Photo by Chewberto420. About once a day, 11-year-old Billy Caldwell could expect to almost die. Thirty times a month, Billy would suffer a seizure serious enough to require a dose of medication and an oxygen mask in order to survive. Doctors were helpless. According to his parents, overmatched medical professionals sent him home from a […]
The post Experts Predict the Next 5 States to Legalize Weed appeared first on High Times. In the United States, cannabis legalization is spreading like wildfire (sorry, California), and now experts predict the next five states to legalize weed. There is currently a grand total of eight states, plus Washington D.C., that have successfully passed […]
The cannabis industry is a trending topic and the business of weed has taken a turn from cliché stoner references to serious discussions about the future. Jobs in cannabis are projected to increase by 220% in just 2019 alone. It is safe to say business is booming. From research to retail and everything in between, […]
The post The Alternate Reality Of Legalized Medical Marijuana appeared first on High Times. Maryland legalized medical marijuana years ago, and the first dispensaries opened on Friday, December 1. They promptly ran out of inventory. According to the Washington Post, “Five of seven licensed dispensaries that have opened since Friday said they have completely or […]
Hip hop icon Snoop Dogg had some choice words for President Donald Trump, as he smoked a blunt in front of the White House in a series of videos posted to his Instagram account on Wednesday. The videos depict Snoop riding in a car in Washington, D.C. before stopping to smoke in a park across […]
Long a bastion of social progress and cultural experimentation, New York State — home to New York City and the birthplace of High Times — lags painfully behind when it comes to legalized weed. The winds of change are undoubtedly blowing in the right direction. The governor recently commissioned a study by the State Health […]
Marijuana laws in Michigan continue to change. Earlier this month, voters said yes to a proposal that will make recreational cannabis legal. And now, lawmakers in the state have approved a new set of rules for the state’s medical marijuana program. The most significant change is that dispensaries will now be able to deliver medical […]
Canada is getting ready for nationwide cannabis legalization, which is supposed to happen later this summer. Now that legal weed is on the immediate horizon, many businesses are taking steps to get into the game. Most recently, with a major coffee chain teaming up with cannabis company National Access Corp. (NAC), many Canadian businesspeople are […]
Though still in its infancy, new research shows some promising results when it comes to cannabinoids’ effect on sleep apnea. A study published in the medical journal Sleep this year confirms that a synthetic cannabinoid can lessen the sometimes dangerous symptoms of sleep apnea. To better understand this study, and what it could potentially mean for sleep […]
BY JOHN LOCHER AND JOHN RODGERS ASSOCIATED PRESS NIPTON, Calif. (AP) — Now that one of the nation’s largest cannabis companies has bought the entire California desert town of Nipton, a question remains: Will the new owners rename the place Potsylvania? The name Weed already belongs to an old mill town in Northern California. American […]