WeedLife News Network

Humboldt Family Farms launches a line of the world’s best Cannabis, hand-curated and grown in sunshine by a collaboration of legacy craft farmers from the legendary Humboldt County, Calif. 

Available for direct-to-home delivery through online ordering, Humboldt Family Farms offers premium flower, vape cartridges and pre-rolls – all 100% grown in Humboldt County.

When buying from the Humboldt Family Farms line of premium flower, vape cartridges and pre-rolls, consumers have access to more information about the products than ever before. Through extensive lab testing, Humboldt Family Farms is able to identify and inform customers of the specific benefits and experience they can expect from each product through the identification of the cannabinoids and terpene profiles of each product.

“We are thrilled to bring consumers our line of premium craft Cannabis and brands grown by legacy farmers,” says Scott Vasterling, Founder of Humboldt Family Farms. “Our network of dedicated farmers has made a huge impact on this fast-growing category over generations. Beyond providing exceptional 100% Humboldt-derived Cannabis, we saw a need to offer consumers direct access to comprehensive terpene profiles so they can better select the flavors and effects that benefit them the most.”

Humboldt Family Farms’ initial product offerings include:

The farmers behind Humboldt Family Farms have taken offering the premium experience of their products to the next level, curating individual Spotify playlists to pair with each product. Each mix was hand-selected – just like the product – to match the spirit and intent of its corresponding product.

With neither the Democratic nor the Republican party close to the 60-vote threshold in the Senate required to advance difficult legislation, federal reform regarding cannabis will likely be on hold for a while.

However, with two more states -- Maryland and Missouri -- adopting recreational marijuana sales in ballot referendums this past week, there are now 21 adult-use states. Both of these trends are good for cannabis real estate investment trusts (REITs) like AFC Gamma (NASDAQ: AFCG) and Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR).

The two REITs are thriving. This is partly because with cannabis still on Schedule 1 under the Controlled Substances Act, banks generally won't provide full services to marijuana companies in the U.S. That means cannabis retailers, when they need capital, are more likely to turn to REITs for cash, typically is sale leaseback deals in which the seller gets funds while the REIT gets a long-term tenant. The two REITs are benefiting from a supply/demand imbalance in what looks to be a prolonged environment in which it will remain hard for cannabis producers to raise capital.

Maryland and Missouri are currently limited-license states for medical marijuana. As they become recreational-use states more companies will look to expand there, opening up more opportunities for AFC Gamma and Industrial Innovative Properties.

Why this works for AFC Gamma

AFC Gamma's shares are down more than 36% over the past year, which in turn has driven up the yield on the company's dividend to around an attractive 14%. The decline in the stock's value would be more concerning if the company's business model was also weakening, but that doesn't appear to be the case. The stock is trading at a very attractive valuation of slightly more than 7 times earnings.

AFC Gamma's loan portfolio includes 13 loans across 17 states, including Missouri and Maryland. In the third quarter, which it reported Nov. 8, it had net income of $11.5 million, up 45% year over year; distributable earnings were $11.8 million, or $0.59 per share, up 64% from the same period last year.

Does consuming cannabis boost creativity?

We conducted two studies, which we carefully designed to test your question, and found similar results across both of the studies. We found that using cannabis makes you more jovial. It puts you in a better mood, and that joviality increases the degree to which you perceive your own work as creative. It also increases the degree to which you perceive other people’s work as creative. But we also had third-party evaluators look at the outputs of the creativity tasks our subjects tried, and we did not find a relationship between cannabis use and that creativity, as rated by third-party evaluators.

We don’t pretend to have the final answer to the question for all time, for all of humanity. We set out to study this in as natural a context as we could. We wanted people to use the same cannabis they use in their daily lives, in the same way that they tend to use it, which is good and bad. The good thing is that it makes a more realistic test of our ideas. The downside is we have no control over the type and amount of cannabis that they use. It’s a complicated topic, and I’m sure that there are lots of contingencies: Different contexts, and different strains of cannabis, might have different effects; and different people might experience different effects.

This was just an initial step for us. We didn’t bring them into our research laboratory. They’re in their own homes, using their own weed. And that’s fine for now. We don’t expect to do everything in one paper. We were excited with the scope that we took using two different creativity tasks, while also trying to manipulate whether or not people were high at the time. That was kind of tricky, because our ethics board said that our university has a policy that we are not allowed to ask people to use cannabis. And we’re definitely not allowed to give people cannabis. So we had to be a little creative. Our way was to say: For people that smoke in their daily lives, we’ll ask them to either do the study within 15 minutes of when they’ve last used cannabis, or after a time period of at least 12 hours of not using cannabis. 

We started with an industry standard task for creativity, the brick task, where you ask people to generate as many creative uses as they can for a brick. You can code that for both how novel and useful their response is. It’s an abstract task that doesn’t map very well, especially to business contexts. In our second study, we made it a lot more business relevant. We asked people to take on the role of someone who’s managing a band, tasked with increasing band revenue. In both tasks it was important to generate new, useful ideas. 

Amid moves to walk back the legalisation of cannabis, Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul shrugged off the attempt to criminalise the herb again.

Anutin, who also serves as deputy prime minister, says that the debate over cannabis is decided and done.

Opponents of legalisation are pushing for cannabis to be reclassified as a Type 5 narcotic, which would be under the purview of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board. But Anutin says that cannabis legalisation is for medical purposes and will not lead to an increase in illegal use by underage people. He reckoned that smoking ganja is more difficult than drinking alcohol or using cigarettes so the threat is minimal and parents should be overseeing their children anyway.

“The opposition should learn more about the context of the proposed cannabis use and change their mindset about it now that the law has been issued. We have also prohibited the sale and use of the plant among minors. The prohibition behind the law should be solely dependent on their family.”

Anutin has always maintained that his Bhumjaithai Party push for the legalisation of cannabis was only for medicinal purposes. They did not expect or foresee recreational use increasing. But a look on any street corner in any touristy area of Thailand will reveal at least one cannabis dispensary that has sprung up since the legalisation.

Many government officials fear that unabashed cannabis use will lead towards an increase in young smokers, according to The Phuket News. They also fear that the lack of regulation will lead people to create dangerous concoctions. Anutin says that a new bill on cannabis will incorporate a notification process that clearly defines which products are usages are legal and which are illegal.

Twenty-five years after Mike Tyson bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield's ear, the pair are teaming up to release a cannabis gummy collection called 'Holy Ears'.

The weed gummies are shaped like an ear with a section missing, mirroring the damage done to Holyfield during the infamous 1997 fight that cost the undisputed heavyweight champ his boxing licence and a fine upwards of $3million.

Twenty-five years after Mike Tyson left a chunk missing from Evander Holyfield's ear, the pair are teaming up to release a cannabis gummy collection together called 'Holy Ears'

'From Mike Bites to Holy Ears, now cannabis fans around the world can experience the same wellness benefits that plant-based products have brought me,' Mike Tyson says. 

The weed gummies are shaped like an ear with a section missing where Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield's ear during the infamous 1997 fight that cost the undisputed heavyweight champ his boxing license and a fine upwards of $3million

'It's a privilege to reunite with my former opponent and now long-time friend, and turn years of fights and knockouts into a partnership that can make a positive impact and heal people.'

DETROIT -  A Michigan cannabis chain is providing over a thousand free turkeys this Thanksgiving to families in need.

"It's that feeling that you get, knowing that you did a good deed, that you put a smile on somebody's face," says Nick Hannawa of Puff Cannabis

Happening over the next two weeks, Puff Cannabis is distributing over 1700 turkeys to those who simply may not be able to afford one come Thanksgiving. The locations and times are as follows:

Friday, November 18, 11am - 1pm. Puff Utica, 44825 Van Dyke Ave., Utica

Monday, November 21, 11am - 1pm. Puff Hamtramck, 11941 Joseph Campau Ave., Hamtramck

Tuesday, November 22, 11am to 1pm. Puff Madison Heights, 2 Ajax Dr., Madison Height

NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township's first medical marijuana dispensary will be opening on Route 1.

Garden State Botanicals' proposal to convert a 2,400-square-foot space at a shopping center at 1345-1471 Route 1 southbound was approved by the township's Zoning Board of Adjustment last month.

The dispensary will be in the North Oaks Plaza, commonly known as the Raymour & Flanigan shopping center, adjacent to North Oaks Boulevard.

The dispensary is expected to be between WindowRama and Dunkin’, in the space currently occupied by Halal Boys, according to the township.

Last year, the township established regulations for licensed marijuana facilities to operate in the strip mall. The ordinance established the Cannabis Route 1 Corridor Overlay Zone where Class 5 retail and Class 6 delivery cannabis establishments, without cannabis consumption areas, can open.

The dispensary was approved by a 6-1 vote. Board member Joe Policastro cast the lone dissenting vote.