This week, Australian medical marijuana company Elixinol launched their first ad campaign in Japan, with a billboard, located in the Tokyo subway. It’s a milestone moment for hemp in a country that has notoriously resisted medical marijuana legalization, and can be taken as a sign that the cultural tide in one of the world’s largest […]
The post Airport Sets Up Amnesty Boxes For Flyers To Dispose Their Weed appeared first on High Times. Visitors to Las Vegas have a new way to help keep them out of trouble, as the local airport sets up amnesty boxes for flyers to dispose their weed or other recreational or prescription drugs, giving new […]
The post This Country Could Soon Legalize Cannabis And Opium appeared first on High Times. Cannabis legalization has ramped up in recent years, and it’s not only in the U.S. Uraguay recently became the first country to fully legalize marijuana, and Canada is set to do the same this July. However, there could be another […]
Jersey City, New Jersey is decriminalizing the use and possession of marijuana with a new policy for prosecutors that begins today. Mayor Steven Fulop said in a statement that the change will serve to redress injustices of the War on Drugs. “The fact is, marijuana arrests and prosecutions in New Jersey, and around the nation, point […]
City Council members in Washington, D.C. got a sample of the kindness of strangers on Tuesday when they were greeted with joints and cannabis seeds on the steps of the Wilson Building as they filed into work. But these strangers were local cannabis activists, and their generosity an act of protest. Assembled under banners bedecked […]
The cannabis world is currently in the middle of what has become one of the largest and most important industry events: MJBizCon. Hosted in Las Vegas, the annual conference and trade show has seen explosive growth in recent years. So much so that the city of Las Vegas has just announced plans to extend the […]
Cannabis use can affect the ability of young people to perform some tasks related to driving, a study in Canada found. Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, discovered that drivers 18-24 years old performed complex driving tasks less successfully up to five hours after consuming cannabis. The study was funded by the Canadian Automobile […]
As the recreational cannabis industry continues its meteoric rise, there’s no shortage of people that want to get in on the Green Rush. However, it’s not practical for everyone to become cannabis entrepreneurs, considering the outstanding amount of capital, knowledge, and the stringent set of regulations it takes to get in on the ground floor. Because […]
The post Will Kentucky Legalize Medical Marijuana By 2018? appeared first on High Times. Despite its traditionally staunch stance against anything cannabis, it appears Kentucky could be on the verge of legalizing medical marijuana. According to Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, medicinal cannabis could be available in the state as early as 2018. Getting […]
The post Nepal Cannabis Crackdown Targets Temple Hashish appeared first on High Times. There are few places on Earth with as ancient a tradition of cannabis use as Kathmandu, the home of temple hashish. From time immemorial, hashish has been used ceremonially in the Hindu temples of the Nepalese capital. Even after cannabis was outlawed […]