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Stop Calling it Intoxication

in·​tox·​i·​cate | \ in-ˈtäk-sə-ˌkāt transitive verb 1.  : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished b : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy 2 : poison intoxicated; intoxicating Similar: inebriate What is Intoxication? The above definition […]

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10 Cannabis Myths You Should Know

You don’t need me to tell you this. But…as popular as cannabis is, there are too many things about it that are just false and/or are old wives tales that shouldn’t be carried forward. Here are the top 10 cannabis myths (in my mind anyway): The more THC the better the weed. There are two […]

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Cannabis Edibles Questions Answered

People have a lot of questions about cannabis edibles. Here are some simple answers, with a little technical background. How much edible cannabis product should I use? If you’re a beginner, you should not take a full dose of whatever kind of edible  you’re trying. Start with a third of a 10 mg gummy, so […]

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Cannabis 101 – Part 2 – Frequently Asked Questions About Health

In the first installment of the Cannabis 101 series, I attempted to answer the ‘big’ questions about why cannabis is our favorite plant. In this post, I’m going to try to answer some of the most frequently asked questions related to cannabis and health. The answers are based on research that is continually being expanded […]

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Cannabis 101 – A Getting Started Guide

Whether you’ve never tried the “evil weed” or if you are ready to jump back into the bakery after a long absence, here’s the guide to getting started on for today’s cannabis connoisseur.

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Don’t Drink During your Holiday Dinners! Consume Cannabis!!!

Drinking isn’t the best thing for you. Drinking has more bad effects on your body than cannabis. Now that it’s the holiday season and we’re having dinners; socially distant dinners, taking a spreader chance dinners, bubble dinners, solo dinners…whatever. Instead of drinking as much as you can, substitute cannabis. Here’s an article from Benzinga that […]

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It’s the Silly Season – Crazy Cannabis Gift Giving

A running collection of 2020 cannabis gift giving lists, with highlights curated by Canniseur editorial staff. Treat yourself and friends right in this COVID-crazy year!

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The First Top 10 Cannabis Holiday Gift Ideas for 2020

Gift ideas for cannabis lovers

Cannabis related gifts are always appreciated by the weed lovers in your life, especially if they have utility and are cool. This list of gift ideas, the first of the season, has plenty of cool cannabis gear.

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100 years of Gaslighting Cannabis

Cannabis gaslighting has been around since the early 1900s.

Cannabis gaslighting started in the early 1900s when Mexicans started arriving here to escape the civil unrest of the Mexican revolution. They brought with them the use of cannabis for relaxation and the ‘high’ it gave the smoker. Their term for it was marihuana.

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Flashback Friday: Astral Projection and Cannabis

This story was published in 1975, about 40 years ago. I haven’t heard the term Astral Projection for decades. Back then, some people believed there was such a thing.

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How to Easily (and Quickly) Clean Your Pipe

Do you like smoking out of a pipe that smells of old, dank used up weed? Of course not! You want a pipe that allows you to fully taste the flavor of the smoke and terpenes, not a danked out tarry musty tasting pipe you can barely draw through. Keeping your pipe clean and tasteless […]

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“I Swore I’d Never Touch Cannabis. Here’s Why I Finally Did”

Here’s a fascinating, but more and more common story. Fascinating not because it’s rare or unheard of, but fascinating because it’s becoming commonplace to read or hear that people who thought cannabis was going to cook their brain or addle you for life or (re)make you into a homicidal maniac or … or … or. […]

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Ninja Sex Party Is An Orgy For Your Ears

[Canniseur: Ninja Sex Party sounds like it’s something it’s not. This is a great rock duo with a phenomenal sense of humor that comes out in their music as well as their costumes. And they have a social consciousness about them. You can’t ask for more; great music, great costumes, and great concepts. Terrific group […]

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Why Can’t We Learn from Lessons in the Recent Past?

Yesterday, I came across a story by Livia Gershon titled “Legalizing Marijuana: Lessons from the Post-prohibition Era“. This story got me thinking; We’re in an era of legalization or rather the re-legalization of cannabis throughout the U.S. and indeed the world. The patently racist reasons for making cannabis illegal in the first place were ill-grounded, […]

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