After finding the grave of Army Sgt. Robert McPhelan in the paupers' section of a Kansas cemetery, family and organizers will re-inter his remains at a national cemetery.
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If you ve ever eaten hemp seeds, worn a hemp bracelet, or used body care products with hemp as an ingredient, you might find it hard to believe that cannabis s non-intoxicating cousin was t legal in the U.S. until 2018, when lawmakers finally made hemp legal as part of the 2018 Farm Bill after more than 80 years of prohibition. Prior to hemp s legalization, and because of arcane FDA rules about the harmless crop, US farmers were not allowed to grow it on US soil.
Prior to 2018, some parts of the hemp plant, primarily textile made from hemp fiber and seeds from the aerial parts of the plant, could be imported to the US as long as the product contained less than 0.3% THC. This shortsightedness turned out to be a big financial loss for US markets since prohibition on hemp didn t discourage consumers from seeking it out.
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If you ve seen the term “OG” pop up in online media or social feeds, I won t blame you if you have only a vague idea of what it means. Most of the time, it seems like an internet slang term that could refer to anything and everything. Urban dictionary s top definition says it used to mean “original gangster” but is now used as a shorthand for “original.” A quick Twitter search for #OG ran the gamut from workout goals to happy birthday wishes to pictures of adorable dogs in winter sweaters. So, what the hell does OG
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About 85 miles north of San Francisco, the Emerald Triangle comprising three counties Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity hugs the Pacific coast as it expands northward to Oregon. The Triangle hosts some of the finest cannabis growing conditions in the world, thereby producing some of the world s best and most robust herb, with many plants reportedly growing up to 15 feet tall and producing epic yields. In no small part, this is because of the area s exceptional microclimate, balance of rain and sun, and weather that is neither too hot nor too cold.