Dr. Peter Grinspoon’s new book “Aging Well with Cannabis” reframes the plant as what one geriatrician calls an “exit drug”: a tool for helping older Americans reduce their reliance on the prescription medications stacking up in their medicine cabinets. With 60 million Americans over 65 and twice that over 50, the book targets the fastest-growing… Keep Reading
The idea may sound strange: a tobacco plant producing compounds like psilocybin or DMT. Sounds strange, right? You’ve probably never heard of it. But beyond the initial shock, what’s happening in the labs is less about “blending worlds” and more about something much deeper: changing the way these substances are produced and, eventually, the way… Keep Reading
As we all know, cannabis is a plant. But many cannabis products aren’t. That might sound obvious, but if you walk into most dispensaries today, you might start to wonder if the industry remembers that. Because the reality is that most cannabis consumers today are not actually getting products that resemble the whole plant. What… Keep Reading
Author Ed Rosenthal traces how international pressure criminalized a plant long woven into Indian life, and why he believes it is time to bring ganja back under regulation. Follow Ed on Instagram. Introduction: Returning to India With Purpose When I first visited India in 1981, cannabis cultivation was still legal in certain regions. During that… Keep Reading
The Puerto Rican hitmaker says cannabis is bigger than business, framing the plant as medicine, resistance, and a way to challenge the machine that taught people to fear it. Like many others, Farruko’s first encounter with cannabis didn’t come through a prescription or a dispensary. It came from the streets, from music, from leisure. It… Keep Reading
