Published: Dec 18, 2017, 1:31 pm • Updated: Dec 18, 2017, 1:37 pm By Greg Quinn, Bloomberg Canadians consumed as much as C$6.2 billion ($4.8 billion) of marijuana in 2015, almost as much as they spent on wine, the federal statistics agency said Monday as it gears up to officially track weed when it becomes…
Published: Aug 19, 2017, 8:03 am • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 11:00 am By Amy Ash Nixon, The Caledonian Record EAST BURKE, Vt. — Eli Harrington thinks holding the first-ever Vermont Hemp Festival in the rural, remote Northeast Kingdom makes perfect sense. Harrington and Monica Donovan, co-founders of Heady Vermont, chose to have their inaugural…
Life insurance companies in Canada are becoming more accepting of cannabis, and many firms have stopped categorizing pot users as smokers. Joan Weir, the director of health and disability policy for the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, told the CBC that many companies are no longer penalizing light users and “have moved to a model…
This week, we heard the news that a group of advocates for medical marijuana for autism will gather in Louisiana. LA MAMMA, Louisiana Mothers Advocating Medical Marijuana for Autism, is set to meet at the Louisiana State Capital on Thursday, April 5th. Their goal is to show support for proposed legislation that would give children…
Published: Oct 24, 2017, 8:08 am • Updated: Oct 24, 2017, 8:08 am By Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times Oct. 21–The war on drugs has taken a disproportionate toll on people who are poor, black or Latino, community activists have long lamented. Now that marijuana is on the brink of legalization in California, Los…
LOS ANGELES — New rap videos aimed at Los Angeles-area teens show a common high school scene: Young people hanging out at a party, empty beer cups strewn about and joints being fired up. But instead of rapping about hook-ups and going to the club, the teens in the videos warn those lighting up about…
Published: Aug 29, 2017, 2:28 pm • Updated: Aug 29, 2017, 2:28 pm By Will Houston, The Cannifornian The Humboldt County Deputy Sheriff’s Organization launched a public outreach and advertising campaign this week against illegal indoor cannabis grows and is calling on the public to weigh in on potential solutions. The union’s president, local Deputy…
Drug addicts all across the United States are being turned away from rehabilitation centers specializing in this disease of plague-like proportions simply because they do not have a photo ID. A recent tale from the Associated Press shows the homeless community, which is arguably the most downtrodden sector of the American junkie culture, does not…
The post UK Khat Ban Fails To Stop Contraband Imports appeared first on High Times. Here’s some news that should surprise nobody. UK Khat Ban Fails To Stop Contraband Imports. International efforts to suppress the trade in a psychoactive plant are failing to do so, but are jacking up the social costs of its use—which might…
When you throw a house party, there’s always the chance things can get a little out of hand. It comes with the territory. But the guest list might have something to do with it, as celebrity pop star Demi Lovato recently discovered. Lovato started the evening planning a low-key hang. But one thing led to…