Not only can heat waves be incredibly uncomfortable, they’re also more dangerous than you think. Our bodies are so sensitive to this than what you eat and drink can have an effect on how you feel and can impact your health when exposed to extreme temperatures.
Heat and sun are things that we normally can’t get enough of, especially if we live in a cold climate area. While chilly temperatures also come with their risks, the heat is easier to ignore and, thus, more likely to result in dehydration, heatstroke, and more.
When taking care of yourself and battling the heat, what you eat can have an impact, ranging from what feels like it’s obvious to what doesn’t. Here are 5 foods to steer clear of when it’s really hot out:

Aside from the fact that they’re hot (unless you have them served over ice), these drinks have strong diuretic properties and are not the best thing to consume when you want to quench your thirst. When it’s hot out, it’s important to hang on to our liquids, and consuming large amounts of coffee or tea, even if they’re iced, might deprive us of this.

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We probably don’t need to tell you this, but alcohol can quickly dehydrate our bodies. Once it enters our system, our liver will try to flush out alcohol’s natural toxins. Dehydration normally results in hangovers. When braving really hot conditions, this is made worse since stress and strain from the heat could trigger a more complicated episode.

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Spicy foods aren’t the first thing that come to mind when it’s hot out and that’s because it’s not nice to have spice sweats when you also have regular sweat to deal with. Science explains that capsaicin, the active component in chili peppers, can temporarily increase our body temperature. When the weather is very hot out, try your best to keep your body as cool as possible.

Proteins like red meats feel heavy in your stomach. This is due to the fact that they ask a lot of your body in order to be fully processed, forcing your body to do a lot of heavy lifting, resulting in thermogenesis. This is normal, but it creates a lot of heat, which should be avoided during really hot days. Lighter foods, like fruits, are easier to process and produce less heat.
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With so many great cannabis brands releasing exciting new products in new markets, it can be hard to keep track of every release. So we’re rounding up a few significant releases. This week, we look at releases by CBD Living, Fun Uncle, a dispensary opening from Wonderbrett, and more. 
Founded by System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian, 22Red has been offering flower, disposable vape pens, pre-rolls, and cartridges from its cannabis line. Now, it’s getting into the concentrate game. 
Starting July 10, 22Red will launch live resin badder and live resin sauce made from the brand’s own cannabis flower, which has been cryogenically frozen to maintain its original terpene and cannabinoid content. 
Available: Nevada
Family-run and women-owned, Etain Health is launching a brand new magnetic vape pen called the Motif. Available Saturday, July 10, you’ll be able to purchase half-gram ($80) or single gram ($130) Motif Pods for the rechargeable magnetic Motif vape battery. 
The pre-filled pods include a mix of THC and CBD and come in four ratios: 
Available: New York
CBD Living, a sparkling CBD water company, has added a fifth flavor to its roster: Black Cherry. Along with peach honey, strawberry lavender, apple ginger, and orange grapefruit, the black cherry cans feature 25 milligrams of CBD, contain zero sugar, and are filled with B-vitamins and zinc.
Available: Nationwide
Colorado-based Veritas Fine Cannabis is celebrating MLB All-Star Week in Denver by releasing its limited-edition All-Star Joint Packs. From July 9 and through until supplies last, 40 dispensaries are carrying these MLB-inspired cans featuring strains such as Papaya Cake, Sour Diesel, Apple Fritter, and more. 
And in addition to three 1 gram prerolls, the cans also contain:
Available: Colorado
To commemorate Oil Day, Fun Uncle will release its new line of live resin vape cartridges on July 10. The $36 live resin Cruiser cartridges test at over 75% THC and will come in four strains: Sour Tangie, Tropic Thunder, Golden Pineapple, and Paris OG. 
Available: California
Michigan-based Gage Growth Co. has recently announced its partnership with Wiz Khalifa’s cannabis brand Khalifa Kush. This new partnership will place Gage Growth as the exclusive producer, processor, and retailer of Khalifa Kush products in Michigan, and  the cannabis line will include flower, prerolls, extracts, and concentrates.
Available: Michigan
West Coast cannabis brand Wonderbrett is celebrating a dispensary opening this week in Los Angeles. Dispensary doors officially opened on July 8, and customers can now get their hands on all Wonderbrett cannabis products, along with retail options such as sweatshirts, socks, and more. 
Dispensary address: 314 N La Brea Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036
Available: California
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While the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA) continues to drag its feet in forging a legal path for the manufacture, sale, and distribution of hemp-derived products, state regulators are keeping up with the demands of this evolving market and adopting increasingly more nuanced and more sophisticated regulations for these products.
Several states, including Oregon and Colorado, first established hemp regulations in 2015, following the enactment of the 2014 Farm Bill. Though fairly comprehensive at the time, these regulations quickly became too broad to adequately regulate the wide range of product categories that eventually emerged on the market. To address this issue, these states have had to amend their regulations frequently to keep up with industry.

Earlier this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (the CDPHE) adopted a new set of rules that recently went into effect (the labeling requirements as well as some of the testing requirements went into effect on July 1) and now constitute one of the most comprehensive regulatory frameworks in the country.
Many of the CDPHE’s newly adopted rules address issues that have become hugely important to the industry but have yet to be addressed by state regulators – and the FDA. Some of these issues are outlined below.
The CDPHE regulations authorize the sale of hemp-derived foods, dietary supplements and cosmetics provided these products contain ingredients derived from an “approved source.” The term “approved source” includes CDPHE registered manufacturers and wholesalers but also out-of-state products that come from states and countries that regulate these products to ensure their safety for human consumption. By adopting a broad definition of the term “approved source”, the CDPHE acknowledged that many hemp-derived products sold in the state come from other jurisdictions and that there is a need to regulate, even if partially, these products.
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The regulations also define terms like “broad spectrum”, “cannabinoids”, “full spectrum”, “industrial hemp extract” and “unfinished industrial hemp products”, showing the need to clearly identify but also differentiate the wide range of hemp-infused products now available in the U.S. and to tailor regulations to fit the specificities and intricacies of each product category.
State manufacturers and processors must be registered with the CDPHE and must meet specific manufacturing requirements, such as establishing a very detailed, written recall plan, in accordance with federal law.
In addition to testing the products for conforming levels of THC and total THC, the CDPHE is requiring that as of August 1, hemp-infused products manufactured in the state be tested for over 100 pesticides, microbials, heavy metals and residual solvents to ensure they are safe for human consumption.
The new regulations mandate that the product labels comply with the general labeling requirements imposed under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, including the identification of allergens for foods and dietary supplements, and, whenever necessary, of warning statements to prevent a health hazard that may be associated with a cosmetic product. Upon the adoption of these new rules, the CDPHE also published very detailed labeling guidelines for each products category it regulates: Foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics.

Other notable labeling requirements include: (1) identifying each isolated cannabinoid as an ingredient and their concentration in milligrams; (2) listing the levels of THC per serving and total THC per finished product package; and (3) incorporating a code or numbering system that identifies the date and location of manufacturing and packaging so the products can easily be tracked in the event of a recall.
The CDPHE is also imposing transportation requirements, mandating that unfinished and finished hemp products be packaged and transported in a manner where they will be protected from adulteration, allergen cross-contact, environmental contamination, and any other hazards.
If you follow this blog, you may have noticed that the CDPHE’s regulations mirror many of the proposed regulations released by the New York Department of Health in October 2020, which, back then, we had described as “the most comprehensive” set of regulations to date. You can read more on this issue here and here.
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What these newly adopted regulations and proposed regulations suggest is that state regulators are anticipating upcoming federal regulations and proactively aligning their requirements with those already imposed by federal law.
Moreover, by adopting high-quality testing standards and mandating more transparency and accuracy in the labeling and marketing of these products, state regulators are helping legitimize the industry, build consumer confidence and expand this promising market. Now all we can hope for is that the leadership of these states will inspire the FDA to finally serve its administrative functions, enable the industry to follow its course and succeed.
Nathalie Bougenies is an attorney at Harris Bricken. This article was originally published on the Canna Law Blog and is reposted with permission.
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Tuesday July 6, 2021
By Josh Kasoff
Although concentrates and infused flower products have quite the rage in the legal cannabis industry, many don’t realize that a certain infused specialty can be prepared at home with the right supplies and a little know-how. Though moon rocks and caviar are some of the most sought-after niche items on dispensary shelves, they are actually pretty easy to make yourself.
In most legalized markets flower, hash oil in applicators, and pure kief are readily available at dispensaries, and thus consumers can forgo extra costs at the dispensary by following a few simple instructions. Come along and learn how to make moon rocks at home.
The phrase “moon rocks” was made famous by former Death Row Records artist Kurupt and his partner Dr. Zodiak. Described by some as the “holy trifecta” of cannabis combinations, but more accurately to my fellow Southerners as the “Turducken of cannabis,” a moon rock is a small bud of cannabis dipped in hash oil. Depending on your definition of difference between the two terms, the nug then either is or isn’t rolled in kief. Though “moon rocks” typically refers to the dusted version, many in the industry use the two terms interchangeably.   Whatever you call them, these cannabis supernovas are not to be taken lightly.
Overall, the process of creating moon rocks couldn’t be simpler. Starting with a nug of cannabis from whichever prefered strain, that nug is then fully submerged in hash oil and then dusted (or not dusted) in kief. However, there are some tips and tricks that can help you make better moon rocks.
While the strain of flower that one may use is entirely up to the consumer, denser nugs are preferred as they’ll hold the final shape better than fluffier nugs. And while hash oil is the recommended extract, any extract that’s melted down enough to a liquid consistency could ideally work as a coating (such as a saucy full-spectrum extract from live resin). Still, thicker extract will adhere better, so something like distillate might not be ideal.
It’s also smart to keep track of which oils you’re matching with which flower strains. For example, mixing a sativa oil with an indica flower will likely hybridize the effects in unknown ways. That’s either a positive or a negative depending on your view, but it can be fun to experiment like a cannabis Thomas Edison.
The most crucial tools to possess and use frequently throughout this process are tongs and tweezers or another type of grasping instrument. Your hands will get messy if you dip them into hash oil and that stuff can be difficult to get off without rubbing alcohol. Submerging or applying oil to the entire nug is required though, as it will guarantee extensive kief coverage.
The next step in ensuring a quality moon rock/caviar, quite like a fine paint job, is to apply at least two or three coats of oil to the nug, letting each layer permeate and seep into the nooks and crannies of the nug. With the nug properly saturated in concentrate oil, the next step would be to use those tweezers and roll the coated nug in a plentiful amount of the highest quality kieft you can procure. Your grinder will obviously be the most readily available source if your local dispensary doesn’t carry kief. However if they do have dry sift hash products, you can make some truly top-tier moon rocks.
And as brought up on a couple of different instructional guides, most CBD extracts and flowers can be substituted as desired, so those consumers not wishing to travel to Pluto high may avoid doing so. Remember that cannabis is quite a versatile plant and its consumption can be customized as such, you can mix and match CBD and THC products to find that perfect ratio.
Ideally, you’ll want the nug to completely lose its shape, appearing more as an oblong yet round and flat nug, totally smothered by layers of oil then a generous powdering of kief. We mean no joking when we say that you’ll want the nug to resemble something like a cannabis potato, flat on all sides yet rounded and bulging out at random areas.
Finally, as for how to consume, it wouldn’t be wise to use a grinder, as the rock would become mostly destroyed. The most commonly recommended way would be a glass piece, either a pipe or a bowl to consume. Joints and blunts could get messy but could be achieved if desired. 
Regardless of your preferred nickname, moon rocks/caviar are a supergroup of cannabis consumption and a concoction that should certainly be consumed with friends or not entirely in one sitting. Still, it’s a ride guaranteed to take you across the galaxy multiple times.
Get ready for takeoff.
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It had been a minute since I’d smoked anything like Cookies’ London Pound Cake #75. 
A wiser feller than myself once said, “sometimes you hit the weed and, well … sometimes the weed hits you.” At the start of 2020, I made a conscious shift in my consumption habits, from high-powered joints, frequent dabs, and vape carts to rolling with lower-THC flower and hemp and partaking in the occasional 10 – 20 milligram gummy. As a heavy consumer, I knew it was time to get more deliberate and tactical about my habits to reclaim a fuller, more nuanced relationship with the plant — and I did. 
Now, when I hit the occasional blunt or do a quality dab or roll with a more potent strain of top-shelf flower, I get a lot more out of it than I did when I was still consuming a lot of high-THC stuff indiscriminately. 
London Pound Cake #75 isn’t Cookies’ most high-powered strain, but it ain’t no mids either. As I mentioned above, before sampling some LPC #75 for this review, it’d been a while since I’d hit anything like it. Every Cookies strain I’ve ever smoked has been a memorable adventure in flavor, color, aroma, and excellent vibes. Since its inception, the Cookies brand has all but remade the California weed market in its image, making devoted hype beasts out of ardent fans and achieving a lifestyle-brand presence that most other weed companies dream of. So the real question, as always, is whether the product lives up to the hype. 
In my experience, the answer has always been yes, and an eighth of London Pound Cake #75 is as good an example as any of what Cookies does best. 
The first thing you’ll notice about the LPC #75 packaging is Queen Elizabeth’s face framed in Cookies’ signature shade of blue. The English “£75” banknote design is elegant and stylish. 
The back label with potency and batch information is clear, and the seal is robust without being too difficult to open back up once you’ve resealed it. Weedmaps’ listings set an eighth of LPC #75 at $60, which is more expensive than your average eighth but not outside the realm of reasonable top-shelf price tags in Southern California. 
LPC #75 is a phenotype of Cookies’ original London Pound Cake, a strain with genetics that are held close to the brand’s symbolic vest. What we do know is that it’s an indica-dominant hybrid that includes Sunset Sherbet in its lineage. 
My eighth of LPC #75 had a prominent, pitch-perfect aroma of deep cherry citrus with a hint of diesel and a dash of pine. Right off the bat this strain will appeal to those who like skunky flower and those more attracted to berry or fruity aromas. 
Every hefty nug delivered on the signature look the strain is known for: thick, forest-green leaves coated in sticky, glistening trichomes and prominent orange stigma hairs. It’s a lovely looking nug that will immediately stand out in a crowd. Most of the nugs in my eighth were also appropriately firm and bouncy, denoting the right amount of moisture for a smooth ignition. 
My original plan for this flower was to put it in a dry flower vaporizer to get a strong sense of the flavor profile before rolling a joint and heading out to the beach for a smoke and a walk. 
This bud tests at 25% THC, substantial but certainly not 30%+, so I figured doing both would give me the most well-rounded experience. The first thing I noticed after a puff from the vape was that the flavor was less piney and citrusy and more skunky with a strong streak of dark berry — more indica than sativa, according to my weed-lizard brain’s idea of what an “indica” tastes like.
Once I had a few puffs from the vape, I found myself already getting lost in the high and skipped my plans to roll a whole joint with this bud. 
The creep-up was fast-acting, rolling into a smooth warm-blanket envelopment. It started heavy in the back of my head and curled around like a helmet of haze forming over my skull and eyes. In mere moments it all came on strong and serene like the slow, melodic drone of a Velvet Underground song.
By the time I made my way to the boardwalk, a thin overcast and a soft wind had just set in across the beach. The fading afternoon glow took the whole scene to a hazy space. The hum of my surroundings elevated my head buzz, which was complemented by an increase in body relaxation — especially in my back and shoulder muscles. 
June Gloom never felt so good. 
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Cookies’ London Pound Cake #75 will make a great evening or weekend strain, whether you’re toking up to settle in at home or rollin’ up to a patio bar or intimate gathering. I can’t remember the last time I had such a thick but well-rounded high from just a few puffs of flower from a vape. It was smooth sailing from top to bottom, while still packing the punch you want to send you off into green hyperspace. 
If you’re just a fan of dank, indica-leaning weed but also appreciate a well-rounded, flavorful smoke, LPC #75 will knock your socks off. It’s got about everything you would expect and want from the Cookies experience: dank, potent, immediately chill, and turns the world around you into a hazy, smooth party.
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Saturday July 3, 2021
By Paul Barach
Though the pacific northwest was melting under record heat at the end there, the rest of June showed off some pretty hot moves of its own in the field of cannabis. Two supreme courts weighed in on legality, two US states signed recreational into law, and a study on increased car accident rates in legalized states showed some mixed results. Let’s dive in.
Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the most reliably right-wing judges on the court, has publicly stated that federal cannabis prohibition no longer makes sense in its current state. According to Justice Thomas:
Given that this is coming from a far right-wing justice who has shown no support of cannabis legalization before, on a court that is 6-3 conservative, we’ll have to wait and see whether this represents a movement on the supreme court towards federal legalization, or whether Justice Thomas simply wishes for an updated federal prohibition law. 
In a move that should have already been done by one of Mexico’s northern neighbors (Hint: it’s not Canada), recreational cannabis was nationally decriminalized in Mexico. Surprisingly, the popularly supported decriminalization was done by Mexico’s supreme court. After the Mexican congress and senate failed three times to pass a bill, blowing past the supreme court-mandated deadline of April 30th without even an explanation, the judicial body ruled that prohibiting personal use of cannabis was unconstitutional.
As the law now stands, the government can issue permits for personal use of marijuana and for growing a small number of plants indoors to anyone over the age of 18 who applies. Previously Mexican citizens required a court injunction to be allowed to consume or grow. The sale and commercial growing of marijuana will remain illegal until the senate and congress can come to an agreement on federal legalization. 
For the first time in this iconic southwest desert state, consumers will be buying something small, popular, and green that isn’t turquoise. New Mexico’s Cannabis Regulation Act officially went into effect on June 29th. While state regulators still have plenty of work ahead of them agreeing on regulations, permits, and other details, personal use is now fully legal and anyone carrying up to two ounces of marijuana on their person is just following the law.
Any more than that, up to eight ounces, sixteen grams of concentrate, or eight hundred milligrams of edibles, and you’re facing a misdemeanor. You can also grow up to a dozen plants for personal use and police are no longer able to stop and search you if they smell weed (as long as you’re not driving). Recreational sales are expected to begin on April 1st, 2022. Check out our New Mexico page for more information.
That silent second “c” in Connecticut now stands for cannabis in this small northeastern state as Governor Ned Lamont made it the nineteenth US state to legalize recreational cannabis. Much like in New Mexico, starting July 1st cannabis consumers can legally light up or chow down without legal repercussions. The personal possession limit is 1.5oz of flower, but up to 5oz is allowed in your home or in your glove box as long as it’s locked up. 
There are also racial and social justice measures written into the law, which is a welcome standard for new legalization bills (that still doesn’t go far enough to address the harmful societal legacy of the drug war.) Half of all licenses will go to equity applicants, including those disproportionately impacted by police enforcement and high unemployment. Up to 75% of revenue is also earmarked towards equity efforts and community reinvestment. Recreational sales are expected to begin in the summer of 2022.
According to two new studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), crash rates rose by about 6% in California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington after those states legalized. 
However, the details of this study paint a more complex picture. A separate study done by the IIHS also showed little difference in the car crash rates of drivers who consumed only marijuana and those that hadn’t. While there was a 5-6% increase in injuries from car crashes over states that had not legalized, another IIHS study of emergency room patients in legalized states showed that marijuana use only led to increased crash risk when combined with alcohol.
Other factors that may account for the increase are that more cannabis users may be driving longer distances to dispensaries, putting them at more risk of a crash the longer they are in the car.
Needless to say, more research needs to be done to discover whether this is correlation or causation. Also, needless to say, if you are intoxicated with any drug, please don’t drive. You’re not only putting yourself and your finances at risk but everyone else on the road as well.
Legalization seemed to be the story of June, as it will be until cannabis prohibition is federally repealed. One supreme court justice is pointing out that this system makes no sense and another country’s supreme court is tired of the slow walk to decriminalization. The citizens of two states can rejoice in the fact that while recreational shops won’t be open until 2022, the fear of unjust legal punishment over cannabis possession is gone. Finally, another study is out showing that just because marijuana is legal, it doesn’t mean you should give up your responsibility to everyone else out on the road. While driving under the influence of marijuana isn’t nearly as dangerous as driving while drunk, it’s still not worth the risk to everyone involved. Consume responsibly.
What were your favorite cannabis news stories from June? Share in the comments!
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Paul Barach is a Seattle-based freelance writer, editor, and author with experience creating well-researched, edited web articles covering cannabis news, culture, history and science. Paul is a regular contributor to PotGuide and has also contributed to publications such as Medium.com, SlabMechanix, Litro, and The Trek. He prefers to spend his free time outdoors and most recently hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. So far he has only fallen into the La Brea Tarpits once. You can follow him on Instagram @BarachOutdoors and stay up to date professionally through his LinkedIn page.

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Some of the most popular terms within the cannabis world are indica and sativa. They are unavoidable when purchasing cannabis or when talking to someone who smokes weed regularly. As cannabis legitimizes across the country, industry experts have started to question the validity of these terms. Are they still relevant?

The terms indica and sativa are used to describe the effects of a particular strain of cannabis. Indica strains denote a more mellow experience, while sativas are meant to leave users energized and creative. For plant growers, the terms indica and sativa are meant to distinguish the way the plant looks. Indica leaves are broader, sativas are taller, with narrow leaves.

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“‘Indica’ and ‘sativa’ were used to distinguish between cannabis varieties based on physical characteristics,” Jeff Chen, founder of UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, told Insider. “But at some point, popular culture began attaching distinctions in the effects from consumption of indica versus sativa, despite no evidence of this.”

While your budtender or friend may advocate for a particular strain, the reality is that it’s all dependent on the batch itself and on the effect it has on you. Depending on the type of cannabis, an indica strain might be more energizing than a sativa and vice versa.

Nowadays, the lines between sativas and indicas are incredibly blurred, to a degree where experts call these labels “meaningless.” Over the years, cannabis has been extensively crossbred, resulting in cannabis plants that have parts of both indica and sativa strains. Another influencing factor is the environment where the plant is grown; things like sunlight, temperature, and humidity are big contributors. The same strain might be different when grown in Colorado than when grown in California.

No matter the genetics of the plant, cannabis interacts with our bodies in very complex ways. It’s why a friend might experience a completely different reaction from the same batch of cannabis as you do.

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Contemporary data on cannabis shows how important terpenes are, which might provide better orientation when choosing a strain or marketing its effects. Not only are they responsible for providing taste and aroma, they also support and influence the effects of other cannabis compounds, playing an important part in cannabis’ entourage effect.

Cannabis remains mysterious and more research is needed in order to market it better and develop a better understanding of its effect on our bodies.

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