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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Three years after legalization, what’s the state of the cannabis industry in Canada?

For more than three years, Canada has had the sort of nationwide legal cannabis that people in the US can...

Oct 25, 2021
8 min
How to
Cannabis on a budget: 10 tips for making your weed last longer

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of having an abundance of great weed all the time. You ditch the pipe...

Oct 25, 2021
7 min
News
Celebrity cannabis brands: what’s the buzz all about?

Clint Eastwood and Justin Beiber both made headlines in and around the cannabis industry earlier this month, but for radically...

Oct 25, 2021
11 min
Regulation
Is weed legal in Switzerland?

Medical: legalRecreational: decriminalized In 2012, Switzerland decriminalized the possession of marijuana, and since October 1, 2013, the possession of up...

Oct 20, 2021
3 min
Regulation
Is weed legal in Norway?

Medical: LegalRecreational: Decriminalized Norway has not legalized recreational cannabis but typically possession of less than 15 grams is punished with...

Oct 20, 2021
3 min
Physiology
Mixing weed and alcohol: the good, the bad and the ugly

Taken responsibly, both alcohol and cannabis can be a great time. But what about when you mix the two? Drinking...

Oct 19, 2021
9 min
News
What makes a great cannabis strain?

Having an abundance of very potent cannabis at your fingertips is a great problem to have, but are we missing...

Oct 18, 2021
8 min
Recipes
How to make cannabis cocktails

Yield: Each recipe below makes a single cannabis cocktail. The cannabis infusion recipe makes a single 750ml bottle of cannabis-infused...

Oct 17, 2021
5 min
Regulation
Is weed legal in India?

Medical: illegal Recreational: illegal In the world history of cannabis, few countries appear as prominently as India. Cannabis use is mentioned...

Oct 14, 2021
5 min
Regulation
Is weed legal in Sweden?

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal Recreational marijuana is illegal in Sweden, where strict, even “repressive” drug policies belie the country’s progressive...

Oct 14, 2021
3 min