The post New York City’s Persistent Cannabis Dystopia appeared first on High Times. New York City, despite its liberal reputation, has long been the marijuana arrest capital of the USA. So, many herbal advocates were heartened by the recent poll (carried out by Emerson College on behalf of the Marijuana Policy Project and Drug Policy Alliance) finding that 62 percent of New York’s registered […]
It wasn’t a happy 420 for a police officer caught selling drugs to an undercover federal informant in New Jersey last week. FBI agents arrested Ruben McAusland, 26, on Friday, April 20 for selling drugs including cannabis, crack, heroin, and powder cocaine. McAusland is a patrol officer with the Paterson Police Department. US Attorney Craig […]
Anyone trying to make a living in the legal marijuana industry has faced the absurd and frustrating obstacles resulting from cannabis being legal in a certain states, but not legal on a federal level, which still maintains a Schedule 1 classification for weed, therefore allowing the feds to ruin one’s business or life at any given […]
Ah, the holidays are officially here. If you’re like us, you probably haven’t done much in the way of shopping. You probably haven’t even stopped to think about it. In fact, you probably forgot that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are mere days away. But just ’cause you smoked that thought away doesn’t mean you should […]
The post How To Grow Organic Weed: A Step-by-Step Guide appeared first on High Times. The best cannabis cultivators always seek new ways to improve the quality of the flowers they produce. Some will still debate that there isn’t a difference between marijuana grown with chemicals and flowers grown organically. But savvy connoisseurs and well-informed […]
Despite what Jeff Sessions says about cannabis, some local politicians are fighting against the injustice of arresting people for marijuana. Marijuana arrests in New Orleans have plummeted after a policy change that was implemented to allow for more tolerant policing. Between June 2016 and May 2017, only 1 percent of meetings between police and people accused of marijuana possession […]
The post Does Marijuana Legalization Decrease Alcohol Consumption? appeared first on High Times. There’s a particular conundrum when it comes to state legalization of recreational pot from a retail standpoint. The conundrum is the co-sales and usage of marijuana and alcohol. Some stores would prefer to sell the two products in unison. But, it remains […]
Vic Mensa sounds slightly disappointed when he gets on the phone. He’s at a random gas station somewhere in the middle of Florida, and all he wants is a decent cup of coffee and some healthy food. But that’s not going to happen. The Chicago rapper, who’s currently on tour in support of his Roc […]
Perhaps it’s safe to say that if you feel the general public remains too unaware of the smell of cannabis to identify it, you likely don’t have a problem with the drug. Nevertheless, police in Northern Ireland have adopted an innovative approach to raising drug awareness. And on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the PSNI announced […]
The US marijuana industry, despite the forces of evil in Washington that would destroy it, has become a booming, multibillion-dollar player in the economy. Soon, eight states will be fully legalized—not to mention Washington, DC, itself—and there are more on the way. With cannabis production and distribution morphing into a nationwide enterprise, opportunities abound in […]