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Marijuana and cannabis cultivation has been on the forefront of pop culture and national news for many years. With the legalization movement gaining headway in the 1990’s for medical marijuana and now recreational in the second decade of the 2000’s, we see marijuana related outlets almost every month; if not multiple times a month. Cultivation of marijuana has always been a point of contention for many lawmakers, law enforcement, and the public. It brings a great number of viewers the silver screen and the 24hr news cycle. For good and for bad.

The Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA] has been charged with the control of illegal marijuana cultivat...

1. Canna Butter

This might be your most useful recipe, seeing as you can add it to so many other everyday recipes!

Ingredients:

1/4 ounce cannabis bud (finely ground)
1/2 cup (one stick) salted butter

Instructions:

1. Melt the butter over low heat in a medium sauce pan.
2. A little at a time and stirring in between, add the ground bud to the melted butter.
3. Simmer on low heat for 45 minutes, stirring frequently (you should start to see small bubbles slowly forming on the surface).
4. Strain the butter into a container that has a tight fitting lid using a metal strainer to filter out the ground buds.
5. Press a spoon on top of the ground buds in order to release all of the canna butter from them.
6. You’re all ...

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Cannabi...