Frank Mir and Forrest Griffin, former UFC champions in different weight classes, never faced each other in the Octagon. But on a mild October evening inside a North Las Vegas warehouse, they’re circling each other, breathing hard, pacing every step, grappling to gain the upper hand in an attraction billed as a jiu-jitsu “superfight.” RELATED […]
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NYS Corrections, Health, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee will Hold Hearing on Effectiveness of Medication-assisted Treatment Programs in New York State Jails and Prison Following Press Conference People leaving incarceration are 40 times more likely to die from an overdose the first two weeks of release – providing methadone and buprenorphine while incarcerated saves lives, […]
It’s been called “the town that banned everything.” It’s been compared to the town in the movie Footloose. But, despite the best efforts of several politicians, it will be getting a cannabis store. Unless you’re from Southeastern Alberta, the only reasons you might have heard of Taber would have been a deadly 1999 school shooting, […]
Over the weekend, Massachusetts’ first cannabis stores prepared to open, the 2018 harvest cured, and vast swaths of California burned. Exercise some self-care using ‘Hit This’, Leafly’s weekly guide to pop cannabis culture. Here we go! Sativa to Watch—Jack Herer. The best cuts of Jack Herer taste candy-sweet and piney, and provide a clear blast […]
Cannabis prohibition isn’t ending because of the massive profits to be made growing and selling the plant. Or because the war on cannabis is racist, oppressive, counterproductive, and an astounding waste of resources. Or because cannabis is far safer than alcohol. Or because George Washington used to grow hemp. We’re creating an economy around the […]
By Maggie Shartel When everything got really bad, Mom thought it would help. I was, of course, hesitant since I didn’t really have a decent track record with anything beyond, say, Tylenol. But Mom decided that we would try it together. She, at 62, and I, at 35, would have some cannabis together in an […]
By Aaron Patrick I can’t sleep unless I drink myself unconscious. It seems I can’t do much of anything without a drink. They say alcohol is an anesthetic, but I’m not drinking to numb any pain. I’m drinking because I can’t feel anything at all. I’ve cauterized my feelings. It’s been like this since I came […]
By Skip Nichols Six black body bags lay in a row, splattered with the red mud that stained everything on top of the small hill south of the DMZ in Vietnam. Fred Cleary whistled while Bobby Erl Baker remained silent as they struggled to pick up the bodies, Marines killed at nearby Con Thien during […]
By Reg Doty After two tours partaking in the great “Asian vacation” I was looking forward to starting my life over as an expatriate in a place far away from the insanity that hijacked my dreams and left my spirit weary—a place where I might find my way to moral redemption. Fate intervened, though. I met […]
By J. Brad Wilke As a non-combat veteran of the U.S. Army, I’ve never had the need to use cannabis to alleviate or minimize the effects of PTSD. My cannabis use has always been purely recreational and didn’t begin until well after I transitioned out of the service. My military experience was more Robert Altman’s […]
