The post Watch A Drone Smuggle Drugs Into A UK Prison appeared first on High Times. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Oh wait, it’s actually just a shitload of weed and some trap phones. Common mistake. Man Vs. Machine CCTV cameras recently captured the battle between a remote-control flying drone and a street-clothed detective…
Dispensaries sold more than $33 million in recreational cannabis products in August, the state’s second month of adult-use sales, according to The Cannabist’s calculations on tax data provided by a state official during a visit to Colorado last week. While monthly tax revenue figures have yet to be officially released, Deonne E. Contine, executive director…
Published: Jan 12, 2018, 4:29 pm • Updated: Jan 12, 2018, 4:29 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff A bipartisan congressional coalition pushed back on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s assertion that cannabidiol and extracts derived from hemp are Schedule I substances. Twenty-eight legislators including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and…
Marijuana shoppers in the Las Vegas Valley will now be able to order their weed like they do fast food, thanks to Nevada’s first pot drive-thru set to open today. “We want all customers to have that same experience of being able to get in and get out,” said Benny Tso, chairman of the Las…
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 3:39 pm • Updated: Nov 30, 2017, 5:14 pm By The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has quietly signed a bill that allows Wisconsin farmers to grow industrial hemp. Walker signed the bill Thursday. The bill passed the Legislature unanimously. The measure’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Jesse Kremer,…
A woman arrested after advertising illicit weed business on Snapchat reminds us that very few things are private anymore. In the age of social media, anybody can be, for lack of better terms, anything. A pseudo-celebrity, a faux-model, or even an unspecified ‘entrepreneur’. Apparently, it has even facilitated the transition to becoming a bottom of…
Published: Sep 22, 2017, 3:07 pm • Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 3:09 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Larry Ulibarri and Kathie J., Denver radio personalities and founders of Blazin Hit Radio. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Transitioning from the family-friendly drive time radio personality to a 420-friendly persona, without losing the audience; getting…
Published: Dec 8, 2017, 2:37 pm • Updated: Dec 8, 2017, 3:48 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff A “blank check” company focused on acquiring ancillary businesses to the cannabis industry has filed registration documents for a future $50 million initial public offering, regulatory filings show. MTech Acquisition Corp., a newly formed firm headquartered…
The post Could THCV Help Seizures The Way CBD Does? appeared first on High Times. Dr. Mitch Earleywine, the author of Understanding Marijuana and The Parents’ Guide to Marijuana, dishes on THCV, cannabinoids, opioids and marijuana music. This month, he answers the question—”Could THCV help seizures the way CBD does?”—plus, more! Do you have a favorite marijuana tune? — DJ…
The post Doug Benson On 420 Comedy, Post-Legalization appeared first on High Times. Besides Cheech & Chong, the comedian most associated with marijuana is Doug Benson. He’s made a living off his laid-back stoner persona for over a decade, on stage with “The Marijuana-Logues,” on film in Super High Me and on the small screen with…