Who hasn’t played with LEGO as a kid? For generations, these plastic pieces have been an essential in any children’s toy collection. This company, which started in Denmark in 1932, eighty-eight years ago, had so far used in the manufacturing of its blocks a plastic resin called acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, also known as ABS. However, according to a report published by Plastics...
by Teresa García on 27/07/20
The coronavirus crisis has served the giants of the international cannabis market well. Or at least that's how it’s been for Aurora Cannabis, second in the industry in global level turnover. Founded in 2004 in Ontario, Canada, the company has recovered a good part of the market value that it lost in the last fourteen months. In May, its shares on the New York Stock Exchange increased by 158%...
by Laura Rueda on 26/03/20
For a few months, the cannabis community has a new social media project, offering us a graphic full of intelligent humour to reflect on and learn from. Miss Weederful is information, colours, good vibes and laughter guaranteed on a daily basis. Can all these elements help in the normalisation of cannabis? The answer is yes, and we’ll illustrate this in the following interview with your team!...
by Rebeca Argudo on 20/03/20
The use of cannabis as an erotic stimulant is known to habitual cannabis users. Most agree in pointing out the lack of inhibition, the feeling of euphoria and the increase in pleasurable sensations as its main advantages. It’s obvious that all this depends significantly on both the variety and quantity used as well as the particular sensitivity of the consumer and, of course, who the moment is...
by Rebeca Argudo on 12/03/20
Recent archaeological excavations have revealed that marijuana was already being smoked more than 2,500 years ago.
Found in Jirzankal in western China, more than thirty tombs higher than 3000 metres revealed, among other objects, small wooden braziers with what at first glance looked like burned stones inside. Subsequent chemical analyses revealed that in addition to the burned stones, there were...
Found in Jirzankal in western China, more than thirty tombs higher than 3000 metres revealed, among other objects, small wooden braziers with what at first glance looked like burned stones inside. Subsequent chemical analyses revealed that in addition to the burned stones, there were...
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by Rebeca Argudo on 25/02/20
With hundreds of fatalities and thousands of people affected, the outbreak of coronavirus in China has caused travel restrictions across the country. The cannabis industry is being seriously affected by it. In particular, marijuana vaporiser companies which rely heavily on Chinese suppliers are seeing how these circumstances could affect the way their work normally functions; this is because...
by Laura Rueda on 24/02/20
Cannabis cosmetics are trending all over the world. So great is the hype and they are affordable and accessible in equal measure. Now it’s even possible to find cannabis-based facials in your local area thanks to the most popular brands and cosmetics chains such as Sephora, the Body Shop, Aussie Hair and Babaria, which have their own range of creams made with the plant. The best thing about this...
by Laura Rueda on 12/02/20
In Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2006) we learned that an ‘innocent’ isolated event can have an impact on many people from different countries of the world, like a shock wave that has fatal consequences. The Cannabis serie (2016) also begins with a butterfly effect in the waters of the Mediterranean, which will have repercussions in different places in Morocco, France and Spain. We are...
by Laura Rueda on 16/01/20
Imagine two international icons coming together to create a cannabis wellness company! Drake is one of the most important and acclaimed artists in the world today, considered the most influential hip-hop artist of this decade. Canopy Growth is the most important cannabis company in the world, a planetary cannabis icon. Both the rapper and the corporation are Canadian and have announced that they...
by Rebeca Argudo on 07/01/20
“Grass is greener’”
Interesting 2019 documentary directed by American filmmaker and hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy which analyses the relationship between the United States and marijuana since the beginning of its consumption, and its presence in and influence on the American music scene, (especially jazz and hip hop). It also addresses the racial issue, reflecting on how African Americans and...
Interesting 2019 documentary directed by American filmmaker and hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy which analyses the relationship between the United States and marijuana since the beginning of its consumption, and its presence in and influence on the American music scene, (especially jazz and hip hop). It also addresses the racial issue, reflecting on how African Americans and...
by Rebeca Argudo on 29/11/19
On the cutting edge of news and current affairs, Marvel introduces the hot topic of the legalisation of marijuana in Issue #12 of its comic book saga, following the change in law in New York State last August.
The state of New York changed its stance on the possession of cannabis and has since proposed expunging minor convictions for possession. Thus, those caught with small amounts do not run...
The state of New York changed its stance on the possession of cannabis and has since proposed expunging minor convictions for possession. Thus, those caught with small amounts do not run...
