Jimmy Kimmel Presents “Dr. Quinn, Medicinal Marijuana Woman”

California lawmakers have passed a bill directing prosecutors throughout the state to overturn convictions for acts that are no longer illegal under the state’s Prop 64 cannabis legalization initiative. The bill would also reduce many felony convictions for marijuana-related crimes to misdemeanors. The measure, Assembly Bill 1793, was passed by the California Senate Wednesday with a…

The post This City Just Loosened Penalties For Marijuana Charges appeared first on High Times. With action by the town council in Baton Rouge, this city just loosened penalties for marijuana charges. On  February 28, the East Baton Rouge Town Council voted to reduce the penalties for cannabis possession. The new provisions would go into…

Canada’s federal adult-use cannabis law hasn’t even gone into effect yet. But already the year has been a huge one for the country’s cannabis companies. Cannabis legalization doesn’t just mean access to a previously prohibited retail space; it also means access to financial instruments and stock exchanges. Furthermore, federal legalization means Canadian cannabis companies can…

About the nicest thing you can say about Disjointed, the old-school-sitcom-in-a-21st-century-medical-marijuana-dispensary that premiered on Netflix last month, is that it is diverse. Yes, the vital elements—the series’ star (the legendary Kathy Bates) and its creator (sitcom veteran Chuck Lorre, responsible for Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory)—are both white, just like…

The post Snoop Dogg Joins The Cannabis Lab-Testing Game appeared first on High Times. Snoop Dogg’s venture capital firm, Casa Verde, appears to be all in on the California “Green Rush,” as the group has begun funding a cannabis lab-testing company that expects to be a major player when recreational weed is fully legalized in the…