If you doubt marijuana is becoming big business, you might want to check out a school that just opened shop in Nevada. The Cannabis Career Institute offers certifications in Budtending, Edibles, Dispensary Management and Master Grower. For $250 and a day’s training, you too can jump into the green revolution and start a career in ….
Read more ›A pair of teens who were lost in the forests of California this month may have to pay the cost to find them because they used drugs as part of the outing. The pair, Nicholas Cendoya and Kyndall Jack, were hiking in Orange County’s Cleveland National Forrest and became lost. Cendoya was found after a ….
Read more ›Toronto is the largest city in Canada and Rob Ford is the popular mayor there. So popular, he has survived several scandals and may survive the latest, and the most bizarre. Last month, a report on Gawker purportedly showed the mayor smoking crack cocaine with a couple of “Somali drug lords.” And if that wasn’t enough, ….
Read more ›With the launch of a new show, CNN gave us a detailed look inside the medical marijuana business in California. Hosted by Morgan Spurlock (of “Super-size Me” fame), the “Inside Man” series is half reality show and half documentary. The idea is to put Spurlock in different situations and film the unscripted results. For the ….
Read more ›If there’s any doubt that entrepreneurs have taken to the legitimate marijuana business in a big way, this ought to put it to rest: a former Microsoft executive is trying to create a nationally recognized brand for marijuana. He’s gone so far as to purchase dispensaries in three states (where medical marijuana is legal) and ….
Read more ›The initial reporting put the death rate at 12, but even a week later, it’s up to 14. The cause? A heroin substitute that showed up in Rhode Island. At first, in appeared to be an entirely new synthetic. Little was known except that it was an opiate and five times as potent as heroin. ….
Read more ›Not much sounds more refreshing on a hot day than a large cup filled with a frozen fruity concoction. But adding alcohol and selling them to drivers – still in their cars – seems a bit much. But it’s legal to do so in Texas and Louisiana. There is even a small business guide telling you how to ….
Read more ›It’s an interesting marriage of law enforcement and technology: New Jersey law enforcement used commercial alcohol testers to bust 29 establishments who were diluting or altering their drinks. In some cases, the restaurants and bars were substituting rubbing alcohol or even dirty water for name-brand beverages. The “True Spirit Authenticator” is a device which uses ….
Read more ›A press release from the journal Addiction reports on the link between a tendency to act on impulse and early onset of heavy drinking. By targeting kids with this personality trait, it may be possible to lower the number of young, problem drinkers. The research, undertaken in the UK, comes with a background rate of ….
Read more ›The alcohol industry watchdog group – Alcohol Justice – has put singer Sheryl Crow in their virtual “doghouse” for her association with Treasury Wine Estates. They accuse the songstress of hypocrisy – on the one hand being an advocate for health and breast cancer awareness, and on the other, making money promoting products that increase the risk ….
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