Culture

The Untold Story of Bolivia’s ‘Pipe Bench,’ a Lost Landmark of Communal 420 Culture

On occasion, geography offers up some profoundly useful glitches. Other times, with skill and ingenuity, humankind turns that geography into…

10 months ago

Charcoal Filters Are for Suckers

Charcoal filters have quietly become one of the most successful products in modern cannabis culture. They look scientific, they promise…

10 months ago

Gang Starr’s Guru Quit Smoking Weed And Didn’t Like His Friends Anymore. Ice-T Explains Why

“I stopped smoking and realized I didn’t like my friends.” The line allegedly belongs to the late Guru of Gang…

10 months ago

The Last Days of the Hemp Era

How a Legal Loophole Rewired America’s Cannabis Industry and Why Its Collapse Will Change Cannabis Forever For six years, the…

10 months ago

Rebuilding Trust in Pre-Rolls: Why Certification Matters More Than Ever

Walk into any dispensary today and ask for a pre-roll, and you’ll get a dozen different options, each promising something…

10 months ago

Jessimae Peluso Didn’t Use Weed to Numb Grief — She Used It to Face It

“Grief is a gift. Right now, it may feel like a curse. It burns every fiber of your being, leaving…

10 months ago

Centennials List the Best Animes to Watch While High — and Your Faves Aren’t in It

While Millennials grew up fawning over the fantastic trio of Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, and Sailor Moon, Gen Zers couldn’t…

10 months ago

Is a MAGA-Aligned Think Tank Using the Hemp Ban to Advance a New Federal War on Cannabis?

TL;DR: Trump’s surprise hemp ban doesn’t just wipe out a massive part of the hemp-derived market; it may also create…

10 months ago

Meet the Publisher: ‘Give It to You Raw’ — The True Story of Josh Kesselman, RAW Papers and the Spanish Factory That Shaped a Rolling-Paper Empire (Part I)

Joshua Kesselman, the man behind the RAW® brand of rolling papers and other smoking accessories, didn’t name his brand after…

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