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5 Gadgets Every Cannabis Connoisseur Needs To Know About

Mary Schumacher
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5 Gadgets Every Cannabis Connoisseur Needs To Know About

Necessity is the mother of invention and if you’re a weed nerd at heart, there’s a good chance you’re in need of one or more of the following apparatuses in your life. Dabbing has never been so streamlined, vaping is taken to new levels and if you’re a cannabis cook, there’s some fun and functional love here for you, too.

Dabbing Made Easy

 

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A “smart rig” is here with PuffCo’s The Peak. Aside from heating up on its own after a mere 20 seconds to the temperature of your choosing, this is the first “social rig” to rise to the top. Unlike an e-nail, you can put The Peak on sesh mode and pass the rig to the left hand side. The four heat settings make this the perfect solo rig as well, being that you can choose to take massive hits or the perfect amount to not cough and still get off. The battery life is good for around 30 dabs and it takes a quick 2 hours to fully charge.

Vape Though H20

The Hydrology9 Vaporizer by Cloudious9 is the newest, coolest vaporizer on the market. Water cooled vapor and hefty hits are the hallmarks of this new vape tool. According to the site, creating this tool was painstaking and required numerous revisions to get it just right. A complete unit in itself, the water cooling component is part of the integrated experience, as is a cell phone grade battery with a long life and quick charging time. This is the ultimate vaporizer for flower and dry herb lovers.

Decarboxylation Made Simple and Odorless

 

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For those who like to bake or cook with cannabis, the NOVA Decarboxylator is the perfect workaround for if you don’t want your entire house or apartment smelling like herb during the activation process. It’s also precise, so you don’t have to worry about cooking off any cannabis components in the oven.

A Hard Hitting Dab Pen for the Masses

Another device for concentrates, the Prism+ goes on the road with you and delivers stealthy, yet very healthy sized hits. This is what wax lovers have been waiting for in a pen. It hits harder than a pre-fill or even other dab pens and was awarded “Best Overall Vape Pen of 2018” by The Vape Guide. It’s compact, temperature controlled and with a battery under lifetime warranty.

Little, Easy Rosin Press

 

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Related: 6 Cooler-Than-Thou Gadgets For Baller Marijuana Enthusiasts

The Rosin Tech Go just made squishing out the good stuff accessible to growers and connoisseurs everywhere. The “Smallest and Easiest to Use Rosin Press Available” may have trouble staying in stock, but that’s because it is the most compact, simple device to press rosin, even on the go. This portable press makes making your own concentrates a simple task with complex rewards. When you press your weed to make an extract, all the good smelling and tasting components come with.

WHO Leader Doesn’t Believe In Recreational Marijuana

Mike Adams
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WHO Leader Doesn’t Believe In Recreational Marijuana

Although the World Health Organization released a report over the summer saying that marijuana is a “relatively safe drug” that brings about no significant issues, the agency’s leader, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, remains skeptical about legalizing the herb for recreational use. However, he continues to be open-minded when it comes to patients using cannabis for its therapeutic benefits.

In a recent interview with AFP, Ghebreyesus said that “we believe that people who need it, especially for pain management, should have it. There should be access.” Yet, considering that “any addictive substance is not good for human health, we wouldn’t encourage countries to follow those who are actually… legalizing it.”

The WHO chief’s comments are a bit confusing considering that the agency’s Drug and Dependence Committee said just months ago that the only adverse reactions people can expect when using marijuana are “euphoria, laughter and talkativeness.”

The report went on to explain that not only is cannabis “safe” but also “it is not associated with acute fatal overdoses.” The overall message behind the review is that marijuana does not belong in the Schedule I dangerous drug classification. Yet, the agency has not yet made that recommendation.

The legalization of marijuana is catching on across the globe. Both Uruguay and Canada have legalized the leaf nationwide for adult consumption, as have nine American states — a number which could easily reach 11 by the time the midterm election plays out. Mexico’s new presidential administration is expected to usher in a similar concept once it takes over in December.

Perhaps more importantly, there is speculation that the United States government will go to work in the coming months to end marijuana prohibition at the national level – this is especially true if the Democrats win back the U.S. House. So, it is conceivable that the issue of allowing marijuana to be handled like alcohol and tobacco will be a hot topic of discussion in 2019.

Interestingly, the Trump administration recently called for public input on the cannabis plant and the policies that surround it. The overall goal was to include these comments in an official statement that will go to help WHO “consider whether to recommend that certain international restrictions be placed on these drugs.” More than 20,000 people provided the federal government with their opinions on this issue. WHO is expected to offer testimony next year as to whether the cannabis plant requires consistent Schedule I restrictions as outlined under the International drug treaties.

Considering the details of the WHO’s latest findings, Ghebreyesus’ primary concern with recreational pot use is smoking. The agency has determined that this specific delivery method is really the only variable in cannabis consumption that poses a threat to a person’s respiratory health. But “When novel drug delivery modes other than smoking become more widely available (e.g. vaporization, sublingual or oral administration), associations between cannabis use and cardiovascular events may become less pronounced, or even absent,” the report reads.

Weighing Yourself This Often May Be The Key To Losing Weight

Amy Hansen
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Weighing Yourself This Often May Be The Key To Losing Weight

Contrary to what you may have heard, weighing yourself every day isn’t detrimental to your fitness goals. Sure, it may spark some obsession with loosing weight, but according to a new study, daily weigh-ins are linked to weight loss.

In the experiment, researchers monitored the self-weighing habits of more than 1,000 adults (78 percent male, 90 percent white) over the course of a year. Participants weighed themselves at home, as they normally would, using remotely transmitted self-weighing data without interventions, guidance or weight-loss incentives from researchers according to Medical Xpress.

The results? Researchers found that people who weighted themselves once a week or less din’t loose weight during the following year, compared to those who weighted themselves 6-7 times a week and showed significant weight loss. Says Medical Xpress:

Monitoring your behavior or body weight may increase your awareness of how changing behaviors can affect weight loss. These findings support the central role of self-monitoring in changing behavior and increasing success in any attempt to better manage weight, according to study authors from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.

Dr. Yaguang Zheng , co-author of the study and Post-Doctoral Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing told Newsweek that  the causal relationship between self-weighing behavior and weight changes cannot be established with this study, that “self-weighing behavior could be a cause or a consequence of change in weight.”

Dr Katarina Kos Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter medical School, U.K., who was not involved in the study, added: “This study does not include people with morbid obesity” and “we do not know about their levels of depression, anxiety and potential eating disorders with which people with severe obesity typically struggle.”

But Dr. Fiona Gillison, Head of the University of Bath’s Department for Health, U.K., told Newsweek that the takeaway from this study is that daily weigh-ins can be very beneficial.

“What it confirms is that weekly weighing is not enough – weighing has to be more frequent to be effective, but that this self-weighing is more important at the start of a weight-loss attempt than over time. It doesn’t seem to matter if you stop weighing yourself so much – whether you stop relatively quickly or slowly – as long as you start with regular daily weighing. So this idea that you don’t have to keep weighing yourself indefinitely in order to benefit may be encouraging to some.”

3 Fashionable And Functional Purses For Pot Princesses

Danielle Guercio
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3 Fashionable And Functional Purses For Pot Princesses

Most people use a bag to carry their items around, but for cannabis people, they are not always a good fit. If you like a high quality and high design purse, it may not have your high habits at heart. Today’s bags are more often engineered for either fashion or function, but not always both. Many cannabis users still exist in a state of illegality, so some degree of discretion is a common precaution that must be taken.

As things legalize, normalize, and make space for creativity, handbags designed with the cannabis user in mind are appearing more frequently, and delightful to behold. More than covering up scents, cannabis users require certain items at their disposal that makes rummaging around in a canvas tote for loose papers and a lighter just not ideal.

Handbags are incredibly personal, and whether someone carries one to the office, for travelling, or at all times, carting around your stuff, cannabis or not, should be designed in the style you love with functions you need.

We checked out some Annabis scent proof bags, as cute as they are secretive, and this is what you get out of a premium purse with pot proofing.

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The Chelsea in Tan Snake $295.00

Function

This is where cannabis specific handbags really shine. Between smell blocking powers and special pockets, these types of purses put design into more than the aesthetic. Annabis bags are sealed up tight with a layer of resin film, a material inside the lining that prevent trans-fabric wafting.

A major hit is the pockets. Slim center zips with extra sealed secondary zipper are the best place to put the nugs— this leaves you with six layers of protection in between the air inside your bag and the atmosphere.

Shape is another notable functionality of these Annabis bags, models like Lady G have plenty of space for your normal stuff, as well as sealed zipper compartments so you can isolate your stash completely. Others like the RiRi have tweaks like elastic bands and pockets that are sized right for smaller paraphernalia like vape carts, Cheeba chews, and rolling tips.

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RiRi in Red Lizard $95

Fashion

Probably the best part, this wave of handbags invokes fashion as a primary concern rather than an afterthought.  On-trend snakeskin colorways give texture and interest to the different models. Annabis uses fun prints to give you what you expect from a fashionable handbag. Metallics, solids, and animal prints are not only popular again now, they’re excellent for storing after a season for future use, these themes come back into favor with great regularity.

Shapes are more personal than the outside color, everyone has a different preference. Some people like rounded bags, others like a square gusset (the part of a bag where the sides and bottom meet), but you don’t have to choose anymore, now that brands like Annabis are making full lines encompassing all of the top shapes. If you’re a classic bucket lover, there’s Chelsea. If you like a modern structure with bold hardware, Kirsten ticks that box.

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Lady G $245 and Kirsten $225

Thanks to the few and the brave looking to bring style focused gear bags to the cannabis using masses, you can have the three elements of a great bag plus the added function of scent proofing, the sky is the limit.

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Political Oddsmakers Give Marijuana Advocates Reason To Be Optimistic

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Political Oddsmakers Give Marijuana Advocates Reason To Be Optimistic

There is unprecedented support for marijuana legalization, and advocates say the midterm elections could mark the point of no return for a movement that has been gathering momentum for years. You can find the latest information on legislative efforts here at the Green Market Report in our Bill Track tab.

Political oddsmakers at MyBookie.ag agree. Currently, the online betting site favors pro-marijuana initiatives to pass in several states on the November ballot, including ultra-conservative Utah.

Many are calling these elections the “tipping point” for cannabis, with 4 states going to vote on major cannabis laws, and cannabis measures showing up on local ballots across states. As an example, California itself, which legalized cannabis recreationally earlier this year, will still have 82 ballot measures across the state related to cannabis.

If voters in all four states approve, 2018 will conclude with 32 medical marijuana states and 11 that allow recreational cannabis for adults. This would add even more to the movement for national reform, applying significant pressure for the repeal of federal prohibition.

These elections are pretty monumental, actually, because for the first time Millennials will surpass Baby Boomers as the largest generation eligible to vote. There are 8 million more voters eligible in the USA to vote now than there were when President Donald Trump was elected to office. Young voters are said to be what can tip the election, as long as they get to the ballot box.

It’s been just six years since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize marijuana, but in that short time, seven other states and the District of Columbia have followed. On top of that, the entire country of Canada legalized use last week.

Below are odds for each state with initiatives on the November ballot courtesy of MyBookie.ag.

Adult Use:

Will Michigan legalize recreational Marijuana before 2020?

Yes       1/2 (-200)

No        8/5 (+160)

Will North Dakota legalize recreational Marijuana before 2020?

Yes       1/4 (-400)

No        3/1 (+300)

Medical:

Will Missouri remove restrictions on medical marijuana before 2020?

Yes       1/2 (-200)

No        8/5 (+160)

Will Utah remove restrictions on medical marijuana before 2020?

Yes       4/6 (-150)

No        11/10 (+110)

Betting Glossary: Favorites (likely winners) have the minus (-) number which correlates to payout. For example, -200 means you’d need to wager $200 to win $100. Conversely, plus (+) numbers are for underdog bets and have higher payouts because they are less likely to happen, +160 means you’d win $160 with a $100 wager.

This article originally appeared on Green Market Report.

Amazon Opens New ‘4-star Store’ In California

Maria Loreto
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Amazon Opens New ‘4-star Store’ In California

Amazon has been slowly getting more and more involved in retail, purchasing Whole Foods in 2017 and opening up different brick and mortar shops in strategic locations throughout the country. The company’s latest store is called “Amazon 4-star” and it sells a mix of Amazon products and other well-known items, all with at least “four star” reviews on Amazon.

The first 4-star store opened up in SoHo, New York in September, followed closely by a second location in Denver, and now a third in California. These stores explore an interesting concept, featuring products and items of all styles and uses like tech accessories, board games, and home appliances.

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According to TechCrunch, products are organized in different categories such as “Most Wished For”, “Amazon Exclusives”, and “Frequently Bought Together”, providing a unique experience that mixes the reliability of Amazon with the ability to hold and see the products before you make the decision of buying them.

Another interesting fact about these stores is that, as with Whole Foods, Amazon prime members get discount prices and deals while average customers have to pay the list price of the products.

It’s unknown how many of these stores will be opening in the future or if Amazon is planning on opening up other shops that explore different themes. With the current growth of Amazon, it’s safe to predict many more stores and inventions.

Amazon 4-star stores join other Amazon spots like the Amazon Go grocery stores, Amazon book stores, and Whole Foods.

Lady Gaga Dressed Up Her Dogs As Chia Pets And It Was Amazing

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Lady Gaga Dressed Up Her Dogs As Chia Pets And It Was Amazing

For the uninformed, Chia Pets are those kitschy terracotta figurines that were super popular in the 80s. Basically, regardless of how green your thumb is, it was a chance to grow a plant using chia sprouts that would blossom into your favorite animal or pop culture icon. And while Chia Pets have largely gone out of style, their jingle has not. “Ch- ch- chia!”

Lady Gaga, genius actress, singer, and owner of three different Boston terriers, had the best idea for Halloween, dressing up all of her dogs as different Chia Pets and taking amazing pictures of her pet garden. Look at these photos and feel free to cry with us:

 

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GUSTAVE #happyhalloween #happypuppyween ?my little chia cutie pie

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Asia!!!! ??my girl ##happyhalloween #HappyPuppyWeen

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Koji!!!!!! Ch ch ch Chia! #??#happyhalloween #HappyPuppyween

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“Puppyween” is always better than Halloween, but the bar’s been set sky high with Lady Gaga’s gorgeous dogs. She joined in on the fun, dressing up as a human Chia Pet which she documented on an Instagram story. Now we just have to wait for Chia Pets’ inevitable comeback.

Move Over ‘Chardonnay Mom’, It’s Time For The ‘Pot Dad’

Alana Armstrong
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Move Over ‘Chardonnay Mom’, It’s Time For The ‘Pot Dad’

While dads notoriously get in trouble for getting lit while watching the kids, they rarely get credit for becoming a calmer, more patient and creative parent with the help of cannabis.

Dads who toke tend to buck trends, but many claim that when they take care of themselves with cannabis, they can make play times more exciting, supper times more delightful, and storytimes more engaging. Sex and relationship advice columnist (slash, activist) Dan Savage didn’t smoke pot until he was 34-years-old, but once told the now-defunct The Cannabist that he couldn’t sit and play cars with his son for two hours unless he was high. Dan also regularly recommends pot to couples who are looking to reconnect; maybe another reason it should be a part of “dad life.” Art dealer Mark Wolfe agrees. In his 2012 op-ed for the New York Times, Mark wrote about how pot makes him a better parent. Pretty brave for 2012!

As a dad and businessman, Bay Area rapper MC Zumbi wants to stay functional and present when using cannabis. And the best way he’s found to do that is low-dose mints made by a local Oakland cannabis confection company. The 17-year rap game veteran needs to focus at work, and by taking small doses of cannabis, or microdosing, the high is very manageable. “As an adult now trying to be more aware of myself — I just like the smaller doses.” But there’s no one way to be a good pot dad. Take, for instance, stand up comedian and UFC announcer Joe Rogan who smokes tons of pot and talks on his podcast about spending plenty of time with his three daughters.

With cannabis prohibition slowly fading away, pot-smoking papas — and there are plenty of them already — are feeling safe to come out about their little secret. In Canada, where recreational use is now legal, the person passing you a joint here is likely a dad, according to a recent report from Deloitte. Specifically, they predict a shift from the average smoker being 18 to 34 years old to the 35 to 54-years-old, a group they’re calling the “conservative experimenter.” “Legalization may provide some Canadians with the opportunity to occasionally return to their younger days — legally,” the report theorizes.

The next time you smell something skunky coming from dad’s garage, now you know he’s just transporting back to his salad days.

Justin Bieber Got A Face Tattoo For New Wife Hailey Baldwin; Will Meghan Markle’s Mom Be Spending Christmas With The Royals?

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Justin Bieber Got A Face Tattoo For New Wife Hailey Baldwin; Will Meghan Markle’s Mom Be Spending Christmas With The Royals?

Has the Queen invited Doria Ragland to Sandringham for Christmas?

Meghan Markle’s mum could be spending Christmas Day with the Royal Family after claims the Queen extended the invite to her new in-law. Just months on from the Royal Wedding, Doria Ragland has reportedly been asked to Sandringham, Her Majesty’s country estate in Norfolk.

A senior royal source said the offer was a “very thoughtful gesture” – and an unusual one. Kate Middleton’s family has previously been invited to the Christmas morning church service, but have preferred to celebrate the day at the Cambridges’ home in Anmer Hall.

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Speaking to the Daily Express, the source said: “It’s a mark of the Queen’s respect for Meghan and an acknowledgement that she doesn’t have any other relations in this country – unlike Kate who has the support of a very close family.”

Doria Ragland’s calm, warm demeanour appears to have impressed the Palace, after she was seen chatting away to her in-laws at the Royal Wedding. She is known to be very close to Meghan, 37, and is said to even be planning a return to London to help with her new grandchild in the New Year. The 62-year-old from Cleveland, Ohio, has been described by the Duchess of Sussex as a “free-spirited clinical therapist” who often took her travelling to remote places when she was younger.

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Mark Wahlberg Admits His Kids Are Embarrassed by His Marky Mark Past

In an upcoming episode of Sunday Today, host Willie Geist asks the actor, 47, if his wife, Rhea Durham, and kids (Ella Rae, 15, Michael, 12, Brendan Joseph, 10, and Grace Margaret, 8) like the song.

“I was at a football game — my son’s game — last week,” Wahlberg says. “In the middle of the game, they start playing ‘Good Vibrations’. My wife is just cracking up laughing, but she’s looking at my son who’s basically burying his head in his helmet.”

“It’s fine for me,” he adds. “I don’t want to make their life any more difficult. My past is not their burden to bear.”

“They give Justin Bieber a hard time,” Wahlberg said during an awkwardly funny appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2014. “I was an absolute train wreck. Wow.”

Justin Bieber Got a Tattoo on His Face for New Wife Hailey Baldwin

Justin, who is already very inked up, got a tattoo with his new wife Hailey Baldwin. Tattoo artist Bang Bang, aka Keith McCurdy, did the tats, and he told Page Six, “They each got a tattoo. Justin’s tattoo is on his face, and I haven’t seen any photos of it, so he’s doing a good job of laying low.”

Bang Bang also revealed a little bit about the tattoo saying “It’s really thin and delicate. And [it’s] also not a traditional couples’ tattoo.” He added that the tattoo was next to Justin’s eyebrow and consists of little words.

Bang Bang didn’t share when the couple got these tattoos though, and some people suspect that it might be this mark above Justin’s brow that was seen in July:

That said, Justin has been wearing a lot of hats lately (see below), so it’s possible that he’ll walk outside without a hat one day and will have “I love Hailey” tattooed across his hairline.

Freebie Alert: Amazon Prime’s ‘The Marijuana Show’ S3 Now Available To TFT Readers

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Freebie Alert: Amazon Prime’s ‘The Marijuana Show’ S3 Now Available To TFT Readers

As I mentioned in my latest article featuring Tim Seymour, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Seymour Asset Management, best known as the co-host of CNBC’s Fast Money, cannabis is going mainstream by the minute.

Yet another piece of evidence to support this thesis: Amazon Prime has its own cannabis-focused, Shark Tank-like pitch show: The Marijuana Show. Created by Wendy Robbins and Karen Paull, the fourth season is about to start shooting, following a successful launch of Season 3 in August.

For the next (roughly) 24 hours, Fresh Toast readers will be able to watch the entire Season 3 of The Marijuana Show, currently available for Amazon Prime subscribers only, for free, courtesy of our good friends Paull and Robbins.

Check it out following this link.

In addition to the show, you’ll get exclusive access to #LegalizeIt, a doc that seeks to show cannabis’ power to help those suffering.

NOTE: Enjoy some sizzle reels and some shorts from Wendy and Karen 

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