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

The One Surprising Result in Canada’s Latest National Cannabis Survey
The surprise finding is that more than half of all users still consume marijuana, in some capacity, for medical purposes and not just for recreational use. Not only did medical marijuana remains a big part of the Canadian pot industry during the fourth quarter, but medical weed patients were far more willing to use cannabis and open their wallets relative to recreational consumers.

California Marijuana Growers Are Producing So Much Weed They Could Crash The Market
Over a thousand acres of cannabis farms hold permits in the state, citing a report by distribution company Vessel Logistics. This means that licensed farms can harvest 9 million pounds of marijuana. But the report said the existing market could accommodate only 1.8 to 2.2 million pounds.

You Can Now Legally Mail Cannabis, But Read The Fine Print Carefully
The USPS quietly released the memo earlier this month. The letter cites the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills, which federally permitted and expanded hemp cultivation throughout the US in states that legalized weed. The guidelines state the USPS will only handle cannabis products made from hemp that contains less than 0.3 percent THC. Of course, the US government won’t make mailing weed products easy. First, to ship hemp or hemp products through the USPS, mailers must fill out a form confirming they are sending hemp and only hemp. Lying on the self-certification statement could subject the mailer to federal perjury laws.

The Inventor Of Jelly Belly Has Launched Cannabis-infused Jelly Beans
David Klein, who invented Jelly Belly in 1976, recently launched a business called Spectrum Confections that makes jelly beans infused with CBD. The candy comes in 38 flavors, including roasted marshmallow, pina colada, and strawberry cheesecake, and each bean contains 10 milligrams of CBD.

Smoking Weed Increases Your Chances of Developing Psychosis, a New Study Finds
A new study out of King’s College London indicates that someone who uses marijuana every day is three times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder for the first time than someone who has never used it. And that’s just for cannabis with less than 10 percent THC potency, the psychoactive compound in marijuana. Someone who uses marijuana daily with a THC concentration higher than 10 percent—what the kids call “skunk” weed—is nearly five times more likely to develop first-time psychosis. Schizophrenia and bipolar are psychotic disorders; hallucinations and delusions are often experienced during a psychotic episode.

Artist Says Big Bong Will Help Save an Australian Town. The Locals Aren’t Amused.
A resident of the New South Wales town of Woodenbong wants to hand-carve a big wooden bong as a local landmark. He envisions it being bigger than the Big Merino, a 50-foot concrete merino ram located elsewhere in the state. The town, population 381, had been brainstorming ways to encourage tourism, but “the giant wooden bong wasn’t on the list.