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The Great Jamaican Patoo Trip

The World Health Organization (WHO), recently citing one of their fresh, dark-timeline COVID-19 pandemic stats, alerted the world that there’s…

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Attorney Shimmy Posen Discusses Legalization, the Global Marketplace

Recently, President Joe Biden announced a plan to pardon those convicted of simple cannabis possession, which left many wondering if…

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Borosyndicate Showcases World-Class Glass Artists

Borosyndicate—a brick-and-mortar glass art gallery and retail location, complete with a separate glassblowing facility—produces its own brand of items as…

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From the Archives: 9 Tons of Pot (1974)

By Rod De Remer Regular newspaper readers probably remember that spectacular bust last year of a barge with nine tons…

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Five Cannabis Word Origins

Hemp Shutterstock The word “hemp” is of Germanic origins adopted into Old English. According to the Etymology Online Dictionary, “hemp”…

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SNAFU: Detroit Punks Go Podunk

I’d spent a large part of the afternoon licking a week’s worth of journalistic wounds: unapologetically abusing a slew of…

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From the Archives: The Steps to Legalization (1989)

By Ed Rosenthal For a long time, activists have been waiting for NORML to start a political legalization drive. Years…

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From the Archives: Hello, is anyone out there? (1997)

By Leslie Stackel Conservative voices have held sway over talk-radio’s airwaves since the 1960s, selling a backlash against progressive ideas…

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From the Archives: Hash in the U.S.S.R. (1974)

It was the C.I.A. that sent me to Russia. Not that I’d planned it that way. But after studying Russian…

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