Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death nationally and in New Jersey, with more than 3,000 New Jersey residents dying from overdose each year. The Drug Policy Alliance will be launching a campaign in support of legislation (Senate Bill 3293 / Assembly Bill 4638) to establish overdose prevention centers (also known as […]
It doesn’t matter if you’re a pessimist or an optimist—April has turned into one nail-biter of a month for California’s legal cannabis industry. Facing a crash in the supply of legal cannabis, then the collapse of the nascent industry, state regulators last week reported a 100-fold increase in the monthly rate of cannabis farm licensing. […]
Located on Main Street in Brampton, in a building that was once a Burger King and most recently a doctor’s office, Ganjika House was among the first brick-and-mortar stores to open in Ontario on April 1st, the deadline set by the provincial government. Owner Clint Seukeran didn’t have a listed phone number or much of an online […]
Research-grade marijuana that’s supplied by the only federally authorized cultivation site in the United States is genetically closer to hemp than cannabis varieties sold at dispensaries in legal states, according to a new study. The revelation raises questions about how applicable the results of research using the government’s marijuana really are to understanding the effects […]
Cannabis legalization has hit a turning point. No longer are the most exciting conversations about whether to legalize; today they’re about how best to go about it. As legal cannabis evolves from an abstract concept to a fully fleshed-out policy, we have complicated questions to answer. Thankfully, we’re not starting from scratch. Every legal-cannabis state […]
In True OGs, veteran cannabis journalist David Bienenstock tracks down legendary old-school growers and breeders of the outlaw era as they transition from life underground to being part of the new legal cannabis economy. Don and Aaron (the D and A of DNA Genetics) initially enjoyed the symbiotic relationship of weed dealer and customer. Then they […]
Report Shows Bail Reform’s Overwhelming Success: Dramatically Reduced Jail Population, No Meaningful Increase in Failures to Appear in Court by Defendants or Increase in New Offenses Committed by Released Defendants, and Declining Crime Rates Statement from Roseanne Scotti of the Drug Policy Alliance Trenton, NJ – Today, the New Jersey Judiciary released its second Annual […]
Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. in late 2018 and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of cannabidiol (CBD), a compound in hemp that many see as a health aid. But now, just a few months after Congress placed the marijuana look-alike squarely in safe, legal territory, the hemp […]
Bill Ladd, a patient at Fort Apache Medical Dispensary, shows off one of his legal homegrow plants. (Dave Howard for Leafly) Welcome to Boomtown, USA GLENPOOL, OK—Seconds after I send a text that I’ve arrived at Sage Farms, a 10-foot-high chain-link gate guarding the entrance slides open by remote command. Beyond the barbed-wire-topped fencing, a […]
Everything’s coming up retro … grade! Three planets are stationed retrograde this month, namely Jupiter, Pluto, and Saturn. We are being asked to slow down and spring clean so we can enter the second half of the year with greater power. The theme for April is: Back to the Future. Jupiter rules our belief systems […]
