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Cannabis Chemotypes (Marijuana and Hemp): Type 1: THC dominant Type 2: CBD:THC mixed (~1:1) Type 3: CBD dominant Type 4: CBG dominant Type 5: no Cannabinoids Type 6: CBC dominant (proposed) From (click for link): “Identification of a new chemotype in Cannabis sativa: cannabigerol-dominant plants, biogenetic and agronomic prospects.” Planta Medica 53:277-280“Potential of marker assisted … Continue reading "Relative Cannabinoid Ratios"...

The latest in California’s long hatred of all things hemp continues. Here’s the latest on AB 45, the bill to regulate hemp into oblivion. It kills smokable hemp (California received tobacco tax revenues of $832,379,000 in 2015, 0.74% of total tax revenues), tinctures (because they contain alcohol), makes foods far more difficult to produce, makes … Continue reading "The Sordid Saga of California Hemp Continues"...

For 12,000 years, this was hemp, your Grandfather’s hemp: Then in the mid-90s the first significant change in hemp happened, use of seed for commercial foods: Around 2010 the next seismic shift in hemp occurred, with the introduction of Cannabidiol (CBD) and the emergence of “medicinal hemp:” Finally, the latest significant shift: hemp as a … Continue reading "Hemp 1.0 – 4.0 (updated)"...

Hemp Kills Hemp Kills with “Bros” like these Reefer madness affects more than the police Lie cheat and steal, the ends justify the means Hemp has lost its soul, sold out its dreams DEA’s evil that’s for sure But HIA’s equally unpure If we stoop to use the devil’s tools Then we’re all just a … Continue reading "Hemp Kills (lyrics)"...

Hemp for Victory A                              C#7                    F#                            E                     D             Dsus   DWhen God made Adam and Eve he gave them the best plant to start the breed A                                                        C#7              F#                                D            Dsus         DProviding food, oil, warmth and shelter too, hemp was the best plant to see them through ChorusA                                  G               DHemp for victory … Continue reading "Hemp for Victory (lyrics)"...

I’m a Nut for Hemp, a Hemp Nut I Am George grew it, Jefferson smoked it Lincoln loved it and Kennedy too The original Hempsters used it for liberation From the King’s brutal domination Ford put it in his cars While it put Caldwell behind bars A friend to all the stars Made Woody act … Continue reading "I’m a Nut for Hemp, a Hemp Nut I Am (lyrics)"...

Hemp’s Contretemps We come together to talk about hemp Again and again it’s just a contretemp It’s going in a way you could not see Don’t flee don’t pee don’t be That guy getting in the way Hear a brotha out, sit and have a stay Sure they gonna make cara bucks Why else grow … Continue reading "Hemp’s Contretemps (lyrics)"...

What Is Hemp? (to the tune of What Is Hip? by Tower of Power) You lookin for a new bag, with a price that won’t make you gag, and maybe try to raise your social status You goin to all the nice shops, hittin all the hot spots, lookin all around for that new hip … Continue reading "What Is Hemp? (lyrics)"...

As one who has used Cannabis to inspire new heights of creativity for five decades, and who has used it to create entirely new products and product segments over four decades, I took particular interest in this new study on that very thing. What they determined is that stoners have more-ambitious ideas informed by our … Continue reading "Study: Cannabis Users’ Creativity In New Venture Ideation Depends On Their Entrepreneurial Passion And Experience"...

Amendment 64 was Colorado’s “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol” initiative, which passed with 55% of the vote in 2012, getting 60,038 more votes than President Obama. Part of the measure reads “effectively regulating cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol.” However, seven months into it, Regulating Marijuana Like Alcohol has been anything but like regulating marijuana … Continue reading "The Lie of “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol”"...

THC is a powerful neuroprotectant against Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), concussion, and Chronic Traumatic Encephalitis (CTE), even at an ultra low 0.15 mg dose. Cannabinoids shouldn’t just be allowed in the NFL, they should be mandatory. Even in MMA, Soccer, Boxing, MotoGP. #superbowl #thc #cannabis #6630507 #marijuana #cannabinoid #CTE #TBI...

At first blush legalizing marijuana might seem trivial, insignificant. But in fact it impacts so much of society, and all for the better. The economy, jobs, public safety, industrial hemp, real estate, farming, public health and well-being, workplace safety, policing, taxation, mental health, racism, civil liberties, government corruption, and much more. A nonpartisan issue, reform … Continue reading "If You Want a Better Society Then Legalize Marijuana. Here’s Why."...

The Cannabis Art Guild is proud to offer the community the next generation in Conscious Activist gear. Wear your activism proudly with the HempNut T-shirt. The pioneering iconic Hemp Food brand, The Original HempNut “Hulled Hempseed,” has returned to the Cannabis community after more than 20 years, with a message of Hope and Unity for … Continue reading "R U a Hemp Nut?"...

Back in 1999 websites were fairly static, before embedded videos and Flash. Many still had excruciatingly slow dial-up connections to the internet, so file size had to be small. Some of us remember waiting hours to download one small image, and we still thought it was the coolest thing. Thus the only practical way to … Continue reading "1999: HempNut, Inc. Banner Ads for Hemp Food"...

“Cannabis synthesizes a diversity of secondary metabolites. Selection and breeding has resulted in strains with enhanced cannabinoid potency and unique flavor profiles called chemotypes. Volatile organic compounds known as terpenes are responsible for the taste and smell of cannabis are becoming recognized as medicinal molecules in their own right. Our goal here is to create a botanical … Continue reading "More Than Just Taste and Smell: Examining the Complexity and Diversity of Terpene Profiles from Popular Cannabis Strains"...

From Ilesol, “New Guidance on CBD in the UK”: “According to the guidance from the Home Office, the products on the market that can be exempted from the ban of the controlled substances are those whose components don’t contain more than one milligram of a controlled substance. The threshold of one milligram made it possible … Continue reading "New Guidance on Cannabinoid Products in U.K."...

Pretending we’re going to escape the 84-year lie of Prohibition with no federal tax to pay off the bastards is juvenile. Especially since losing 280e way more than makes up for it. Adding in loss of 280e, the net tax on a commercial grower is much less, even at 5-10%. That’s how to view your … Continue reading "Even at 5%, the MORE Act Net Tax is Less: 280e"...

Here’s a list of Cannabinoids known as of June 2020. Such a list will always be growing, as new Cannabinoids are discovered and invented often. Thank you to Palms Island Products for compiling it. 1           Cannabigerovarin (CBGV)               2           Cannabigerovarinic acid (CBGVA) 3           Cannabigerol (CBG)                         4           Cannabigerolic acid (CBGA)           5           O-Methlycannabigerol                    6           Cannabigerolic acid methylether  7           … Continue reading "List of Known Cannabinoids"...

Hats off to Colorado hemp farmers pioneering today’s CBD industry starting in 2013, even before the 2014 Farm Bill, and laboring under 0.3% total THC the whole time. Amending the MORE Act is our golden opportunity to fix hemp. 1% delta-9 max THC if not CBD:THC ratio >1, pot felon rehab, GRAS for CBD, removing … Continue reading "Colo: Doing It Before You Knew It Could Be Done"...

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Smokable hemp has profoundly positive public health implications, a true smoking cessation tool, the first natural non-tobacco tobacco replacement. It could save millions of lives. So then why are states banning it? From The Atlantic: The Easy Way for Joe Biden to Save Lives “Eliminating nicotine from tobacco products could help up to 5 million … Continue reading "Nobacco (smokable hemp) FTW"...

The EU’s European External Action Service shared with all United Nations Member States the conclusions of the CJEU regarding CBD and the Single Convention: “must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which prohibits the marketing of CBD lawfully produced in another Member State when it is extracted from , unless that legislation is appropriate for … Continue reading "E.U.: Hemp CBD Legal"...

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One reason legalization is so slow is the legalization industry’s mismanagement of the Overton Window. Well, that plus not wanting to find new jobs once successful, a perverse incentive. We need a pro-legalization group to stake out the far left of the Window. The smart thing to do would be for NORML et al to … Continue reading "The Overton Window Problem"...

First, here’s the recap of the historic United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs decision on December 2: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to delete cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention, but to maintain it in Schedule I of the 1961 Convention was decided by 27 votes to 25 and … Continue reading "Thoughts on December 2, “our” Liberation Day"...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to delete cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention, but to maintain it in Schedule I of the 1961 Convention was decided by 27 votes to 25 and with one abstention to follow this recommendation. Cannabis and cannabis resin will accordingly be deleted from Schedule … Continue reading "Historic U.N. Cannabis Vote Tally"...

PRESS RELEASE U.N. revokes 60-year ban – declares cannabis legitimate medicine BREAKING NEWS – Today the United Nations took the bold step of removing cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 drug Convention treaty , 6 decades after its placement, recognizing the therapeutic value of this century-old medicinal plant and no longer considering it as … Continue reading "The U.N. Legalizes Marijuana, Internationally"...

FDA is but a Thug protecting the profits of the Mafia known as Big Pharma, not your health or safety. Lives hang in the balance but meanwhile they claim Cannabis is not medicine despite 47 states, tens of thousands of studies, and thousands of years of use to the contrary. With billions of dollars on the line, … Continue reading "Half of Big Pharma Studies Fabricated Data, FDA Knows But Ignores It"...

We need better nomenclature for discussing Cannabis, beyond Indica/Sativa or even NLD/BLD/NLH/BLH. Why? Because Strain names are about as informative as band names, and that’s because The same genotype could produce wildly different chemical composition depending on growing practices. There are virtually no pure or true Indica or Sativa cultivars anymore, they are all Hybrids. You never hear about Cannabis ssp Afghanica, the commercial reason we have … Continue reading "Effect-focused Chemotype Nomenclature"...

What gives Cannabis its smell and flavor? Terpenes, the aromatic and medicinal chemicals found in the trichomes of the plant, as many as 200. What makes one variety, or “strain” as it’s commonly called, different than another? The mix of those Terpenes create the characteristic flavor. That’s why Blue Dream smells and tastes different than … Continue reading "Terpene Content of Popular “Strains”"...