Humboldt County is located in the Emerald Triangle, Northern California’s famed marijuana mecca. Many tons of cannabis, grown mostly outdoors, have been produced there since the 1970s. The region boasts wilderness, mountains, rivers and dense forests, with miles of rugged coastline pounded by crashing Pacific Ocean waves. It’s also as large as some countries — […]
It should come as no surprise that the first European grow shop — a store that sells everything a cannabis grower needs — cropped up in the Netherlands. The year was 1985 and the proprietor was none other than Wernard “The Potfather” Bruining, who opened Amsterdam’s first coffee shop, Mellow Yellow, in 1972. Bruining called […]
It was only a few short years ago that going to a cannabis dispensary was a little like a clandestine visit to a loved one in prison. The windows were barred and it was a case of your name’s not down, you’re not gettin’ in. Not to mention the scary security guards on duty and […]
Despite being at the helm of a relatively progressive state with a large population and an even larger marijuana black market, recently re-elected New York Governor Andrew Cuomo remained steadfast in opposing recreational cannabis — until he was challenged directly by a rival candidate in the 2018 primary. The marked flip in Cuomo’s progressivism crested […]
An NFL game illuminates a big-screen television on the wall and swing music plays from ceiling speakers, as more than a dozen people enjoy slices of steaming-hot pizza from a next-door restaurant. Fans of both the LA Rams and Kansas City Chiefs gather around the TV for kickoff, while others in the cozy indoor facility […]
As Earth continues the process of expelling the parasite that is humanity through an increasingly hostile climate and natural catastrophes, we bipedal machines of destruction are looking to the stars for a haven. If the past 50 years of sci-fi literature and recent glut of space-pointed TV and movies are any indication, we’ll be exploring […]
Once upon a time, Canada’s black market and Northern California’s Emerald Triangle made up the largest chunk of the cannabis consumed in North America. BC bud, as it was then commonly known, was the most sought-after marijuana product in Canada and the US. Grown indoors and outdoors in British Columbia, fortunes were easily made in […]
Local authorities in the Dutch city of Eindhoven in the south of the Netherlands closed down one of the country’s oldest and most iconic cannabis coffee shops on August 19. De Bakkerij — Dutch for “The Bakery” — has been selling hash and weed for more than 40 years. The current owners, Peer and Patricia, […]
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