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Pot Buttered Rum. Image: High Times via Civilized.life

'Tis the season for partying - and what better time than the holidays to combine all the vices (sugar, booze, cream, and alcohol) into a tasting course of delicious, sinful beverages?

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Could Hemp Be a Lifeline for Struggling Farmers? - Cannabis News

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No holiday table is complete without a nice, big meat roast, front and center. You could grace your table with a goose with golden-brown skin, a crispy brined turkey with truffle butter, or a pile of Cornish game hens wearing edible Santa hats. Or you could make some prime rib that truly embodies the holiday spirit.

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Oakland museum's marijuana exhibit: Scholarly, fun and a little dangerous – Cannabis News

Mindy Segal at her restaurant in Chicago. Image: E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune

A top chef may soon be causing the munchies even as she satisfies them. Prominent Chicago chef Mindy Segal announced Tuesday she plans to create a line of cannabis-infused edible products for medical marijuana patients.

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What Does This Recent Milestone for Canadian Pot Companies Mean for Investors?

Turkish coffee. Image: Vouliagmeni via Wikimedia Commons

A new wave of legal-weed entrepreneurs wants to put the dope in your doppio. And the potential profits from a mashup of coffee and caffeine are, well, high.

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DEA Admits State-Level Marijuana Legalization Reduces Illegal Market Demand - Cannabis News

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While cannabis curiosity is still at odds with social stigmas, tours with Cultivating Spirits or a stay at 420-friendly Breck Haus are enlightening options to explore.

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Texas state crime labs won’t test suspected marijuana in low-level cases - Cannabis News

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Oscar Pascual ~ SFgate.com ~

 
An emerging group of modern chefs are creating bold new dishes infused with marijuana, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make it yourself.
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Las Vegas tech companies cash in on recreational marijuana use - Cannabis News

A twist on the traditional pot brownie. Photograph: Jason Wilson for the Guardian

Jason Wilson ~ theguardian.com ~

 For the fast-growing industry growing around weed, the current challenge is to make marijuana an item of ordinary middle-class consumption.

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New California bill would allow Cannabis catering

Cannabis-infused salmon. Image: Chris Crowley via Grubstreet.com

Chris Crowley ~  Grubstreet.com ~

 This THC-infused salmon is what happens when edibles meet appetizing.

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Pot Industry in California Hit by Wildfires - Cannabis News

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Kathleen Willcox ~ VinePair.com ~

There’s been a lot of buzz about pot and wine recently.

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Cannabis-based smoothies coming to metro Dallas, Texas

Brad Ervin (left) and Melete Finch, co-owners of Hippie Butter, and Steve Rash, chief executive of North American Cannabis Holdings. Image:  Ben Torres/Special Contributor
Kristen TaketaDallas Morning News ~

FRISCO — Ah, the energizing power of a smoothie packed with blueberries, bananas, yogurt and ... cannabis?

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UFC announces it will no longer punish fighters for positive cannabis tests

Chef Coreen Carroll, right, and fiance Ryan Bush host their Canaisseur series dinner pop-up, which pairs gourmet courses with marijuana. Photo by Albert Law. www.porkbellystudio.com
 
At chef Coreen Carroll’s latest pop-up dinner series, people may ask you to “pass the weed,” and no one will think it’s strange.
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Maine’s ‘first and only cannabis business park’ growing in Auburn - Cannabis News

Hashman Infused marijuana chocolate bars are hand-crafted by a classically trained artisan chocolatier. Photo: Salvador Ingram
Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
 
Industry experts are watching carefully as more people ingest, rather than smoke,  their cannabis.
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