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WednesdayFeb 27, 2019 12:49 pm

What’s the Difference: Hemp CBD vs Cannabis CBD

With the explosion of CBD products in the last few years, and with plenty more on the horizon, it can be hard to know which ones work best for you, or even what the differences between them are. While the 2018 Farm Bill has legalized the cultivation of hemp and hemp-derived CBD, regulations on CBD products as well as customer education are lagging behind. One area which can be extra confusing is the difference between consuming CBD products made from hemp and CBD products made from cannabis. It might even be a surprise to learn there’s a difference. However, knowing the…

ThursdayFeb 21, 2019 2:48 pm

This Week in Cannabis: Bees, Hemp, and the Oscars

What do bees, hemp, and the Oscars have in common? They are all part of our 'This Week in Cannabis' roundup! Study finds that bees love hemp What happened: Researchers examined hemp fields in Northern Colorado, specifically looking at what bee species were present. A total of 23 different genera (that's plural for genus) of bees were collected, with three genera making up nearly 80% of the total found. Why it matters: Researchers concluded that 'the pollen-rich nature of the flowers can make hemp an ecologically valuable crop.' Bees love hemp, and they have been suffering lately, as has been well documented in…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2019 2:37 pm

6 Things That All Cannabis Entrepreneurs Should Know

If you are an aspiring or current cannabis entrepreneur there are many things that you need to know. Some of those things are very specific to the area of cannabis, while other things are generally applicable to everyone. Below are a handful of things that all cannabis entrepreneurs, from the aspiring to the extremely successful, need to always be mindful of. #1) You are a part of history and under the microscope Cannabis is clearly the most popular and intriguing thing on the planet right now. People have always consumed cannabis, but in recent years cannabis has gone mainstream. The…

MondayFeb 11, 2019 12:00 pm

Protecting Cannabis from Big Agriculture Today

[Note: This is a new, bi-weekly series about how cannabis activists can add value to today's cannabis industry – by Amanda Reiman, cannabis activist and VP of Community Relations with Flow Kana. You can read part one here and here.] The Evolution of Organic is a documentary that traces the history of the organic food movement to the original back-to-the-landers in northern California. These folks came to regions like Mendocino and Humboldt because of a belief about what a “healthy lifestyle” looked like. To these people, producing food naturally and without chemicals was a reflection of their respect for the land. These communities…

ThursdayFeb 07, 2019 11:39 am

This Week in Cannabis: International Cannabis Rescheduling on the Horizon?

The week in cannabis has been an eventful one – on a global level. Below is a recap of news that the Green Flower team is following. World Health Organization recommends rescheduling cannabis What happened: The World Health Organization recommended this week that cannabis be rescheduled at the international level. Cannabis is currently scheduled as a Schedule IV substance at the international level – the most restrictive level (not to be confused with Schedule I in the United States). Why it matters: The recommendation by the World Health Organization is a really, really big deal. If the recommendation is followed, it would pave…

WednesdayFeb 06, 2019 10:52 am

Why Cannabis Is Life-Changing For Inflammation

If recent research is any indication, chronic inflammation may just be the single most important risk factor for determining whether or not you’ll live a lifetime plagued by disease. Over the last two decades, “inflammation” has become a serious buzzword among health and wellness professionals. Why? Not only is chronic inflammation associated with a host of very serious and deadly diseases, but new studies have found that unnecessary inflammation plays a part in many common day-to-day ailments that lower quality of life and contribute to pain, illness, and suffering. In fact, inflammation is thought to be a culprit in everything…

TuesdayFeb 05, 2019 12:05 pm

Is Smoking CBD Hemp a Good Idea?

A lot of people are trying CBD for the first time, and with the legalization of hemp in the 2018 Farm Bill it will become available to even more people in the coming year. With CBD in the spotlight for its many positive effects, more people are wondering: is smoking CBD hemp flower a good way to consume the beneficial cannabinoid? People have found all sorts of success with CBD flower, including tobacco reduction, pharmaceutical reduction, as a THC supplement, in the bedroom, or just to help relax during the day or evening. Smoking or vaping CBD hemp flower could be for…

MondayFeb 04, 2019 11:57 am

This Woman Successfully Treats Cancer Patients with Medical Cannabis

Mara Gordon has not been sheltered from cancer. “Cancer is very personal to me,” she begins. “In 1979, I lost my first husband to osteogenic sarcoma. In 1989 I lost my mother to lung cancer. I, then two years later, lost my brother in law to a brain tumor, and then I lost my sister to lung cancer [...] you’ll see that I have my motivations.” After experiencing over two decades of close cancer deaths, Gordon co-founded Aunt Zelda’s in 2011. Aunt Zelda’s is an organization that both works with patients and develops cannabis-based medicines for the treatment of diseases…

ThursdayJan 31, 2019 12:08 pm

This Week in Cannabis: Will the Next U.S. Attorney General be Good on Cannabis Policy?

A number of newsworthy items occurred this week, including a potential hands-off enforcement policy at the federal level. Cannabis exports are coming to an international cannabis-leading nation, fewer people are going to be arrested for cannabis in a major metro area, and some good news is on its way in New Jersey. Find out more in our weekly recap below. Attorney General nominee puts his hands-off cannabis enforcement pledge in writing What happened: United States Attorney General nominee William Barr has previously expressed verbal support for allowing legal cannabis states to proceed without federal interference. This week William Barr put that pledge in writing…

TuesdayJan 29, 2019 12:53 pm

Buyer Beware: Why You Can’t Always Trust CBD Product Labels

American consumers may have gotten used to the old adage “what you see is what you get” when it comes to ingredient labels. While most CBD companies create a reliable product, some studies have shown that certain companies’ CBD product labels either under-represent or over-represent the amount of CBD contained within. While this issue is not an epidemic, it is cause for further education on CBD product labels, so you can be an informed consumer. What’s Going On With CBD Products? From 2015 to 2017 the FDA sent 44 warning letters to CBD companies, some multiple times, whose labels were…