If There’s No Off-The-Shelf Testing, There are No Guarantees That the Product in Dispensaries is Labeled Accurately, Much Less Safe. — When I wrote the series of articles about cannabis lab testing, I was focused on how laboratories can manipulate THC percentages for clients. After over a year of researching cannabis labs extensively I suspect that the biggest thing regulators get wrong about cannabis testing is a failure to test off…

A Comfort Watch — There are three types of people in the world: people who hate Death to Smoochy, people who love Death to Smoochy, and people who don’t care about it at all. I love Death to Smoochy. It’s a movie done with a lot of talent and care for the craft. It’s…

Amir Motlagh has a knack for making films that leave me feeling moved and raw. They also challenge me to evaluate my connections — or lack thereof — quite keenly. When I sat down to re watch Motlagh’s film “Three Worlds” so I could write something meaningful and cohesive about…

Adventures as a Pulmonaut — I’m not a doctor! If you want to embark on the wonders of exploring your breath, make sure that it’s safe for you to proceed and talk to your doctor. I know it might seem strange but there are actually many conditions that might counter-indicate some of these techniques. The…

Did I Just Make a Severance Joke? You Bet I did. — There’s a lot of focus on cannabis in conversations about cannabis (and rightfully so). Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, a cannabis experience is similarly subjective. Our bodies are complex electrochemical machines that have a panoply of possible actions and interactions. …

The Major Arcana is often described as ‘The Fool’s Journey Into the World.” Not only does this phrase describe the traditional beginning and ending of the Major Arcana (The Fool and The World),, but it also encapsulates how the Major Arcana of the tarot is meant to demonstrate archetypal moments…

I Just Felt Like Playing with the Data Method: I received 2 large csv files from the state totalling 32 Megabytes. Those files detailed 250,000 THC Potency Results and corresponding rows for Moisture Percentage (I wrote about my findings here). …