Despite the numerous studies backing up the significant mental and physical benefits of marijuana, prohibitionists still continue to fuel the fear-mongering factory with clickbaity articles and content, which claim that cannabis causes mental illness. Weed causes psychosis and schizophrenia, they claim. If it sounds familiar, that’s because the rhetoric is similar to those…
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“Our members are asking this committee to assist our industry in creating market stability and thoughtful and collaborative industry planning moving forward.” By Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance Nearly two weeks after Michigan lawmakers took up legislation instituting a 24 percent tax on wholesale marijuana, members of the Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee heard testimony on multiple…
Michigan Senators Weigh Marijuana Regulatory Reform Bills To Aid Industry Read More »
I’m in a bus on the Thika Super Highway, headed to Juja. It’s dark outside, but I leave my window open, loving how the wind feels against my face. My brother and I had a quick sesh before I left for home, and the THC is just now kicking in. Gengetone music is blasting from…
Kenya’s Music & Art Scene Keep Cannabis Culture Thriving Despite Read More »
Pennsylvania lawmakers are scheduled to consider a bipartisan bill next week that would create a new regulatory body to oversee the state’s existing medical cannabis program while preparing to eventually handle the adult-use market as well. About three months after the legislation was filed by Sen. Dan Laughlin (R) and 16 other members from across…
Pennsylvania Senators Will Vote On Bipartisan Cannabis Bill To Create Read More »
Police in Ocean City, Maryland say they received an “overwhelming” number people who want to volunteer to smoke marijuana and drive a vehicle in a controlled setting for DUI recognition training purposes—with the added promise of a free lunch for participants. Just seven hours after the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) posted on Facebook that…
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The head of Massachusetts’s marijuana regulatory agency has suggested that a pair of proposed ballot initiatives to effectively recriminalize recreational cannabis sales could imperil tax revenue that’s being used to support substance misuse treatment efforts and other public programs. Travis Ahern, executive director of the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), said in a recent interview with…
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Legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational purposes is “significantly associated with reduced opioid use among patients diagnosed with cancer,” according to a new federally funded study published by the American Medical Association (AMA). Examining prescription drug claims data from an average of more than 3 million patients annually from 2007 to 2020, the researchers found…
Legalizing Marijuana Helps Cancer Patients Reduce Opioid Use, Federally Funded Read More »
New York City’s three major mayoral candidates got something of a curveball question during an otherwise contentious debate on Thursday, with each of the contenders asked whether they’ve “ever purchased anything in a cannabis shop.” Democratic mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa affirmed that they have bought marijuana at licensed shops. Former…
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Jason Gellman remembers when farmers in his hometown of Garberville could sell a pound of their Humboldt County cannabis for $5,000. That was back around 1990, when the California county known for growing the best weed on planet Earth served most of the American West and large swaths of the entire country.In just five years,…
Lifelong Humboldt County Cultivator Goes Global to Fight Cratering Prices Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – DOVER, Del., Oct. 16, 2025 – The Delaware Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement (DATE) is alerting the public to a fraudulent marijuana operation targeting University of Delaware students and Newark residents. DATE has received reports of counterfeit business cards and flyers being distributed in the Newark area. These materials falsely claim to represent Fresh…
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