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South Park Strikes Again: Indecision Over Rescheduling Under Fire

Remember Tegridy Farms? Of course you do. They’ve been a recurring feature on the iconic South Park series for years, frequently used not only for laughs, but to expose all kinds of injustices. Now, the fictional marijuana farm has made a new appearance, this time to contribute its two cents to the current cannabis rescheduling… Keep Reading

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Community Flourishes Where Regulation Fails: South Africa Moves to Protect Private Cannabis Clubs

South Africa continues to move forward on the complex but promising road to marijuana regulation, facing adversities and legal gaps that involve private cannabis clubs, among others. Since the historic 2018 Constitutional Court ruling that decriminalized private cannabis use and cultivation, the country’s legal situation has been riddled with uncertainty, particularly for entrepreneurs and users.… Keep Reading

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Signatures for South Dakota Adult-Use Cannabis Initiative Submitted

Advocates in South Dakota recently turned in a batch of signatures to get their adult-use cannabis initiative on the ballot in November. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) collected 29,030 signatures and submitted them on May 7, which was the deadline set by the Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s office. Out of that amount,… Keep Reading

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Death of ‘Parasite’ Actor Linked to South Korean Anti-Drug Crackdown

South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, known for playing the wealthy father in Bong Joon-ho’s 2019 film Parasite, was found dead in his car on Wednesday morning. Inside the car, parked near Waryong Park in central Seoul, investigators found a charcoal briquette. The briquette, a compressed block of coal that can cause carbon monoxide poisoning, suggests… Keep Reading

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Are We Too Stoned To See an Impending Alien Invasion?

It was March 1998, and I was driving northbound on Highway 41 just south of Princeton, Indiana when three bright white, yellowish orbs appeared in the distance above a nearby cornfield. The abrupt nature of such an unexpected sight terrified all who witnessed it. I know this because tires were screeching all around me, as… Keep Reading

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From the Archives: Drugstore Cowboys (1977)

By George Butler There are a lot of thieves in the South. I’ve seen police crime bulletins that list North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina as the top three states in crime rate. They’re also the hottest states for drugstore robberies, although Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee are also good pickins. In fact, according to… Keep Reading

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