Ben Hartman

Ben Hartman is a journalist with expertise in all things cannabis, organized crime families, refugees, and everything in between. Originally from Austin, he has reported across the Middle East and is the senior cannabis correspondent at The Cannigma.

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How to make Weez-Its, or weed Cheez-Its

Everyone has their favorite cracker, snack food, or relative, but there are few who can resist Cheez-Its. These rectangular, baked...

Apr 12, 2022
4 min
Cannabis caramels recipe

Call it care-a-mel, care-mel, or car-mel - the only thing that really matters is if you have a sweet tooth...

Apr 10, 2022
5 min
How to make cannabis bread

The past year may have led you to believe otherwise, but you actually don’t need a pandemic to get into...

Apr 9, 2022
4 min
News
This mother saved 2 of her children with medical cannabis

Medical cannabis use for children can be a sensitive topic for even the most vocal cannabis activists. Approaching the topic...

Dec 19, 2021
5 min
News
Is Reddit the most pro-cannabis social media space?

Reddit isn’t all trolls and memes, although that’s a significant portion of the traffic. It’s no surprise then that the...

Nov 14, 2021
4 min
Recipes
What is lecithin and why is it in your edibles?

Cannabis edibles have progressed beyond basic “pot brownies” and now come in all sorts of flavors and tastes and most...

Nov 11, 2021
6 min
News
Women more likely to substitute prescription drugs for cannabis, survey says

Women are more likely to use cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs, according to the findings of a new...

Nov 2, 2021
4 min
News
Scientists weren’t able to kill monkeys with excessive amounts of THC. Here’s why this matters

The good news first - if you were for whatever reason to give a rhesus monkey a “massive” dose of...

Oct 27, 2021
6 min
History
Weed slang – the most common nicknames for cannabis

After about a century of prohibition, and even longer spent as a subculture of its own on every continent on...

Oct 27, 2021
9 min
How to
How to make and use a water bottle bong

A cannabis fan with some great herb can be truly ingenious when backed into a corner with no bong, pipe,...

Oct 26, 2021
6 min