Certain song lyrics crystalize a raindrop — a rolling truth pebble — synthesizing everything you need to get by, to believe in, “to give me just a little sweetness, just a little sweetness, just a little light.” That lyric from Brent Mydland, whom some would argue was...

This Valentine's Day, Smoke a Peace Pipe With Your Enemies. They miss you.  Why haven't you called? In these down and dreary days of the pandemic, time starts to run together like a Willy Wonka river of COVID snot. No shindigs, few people, nothing to do. You’re caught...

Got an elf scraping the bottom of your cannabis jar in the middle of the night?   Guess what? That elf is you. If all that’s left come morning are a few glittery crystal crumbs too small for a mouse to pack a onie, point fingers all you want — your 3 other...

  Mugwort is a beautiful aromatic flowering plant that is used around the world for its medicinal and health benefits. Named for the Greek moon goddess Artemis, Mugwort refers to more than 200 varieties of plants within the genus Artemisia. There are several...

  Legal Weed's New Jim Crow — Healing Communities   History rhymes like a four letter word.  Let’s break out our history books — turn to the letter F. The early days of Mary Jane prohibition will make you swear like Popeye. Crack open the early 20th Century, when...

CBD is like the TikTok of the cannabis and herbal communities. Everyone’s heard of it, nobody’s got a freakin’ clue what it actually does, and we’re not entirely sure it’s legal in Kansas.  (Just kidding: As of this writing, Kansas is cool with it — so long as it has...

FreeMinds: Herbal Smoke, Institutional Prison & the Freedom Within   “Free your mind, and your ass will follow. The Kingdom of Heaven is within.” Baby, you can say that again: Funkadelic was onto something. (Or maybe on something. Reportedly, that entire album was...

Wormwood’s Absinthe: Is Artemisia an Herbal Cure for Coronavirus?   Could Artemisia wormwood — the main ingredient in absinthe that flies you high as a kite — be used to treat or potentially cure the Coronavirus? The President of Madagascar seems to think so. ...