Posts by Shelby Pierce

31 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

Have something to say about legalizing weed in New York?

• August 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Beginning this fall, the state Assembly will be seeking public input on legalizing marijuana in New York. Crystal Peoples-Stokes, on...

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31 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

Legalization Of Weed Leaves Parents With Plenty Of Questions About Risks

• August 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The sex talk. The sext talk, for that matter. The "don't drink and drive, don't text and drive, I don't know what a bath salt is but...

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31 Aug

Featured, Science

Parasitic Worms Are Weed Edibles for Mice

• August 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Living with parasitic worms in your gut is not fun. Once they’ve gnawed and burrowed their way into your intestinal wall, they’ll sit t...

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31 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

Oregon Cannabis Sales Are Skyrocketing. But Who’s Buying All That Weed?

• August 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The latest statistics on Oregon cannabis show the market is exceeding expectations—and drawing the suspicion of prosecutors. ...

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31 Aug

Featured, International News

New herbicide registration for weed control in watermelon crops recommended

• August 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Research featured in the latest edition of the journal Weed Technology recommends that the herbicide bicyclopyrone, now used in corn, b...

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31 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

The White House Is Gearing Up for a Secret War on Legal Weed

• August 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Across the country, states and activists are grappling with the implications of a legalized weed industry and how to reckon with th...

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30 Aug

Featured, weed news

Don Davis: A weed by any other name

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Weeds have enjoyed the wet weather this spring and summer. Many of them are getting to be fully mature while others are just starting o...

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30 Aug

Featured, Law and Politics

It looked like an ice cream truck. Actually on the menu: meth and weed, Calif. cops say

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

This Southern California ice cream truck took false advertising to a whole new level. On its side, the white truck in North Long Beach...

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30 Aug

Cannabis, Featured

Oregon Weed Advocates Contemplating Ballot Measure to Legalize Cannabis Cafes

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The cannabis advocacy group the New Revenue Coalition wants Oregon lawmakers to expand the number of places where consumers can lig...

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30 Aug

Featured, Weed

Aggressive weed found in North Dakota for the first time

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A weed that's strong enough to stop combines and resist many herbicides has been found in North Dakota for the fi...

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