A cannabis company in Oregon has teamed up with a dispensary to help kids taken from undocumented parents. Leif Goods will donate $1 for each of its chocolate bars sold at Farma during the next week. In the last six weeks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has separated nearly 2,000 migrant children from their parents. […]
The post British Columbia High Court Deals Blow To Mandatory Minimums appeared first on High Times. The Appeal Court of British Columbia, the province’s highest, on December 28 upheld a lower court ruling that the minimum two-year prison term for marijuana possession “for purpose of trafficking” under Canada’s Controlled Drugs & Substances Act is unconstitutional. Justice […]
Oklahoma and Pennsylvania are at different places on their respective paths toward adult-use cannabis legalization. But on Monday, both states took significant steps toward that end. In Pennsylvania, State Rep. Jake Wheatley (D-Allegheny) announced his plan to introduce progressive marijuana legislation. And in Oklahoma, the cannabis advocacy group Green the Vote announced it had acquired […]
A Halifax entrepreneur says he can source the raw materials for his line of plastic prosthetic limbs from the country’s dire new problem with legal cannabis over-packaging. Kindness3D founder Jacob Boudreau once created a fully-functional, 3D printed X-Men’s Wolverine claw for a child amputee. Now he claims to have redesigned a paper shredder to make […]
Diversity remains an issue in most industries, and marijuana is no exception. Though women and people of color hold more positions of significance within the marijuana industry compared to others, these figures are still startlingly low. Massachusetts legislators have enacted laws to address this disparity, and commissioned a study in the state that will be […]
In his new book, comedian Louie Anderson argues in favor of marijuana legalization. And not just for medical cannabis: Anderson advocates for legal recreational marijuana across all 50 states. The root of his support? Alcohol addiction. The crux of his argument is that not only is weed healthier, but it doesn’t cause the same trauma […]
In the United States, the ongoing federal prohibition against cannabis creates some interesting legal contradictions. In states with legal adult-use, for example, federal prohibition creates pockets of land where federal law holds and state law doesn’t. Basically, any land the federal government controls is under federal jurisdiction. And that means places in the U.S. like […]
The post Ohio State Is Setting Up New ‘War On Drugs’ Policy Center appeared first on High Times. Ohio State University just announced that they will be establishing a War On Drugs policy center. What exactly will such a center entail? Is the end goal as apparent as we think it is? Since the War on […]
Let’s smash the stereotype of stoners sleeping till noon, and getting nothing done. It’s just not true. People who use cannabis do more than just play video games, eat pizza, and discuss the nuances of jam bands (not that there’s anything wrong with all three). So, before you stare at screens all day— Courtesy of […]
The post Utah Just Passed A Bill To Grow Medical Marijuana appeared first on High Times. Good news for patients in The Beehive State: Utah just passed a bill to grow medical marijuana. This bill was passed by the state’s House of Representatives yesterday afternoon. It will now make its way to the state Senate […]