The landscape of legal marijuana has changed pretty drastically from ten years ago, when it seemed like it could only bring prosperity. So have we made a mistake? The New York Times editorial board has put out an article arguing this point of view. Their arguments are interesting and worth mulling. For one, they claim […]
Well this study goes against most of what we have previously thought to be the case when it comes to smoking weed. The University of Colorado Anschutz published a study that looked at cognitive function and brain volume for marijuana smokers aged 40 to 77. It seems overly simplistic, but brain volume tends to correlate […]
Trump’s marijuana stance continues to teeter back and forth with a new rider signed into law. To be fair, this was part of a much larger spending bill and he may not have completely been aware of its existence. Also, it’s not a new law going into place, but a continuation of the prohibition put […]
Oklahoma has had a robust medical marijuana market for almost ten years now. It’s become so popular that many from Texas make the trek northward to get their prescription before returning home. However, the Republican party is having an existential crisis over how it sees marijuana policy. There’s the old school, more stringent faction that […]
Finally, Virginia is getting a marijuana marketplace. Ever since 2021, Virginia has been in a state of limbo when it comes to marijuana. That year, cannabis became legal to possess and cultivate in the state, but when Governor Glenn Youngkin came to power, measures to create a legal marketplace for the plant were vetoed multiple […]
As happens every election cycle, marijuana will be on the ballot. And as also happens every election cycle, there will be people who are very not happy about this fact. Many of those voices have consolidated into a group called SAM Action. Standing for Smart Approaches to Marijuana, SAM has made some strong cases against […]
We’ve lived with Schedule I marijuana for so long that we’ve forgotten the reasons in the first place. Turns out, a new study from Harm Reduction Journal found that the federal drug policy was poorly aligned with scientific evidence. Seventeen experts analyzed 19 drugs across 18 categories that included overdose death, long-term health damage, and […]
That percentage is not a typo. The Texas Department of State Health Services has published some proposed rules in order to strengthen the regulations on consumable hemp products. Some of these feel reasonable, such as a minimum purchasing age of 21, age verification requirements, and mandatory product recalls. However, some price hike proposals are astronomical. […]
Let’s fund more studies like this one. The Ministry of Justice and Health in a German state Schleswig-Holstein funded a study that looked into the hip hop videos that made it to the Youtube top 100 charts in 2024. Specifically, they looked into marijuana references, and found almost half of them contained some sort of […]
A new study has come out showing the absurdity of using THC bloodstream detectors to see if someone is high behind the wheel. The method has been taken from the process of detecting alcohol impairment, however the way these two substances interact with the bloodstream is very different. For instance, THC can stay in the […]
