Culture & Society
Cannabis in global culture, lifestyle, music, art, and its impact on social movements
Every You down in You-ville liked Dankmas a lot, But the Greench, who lived north of You-ville, did NOT! The Greench hated Dankmas! The whole Dankmas season! Now, please don’t ask why. There were plenty of reasons. It could be his head wasn’t screwed on quite right. It could be, perhaps, that his wallet was…
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A Democratic senator has filed a bill aimed at laying the groundwork for federal marijuana legalization. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced the legislation—titled the Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult-Use Regulated Environment Act (PREPARE) Act—on Thursday. The measure would direct the attorney general to create a commission charged with making recommendations on a regulatory…
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Federally funded survey data compiled by the University of Michigan reports that teen marijuana use has declined significantly since states began regulating adult-use cannabis markets and is now at or near historic lows. Consistent with numerous other federally sponsored surveys, teens’ use of cannabis has steadily declined since 2012 — when voters in Colorado and…
Federally Funded Survey: Teen Marijuana Use Continues Historic Decline Federally Read More »
Teen marijuana use “remained stable” this year even as more states have enacted legalization, according to an annual federally funded survey The Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey—supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and conducted every year for decades by the University of Michigan—examines substance use trends among 8th, 10th and 12th grade…
Teen Marijuana Use ‘Remained Stable’ As Legalization Expands, Federal Health Read More »
Lawmakers push for more marijuana reform; MA anti-cannabis ballot signatures; NJ psilocybin vote; Poll: Americans use marijuana for holiday stress Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… BREAKING: Journalism…
Locked In, Looking Out They passed around the pencils and asked a simple question: Who do you look up to, and why?A System That Misreads SurvivalEscaping the Loop I was a “stoner” locked up in juvenile hall at the time for violating probation. Young, angry, sharp-eyed, tired of being told to respect systems that never…
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Is CBD The Miracle Drug We’ve Been Needing For Anxiety? Anxiety remains to be one of the most common mental health disorders globally, with hundreds of millions of people suffering from this condition in various degrees. It is also among the most difficult conditions to treat, but not because it’s a mysterious disorder:…
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If you’ve ever torched a bowl with a regular lighter, you may have accidentally cooked off half the terpenes before you even had the chance to enjoy them. It happens so fast. One second, you’re aiming for a smooth inhale and the next your strain tastes like a campfire. Most of us have used the…
How Clean Torch Is Redefining the Way We Smoke Read More »
A federal number changed. Prohibition did not. This is a nothing burger.A new number, same prohibition For a moment, it sounded historic. Cannabis was “rescheduled.” A president signed an executive order. Headlines declared a federal shift. Markets reacted. Politicians took victory laps. Then the dust settled. What remains looks a lot like what people used…
Rescheduling Is A Bread Sandwich: Same Law, Better PR Read More »
Editor’s Note: High Times has long supported the removal of cannabis from Schedule I and ultimately federal descheduling. The following guest column reflects the legal analysis of the author and examines what current rescheduling efforts do (and do not) mean for today’s cannabis operators. By Jason W. Klimek, partner and cannabis industry team co-leader at…
Cannabis Rescheduling: What the Executive Order Doesn’t Do — and Read More »
