Restaurant workers comprise a good portion of the millions who have filed for unemployment since COVID-19 shut down entire swaths of the U.S. economy. It also looks like an unsure future as to when, exactly, that sector of the...
Carl Sagan - The High Astronomer
Carl Sagan, the near-celebrity of astronomy and physics, was one of the most brilliant thinkers of the 20th century. Sagan died in 1996, but his work in various science fields and communication are still...
The legal marijuana industry in America is less than two decades old, yet it’s already producing hundreds of millions of dollars in product each year and building a national network of entrepreneurs, regulators, and customers.
The market is poised to...
A consequence of cannabis being illegal at the Federal level is that jobs involving the Feds will involve scrutiny of one’s past drug history. For some, cannabis use has precluded a life in the military, with policies punishing troops...
Snoop Dogg is many things. He's a rap impresario and a foundational figure in modern hip-hop. He's a not-all-that-terrible actor. He knows how to play his public image to maximum effect. And damn is the dude a pothead.
No one...
The political pendulum is decidedly swinging in favor of marijuana legalization. Four states and the District of Columbia now allow legal weed while another 33 permit medical cannabis.
But plenty of folks still aren't on board the reform train. They...
It has become the modern-day bogeyman of marijuana reform: "Big Weed." This is the label attached to a perceived threat posed by large corporations that want a share of the legal cannabis market.
The worry is that these companies will...
Opponents of marijuana reform like to toss out arguments, few with merit, to explain why it makes sense to prohibit a popular drug after nearly a century of failing to do just that.
One of the most popular is also...
The retail marijuana industry already has Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson. Is Rihanna joining the club?
Well, actually, no. Despite what you may have read recently, there is little chance the 27-year-old hip hop icon will be peddling her own...
Could hemp counteract COVID? Since the pandemic kicked off, disposable PPE, including face masks, are now a daily essential, and used ones are piling up as a gross little by-product of recent world events. A company in France is...
