Once upon a time movies featuring characters getting high were relegated to “novelty acts” like Cheech and Chong or were presented as cautionary tales, like the infamous Reefer Madness. As prohibition has started to melt away, so...
Most people might not think about illegal growing operations in states where cannabis is legal. In California, which has had some form of legal weed for decades, law enforcement routinely arrests illegal commercial growing operators and seizes their apparatus....
It was long assumed that marijuana and gambling addictions go together poorly. This made sense at a surface level, since people who are hooked on one addictive substance or behavior are typically counseled to avoid all others.
Modern science has...
As Borat would say, “Great success.” In a new survey by YouGov, folks living in nine of 11 states with legal adult-use cannabis see the end of prohibition as a success of the highest order.
The survey was conducted between...
The U.S. has been incrementally legalizing cannabis now, on a state-by-state basis. Something that’s been a bit of a hot potato, however, is home cultivation. Alaska was famous for allowing cultivation of a few plants for years before the...
If you watch any type of 420-friendly TV, odds are you’re all too familiar with the lazy stoner stereotype trope. But one question remains: is it actually an accurate stereotype? New research has found that the answer is probably...
Now that weed is legal in four states, with more to come, the smell of it is growing thick in the air. Walk down any street in Denver, Portland, or San Francisco and you're likely to walk through a...
The list of diseases and health disorders that respond to marijuana as medicine is almost endless. From nausea and pain to glaucoma and epilepsy, dozens of conditions can be treated with the drug.
Most of these uses probably seem very...
A staple of news has long been the “dumb criminal” -- people who are dumber than your average crook. There’s also a notion called, “hiding in plain sight.” When these two concepts combine, you get a Florida...
Let’s talk terpenes. You know about cannabinoids, like THC and CBD, but terpenes are hydrocarbons found in many plants (mostly conifers) and some insects. If you’re familiar with essential oils, you’re familiar with terpenes. Fun fact: Vitamin...
