The cannabis gods have been good to California. For decades, the Golden State has been a hub for good-quality weed grown in mass quantities. Apparently, there’s so much marijuana that has been cultivated over the past several years on the West Coast that its residents can’t even come close to consuming the glut of product […]
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Garden Of Weedin’: Man Rents Out Space In Backyard For Cannabis Grows
Tom McDade never set out to be a part of the sharing economy. About four years ago, the 31-year-old plumber grew six majestic marijuana plants in his Northern California backyard. It was the first time he’d grown that many pot plants, and it was the maximum number his medical marijuana card legally allowed in his […]
A Personal History Of Where Music Meets Marijuana
My parents didn’t care much for the kid across the street. Tony was poor and he didn’t go to church and his family was broken. Tony was also slingin’ weed at 12 years old, and he always had the latest Vans high-tops and a quick comeback for the older kids — you could never catch […]
Baltimore Attorney: Jail For Cannabis Possession An ‘Ongoing Moral Failure’
Marilyn Mosby, state’s attorney for Baltimore, has had enough of processing dime-bag infractions for cannabis possession — a large percentage of which tend to be violations against people of color. As of this year, Mosby says her office will no longer prosecute for such harmless offenses. In fact, regardless of the weight of weed a […]
Kiwi ISIS Defector, In Jail For Twitter Gaffe, Wants To Open Cannabusiness
If you’ve ever wondered how a person might get kicked out of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), New Zealander Mark Taylor just created the playbook for how to do just that with gusto. First, you accidentally geotag a social media post while you’re tucked away in a concealed terrorist rubble pile in […]
Short Sellers Betting Against Cannabis Get Pummeled In The Financial Markets
Cannabis is off to a roaring start in 2019, after the legal US weed industry reportedly swelled to a whopping $10 billion in capital investment last year, and has thus far created more than 211,000 full-time cannabis-centric jobs. The financial markets as they relate to cannabis are now so substantial that single-day fluctuations can mean […]
Colombia Loosens Export Regulations, Gains Health Canada Authorization For Scientific Research
Latin America continues to develop as a potential font of legal cannabis supply globally, with the recent announcement of an exportation agreement between Colombia and Canada. Positioned to produce and export large-scale, low-cost cannabis, Colombia could very well become one of the largest providers of medicinal cannabis to the world. It is the first such […]
Minor Possession Charges Still Disrupting Lives — Sometimes 50 Years Later
Federal cannabis prohibition in the United States received another well-deserved bit of shade in January, as California Senator Kamala Harris — who recently announced her intentions to run for president in 2020 — came out strong in support of cannabis legalization. She also stressed the need to erase nonviolent pot-possession infractions from the criminal records […]