Southern Illinois University Carbondale is scheduled to host the Southern Illinois Hemp/Cannabis Symposium March 20. This year’s event will be held virtually. The registration deadline has been extended to March 18 and participants can sign up online here. This symposium … Continue reading →
Bedford Grow established an endowed scholarship with an $85,000 donation to the Moraine Valley Community College Foundation. The Bedford Grow Lou Dineff Memorial Scholarship will support five annual $1,000 scholarships for students enrolled in the college’s Cannabis Retail Specialist Program. … Continue reading →
Mindy Segal always fantasized about being a chef. When she was a child, long before the Food Network existed, she and her brother managed imaginary restaurants and invented their own television culinary show. They often pretended they had the privilege … Continue reading →
Now that it’s legal to bring a joint to the party, stop smoking weed the same way your ex-boyfriend does. Instead, dodge those blackened fingernails, sticky backsides of lighters and goopy, resin-stuffed smoking pieces, and let me show you how … Continue reading →
Last March when the pandemic hit the economy, the artist AJ was not able to work her full-time job, so she adapted. AJ turned to selling resin art and freelancing under the business name Sticks and Stonerz Shop, which sells … Continue reading →
Mariah Isbell-Becerra, also known as the artist Mars, grew up surrounded by art in many forms. Her grandma is a painter, a couple of her uncles work with pen, and her father was in cosmetology. Art was always something that … Continue reading →
When dispensary licensing stalled last year, many applicants and entrepreneurs had to adapt or dissolve. For The Doobie Room dispensary applicants, the adaption started when one of them had the idea to start a podcast, as an extension of The … Continue reading →
“All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy,” said former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power. Podcast host Mr. Cannabis Sativa, aka Dan Scotland, founded I am Cannabis Sativa Podcast as a peer oriented space … Continue reading →
Illinois News Joint (ILNJ) is pleased to announce that Feedspot has debuted ILNJ at #56 on the Top 100 Medical Cannabis Blogs on the internet. Feedspot, which allows readers access to all their favorite blogs and websites in one place, … Continue reading →
