Posts by Shelby Pierce

30 Aug

Featured, Weed

Transferring sorghum’s weed-killing power to rice

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have transferred a biochemical pathway found in sorghum, which produces a weed-killi...

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30 Aug

Featured, weed news

Tilray sales double, thanks to more potent weed

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Strong weed helped Tilray Inc. roughly double its second-quarter sales, the company said Tuesday, in the first earnings report since it...

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30 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

Weed beer is near, and it’s gonna get weird

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Would you drink marijuana-infused beer? Beer companies think so, but they are going to have to navigate a hazy path of rules and regula...

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30 Aug

Featured, weed news

It’s illegal for South Koreans to smoke weed abroad—even where it’s legal

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Recreational marijuana will become legal in Canada on Oct. 17, but South Korea has issued a strict warning to its citizens not to light...

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30 Aug

Uncategorized

How the Common Weed Has Grown on Florists (and Chefs)

• August 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A WEED IS UNWANTED: That is its definition. It is a plant that we have deemed to have no value because it contributes nothing to our li...

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29 Aug

Featured, Medical Marijuana, Medicine

Smoking Weed While Pregnant

• August 29, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

In Your Health Minute, The country’s leading pediatricians say women should avoid using marijuana while pregnant or nursing a child....

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29 Aug

Featured, Weed

There are 35 genes that make you more likely to smoke weed

• August 29, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

If you've got depression, bipolar, or schizophrenia in your family, you're more likely to use cannabis, a new study has found. Scien...

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29 Aug

Featured, weed news

Transferring sorghum’s weed-killing power to rice

• August 29, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Agricultural Research Service scientists have transferred a biochemical pathway found in sorghum that produces a weed-killing compound ...

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29 Aug

Featured, weed news

Welcome to Weed City, Montana

• August 29, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Recall the much-heralded "Euclid Avenue Beautification Project" of some years back? All of that avenue was expected to pitch in and...

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29 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

THC found in breast milk of nursing moms who smoke weed

• August 29, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

CHICAGO — Marijuana’s main mind-altering ingredient was detected in nursing mothers’ breast milk in a small study that comes amid evide...

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