There was once a time when Andrea Drummer was completely against cannabis. That is until she met a cannabis advocate whose success and productivity as an attorney challenged her point of view and opened her mind to the possibilities of how she could use the botanical wonder in her own profession. She started a culinary…
Dr. Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D, author of Understanding Marijuana and The Parents’ Guide to Marijuana and member of NORML’s advisory board, answers your questions about cannabis in his monthly advice column: What’s the best strain for treating fibromyalgia? Bar Epstein Hey Bar, Alas, although recent work in Israel confirms that medical cannabis does help the pain, fatigue and mood problems associated with…
The post First-Ever ‘Weed Paper’ Reveals Best Indoor Grow Conditions appeared first on High Times. Scientists at the University of Guelph in Canada are staking their claim to what they believe is a first in the scientific community. That is, the first-ever ‘weed paper’ published on the topic of growing cannabis. “Growing marijuana has been…
The world of pop culture is full of depictions of people consuming weed. Some of them are fair and accurate, while others are overly exaggerated to the point of becoming ludicrous. While the archives of weed-related pop culture depictions is massive, we managed to dig up several particularly memorable portrayals of weed. In particular, we…
The post Jeff Sessions’ Anti-Pot Federal Crackdown Is In Full Force appeared first on High Times. When President-elect Donald Trump nominated Jeff Sessions to serve as the US Attorney General, marijuana advocates began bracing for the worst. Sessions is a well-known hardliner when it comes to marijuana policy. His quip that he thought the KKK …
Marijuana legalization can be best described as a partnership. For cannabis to become a commodity that is bought and sold like alcohol, tobacco or tomatoes, everybody involved—lawmakers, law-enforcement and the people who grow, sell and consume marijuana—has to come to some kind of agreement on how things will work. This is how everything else in…
The post Will The Emerald Triangle’s Small Growers Survive Legalization? appeared first on High Times. Will the Emerald Triangle’s small growers survive legalization? It’s the question on everyone’s mind in regard to California’s impending cannabis legalization. And what about the impact of the wildfires that are ravaging Northern California? Fire on the Mountain As of…
The post Hustler Publisher Attacks Trump’s Opioid Commission appeared first on High Times. Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt believes there is something seriously wrong with the idea of President Trump declaring the opioid crisis a “national emergency,” while his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, continues to wage a federal war against legal marijuana. In the latest…
The post Feds Admit to Illegally Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Patients appeared first on High Times. In a bombshell statement, feds admit to illegally prosecuting medical marijuana patients. In this shocking admission, the Department of Justice has agreed with defense lawyers. They all say that the U.S. government should not have pursued federal charges against a…
All sorts of people are jumping ship from their traditional, often cushy, jobs to join the green rush or otherwise be a part of the brave new world of cannabis. Recently a couple of Russian bankers joined the slew of entrepreneurs who are bailing out of the stuffy financial industry. Now, journalists are being lured…