Most people in the cannabis industry have spent years surviving in the shadows, keeping secrets, and battling the stigmas created by decades of propaganda and prohibition. Sarai Knowledge knows all about keeping such secrets and facing stigmas through her crippling struggle with epilepsy. She credits cannabis with helping her live a more fulfilling life and giving her the courage to share her story
Dutch Passion was formally established in 1987, but the first genetics were collected in the 1970’s when Henk van Dalen was a Biology Student at Amsterdam University. In those days cannabis was being imported into Amsterdam from all over the world.
After years of conservatism and “Reefer Madness” style propaganda, the Israeli “Anti Drug Authority” had surprisingly decided to support decriminalization of all drugs. The Minister of Internal Security is strongly against the idea, but many Israelis feel now they finally have a chance to change the drug policy in the country – and they aren’t going to let this opportunity go to waste.
The election is behind us in California, the controversial Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) passed, and we are now looking at a possibly over-policed, overregulated and overtaxed future with little potential of economic survival for most our small cannabis farmers or little hope that our inner cities will be able to share in the promised wealth the “Green Rush” will bring to California.
Experts to now study case of Lin Coxon to see if treatment can stop bad cells communicating A grandmother has told how a malignant tumour discovered in her breast has shrunk dramatically since she started taking cannabis oil. Now Lin Coxon’s case is being studied by medical researchers to see if it offers hope to…
Bringing to a close the long cultivation season and marching us inexorably towards winter. This fall has been a wet one; the last time I can remember close to this much rain during October was 2007, and I don’t think that year was nearly as wet as this year has been. Our rainwater collection pond has gone from nearly empty to nearly full in the space of three weeks.
Cannabis street prices rarely decrease; often it remains surprisingly expensive to buy whether you buy from a legal outlet or from a dealer. But the cost of growing your own cannabis has never been cheaper. Growing your own cannabis is also easier than ever, thanks to the wide range of growing equipment, which is easily available, online or in any local grow shop.
Deep Water Culture, or ‘DWC’, is regarded by many as the fastest way to grow cannabis. Other less charitable home growers will claim it is simply too technically demanding and has ruined countless cannabis grows due to the complexity of the technique. So what is DWC and is it worth the effort?