“Just as efficient and on time they are when taking you to court and getting you locked up and taking you to the bullpen, it should be [that way] on the other side, too.” By Kaitlin Bender-Thomas, Capital News Illinois For Illinoisan Roosevelt Myles, a marijuana conviction from the 1980s became part of a criminal…
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“The referendum effort is about putting profits from unregulated intoxicating hemp and gas station weed sales above people.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans for Cannabis Choice can start collecting signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to block a law that will change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products. But…
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How speculative finance and distorted incentives hollowed out American weed. On a sunny afternoon in Santa Monica in the spring of 2018, I sat on a hotel patio with the owners of two up-and-coming cannabis businesses: one a popular low-cost brand and the other a NorCal farming co-op. I had an all-cash offer from investors…
Now 71, Chicago-born Jim Belushi is having a moment with roles in two current films – Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water, in which he plays counterculture legend Ken Kesey, and the pop musical, Song Sung Blue, co-starring Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman. Before Belushi moved to Oregon and launched his cannabis company Belushi’s Farm…
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Stoners Died Less from Covid According to Report When the world screeched to a halt in early 2020, many of us found ourselves locked down, stressed out, and reaching for comfort wherever we could find it. For a growing number of people, that comfort came in the form of a joint, bong, or edible. As…
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is teaming up with an anti-marijuana group to promote a public service announcement contest pegged to 4/20, inviting high school students to submit videos about why the use of cannabis “is harmful for the developing brain, mental health, and your life!” “The contest is an opportunity for high schools to…
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It wasn’t a cannabis competition. It wasn’t a weed expo. It was a traditional, old-school horticulture trade fair. Think geraniums, tomatoes, ornamental breeding programs, and irrigation systems. And still, a cannabis plant came out on top. At this year’s edition of IPM Essen, the world’s leading horticulture trade show held annually in Germany, a strain…
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Cannabis has been moving through that underground-to-icon pipeline for decades. So when Patricia Field’s universe collides with a hemp-derived THC beverage on the eve of New York Fashion Week, it doesn’t feel provocative. It feels right on time. This is, after all, the same creative force behind Sex and the City and The Devil Wears…
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Tegridy Farms turned South Park’s most unpredictable character into a one-note caricature, mirroring how cannabis capitalism hollowed out something that once felt alive. There’s a popular Toy Story meme on the internet where Andy, in a moment of self-improvement, drops Woody because he’s done, he’s served his purpose, and, because that’s life, he makes room…
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Smoking cannabis will always involve some level of inhaling combustion byproducts, but the type of pipe you use can significantly influence how harsh or contaminated that smoke is. Choosing the right weed pipe can help reduce irritation, cool the smoke, and filter out some unwanted particles—leading to a smoother and potentially healthier experience. Below are…
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