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KONOPEX 2026: Legal Change, Cultural Shift, and a Long Overdue Moment
KONOPEX 2026: Legal Change, Cultural Shift, and a Long Overdue Moment Article

KONOPEX 2026: Legal Change, Cultural Shift, and a Long Overdue Moment

By: RootSource Media, April 2026 marks a real turning point for cannabis in Czechia. For the first time, people can legally cultivate and process cannabis under national law. That change alone makes the 9th edition of KONOPEX something different than what came before. From April 24 to 26, the Trojhalí Karolina complex in central Ostrava will host an event shaped…
Morris Beegle
February 9, 2026
Researchers ‘surprised’ by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40
Researchers ‘surprised’ by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40 Article

Researchers ‘surprised’ by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40

A new study is challenging long-held assumptions about cannabis, finding that middle-aged and older adults who use the drug may actually see some brain and cognitive benefits. The twist comes as cannabis use is climbing among older Americans. Research shows that nearly 1 in 5 people ages 50 to 64 reported using marijuana in the past year, along with 5.9% of those 65 and…
Morris Beegle
February 8, 2026
Refer Madness Returns
Refer Madness Returns Article

Refer Madness Returns

When federal policy is written by people who think hemp is the boogeyman… this is what we get. We are about to regulate hemp back into prohibition. I’m not opposed to regulation. I’m opposed to unrealistic and vague regulation.
Morris Beegle
February 3, 2026
Renewabuild Revives Interlocking Hemp Block with Canada, US Factories
Renewabuild Revives Interlocking Hemp Block with Canada, US Factories Article

Renewabuild Revives Interlocking Hemp Block with Canada, US Factories

Ten years after the invention of a "Lego-style" interlocking hempcrete block captured the imagination of the hemp building world, the technology is making a comeback under a new name and a revamped business model. Renewabuild, a sustainable building company based in Surrey, BC, has built a facility licensing the intellectual property of Canadian company Just BioFiber (JBF). The company’s facility…
Morris Beegle
February 2, 2026
American Hemp Farmer: Doug Fine, Hemp, and a Film That Took the Long Way Around
American Hemp Farmer: Doug Fine, Hemp, and a Film That Took the Long Way Around Article

American Hemp Farmer: Doug Fine, Hemp, and a Film That Took the Long Way Around

By: RootSource Media, Some films feel like they were assembled in a conference room. Others feel like they were grown outdoors, slowly, with a few rough edges left on purpose. American Hemp Farmer is very clearly the second kind. After years of filming in out-of-the-way hemp fields, revisiting old agricultural traditions, and sticking with a story that never fit neatly…
Morris Beegle
January 27, 2026