420 Survival Guide: Celebrate the High Holiday All Month Long with These Ultra Lit Weed Products

Ah, 4/20. The day weed lovers unite in hazy glory to get stoned and celebrate the power of the plant. But as legalization has shifted the cannabis landscape in the US, there seems to be a lot more to celebrate this 4/20....

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Weed Strains for Anxiety: Your Anxious Guide to Reducing Paranoia with Cannabis

Image via We’re sure you’ve heard of people using specific weed strains for anxiety. Anxiety is one of the most common reasons people turn to cannabis. And, if used properly, the plant can be one of the most effective...

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Zig-Zag Rolling Rituals: How to Set Your Space to Roll the Perfect Joint Every Time

Photo by Lindsey Bartlett Ritual is everything. Joint rollers know this.  It’s why we obsess over the tiniest details: Lighter versus hemp wick, outdoor versus indoor cannabis, the blades in our grinder, moisture content...

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MERRY JANE Just Published a Set of Books on How to Harness the Power of CBD

The CBD market is massive — and it quickly exploded into a worldwide obsession. Less than five years ago, no one (save weed nerds) had ever heard of the acronym. Now, you can find the cannabinoid in everything — from...

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Redefining Wellness: Here Are the Top 10 Hemp Brands on the Market Right Now

Everyone should know that hemp can be used for everything. It can be made into paper, rope, textiles, cement, shoes, insulation, food, bioplastics, and renewable energy. Hemp has the potential to considerably shrink our carbon...

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Puff, Puff, Bliss: Here Are the Top 9 Vaporizers Currently on the Market

Being a pothead in 2020 is complicated. Sure, getting high is great, but there are thousands of weed companies selling flower, edibles, sprays, and tinctures. There are hundreds of extract companies selling waxes, shatter,...

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Deliciously Potent: Here Are the Top 10 Most Incredible Edibles Currently on the Market

2020 has been an ass-kicker. It’s forced change upon every business, person, and the environment. It’s even caused weed lovers to reconsider how they consume cannabis. Smoking flower has always been the dominant method...

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Home Cultivation Guide: Pros and Cons of Growing Weed in Soil vs. Hydroponics

For any beginning cannabis gardener, planning your first home grow can be a daunting experience. With so many different strains and cultivation methods to choose from, starting your own garden can feel like learning another...

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A Global Guide to Where Magic Mushrooms and Psilocybin Are Legal or Decriminalized

Lead image by MERRY JANE // Follow Jeff Lebowe on Instagram and visit his website here Psilocybin is an active psychotropic compound found in mushrooms of the Psilocybe genus, frequently called “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms.”...

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Man Busted After Giving Cops a Guided Tour of His Illegal Weed Farm

Police in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania charged a man with marijuana-related crimes on Friday after he personally showed them his illicit pot growing operation. The cops reported that they received a tip that Kenneth Creekmore...

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How to Meditate and Get Your Om On While Smoking-In During Quarantine

Photos courtesy of Swami Select With everyone sheltering in place these days, a number of people have expressed that it is a time to get into meditation or back into meditation. Now, it can be a bit like one of those New...

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Willow Smith Explains to Mom How to Avoid “Excessive Weed Smoking” in Quarantine

While an overwhelming number of folks find solace in buds or booze (or both) during the coronavirus crisis, some people are using the opportunity to take much needed tolerance breaks.  During this week’s episode of Red...

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Weed 101: A Ganja Guide to the Various Parts of a Bong

Gather ‘round folks, because class is in session. When it comes to cannabis consumption, the tools of the trade are half the fun. And in the case of smoking, bongs are pretty much weed amusement parks. But, with so many...

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How to Share Weed Without Spreading Germs During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Image via Smoking weed is, and has been, one of humanity’s most cherished social bonding rituals. But sharing cannabis with friends, family, and co-workers carries the inherent risk of spreading illnesses such as the common...

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The Feds Are Going to Try and Teach Cops How to Tell Apart Weed and Hemp

At the end of 2018, President Trump, in cahoots with his Senate Majority homeboy Mitch McConnell, passed the Farm Bill. Under the sweeping federal bill, hemp was removed from the Controlled Substances Act, effectively legalizing...

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Pro Tip: Don’t Ever Inject Marijuana

A new study found that injecting pure THC triggered schizophrenia-like behaviors in subjects. But, uh, does anyone actually consume weed this way?  The study, conducted by schizophrenia researchers at the Veterans Affairs...

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DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill on How to Make It in Cannabis Without Selling Out

Legendary music producer DJ Muggs has done a lot. Besides co-founding the seminal hip-hop group Cypress Hill and creating the thumping beats behind timeless tracks that still blare in our minds (“Insane in the Brain”...

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How to Identify Primo Hash, According to the Expert Dank Duchess

Photos courtesy of Dank Duchess In the West, most folks prefer to smoke flower. But in the East, and across much of Europe, people there prefer to smoke hash. In fact, in Central Asia, most tokers only smoke hash, as blazing...

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Weed 101: How to Beat a Mouth Swab Drug Test

In the age of chemical discrimination, consuming drugs during your off-time at home can catch up to you in the workplace or (even worse) after a court-ordered screening. And now that there’s a saliva test for weed that...

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The Top 5 Discoveries in Cannabis Science of 2019

2019 proved to be quite the year for scientific discoveries in weed. Many of the biggest studies confirmed things we already knew, like cannabis works great for migraines, it kills some cancer cells, or that legalizing weed...

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The Ultimate Psychedelic Gift Guide for the Trippers in Your Life

Image designed by Savina Monet From the decriminalize nature initiatives to Michael Pollan’s latest book, How to Change Your Mind, the end of the '10s will go down in history as a milestone when psychedelics stepped fully...

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“Finding Your Higher Self” Is the Ultimate Guide to Using Weed for Mind-Body Bliss

Self-care is the secret to life. It fuels self-respect. It’s charges our physical, emotional, and spiritual batteries so we can show up to anything fully present and powerful. Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent or around-the-clock...

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Weed 101: How to Roll the Perfect Joint

The joint, known to dorks the world over as the “marijuana cigarette,” remains a popular weeded mainstay despite the rise in fancier pot tech such as vape pens, transdermal patches, and… infused bedding. But the joint...

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Frisbee F.D. Teaches Us How to Trim Fresh Nug in This Week’s Weed Comic

In our comic strip Frisbee F.D., we follow the escapades of a weed-loving firedog who works in a town that hasn't seen smoke rise from anything but a blunt in over 300 years. Regardless, our protagonist has dedicated his...

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Easy Edibles: How to Make and Bake Weed Brownies

Although nothing beats smokin’ a j on a warm autumn day, sometimes burning herb isn’t an option. Some patients avoid smoking anything for a number of excellent reasons. Other patients don’t want to smell like cannabis,...

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How to Spot Fake Heavy Hitters Vape Cartridges

Heavy Hitters vape cartridges are known for coming in rad-yet-stylishly macabre packaging. And they’re especially known for providing potent puffs of weed oils that don’t contain fillers like vegetable oils or vitamin...

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How to Spot Fake TKO Weed Vape Carts

TKO Extracts’ vape pens have enamored weed consumers for years and won several prestigious cannabis awards in California. But, as the saying goes, imitation is the greatest form of flattery, and TKO’s success has led...

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How to Spot Fake Kingpen Weed Vape Cartridges

For many cannabis users, the convenience and simplicity of using a vape pen to medicate or catch a buzz can’t be beat. Top-quality cannabis oils offer a potent and flavorful experience, and vapes have become the preferred...

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How to Spot Fake Stiiizy Vape Pen Pods

Stiiizy is known for making high-quality, environmentally friendly weed vape pods. But knock-off versions of Stiiizy’s products are cropping up on the black markets, and since knock-offs don’t undergo the same strenuous...

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Easy Edible Recipes: How to Make Firecrackers

Are you jonesin’ for a tasty edible treat that’s easy to whip up with only a few ingredients required? Look no further than “The Firecracker,” a cannabis confection that’s been popular for eons. This infused treat...

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How to Properly Use Emojis to Stealth Text About Weed

Texting has come a long way from its humble roots in ye olden flip phones, Blackberries, and the like. When once we could only send short strings of characters derived purely from the king’s good English, today we can insert...

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We Learned How to Make Lush Live Resin, Courtesy of Farm Extracts

Besides the euphoric bliss, health benefits, and the fact that cannabis generally makes life a lot better, my favorite thing about our beloved flower is the taste. When I was a teenager — you know, the days when getting...

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The Feds Are Funding a Study on How to Remove Pesticides from Weed

A Brooklyn biotech startup just scored a cool quarter million in government funding to research new ways to clean toxic pesticides off of cannabis plants. In August, the National Science Foundation awarded a $250,000 two-year...

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