Whether we choose to believe it or not, the world’s climate is changing and it is our fault. While most acknowledge this inconvenient truth in theory, in practice, the same economic forces that have contributed the greatest to climate change still hold more weight in policymaking than those who are and will continue to bear […]
The story of the band Doe Maar is rooted in that of another Dutch group called CCC Inc. Joost Belinfante founded CCC Inc. in 1966, and after receiving a small inheritance, he purchased a farm in the countryside in 1969. His bandmates and their girlfriends all moved to the farm and there they formed one […]
Progress has most certainly been made with regard to cannabis regulation in Costa Rica — however, to say the pace of change has been slow is something of an understatement. The Costa Rican government, considered a representative democratic republic, is set up in very similar ways to the United States government, with established executive, legislative […]
Since Canada legalized cannabis at the federal level in October 2018, the cash crop has been bringing in the big bucks for the Great White North. Unlike the US, where legal cannabis exists in a sort of financial gray area, Canadian cannabis corporations can be publicly traded, which means everything is being done on a […]
Ngaio Bealum has been a comedian and a cannabis activist for almost 30 years. He recently toured Europe as MC of the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC), diving headfirst into the cannabis scenes of Barcelona and Amsterdam. We sat down with the “Dank Diplomat,” as he’s known, in both cities to talk about his career […]
There are some who might blame many of society’s ills on the longtime prohibition of cannabis. Conversely, however, could the burgeoning cannabis industry itself play a role in the pollution peak we have reached? As our water, air and land continues to be polluted, the industry born of a grassroots search for freedom needs to […]
Here in the Central American nation of Costa Rica, establishing regulatory laws allowing for the cultivation and distribution of cannabis to medical patients has proven to be a long, drawn-out process. Legislators have been debating the terms of regulatory legislation since 2014. In fact, more than 300 discussions have been filed in the legislative assembly […]
Costa Rica has a rich history of going unnoticed. While surrounding countries were busy fighting wars throughout history, Costa Rica was seen as invaluable territory and largely left alone. Now, Costa Rica is making some noise. As one of the smallest countries in Central America, it may be the first to regulate cannabis for medicinal, […]
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