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The DEA’s War on Progress: How an Agency Designed to

It’s a familiar story by now – well-intentioned researchers submit applications to study cannabis, politicians make promises about reform, and years later, nothing has changed. The latest chapter in this saga features MMJ International Holdings, whose CEO Duane Boise recently declared “This is insanity” after years of bureaucratic obstruction. And he’s right. The Drug Enforcement…

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Can Weed Mend a Broken Heart? A High Times Survival

There really isn’t much of a recipe for a broken heart. We all find our own tools, our own strategies, on a path that’s rarely straightforward… or easy. “Heartbreak is a life experience that you have to go through, no matter what,” says Florencia Alcaráz, journalist and columnist for ElDiario.ar, whose ongoing work about relationships,…

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Death Row for Gummies: The Countries That Will Execute You

Jarred Shaw is a 35-year-old American basketball player who helped his team win Indonesia’s 2023 Basketball League championship. He’s also a Texan with Crohn’s disease—a chronic inflammatory bowel condition that causes debilitating pain and has no cure. Like many Crohn’s patients who’ve exhausted conventional treatments, Shaw found relief through cannabis. Specifically, he used cannabis gummies…

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Ohio Cannabis Dispensary Workers Go on Strike at Herbal Wellness

[PRESS RELEASE] – COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2025 – Cannabis dispensary workers have been forced to go on strike at Herbal Wellness Center in Columbus to protest the company’s unfair labor practices (ULPs) and secure a fair contract.“There’s no reason the employer can’t provide these workers with what they’re demanding – annual wage increases, seniority,…

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Fear & Loathing at the VA Pharmacy

When I hit U.S. soil after playing soldier in Germany and tasting Baghdad’s dust in 2005, I came back with souvenirs: two ticking time bombs called pharmaceuticals and alcohol.  They were courteous at first—pills like little government pamphlets suggesting calm, booze like a smiling grenade—and then suddenly you’re forgetting how to breathe between doctor appointments.…

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High Times Strains Of The Month: October 2025

The Strains of the Month for October features a plethora of heaters we’re sure our readers will enjoy. This lineup showcases some of the latest and greatest strains to hit the recreational market this fall. There are also a few award winners who have taken top honors at contests all over the country. This lineup…

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More Than 200,000 People Were Arrested For Marijuana In The

Nearly 188,000 people were arrested over marijuana possession in the U.S. last year, according to the FBI’s latest annual crime report, and another 16,000 were booked for allegedly selling or growing cannabis. However, those figures are likely understated given inconsistencies in the federal data and questions about the agency’s methodology. The full 2024 data set…

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FBI: Marijuana Possession Arrests Comprised Over 20% of All Drug-Related

State and local law enforcement made nearly 190,000 marijuana possession-related arrests in 2024 — comprising more than 22 percent of all drug arrests nationwide, according to data compiled by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and posted on its Crime Data Explorer website. According to the database, police made at least 204,036 arrests for marijuana-related…

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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Leads To ‘Significant Reductions’ In Opioid Prescriptions,

Medical marijuana legalization is “associated with significant reductions in opioid prescribing,” yet another new study has found. Researchers at the University of Georgia and University of Colorado analyzed prescription claims for 15 to 20 million insured Americans annually from 2007-2020, comparing the prevalence of opioid prescriptions in states with and without medical cannabis programs in…

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Top Marijuana Advocacy Group Urges Collaboration With Industry Amid Rise

A leading marijuana reform advocacy organization is circulating an open letter to the cannabis industry, stressing that the two pillars of the community “need each other” at a time when a “resurgent and well-funded neo-prohibitionist movement” is on the rise.  “Neither industry nor advocacy will succeed alone,” the letter from Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) Executive…

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