Drug policy is emerging as a campaign issue in the Texas Senate race, according to local media reports. On Tuesday, Republican incumbent Ted Cruz attacked Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke for his pro-cannabis stance. O’Rourke currently represents Texas’ 16th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. While on the campaign trail, Cruz talked with reporters about a […]
The post Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Will Supply Medical Marijuana To Italy appeared first on High Times. Canadian company Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced yesterday that it will begin supplying medical cannabis to Italy. Aurora Cannabis will export medical marijuana through its German-based subsidiary Pedanios GmbH. This new deal could mark an important development, helping legitimize legal […]
The post Canadian Armed Forces Wants Weed Simulation Goggles appeared first on High Times. Did you know weed simulation goggles were a thing? As Canada prepares to make history and become the largest country to fully legalize cannabis, officials and lawmakers will have to creatively find ways to regulate the plant after years of prohibition. […]
The post Wildfires Threaten California’s First Legal Cannabis Harvest appeared first on High Times. Powerful wildfires fanned by strong winds are ravaging parts of Northern California, having killed at least 11 people, destroying some 1,500 structures, thousands of trees and over 120,000 acres of land. Over 30,000 people in the paths of the fast-moving infernos […]
The post Spirited Drinks With The Cocktail Whisperer Warren Bobrow appeared first on High Times. Warren “The Cocktail Whisperer” Bobrow has lived many lives. After graduating from Emerson College in ‘85, he worked in television as an editor at PBS in New York City. That position led him to TV and radio engineering in Maine […]
The post How To Challenge The Stigma Against Cannabis Consumption appeared first on High Times. Despite some of Jeff Sessions’ best efforts, cannabis is undeniably becoming a large part of mainstream culture, and its only a finite amount of time before its wholehearted acceptance. However, due to its Schedule I status under the federal government […]
The post Scientists Develop Cannabis Pain Patches for Fibromyalgia appeared first on High Times. According to a press release from Cannabis Science, a firm that specializes in the creation of marijuana-based therapeutics, the company has developed two new cannabis-based medications for patients suffering from fibromyalgia and diabetic neuropathy nerve pain. How They Work The medications, which […]
The post Marijuana Movement Dodges Sexual Harassment Consequences appeared first on High Times. Recently, the Marijuana Policy Project announced that their founding executive director, Rob Kampia, would be stepping down from his position, moving diagonally on the org chart to a new position created specifically for him, called “director of strategic development.” Why do you suppose […]
In Illinois, six people suffer severe bleeding after consuming synthetic weed. This is one of many recent occurrences that reveal how dangerous synthetic cannabis can be. Here’s what happened last week. Illinois’ Illegal and Dangerous Synthetic Weed Six people living in northeastern Illinois have experienced severe bleeding due to synthetic weed. The first instances occurred […]
Photo by Vortex Farmacy. As significant an accomplishment as it is, the country’s widening experiment with marijuana legalization is also significantly limited in scope: Your right to possess and consume cannabis stops at the workplace. Under broad state and federal “Drug-Free Workplace” laws—passed in the 1980s at the nadir of the “Just Say No!” hype—employers […]