The Case That Just Beat Trump’s Press Ban Started With High Times’ Founder and a Pie
In 1970, Tom Forçade put a pie in a federal commissioner’s face. The Secret Service used it to deny him a White House press pass. The case he filed became the precedent a judge invoked this week to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico. On Wednesday night a federal judge ordered the White…
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Thailand Advances Medical-Only Cannabis Bill as Adult-Use Era Fades
Thailand is moving closer to putting its medical-only cannabis model into national law, with a new bill that would require licenses across the supply chain, restrict sales to medical and research purposes, and prohibit advertising and promotion. Thousands of existing dispensaries could continue operating until their current licenses expire, but many would then need to…
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The Best Flower I Got This Month Is Going Into the Freezer Without Being Smoked
The best flower that showed up at my place this month is going into the freezer without ever getting smoked. That is happening more often, and this month’s haul explains why. Most Wanted did an outstanding job growing this Guava Tart clone from Purple City Genetics. It is covered in trichomes, the smell is pungent…
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The Generational Flip: Are Teens Ditching Weed While Seniors Are Using More? What the Latest US Data Shows
Cannabis use among U.S. teens has declined substantially even as adult-use legalization has expanded, challenging predictions that regulated markets would necessarily drive higher consumption among young people. Meanwhile, national data show cannabis use rising among adults 65 and older, while a recent New York City study highlights both the reasons seniors are using it and…
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This Company Wants to Sell the ‘World’s First’ CBD Pain Tablet. Its Own Trial Didn’t Beat a Placebo.
An Australian company says its THC-free tablet could become the world’s first registered prescription CBD painkiller. Its chief executive also says the trial didn’t outperform a placebo. Both things ran on the same day, in different outlets. An Australian company has asked regulators to register what it calls the world’s first prescription CBD tablet for…
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High Life, Low Life: Steven Froelich’s Cocaine-Fueled Journey Through Guatemala
There are two Steven Froelichs in Guatemala: High Life, Low Life. One of them lived it: loaded, reckless, and thrilled about it. The other one wrote it down, stone-cold sober, years later and an ocean away in London. The surprising part is how little the second Froelich wants to correct the first. For about a…
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Better Than Ezra, Say She She and Sébastien Tellier share their perspectives on how weed can work wonders when crafting a hit song. Ever been so stoned you thought you were dying? If you’re like most casual cannabis consumers, chances are you’ve experienced at least one smoke-filled session of panic paranoia. That’s because consumption is…
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Cheaper Flower, More Choice, No Surge in Use: The Netherlands’ Cannabis Pilot Delivers Its First Results
For decades, the Netherlands has lived with a long-standing contradiction known as the “backdoor problem”: coffeeshops could sell cannabis under certain conditions as part of the country’s tolerance policy, while the commercial cultivation supplying those shops remained outside the regulated framework. Since April 2025, the country has been trying to resolve that contradiction through a…
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Cannabis Costs $15 in One State and $52 in Another. Bourbon Doesn’t.
Four states that have never traded a gram with each other all charge about $18. Everywhere else, the difference is a decision somebody made, and patients are paying for it. By Shawn Collins via Policy, Decoded. An eighth of cannabis costs $15 in Washington and $52 in Kentucky, where every buyer is a patient. A…
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Your Doctor Won’t Talk About Medical Cannabis? Here Are Five Questions That Change That.
By Dr. Joseph Rosado, MD, MBA, DC | Rosado Advisory Medical cannabis has evidence supporting certain uses, but its potential benefits and risks vary depending on the condition, product, dose, medications and individual patient. If your doctor avoids the subject, asking specific questions about evidence, interactions, risks and their own cannabis training can help turn…
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