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High Times announced on Monday that it is teaming up with cannabis dispensary and meditation lounge APCO MED for the upcoming Oklahoma Cannabis Cup. The pot culture festival and competition to honor Oklahoma’s best cannabis products will take place on August 24 and 25 at the Lost Lakes Amphitheater in Oklahoma City. The medicinal use […]

A ship seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency in June carrying over 15,000 kilos of cocaine has now been tied to JP Morgan Chase’s asset management unit. Officially the company does not exercise any operational control of the vessel, but some serious questions are raised when such large scale transport is used […]

It’s a scene all-too familiar to stoners. A joint is passed around at a party, shuffling from hand to hand amid a plume of smoke, until it arrives in the possession of a friend who—come to think of it, you’ve actually never gotten high with. And then your learn why: weed, he says, makes me […]

The cannabidiol (CBD) industry is seeing phenomenal growth: By next year, it is expected to be worth more than $1 billion. The oil is becoming particularly popular among women. A report found that the number of women using CBD doubled in 2018. But as the CBD craze continues, are women of color being left behind? […]

With legal cannabis access expanding in the United States, it’s safe to assume that the pot you buy is on the up and up, right? In most cases, yes, but too many continue to fail tests and go misrepresented on the market. This can range from flower being moldy to mislabeled. In other cases, flower […]

A group in Arkansas will take an early but meaningful step this week toward ultimately making recreational marijuana use legal in the state.  The Drug Policy Education Group, a nonprofit based in Arkansas, said it plans to file a pair of ballot petitions with the secretary of state on Wednesday with the intention of getting […]

I’ve often said that one of the more interesting aspects of cannabis law reform is how it will change the future. Think about the state of cannabis in 1950; now, imagine where things will be in 2050. The amount of change overall – especially when it comes to technology – that will occur within those […]

On July 1, a trio of medical marijuana bills signed in March by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam went into effect. Each expands Virginia’s medical marijuana program in important ways, from increasing access for students and people with disabilities to giving doctors more control to recommend medical cannabis. After an unsuccessful bid to legalize recreational marijuana […]

Starting July 1, people with Alzheimer’s disease can register for medical marijuana in Minnesota. And once registered, they’ll be able to obtain medical cannabis from the state’s two manufacturers beginning August 1. The Minnesota Department of Health first announced plans to add Alzheimer’s disease as a qualifying condition in December 2018. Alzheimer’s disease is the […]

The headlines tell us that marijuana is now legal in one form or another in all but three states. Pot possession has been decriminalized in a dozen states and effectively so in nearly every major city. The convictions of tens of thousands are being expunged.  Marijuana – yesterday’s menace – is now cannabis, touted as […]