Demand for legal cannabis continues to show a steady increase, according to new data from Anderson Economic Group (AEG). In particular, the data reveals a significant jump since the 2016 elections, when a number of states passed new legalization laws. Digging Into the Data According to AEG’s AndCan Index, which tracks trends in the marijuana […]
Cops have been buckling down ahead of this year’s 4/20, as the toker’s holiday has become more and more of a cherished tradition amongst the cannabis community. This has led to police everywhere doing everything they can send out stringent warnings to those that celebrate the plant. Even if they have to get a little creative […]
In the lead up to Canada’s world-historic legalization of cannabis on October 17, most public and official debates about the law centered on how to best implement it–not whether legalization was a good idea. But one anti-legalization talking point in particular remained lodged in the national conversation: the concern over a post-legalization spike in drug-impaired […]
Pot icon Tommy Chong had some choice words for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions during an appearance with Cheech Marin on the debut episode Cold Cuts with Al Roker. Cheech and Chong were guests on the new online show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the comedy duo’s landmark film Up in Smoke. While the trio chats and […]
The post Cannabis Lab Founder Steps Down After Neo-Nazi Ties Revealed appeared first on High Times. Until earlier this week, Bethany Sherman was a co-owner—with her partner and co-parent Matthew L. Combs—of OG Analytical, a cannabis testing lab in Eugene, Oregon. By all accounts, they were high-profile members in Oregon’s burgeoning marijuana industry—so high-profile that […]
The post 5 Ways Cannabis Helps Keep The Peace appeared first on High Times. Attorney General Jeff Sessions believes that legalizing pot increases crime and violence. The evidence proves that he’s wrong. Here are five ways cannabis helps keep the peace. 1. Dispensaries Keeping the crime rate down in America’s second-largest city is no mean […]
Friday, Day I: Rain Impala (By Mary Carreon) Desert Daze fills a disproportionately large gap in the cosmic world of music festivals. Instead of catering to the mainstream appeal of EDM-heavy dance parties, Desert Daze aligns with an ethos dating back to an era post-Summer of Love but pre-new wave. It’s a festival time-warp back […]
Social media has been abuzz the last week over a change in policy that allows passengers to possess cannabis at the Los Angeles International Airport. But the policy isn’t new—it’s been in effect since January—and it doesn’t mean that it’s legal to fly with weed. Memes with highlights of the LAX cannabis rules circulated on Instagram and […]
The post Former Police Chief Enters The Cannabis Market appeared first on High Times. A former police chief enters the cannabis market after years of being publicly against the legalization of marijuana. The former police chief of Toronto, Julian Fantino, who once compared legalizing weed to legalizing murder, is opening a medical marijuana business. Cannabis […]
Last week, the governing body of the Blackfeet Nation, located in northwest Montana, amended its Constitution to allow its more than 17,300 members access to legal medical cannabis. The small change addresses the nation’s law barring the sale, possession and use of dangerous drugs, creating an exemption for medical cannabis only. Blackfeet Tribal Business Council […]