Category: Marijuana

At a recent wedding reception in Chicago, guests gathered to toast the newlyweds at the bar. Glasses were lined up in front of them, but no alcohol was poured. Instead, marijuana vapor was pumped into the upside-down glasses, which were then lifted and inhaled in unison. “A lot of people were surprised,” bride Aja Heinlein said. “They didn’t even know that was something they could do.” In the new world of cannabis, consumption at private events like weddings, holiday parties and corporate events is becoming more common. The state law that legalized recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 and […]

Lawmakers joined the licensed cannabis industry Thursday in calling for a ban on intoxicating hemp products like Delta-8-THC, the retailers of which said would put them out of business. The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, which represents large licensed marijuana companies, called for allowing regulated sales of non-intoxicating hemp products like CBD, but prohibiting sales of intoxicants until a committee can recommend how to proceed. Tiffany Ingram, executive director of the association, called syntehtically-derived cannabinoids like Delta-8 and THC-O  “Frankenstein weed.” Hemp is the same cannabis plant that makes marijuana, but by law is supposed to have less than .3% […]