Published: Sep 14, 2017, 8:15 am • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 8:15 am By The Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s government announced Wednesday that it is changing its retail system for legalized marijuana because banks are making it difficult for pharmacies to sell cannabis as planned. Banks are refusing to deal with companies linked…
The post Would You Smoke Out Of This Million Dollar Pipe? appeared first on High Times. The Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album was bought and resold for millions of dollars. However, hip-hop isn’t the only modern art form generating works of art valued at a million. We’ve seen bongs sell for well over a hundred thousand…
The post Northern California’s Calaveras County Votes To Ban Weed appeared first on High Times. This month, the great state of California recently hit the green light on the green and legalized weed for recreational use. We’ve been so busy celebrating this win for the cause of legalization, that we seem to have forgotten one…
Rock legend Gene Simmons, a notorious stickler for anything drug-related, has finally crossed over to the dark side. Or, more accurately, the green side. Invictus, a Canadian cannabis and fertilizer company, announced on Monday that Simmons will serve as the Chief Evangelist Officer of their rapidly expanding business. Changing His Tune Throughout his illustrious career, Simmons…
What began this morning as an outbreak of 15 synthetic cannabinoid overdoses on the New Haven Green in Connecticut has ballooned to a situation involving 25 individuals and counting. The situation is escalating, and emergency crews and officials from New Haven’s fire, medical, and police departments had to cut their press conference with local reporters…
The debate in New Jersey over legalizing adult-use marijuana continues to rage. Voters elected Governor Phil Murphy into office in 2016 who campaigned hard on legalizing recreational marijuana in New Jersey. It was a massive swing for the Garden State after having Chris Christie, a cannabis legalization opponent, serve as governor for many years. Governor…
History seems to be repeating itself in Boise, where a bill to legalize CBD oil in Idaho has been stalled. Talks over HB 577, which would allow registered patients to obtain cannabidiol, broke down in a hearing on Monday. The tumultuous events culminated in a motion to hold the bill in committee, a decision that…
A central Florida middle school student is facing felony charges after bringing THC gummies to class and sharing them with other children. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a press conference last week that a 12-year-old boy brought a block of Green Hornet THC-infused gummies to gym class and shared them with four girls and…
In a departure from the Obama administration’s policies, the White House said Thursday that the Trump administration is likely to crack down on recreational marijuana use. “I do think you’ll see greater enforcement,” said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. “The Department of Justice, I think, will be further looking into [the issue]. I believe…
Until now, hair-triggered alternative fact-machine Donald Trump deserved an honesty award: Unlike with every president to come before him since Richard Nixon, his month-old administration had yet to tell a lie about marijuana. In team Trump’s defense, the obvious lies launched over the last four weeks—nonexistent “massacres,” bogus crowd sizes, vaporous perpetrators of voter fraud—were…