How legal weed is leaving the people and the culture behind. Scene: a white-walled, hermetically sealed dispensary that looks less like a place to buy weed and more like a backdrop from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It smells faintly of ionized air conditioning and plastic. Sleek iPads, LED mood lighting, and a curated playlist engineered… Keep Reading
Original publication: October 1990. THE LAST DAYS OF LEGAL CANNABIS Jack Herer One hundred sixteen million pounds of cannabis sativa were imported into the United States in 1935. As we emerged from the Great Depression, cultivation and commerce of hemp was a thriving industry. Who squashed it? And why? Excerpted from the updated and revised… Keep Reading
Delaware will begin legal adult-use cannabis sales on August 1, according to state officials. The launch will mark the start of the state’s regulated recreational market, more than two years after legalization became law in 2023. The first retail sales will take place at existing medical cannabis dispensaries, which were granted permission to convert their… Keep Reading
Connecticut made legal weed regulatory history on Monday as Erin Gorman Kirk, the nation’s first cannabis ombudsperson, began work as the state’s official advocate for medical marijuana patients. Gorman Kirk, an attorney, entrepreneur and experienced consumer advocate, is a medical marijuana patient who has been instrumental in drafting cannabis and hemp policy in Connecticut and… Keep Reading
Medical cannabis is legal in New Hampshire, but recreational use has only been decriminalized, not legalized. However, the New Hampshire Senate recently approved of a cannabis legalized bill in a 14-9 vote on May 16, and it’s the farthest that any cannabis legalization bill has reached to date. If passed into law, House Bill 1633-FN-A… Keep Reading
Many legal Texas hemp store owners could soon face a sudden change in the way they operate their businesses. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is calling on the Senate to review and consider a ban on delta-8 and delta-9 hemp products. In April, Patrick notified the Texas Senate to revisit a decision from 2019 that… Keep Reading
Legal cannabis businesses exist today only because longtime advocates and cultivators have paved the way for progress. Co-founded by longtime cultivators Dennis Hunter and Ned Fussell under the CannaCraft company umbrella, Farmer and the Felon has two primary missions: First, to preserve cannabis history and collaborate with legacy cultivators who have spent decades growing the… Keep Reading
As California’s cannabis industry saw the price per pound crash in recent years in both the legal and traditional markets, Wood Wide High Craft has used its love of the game and awesome pot to push on as one of Mendocino County’s few success stories. I first linked up with Wood Wide’s co-founder Michael Strupp… Keep Reading
Few names loom as large over exotic American cannabis as Anna Willey. In a legal industry where jokes about quality have become the norm, not many companies have been able to float on top of that noise based on the quality of the product. Hers, California Artisanal Medicine or CAM, is like a battleship ripping… Keep Reading
Taking 150mg of legal edibles before stepping on a stage probably isn’t ideal for most, but Mike Cannon took it as an opportunity to tape his third independently produced comedy special. “Mike Cannon’s Huge Mistake” was released on YouTube August 17th with no real plan other than to have a great time. And according to… Keep Reading
