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Aspiring political journalist & small-town stoner currently living in Los Angeles. My day job consists of studying the mental health effects of cannabis in my role as a mental health case manager at Kaiser Permanente. By night, I roll fat joints and do my best to debrief Weed News readers on the latest cannabis happenings.

Science

100 Drug Policy Researchers And Allies To Join National Science March

Johnny Baldwin Apr 19, 2017 0

On April 22, 2017, dozens of drug policy researchers and their allies will leave their colleges and universities to gather on the streets of D.C. for the National March for Science. A busload of scholars from New York City will meet up…

Hemp & CBD

New Mexico Governor Vetoes Hemp Bill, Again

Johnny Baldwin Mar 13, 2017 0

America’s hemp industry is growing, no pun intended. Hemp cultivation was completely prohibited for many decades, but thanks to a provision in a 2013 farming bill (signed by Obama in 2014), states are allowed to cultivate hemp under…

Science

Memo To Congress: DEA Dumped The ‘Gateway-Theory’ Due To Science

Johnny Baldwin Feb 23, 2017 0

(image via Wikipedia) Today, Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring safe and legal access to medical cannabis for therapeutic use and research, sent a memo to Congress informing members that the Drug…

Hemp & CBD

Trump Administration Has To Respond To Hemp Petition

Johnny Baldwin Feb 20, 2017 0

‘We the People’ - Your Voice in the White House is an online petition platform which citizens can start petitions on. People have started petitions for all types of causes. The process starts with citizens posting their petition on the…

Recipes

How To Make Cannabis Infused Sesame Chicken Salad

Johnny Baldwin Feb 13, 2017 0

A couple of weeks ago my buddy Jeff the 420 Chef was kind enough to send over his recipe on how to make cannabis infused sesame oil. He also sent over a recipe for his famous canna-sesame chicken salad with strawberry canna-sesame dressing.…

Science

First Participant Enrolled In First-Ever Trial Of Marijuana For Chronic PTSD In Veterans

Johnny Baldwin Feb 8, 2017 0

On February 6, 2017, the first participant in the first-ever clinical trial of smoked marijuana (cannabis) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in U.S. veterans received cannabis at the Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI) in Phoenix,…

Science

American Marijuana Companies Investing In Israeli Research

Johnny Baldwin Feb 2, 2017 0

Marijuana reform is sweeping across the United States, with 8 states (and D.C.) voting to legalize marijuana for adult use, and nearly 30 states having legal medical marijuana laws on the books. But, despite recent victories, support for…

Recipes

How To Make Cannabis Infused Sesame Oil

Johnny Baldwin Jan 23, 2017 0

I was fortunate enough to be invited to a private dinner at marijuana icon Steve DeAngelo’s house to celebrate his successful book launch. It was an amazing experience on many levels. The dinner was prepared by Jeff the 420 Chef, and it was…

Hemp & CBD

Hemp Industries Association Files Petition Against DEA

Johnny Baldwin Jan 20, 2017 0

The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), the leading non-profit trade association consisting of hundreds of hemp businesses, filed a Petition for Review on January 13, 2017, in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, seeking to…

Hemp & CBD

South Australia To Explore Hemp Reform

Johnny Baldwin Jan 14, 2017 0

Hemp reform is sweeping the United States. The State of Kentucky expects to almost triple production this year, and many states have seen bills introduced in recent years to get hemp programs off the ground. But there are also international…

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