
Lester Black
Cannabis editor @SFGate Words/photos in @fivethirtyeight @TheStranger @intelligencer @theguardian @highcountrynews [email protected]
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1 week ago |
sfgate.com | Lester Black
The study tested 55 people from the Bay Area to see if their cardiovascular function was different depending on whether they used smoked cannabis, used cannabis edibles or abstained from cannabis entirely. The research found that regular cannabis users — both edible users and cannabis smokers — had reduced cardiovascular function and increased risk of developing premature heart disease.
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sacbee.com | Lester Black
May 25-Yosemite National Park plans to open Tioga Pass on Monday, giving drivers access to the park's highest elevations and connecting Eastern Sierra mountain towns to the rest of California. For the park, the annual event welcomes hikers and sightseers into the windswept granite peaks and valleys that John Muir once compared to going to church. At Tioga Green, a cannabis store in the town of Lee Vining, the pass's annual reopening means business is back in full swing.
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1 week ago |
sfgate.com | Lester Black
Yosemite National Park plans to open Tioga Pass on Monday, giving drivers access to the park’s highest elevations and connecting Eastern Sierra mountain towns to the rest of California. For the park, the annual event welcomes hikers and sightseers into the windswept granite peaks and valleys that John Muir once compared to going to church.
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sfgate.com | Lester Black
Humble Sea Brewing’s new taproom on the edge of Pier 39 has given both locals and visitors a seriously good reason to visit the tourist trap. Humble Sea is one of the best breweries in the Bay Area, and it’s the increasingly rare beer business that is expanding as the industry goes through a downturn. Humble Sea opened its first Santa Cruz brewery in 2017, and the company has slowly been circling the city as it expands north, opening taprooms in Pacifica to the south and Alameda to the east.
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2 weeks ago |
sfgate.com | Lester Black
In just a few short years, CBN (not to be confused with CBD) has gone from unheard of to commanding the list of top-selling edible products. Cannabis companies say the compound promotes sleep, and as of this year, the three best-selling edibles in California all contain CBN, according to cannabis data company Headset. Cannabis naturally contains hundreds of active compounds that are usually shortened into three-letter acronyms, with THC being the most common and famous intoxicating pot compound.
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