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Do you know what’s really getting you high? You can rest assured it’s a lot more than just THC content.

Learn about Thailand’s plan to give away one million cannabis plants for home grows and what the initiative means for cannabis cultivation and policy.

Discover the Emerald Cup cannabis competition winners and explore the standout cultivators, products, and cannabis entries recognized at this year’s event.

Learn how a recent study examined cannabis for pain management and its potential to reduce opioid use in people with chronic back pain and arthritis.

Discover popular 420 events across the U.S., featuring cannabis festivals, live music, community gatherings, and celebrations in major cities.

Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado has signed a bill legalizing the use of cannabis for medicinal use. He vetoed the original iteration of the bill because it would have allowed personal cultivation; this new law prohibits it. But the legislation does, however, allow for farmers to grow hemp for industrial use and to help meet global demand for hemp-derived CBD products. While recreational use remains prohibited, the move was met with praise from supporters, with patients taking to Twitter to thank Senator Zoila Rosa Volio, who spearheaded the bill. Volio said the legislation “will bring investment, generate employment, allow access to millionaire markets, and reactivate the agricultural sector.” Following a vote on the measure by congress, President Alvarado signed the bill into law near the end of his term in office. Two presidential hopefuls, José María Figueres and Rodrigo Chaves, who are set to compete in a runoff election April 3, have spoken in favor of legalizing recreational use of the plant. Currently, Costa Rica law states that only the production and sale of cannabis are illegal, along with possession of large quantities. Although those numbers are not specified in the law, it would appear that possession of small amounts is not a crime. The open availability of cannabis and ease of procurement in certain regions of the country seem to bear this out. After three years of legal wrangling, Costa Rica becomes the ninth Latin American country to allow medicinal cannabis use, joining Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay (which was the first country in the world to legalize recreational use). It remains to be seen how this will affect Costa Rica’s bustling tourism scene, which hosts thousands of medical tourists annually. ]]>

Explore Ukraine’s push to legalize medical cannabis, the legislation behind it, and what the proposed reforms could mean for patients and cannabis policy.

The Beatles had it almost right when they said, “All you need is love.” The other thing you need is weed.

A new study popping up in everyone’s newsfeed has many people wondering if a doobie a day keeps the ‘rona away.