It's so easy to get marijuana in California, I got a prescription and...
November marked a rather important milestone since my recent move to California. My state driver's license arrived in the mail, and I bought weed legally for the first time.Before relocating from New...
View ArticleA video of a toddler smoking pot is going viral — now police are stepping in
Chicago police are investigating after a video surfaced earlier this week that appeared to show a child smoking marijuana.In the video, a small boy wearing a diaper can be seen holding something that...
View ArticleYou can now get a medicinal marijuana card in California from an app
Eaze, a cannabis delivery startup often called the "Uber of weed," launched an app on Monday that allows users in California to connect with physicians for medicinal marijuana evaluations via video...
View ArticleA former Facebook exec just got a big boost in his effort to legalize...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Efforts to legalize marijuana in California got a boost this week after competing ballot measures joined forces behind the stronger of the two, backed by billionaire Sean...
View ArticleThe 'War on Drugs' is killing the environment
Long-standing drug policies backed by the United Nations and financed by the United States have not only failed to slow global drug trafficking, they may also be driving widespread environmental...
View ArticleThis 'farm-to-bowl' startup makes buying marijuana so much better
Visit weed delivery startup Flow Kana online and you'll find colorful descriptions of "connoisseur grade" cannabis that's "nourished by the sun, moon, and stars" and packaged in Mason jars.It sounds...
View ArticleObama has asked the Supreme Court to throw out a case challenging Colorado's...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma and Nebraska seeking to block Colorado's voter-approved...
View ArticlePortland's top 'budtender' says this sleek device is the future of marijuana
The future of marijuana isn't in bong rips or joint puffs. It's in what aficionados call "microdosing." The best way to microdose is with a portable vaporizer, like the Pax 2. According to Jeremy...
View ArticleThere is now a mobile marijuana lounge carting smokers around Denver
A new kind of party bus hit the streets of Denver, Colorado earlier this week. And locals may be able to smell it coming.The High There! Hopper is a mobile cannabis lounge — a 20-person limousine...
View ArticleBig banks are suddenly looking hard at the weed industry
Earlier this month Bank of America Merrill Lynch put out a research report on the marijuana industry’s prospects. Touted as the first such assessment by a major financial institution, the report is a...
View ArticleThese anti-weed ads featuring "stoner sloths" have become the laughingstock...
An advertising campaign from Australia's NSW government depicts teenage marijuana users as sloths unable to perform normal everyday tasks. Produced by Jacqui Frank. Original reporting by Lara...
View ArticleOverdose deaths from a type of legal drug hit record numbers — and that's not...
Heroin use in the US is skyrocketing. The number of people using this powerful, addictive drug has grown by nearly 300,000 in the past decade, and more and more people are dying from overdose.But while...
View ArticleDEA eases requirements for natural cannabis-derived drug research
The U.S Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday relaxed some restrictions on research evaluating cannabidiol, an extract of the marijuana plant, for medicinal use.The modifications will ease...
View ArticleA medicine made from marijuana is having incredible results reducing seizures
A medical marijuana derivative known as cannabidiol (CBD) has been proved to be effective in reducing seizure frequency in most children and young adults. A yearlong study carried out at the NYU...
View ArticleCharity workers spread Christmas cheer by handing out joints to the homeless
Denver area charity workers helped spread Christmas cheer last week by handing out joints to the homeless.Cannabis Can, a Denver non-profit, wanted to help spread awareness and raise money for the...
View Article15 of the boldest smuggling attempts
Earlier this week, Evelio Padilla, a 28-year-old Honduran immigrant, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to smuggle drugs into the country using scuba-diving gear and an underwater,...
View Article2015 was a huge year for marijuana — 2016 will be even bigger
There's an old adage in American politics: "As Ohio goes, so goes the nation."While it might hold true for presidential campaigns — the last candidate to reach the White House without winning the state...
View Article2 important questions scientists are asking now that pot is legal in 4 US states
Is legalized marijuana a gateway drug to other forms of substance abuse? Or would safer access encourage people to ease back on other vices?This has been one of the major questions bedeviling the...
View ArticleAlaska is getting ready to open 'pot cafes'
As we enter what could arguably be described as marijuana's most important year, the vast majority of momentum behind this currently illicit drug remains positive.Marijuana's undeniable momentumOver a...
View ArticleBLAZED! This California pot farmer lost all his weed to a wildfire
Mike Ray raced down California Highway 26 toward a mountainside engulfed in flames.The pot entrepreneur had been at an event in San Francisco when he got an urgent call from his brother. The Butte...
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