Month: July 2022

post: Impact of Inflation on the Cannabis Industry

Today’s headlines are filled with discussions on inflation. So what exactly is it? Inflation is the downfall of purchasing power for a given currency. The inflation rate in the United States has been relatively stable since the 1980s, around 1-2%, but it has started to accelerate. In 2021, we saw the inflation rate soar to […]

post: Hemp Biofuel

Biomass as a fuel source has been around ever since humans thought to rub two sticks together. While fossil fuels have long since usurped it as the go-to energy source used to power our cities, biomass still accounts for around 1.3% of the energy produced in the US.  Modern bioethanol and biodiesel produce energy through the same […]

post: NCAA Tolerance Testing

On February 25, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) decided to relax their marijuana testing policies by increasing the amount of THC needed to be found in an athlete to produce a positive test. The previous threshold for a positive test of 35 nanograms per milliliter was increased to 150 nanograms per milliliter. The change […]

post: Trending Cannabinoids

With research constantly evolving, cannabis producers are advertising for more than just THC and CBD in products. THC and CBD are only two of the hundreds of cannabinoids in the cannabis plant, so it makes sense that some “new” cannabinoids are trending for their effects. Delta-8 and CBN are a couple of popular cannabinoids we […]