BY BOB SALSBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ newly-formed regulatory board for marijuana is scheduled to meet for the first time on Tuesday. The chairman of the Cannabis Control Commission, 64-year-old Lincoln resident and former business executive Steven Hoffman, sat down with The Associated Press shortly after his appointment to talk about the challenges […]
The post This State Could Have Medical Marijuana By Summer appeared first on High Times. It has been nearly two years since Louisiana legalized the leaf for medicinal purposes. But patients have been wondering when they will have access to this medicine. Fortunately, the wait could be over in a matter of months. Local reports […]
In an effort to usurp the black market’s reign on the weed industry, Ontario is considering slashing their weed prices drastically. A Shift in Pricing In order to eradicate illegal sales of cannabis, the government plans on establishing a competitive price for recreational weed, which could be as low as $8 a gram, according to Ontario Finance […]
Just when you thought Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli couldn’t do anything else to give rich white guys a bad name, he one-upped himself with two bizarre Facebook posts. Shkreli, who is currently on bail, made two Facebook posts offering $5,000 to anyone who would grab a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair. Clinton is currently on […]
The post Damian Marley Is Growing Weed In An Abandoned Prison appeared first on High Times. Bob Marley’s youngest son doesn’t believe in using prisons to take the freedoms of people that grow, sell and use cannabis. Instead, Damian Marley is growing weed in an abandoned prison. We got our first look at the prison […]
Researchers and other professionals have linked alcohol and other substance abuse to an increase in domestic violence many times in the past. But can cannabis help prevent domestic violence? Researchers from Yale University, University of Buffalo and Rutgers may be closer to providing an answer with a study that was published on Psychology of Addictive Behaviour in 2014. […]
The post Can Cannabis Wean Addicts Off Heroin and Other Opiates? appeared first on High Times. Can cannabis wean addicts off heroin and other opiates? These drugs are now killing more Americans than the Vietnam War. The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 64,000 people died in 2016 due to […]
Actress and pop music star Olivia Newton-John has revealed that she is using medicinal cannabis to help her fight her third battle against cancer. In December, Newton-John, who is most famous for her role as Sandy in 1978’s Grease, revealed that the breast cancer that she first fought in 1992 had returned and spread to the […]
The post New Weed Possession Policy In Texas Reveals Racial Bias appeared first on High Times. Officials in Dallas, Texas recently made some changes to how the city enforces weed laws. But new stats suggest that the city’s new possession policy may not actually produce any meaningful change. In particular, this new weed possession policy in […]
Police in Dover, Delaware, discovered nearly nine pounds of weed after pursuing a man who had been masturbating in a Target store. Lewis Foreman, 23, of Dover and two others were arrested in the case, according to local media. Officers were sent to the Target store on Jan. 19 and again on Thursday after it was […]