marijuana featuring Wiz Khalifa, Seth Rogen, Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle and more. Here is Part 2.

For The Investment Minded
Here are bits of sound advice from CNBC when investing on Cannabis.

Public Radio on Marijuana
Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at New York University, discusses marijuana politics on WNYC, a New York public radio station. [Audio]