Is Maine The Next Stoner State?

Marijuana usage continues to grow as more states legalize the drug for medical purposes. While California dispensaries are structured as part of nonprofit consortium, Colorado “pharmacies” fight to make profits in a system that has legalized it as a business, though hampered by much red tape. The latest state working on opening medical marijuana dispensaries [...]

The Doobage Degree: Pot School

Mom and Dad, when I grow up, I want to go to school to learn how to run a grow house. Apparently this is now an option, and it brings a smile to my face. According to a recent press release, Greenway University, a “medical marijuana business school in compliance and education,” has received state [...]

The Relaxing Soda: Where Soda Meets Supplement

At 27, Matt Moody is shunning the corporate existence and instead tackling distribution without a middle man. The young Colorado-based entrepreneur moved out west from his native Kansas to work for supplement maker Corr-Jensen. After creating supplements and learning about the business, he started fundraising from friends and family and created what he named Mary [...]

Non-Dairy Probiotics

The man behind Silk soymilk is entering the probiotic sector through his new company, NextFoods. Where else would Steve Demos make his base—no, not California, but Boulder, Colorado. NextFoods is a new venture whose main product, at present, is Good Belly, a vegan, wheat-free and soy-free drink meant for daily use to promote probiotics, or [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of November 16

Sony Encourages Television Recycling To encourage the recycling of electronic products, Sony Style has launched its ‘Green Glove’ service, which offers consumers the option of having their old televisions hauled away and recycled when purchasing a new 32-inch diagonal or larger Sony BRAVIA LCD television. The service is part of the Sony Take Back Recycling [...]

Long-Term Hangover Helper Supplement + Energy Drink = Healthy Wakeup Call What:Milk Thistle is making its way from the supplement shelves to the refrigerators of health food stores.

The Dirt:Gatorade, greasy breakfast food and Pedialyte. These are among the most talked about hangover helpers but all three are about to get shoved to the side with the increasingly popular supplement milk thistle. According to the U.S government website Medline, milk thistle is a plant found in the Mediterranean region whose main ingredient, silybinin, [...]

American News August 25

Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. The Democratic National Convention, this year in Denver, Colorado, will run from Monday August 25 through Thursday August 28. Speakers include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, John Kerry, Jay Rockefeller, and NARAL President Nancy Keenan, among [...]

A Sweet Soul

Spotted: Hell’s Kitchen, NYC Name: Katumba (Means “Warrior of the Mind” loosely translated in Swahili) Age: 29 Hometown: Denver, Colorado Current ‘hood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn First language: English Other languages: Japanese, Spanish Job: Bartender, producer–music and scores Ethnicity: Part Cherokee, African, European and Indian. Religion: None. Favorite Nut: Pistachio and cashew On your iPod now: The [...]