The U.S.A. may soon become an island of weed prohibition surrounded by a sea of legal 420 parties. One year after Canada legalized cannabis, Mexico is gearing up to do the same. Earlier in October, lawmakers in Mexico released draft legislation to legalize recreational cannabis throughout the country. While a similar bill proposed last year […]
A new bill in New Mexico would make like Robin Hood, using revenue from recreational cannabis to subsidize medical marijuana costs and small business loans for small cannabis businesses. The pretty cool legislation would reduce tax on medical marijuana from the current 7% to a nice even zero percent. In addition, portions of revenue from […]
Beto O’Rourke made a big old pro-cannabis play during the Democrat primary debate on Monday. O’Rourke, who lost a senate race against Ted Cruz last year and will almost certainly lose the primary race next year, got into the importance of pot whilst discussing the opioid crisis. To make the point that weed rules and […]
A stoner in Florida made the unfortunate decision to report his stolen weed to the local police. Unfortunate because in Florida recreational cannabis is illegal, and also because the police then publicly ridiculed him for his complaint. According to a series of wise-cracking tweets from the Sheriff’s Office in Pasco, a local called 911 last […]
A student busted with what would be felony possession in the U.S. has gotten off light, but given an unusual punishment: dude has to write an essay about it. In Zambia on Monday university student, Chikwanda Chisendale was arrested with over two pounds of cannabis-infused cakes, according to the BBC. Apparently the wheels of justice can […]
The recent epidemic of vaping-related illnesses closely resemble injuries suffered by victims of mustard gas attacks and chemical factory accidents, according to new research from the Mayo Clinic. Authorities have so far, pretty troublingly, been unable to identify the cause of the illness which has caused hundreds of known vape-users to be hospitalized and at […]
Some effects of the U.S. election in 2016 were pretty immediate and have been felt stronglyever since. For example, it’s pretty hard to imagine a time when that one guy wasn’t president. But some results of the 2016 election have taken their sweet time having virtually any effect whatsoever. In Maine, it has been almost […]
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. states have legal cannabis, more than half have medical marijuana, and two thirds of Americans support legalization. But I guess nobody told the police that because weed arrests have gone up for the third year in a row. According to an annual report from the FBI, law enforcement made an […]
Supervised injection sites may not be legal, but they’re not not legal, according to a new ruling from a federal judge. The decision could have important consequences, both for the advocates in Philadelphia who are directly affected, and for other people with similar progressive approaches to the opioid crisis. The issues has come under legal […]
What an age we live in! Now you can buy CBD oil slightly more easily thanks to the magic of e-commerce. Since the dawn of legal cannabis, people have had a hard time making online transactions. Weed has remained federally illegal, making it a no-no to buy it online using interstate banking services like pretty […]
