In states where weed is almost but not quite legal, or about to become legal, there’s a usual flurry of legislative measures intended to lessen the overall legal framework that likely grew out of the War on Drugs. Search...
Although legal cannabis in California has largely been a success, there has been a downside with black market shops and products. The state has struggled to keep a lid on counterfeit products in the past, and even unlicensed dispensaries...
Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t laughing over the use of his Borat character in a billboard promoting a dispensary in Massachusetts. He’s suing the dispensary for nine million dollars, a huge amount of money for a dispensary -- but not...
The TV show Breaking Bad was a cultural phenomenon, with a taut storyline and outstanding characters. The show was so compelling it had a spinoff, Better Call Saul, and now a follow-up film that serves as an epilogue to...
A proposal to legalize marijuana statewide in California got a major shot of cash in January, just hours after officials cleared the effort to begin gathering voter signatures.
Tech billionaire Sean Parker, best known as the founder of Napster and...
If one group did more than any other to create the legal marijuana industry, it was without a doubt the people behind the black market that came before it: ordinary, everyday drug dealers. But now, many of these people...
America’s harmful War On Drugs didn’t just damage communities by throwing people in jail for long sentences due to low-level drug crimes, it weakened trust between law enforcement and communities. That is, if there had been a good relationship...
Aging populations around the world are getting older as life expectancy has grown in the last 50 years. Although that curve has flattened somewhat, senior citizens are increasingly looking at ways to enhance their lives as they age. It’s...
You may have heard of freezing your weed before, in the context of keeping it fresh. Well, don’t do that. Freezing breaks off the trichomes, those tasty THC crystals on cured buds. Freezing also slows down decarboxylation, which can...
Medical marijuana in America is a relatively new thing. At its very oldest, it dates back no further than the 1970s, when the federal government launched an experimental program to give a short list of patients lifetime access to...
