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He May Be the Only American Sent to Prison for the Pot Tax

The Cannabis Operator Prosecutors Got Like Al Capone In this first-person commentary, Ryan Richmond argues that after marijuana charges failed,…

4 weeks ago

Legalization Was Bullshit for Frank Rogers. He’s Still in Prison.

Legalization made room for brands, tax revenue, and respectability. For Frank Rogers, still serving time on a federal marijuana conspiracy…

4 weeks ago

Even the DEA Says Teen Weed Use Is Down. WSJ Still Ties Teen Access to Legalization. Why Ignore the Data?

The Wall Street Journal keeps pairing real concerns about teen cannabis with a familiar implication: legalization made the problem worse.…

1 month ago

Steve DeAngelo Talks Smuggling Weed And Why Legalization Still Isn’t Working In Jerry Chu’s New Podcast Video

The first episode of Jerry Chu’s new long-form video podcast, produced with En Volá and distributed through High Times’ YouTube…

1 month ago

How Weed Nuns Helped Shape Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-Winning DiCaprio Epic

When renowned US film director Paul Thomas Anderson and production designer Florencia Martin visited the Sisters of the Valley farm…

1 month ago

Anti-Cannabis Group SAM Says New York Weed Is Failing. The Data Says Otherwise.

A point-by-point look at SAM’s New York report finds a familiar pattern: selective data, overstated conclusions and a weaker case…

1 month ago

Teens Didn’t Just Discover Weed. So Why Is The Wall St. Journal Acting Like They Did?

Vapes are newer. Teen cannabis use isn’t. The Wall Street Journal frames a familiar school problem like legalization invented it,…

2 months ago

Ten Black Heroes Behind Cannabis Legalization

From early reform efforts to modern legalization fights, these Black leaders helped reshape cannabis law and justice. Written by Parabola…

2 months ago

The Demonization of THC

The cannabis wellness conversation is hyper-focused on cannabinoids, when it should focus on how weed is grown. As science further…

2 months ago

Legal Weed, Illegal Life: Dana Beal and the War That Never Ended

Cannabis is legal across much of America. So why is one of legalization’s longest-standing activists still facing jail time in…

3 months ago