Published: Oct 27, 2017, 11:37 am • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 11:49 am By Jennifer Kaplan, Bloomberg A private equity fund co-chaired by a former BlackRock Inc. executive is planning to raise $250 million to invest in marijuana businesses in places such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas and midtown Manhattan. MedMen Opportunity Fund II, which…
The post DEA Issues Warning Over Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine appeared first on High Times. It was just weeks ago that High Times reported that fentanyl-laced cocaine was becoming a deadly nuisance across the United States. Now, the dope henchmen of the federal government have issued a warning in the state of Florida, letting the drug culture…
The post DEA Plans To Grow Nearly 1,000 Pounds Of Weed Next Year appeared first on High Times. Despite being an administration that has worked hard to prevent others from growing weed, the DEA plans to grow nearly 1,000 pounds of weed next year. They’re setting a heavy quota for their federally-licensed cannabis researchers and…
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For all of you avid cannabis consumers out there, have you noticed that if you smoke weed during the day versus the night time or when the sun is setting, that the affects of cannabis are different? If someone consumes cannabis very regularly, they may have trouble telling the difference. But, consistent cannabis consumers may…
Published: Oct 9, 2017, 2:01 pm • Updated: Oct 9, 2017, 2:35 pm By Ana B. Ibarra, Kaiser Health News SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Every day, Anna Denny encounters people who know their way around a joint. Denny owns Elevated 916, a smoke shop in north Sacramento that sells tobacco products and smoking accessories. But many…
The post The Canadian Government Is Funding Marijuana Research appeared first on High Times. Canada continues making moves on the cannabis front. Now, the Canadian government is funding marijuana research to better understand the full effects of legalization. The research is the latest development in the ongoing process of legalizing weed by summer 2018. $1.4…
The post What Is Budder Weed? appeared first on High Times. If you’re familiar with the world of cannabis concentrates, you probably know that they come in a bunch of different forms, like wax for example. Even wax has subcategories based on the specific consistency of the product. Budder is one of the most popular…
A marijuana legalization opponent and retired military veteran, Wallace Godwin, went to Virginia Rep. Scott Taylor’s office on Thursday and threatened his life and two of the staff members with a shotgun. Godwin filed a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to uphold the laws of the Substance Abuse Act and has commented on…
Colorado may be the mecca of legal marijuana, but the state’s old drug laws still loom large. More than 10,000 people in Denver alone were convicted of low-level cannabis crimes between 2001 and 2013. Those offenses — such as possessing the drug or paraphernalia — would not be illegal today, but they still haunt many…