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Miss Canada Given Attention after taking the International Stage wearing a Marijuana-Themed costume, to Miss Universe.

“Just because I was supporting it, people think I smoke it,” the 24-year-old tells our staff on the phone from Tecumseh, Ont., near Windsor, where she lives.

“As a kid growing up, I was never interested in marijuana. It was not something for me,” the Sudbury, Ont., native explains. “It’s pretty cool that since it’s legalized, people’s perspectives have changed and more people can have an open conversation about it. I was so interested to learn how something becomes illegal to legal? What would happen to the black market?”

As for her choice for the National Costumes segment of the competition, which was designed by Nicaragua’s Neftali Espinoza, Boston knew it would turn heads.

“There’s no set national costume in Canada,” she says. “Over the years, there’s been a maple leaf, a hockey player… but we’ve never had something so controversial. It was something I believed in.”

Competing for the Miss Universe title was a dream Boston has had since she was a little girl — one she concedes could have gone up in smoke with her costume choice. The Dec. 8 competition was held at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, where cannabis is illegal for recreational purposes federally and within the state.

“I can’t tell you for sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing — it was a risk as drug laws across the world vary and wearing a cannabis-inspired costume might be considered an affront,” she says. “But we had to clear it with Miss Universe prior to wearing it and they were all okay with it.”

So were fellow contestants.

“I was with Miss Uruguay at the beginning and Uruguay was the first country to legalize marijuana and when she found out about my costume, she was like, ‘I am so mad I didn’t think of that first.’ Miss Colombia thought it was a good idea.”

Boston says Miss Indonesia, on the other hand, was a little more distant.

“She didn’t want to be anywhere near when photos of my costume were being taken.” Drug laws in Indonesia are among the strictest in the world. Cannabis was banned in 1927 and remains prohibited — people caught can face hefty fines or a minimum jail sentence of four years.

The costume also caught the attention of mainstream media and talk show hosts like David Spade, who weighed in on his show Lights Out.

“A Canadian competitor in the Miss Universe pageant wore a marijuana-themed costume,” he said after the pageant. “She was the most stoned contestant since Miss Saudi Arabia.”

As for Boston’s family, they “weren’t opposed to the costume, but they were a little confused. They were more worried about me crossing the border,” she told the Cannabis Update Podcast.

With no trouble at border crossings and the pageant behind her, Boston is now preparing for her new role — in the cannabis industry. She was just hired to work with The Cannabis Investor, a Windsor-based marketing company. And she was also hired to speak at NoCo Hemp Expo in Denver, Colorado.

As for the ones who might diss her for lack of experience in the cannabis space, she says, “People who are not into the industry at all may not want to work with me because they think I am a stoner. But ‘stoners’ might say that I don’t even smoke weed so I may not know anything. I kind of stand-in between everybody. I am very up front about the fact that I don’t smoke. But I never say I won’t use it — if it was something I needed medically, sure I would take part in it.”

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Why Hemp Will Be the Smart Answer About Our Future!

The current rate of yearly plastic production is now about one billion tons. That is quoting a University of Leicester study. Plastic is inert and hard to degrade. So it becomes a toxic techno-waste that has severe polluting effects on the earth’s biodiversity.img_1843

National Geographic reports that plastic kills millions of marine and land animals every year. Experts have found that we are all consuming microplastics. The effects of these microplastics in the food supply may cause damage to our digestive and reproductive systems and eventually lead to an early death.

Mother Nature has provided a simple solution to this menace: The Hemp Plant.

Hemp: A Victim of Human Folly

Once a flourishing product, look to rejuvenate 2020

Hemp, or industrial hemp, is one of the earliest plants that our ancestors cultivated and used. Archeologists have found evidence of the use of hemp fiber some 10,000 years ago. Experts estimate that hemp cultivation began about 8000 years ago.

The many benefits of hemp have been available to human beings for centuries. But its cultivation and use were banned in most countries across the globe in the 20th century. The only crime of the plant is that it belongs to the same species, Cannabis Sativa, as marijuana.

But there is a significant distinction between hemp and marijuana. That is in the concentration levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the component that gives marijuana its psychoactive properties. Marijuana can contain up to 30% of THC per dry weight.

Hemp, in contrast, contains 0.3% THC per dry weight. It does not have the psychoactive potential to get people high. Hemp got banned because this vital difference got overlooked.

The 21st century has, at last, brought a realization of this mistake. Many countries across the globe have now legalized hemp farming and the production of hemp derivatives fully or partially.

With the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill 2018), hemp is now legal across the USA. It is also legal in the EU countries as long as the THC content is 0.2%. It is now legal in Australia, Canada and several other European and South American countries.

In Asia, China is the biggest grower and supplier of hemp seed and hemp products across the globe. China also has the longest history of continued hemp production for almost 6000 years.

Hemp Against Plastic

People once hailed the 1907 innovation of synthetic plastic as a solution to a wide range of problems. However, it has now become an unmanageable problem in and of itself. But we do not need any technological innovation to counter it. The hemp plant offers a ready solution.

Hemp fiber can produce a non-toxic and fully biodegradable substitute for plastic. Natural plastic derived from the cellulose fibers in plants has been in use since much before the current petrochemical-based synthetic plastic was invented.

The cellulose fiber in plants is used for producing several varieties of biodegradable plastic. Hemp has about 65-70% cellulose, which makes it a viable plant for natural plastic production.

Henry Ford produced the original Model T Ford in 1941 using hemp plastic panels. This plastic was 10 times stronger than steel in withstanding the impact of a hit without denting.

Substituting synthetic plastic with 100% biodegradable hemp plastic will be a blessing for our environment. Apart from being eco-friendly, hemp is also sustainable.

Why is Hemp Sustainable?

Hemp is sustainable for a variety of reasons. Apart from being a natural source of non-toxic biodegradable plastic, the hemp plant helps in topsoil conservation. Farmers use hemp as an in-between crop to keep their soil fertile.

Hemp cultivation needs 50% less water than cotton. Hemp is totally free from pesticides because it is naturally insect resistant. It is also easy to grow hemp plants organically.

Hemp is a source of paper more efficient than other trees currently used for paper production. One acre of hemp can produce four times more paper than an acre of trees. Incidentally, the first paper ever used was in China, and it was hemp paper.

Hemp is also a source of biofuel. If we use a biofuel derived from hemp, our transportation fuel will be 86% greener than gasoline. It is not for nothing that Henry Ford designed his first Model T hemp plastic car to run on hemp biofuel.

Hemp Plastic and the Chinese Plastic Pollution Riddle

This is an obvious question. If hemp plastic is such an eco-friendly product, why does China still contribute 30% of global plastic pollution? China is the global leader in producing and exporting hemp and its products. It truly seems inexplicable.

But the answer is rather simple, as it happens. First of all, much of China’s plastic pollution is because the country was importing plastic waste from many European countries. China believed that it has solved the recycling problem of single-use plastic. The country started making products out of hemp plastic.

However, because the products proved to be below international standards, China had to stop making them. It also banned the import of plastic waste from European countries in 2016. But the aftermath of this import policy is still far from over.

Secondly, because of the long-term ban on hemp and its products in much of the world, hemp plastic is only just beginning to find its way into public consciousness. As of now, hemp plastic is far more expensive than the kind of cheap single-use plastic the world has become used to.

This is another barrier. Global commitment to end plastic pollution is not high enough to make hemp plastic commercially viable immediately. China is not an exception in this. Only a strong global political will to ban single-use plastic within national boundaries will facilitate the uptake of the more expensive hemp plastic.

If world leaders can actually make a concerted move, planet earth will benefit in a number of ways.

The Many Benefits of Hemp

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Hemp seeds are highly nutritious and constitute a source of complete plant-based protein. The omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acid content of hemp seeds is precisely the right proportion (1:3) that the human body needs. Hemp seeds are ideal for vegans as no other plant-based protein is so complete.

Dehulled or unshelled hemp seeds are also rich in fiber. Hulled or shelled hemp seeds lack in fiber content. But even hulled hemp seeds are high in nutrition value. These seeds are also extremely versatile, usable in several ways – cooked or raw.

Hemp seed oil is also equally nutritious with a high content of good fats and a low content of the harmful ones. Cold-pressed hemp seed oil preserves the goodness of the oil in its entirety. Like the seeds, the oil derived from hemp seeds is also versatile.

Hemp seed oil is edible and can be taken by itself or as a salad dressing. It is also good for cooking, except for deep frying. Topical use of hemp seed oil can improve hair and skin health. It also has anti-inflammatory properties.

The cannabinoids (CBD) derived from hemp buds, flowers, leaves, and stems have much medicinal potential. CBD oil is particularly good for arthritis. Healthcare professionals have also used it with success to manage anxiety and sleep disorders.

Hemp stalks yield fibers that can be processed into fabric for clothing. Hemp fiber is also used for making ropes and sails. All of these products have natural antibacterial and antifungal properties. Incidentally, canvas used to be made of hemp fabric.

Finally, hemp can also be used as a building material. There are amazing benefits attached to this use as well. This easy to grow plant seems to provide an environmentally sustainable solution to many problems we’ve created for ourselves!

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Seniors on Board with CBD (THC Free) Benefits – Verses Pharmaceutical Meds.

As more and more people embrace CBD, replacing their pharmaceutical medications with it in their medicine cabinet, the senior citizens among us are also benefitting from its medicinal effects.

CBD is short for Cannabidiol, one of the compounds in cannabis and hemp that is alleged to have medicinal value. People who want to feel calm, need pain relief, or help to sleep, use CBD. When most people think of cannabis, they think about getting high, but that’s down to another compound in the plant called THC. However, these days, cannabis compounds are isolated and extracted separately, meaning one can choose the great medicinal effects of cannabis but without the stoned sensations and disorientation.

A recent Remedy Review study of 1000 people aged 55 and over who used CBD came back with some interesting results. While the study found that only 9 percent of the seniors surveyed use CBD, at least 51 percent of that 9 percent reported “improved quality of life” overall. The survey also looked at the preferred delivery method for CBD for seniors and found that CBD Oil Drops were the most popular.

54.4 percent of participants preferred taking CBD drops on the tongue. 21.1 percent preferred to put those drops in their morning coffee or other beverage. While another 21.1 percent like to take their CBD in an edible form such as CBD gummies. 15.6 percent favored CDB Capsuless and pills. And just 10 percent of the people surveyed said they liked to smoke or vaporize CBD.

The statistics on the reasons why seniors take CBD was also interesting. 42 percent said they took CBD for inflammation. Just around 41 percent said they took CDB to help with chronic pain. 38.6 percent use it to try and get a good night’s sleep. And 31.8 percent said they use CBD for arthritis pain. Interestingly, around 61 percent of the seniors who tried CBD said it helped to ease pain, while about 46 percent said it aided them with a good night’s sleep.

Most seniors prefer to take CBD oil under the tongue

This study, while not conclusive in any way, does show that CBD could be a great option for seniors, and could cut out some of the toxic pharmaceutical medications from their daily regime. As we get older, many people have the need for multiple regular medications.

Some seniors need to take pain killers including opioids regularly, while others will also need to take pills for blood pressure, inflammation, insomnia, and even anxiety. CBD is organic and non-toxic; it’s also non-addictive and carries no dangerous side effects. It’s also an excellent option for senior citizens as it is readily available and comes in many different, easy-to-use forms and delivery systems.

CBD is thought to help with a number of age-related issues like pain and insomnia. It’s also used as a non-toxic and effective stress reliever that can be used much like a Rescue Remedy. Those over the age of 60 can tell you a thing or two about pain and what that’s like to contend with on a daily basis.

Research shows that roughly 50 percent of seniors and the elderly live alone, with around 80 percent of those in care homes suffering from daily pain. Pain in the elderly is severely undertreated these days, and that just compounds an already existing issue. The constant pain also leads many seniors down other paths such as depression, anxiety, and mobility problem.

Tragically, many older people don’t even report pain to their doctor as they just assume it’s part and parcel of the aging process. That means that many older adults just suffer in silence and get depressed as their quality of life plummets. That’s why CBD is such a great option for seniors and is well worth trying just in case it does the trick.

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The USDA Legalized THC – But No One Noticed. Happy (Founding) Father’s Day!

It is indeed, Happy (Founding) Father’s Day, as I just learned some great news for all those who are waiting for it. It slipped under the radar last month, but the United States Department of Agriculture just descheduled tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
The USDA issued a bulletin on May 28 as a legal opinion for hemp production. It basically authorizes interstate delivery of hemp and legalized THC derived from hemp.
First, let’s address the interstate transportation or shipment of hemp.
Up until December 2018, hemp was considered illegal like cannabis, but the 2018 Farm Bill legalized it. However, it still couldn’t cross state lines. So, farmers in states where all forms of marijuana were illegal could grow hemp but then had few options to sell their crops. Farmers such as the ones in Kentucky who had pushed Senator Mitch McConnell to get the Farm Bill signed in the first place.
Now they can sell those crops to producers in other states or at least extract the hemp oil and sell that derivative product.
This solves the farmer problem for McConnell who was getting backed into a corner to figure out how to help these individuals sells their hemp crops. Happy Kentucky farmers means reelection.
The second item within this USDA bulletin is the subject of THC, which is the part of the cannabis plant that produces a psychoactive response in the brain or the feeling of getting high. The bulletin was in response to the 2018 Farm Bill and it read, “By amending the definition of marijuana to exclude hemp as defined in AMA 297A, Congress has removed hemp from schedule I and removed it entirely from the CSA (Controlled Substances Act). In other words, hemp is no longer a controlled substance. Also, by amending schedule I to exclude THC in hemp, Congress has likewise removed THC in hemp from the CSA.”
Typically, cannabis plants can produce buds or flowers that have a high level of THC. Hemp plants tend to have very little THC in them. However, that doesn’t mean there is no THC or that the hemp plants couldn’t be modified to contain more THC.
Mark Singleton, the owner of Singleton Investments said, “This removes the argument of .3% THC.” He is referring to the designation that hemp-derived CBD is legal as long as there is less than .3% THC. If hemp THC is legal then it doesn’t matter whether it is .3% or not.
Let’s step back for a moment and review this .3% line in the sand for cannabis.
The .3% level is a designation for which there is little information as to how that number was determined. It is often referred to but there is little documentation as to how regulators arrived at that level.
One historian said that at one time a study was done to determine at which point people got high when consuming cannabis and that .3% was the midrange and thus it stuck. Some people needed less and some didn’t get buzzed until it was more than .3%, so the scientists just picked the middle point and called it a day. Random and possibly no longer true.
Anyway, there is some debate now over this USDA bulletin and whether the words “in hemp” mean THC can’t be extracted from hemp because then it would no longer be in the plant. Several people have suggested that the phrase hemp-derived products covers hemp extractions even if it includes THC. It’s a new bulletin and is sure to be tested very quickly.
Singleton believes that THC derived from hemp will quickly become popular and farmers will set up extraction facilities within their states and begin shipping across state lines. “It solves McConnell’s problem. He’s got the largest plant extraction facility in the entire country. Located in Kentucky,” said Singleton, who says he’s on McConnell’s speed dial.
If hemp-derived THC is now legal and can cross state lines, it will be close to impossible for law enforcement to determine the difference between cannabis-derived THC and hemp-derived THC. This USDA bulletin could have effectively descheduled cannabis. Singleton believes Congress will be forced to act quickly to legalize cannabis since the USDA has jumped the gun.
In May, New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer introduced a bill, HR2843, in both Houses removing cannabis from the CSA and it included a social justice component. “I believe this bill will have at least 100 co-sponsors by June 15 and has the best chance to get passed,” said Singleton. “If the Safe Banking Act doesn’t get passed first, then I think this one will. I know the cannabis industry wants the States Rights Act passed, but it’s going nowhere. These have the most support.”
Indeed, no one in the cannabis industry expected the USDA to be the ones to legalize THC and it looks as if this is the next domino to fall.

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