We are closer than ever to cannabis reform on a federal level. But the evolution of federal marijuana law has been a long and strange trip.
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first attempt at federal...
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....
Who doesn’t love a prank? Well, the victims, usually. But isn’t that kind of the point? Pranks bring us all down to the same level, remind us that everyone will fall for something.
Stoners make especially good pranksters – and...
It's one of the most popular claims about marijuana, and it's used almost exclusively to scare people from trying it. Cannabis, the story goes, is far stronger these days than it used to be - dangerously strong.
But is there...
Most tokers know and agree that baked driving is not a good idea. Your reaction times and motor skills when stoned are not at their sharpest, and this is far from ideal when operating a heavy lump of metal...
For too long, “drugs and alcohol” were more than neighbors in a phrase; they were taken as equals. Drugs were addictive, alcohol was addictive, and the two were essentially equal in that regard. For some, you’re just as likely...
You live cannabis. You breathe cannabis. You know everything there is to know about cannabis, from seed to smoke. But sometimes even chronic stoners get it wrong. And rookies – well, there’s a reason they call them rookies.
That’s why...
In every state there are laws about driving while impaired. In most of these laws, there are specific criteria for what it means to be “inebriated,” and that’s typically measured with blood alcohol content -- the amount of alcohol...
There’s a notion that if you want to be discrete, just don’t draw attention to yourself. We see this in movies when the hero dresses up as a repair person and infiltrates a secure location by looking as though...
During the riot in Washington D.C. on January 6, a huge number of participants took selfies and posted them on social media. This has made the job of the FBI just a little bit easier, as the agency has...
