We’ve added some long-overdue classic strains as well as sativa entries for this weekend’s Los Angeles Cannabis Cup.

This Medical Minute looks at emerging cannabis studies in mental illness and touches on a few other developments made in the past few weeks.

Some of the best cannabis strains we enjoy today migrated from the growers and seed banks of Canada. Here are some of Leafly’s newcomers:

An update from the Liquor Control Board gives hope for recreational extracts in Washington state.

Given this strain’s celebrity status among marijuana varieties, we’ve decided to dive deeper into Blue Dream’s story to learn why it has become so prevalent.

Here are a few high-CBD cannabis strains from the Israeli cannabis supplier Tikun Olam that we recently added to the Leafly Explorer.

Cannabis is instilling fear in the wallets of alcohol and pharmaceutical industries. It’s becoming the latest and greatest thing for patients of all stripes and colors.

This brief look at cannabis chemistry provides a basic knowledge of how marijuana affects the body via cannabinoids, compounds which provide relief to an array of symptoms.

Here’s a rundown of six cannabis strains we added recently. If you’ve tried any of them, leave a review on their strain details pages!

2013 brought great strides in cannabis science and drug policy, and more optimistic research continues to roll in. We can only eagerly imagine what 2014 has in store!