Madeline St. Amour
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Boulder, CO, United States
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Colorado Edibles Company Wana Brands Sponsors Endurance Athlete
Colorado long distance runner and U.S. Army veteran Flavie Dokken uses gummies from Wana Brands, a Boulder-based edibles company, to promote cannabis as an asset for athletes, recover as an athlete and treat her medical conditions. → Read More
Cannabis Nutrition: Using Hemp to Improve Health and Diets
For Heather DeRose, hemp made sense because it checks off a lot of nutritional boxes. It’s high in magnesium, vitamins B and E, iron, zinc and omega-3 acids. Many of the vitamins it contains help support proper brain function, which in turn helps her epilepsy, she said. → Read More
'Women in Weed' Documentary Shows How Women Can Thrive in Legal Industry
Mary Janes: The Women of Weed, a documentary that examines how women are pushing forward in the legal cannabis industry, premiered in Littleton on... → Read More
Filmmaker Windy Borman Talks About Her New Movie, Mary Janes: The Women of Weed
Borman’s film, Mary Janes: The Women of Weed, will hold its Mile High premiere on Saturday, March 3, at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Littleton. While... → Read More
Medicine Man Technologies Releases Home-Grow Marijuana App For Apple Devices
The Three a Light app is based on the book of the same name that aims to teach regular people how to increase their yields from their cannabis plants. → Read More
How Many Smells Can One Marijuana Strain Have?
The 61 participants in the study, most of whom had bought and smoked weed since it was legalized in Colorado, were asked how potent they thought each... → Read More
How Senior Citizens Are Testing Out Medical Marijuana
Dr. Joseph Cohen, an obstetrician for 35 years before becoming a cannabis practitioner, explained how cannabis can be used to manage pain and other issues that the elderly commonly experience. → Read More
Becca Williams Shows How Microdosing With Cannabis Can Help Your Spirituality
Meditation and yoga can strengthen the nervous system and reorganize neural pathways, according to some of its practitioners. There is evidence that... → Read More
Thinking About Giving Your Pet CBD? Here's How to Start.
Most research on medical marijuana in America has been limited to preclinical trials with lab animals for human research, but that hasn’t stopped some pet owners from trying it on their own. → Read More
CBD Lube: For Pain, Sex, or Both?
Invented by the founder to help her with pain and anxiety during sex after being victim to sexual assault, this CBD lube is meant for both pleasure and relief. → Read More
Colorado Springs Police Continue Comparisons of Marijuana Home Grows to Meth Houses
Colorado Springs Police Department detective M. Adam Hughes thinks residential marijuana grows will hurt Colorado's rising real estate market. → Read More
Linda Crnic Institute Uncovers a "Game-Changing Discovery" in Down Syndrome
The study revealed that a number of proteins involved in the immune system are hyperactive in people with Down syndrome. → Read More
Colorado Led the Way...Who'll Join the Legal Pot Club in 2018?
Four states legalized recreational marijuana in the 2016 election, following in the footsteps of Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C. But in the year since, only Nevada made retail pot sales a reality. → Read More
Increase in immigrants poses language challenges to small Maine police forces
Some central Maine departments contract with a language translation service, while others use free cellphone apps to bridge the language gap. → Read More
Appeals filed in China barn issue dismissed by court
The Kennebec County Superior Court said it couldn't make a decision on the case, sending it back to the Planning Board. → Read More
Album by choruses in Oakland schools nominated for Grammy Award
The 11-song album is based on the Holocaust, and is the only first-round nominee performed by a kindergarten-through-high school choral program. → Read More
Tens of thousands in central Maine still without power in storm’s wake
Approximately 62 percent of Central Maine Power and Emera Maine customers were without power by late Monday afternoon after an overnight storm. → Read More
Winslow school staff, parents save bingo tradition with new law
With help from local politicians, the Parent-Teacher Organization fought to change state law that required schools to pay for a license to hold bingo games. → Read More
Deer hunters head out for the first day of firearm season across Maine
Hunters say it's about more than the hunt; it's also about the tradition, the community and the experience. → Read More
RSU 18 closes out series of hearings for $13.9 million bond
Residents in the district's towns will vote on the referendum question, which is about whether to provide a bond for facility work as well as an athletic complex. → Read More