Canadian Study: Medical Cannabis Black Market Going Strong

A variety of factors have enabled America’s cannabis black market to thrive despite more than two-thirds of the states legalizing medical cannabis, recreational marijuana, or both. But the problem is not limited to the U.S. A recently released study out of Canada shows that our neighbors to the north are having their own problems with the black market. In short, the study demonstrates that Canada’s medical cannabis black market is going strong. Despite legality across the country, large numbers of patients are still buying medical cannabis products outside of the…

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The Origins and History of Gin

Gin is a juniper berry-flavored grain spirit . The word is an English shortening of Genever, the Dutch word for juniper. The origins of Gin are rather murky. In the late 1580s a juniper-flavored spirit of some sort was found in Holland by British troops. Who were fighting against the Spanish in the Dutch War of Independence. They gratefully drank it to give them what they soon came to call “Dutch courage” in battle. The Dutch themselves were encourage by their government to favor such grain spirits over imported wine.…

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