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When Beer Beats Weed: Germany’s Cannabis Reform Backlash

More than a decade ago, my fitness coach and friend, Jenny, called me in distress. She had just been attacked…

8 months ago

Why More Equipment Won’t Fix Your Yield Problem

The head grower at a 100,000-square-foot facility was getting hammered over flat yields. Investors wanted “efficiency,” the CEO wanted a…

8 months ago

In Praise of Slowness: Weed as a Countercultural Tool Against Hustle Culture

Time seems to go by so fast. In reality, it moves no faster—or slower—than ever, but there’s a very specific…

8 months ago

Nothing Ventured. Nothing Gained: Bob Weir and the Culture That Got There First

This piece is, first and foremost, a tribute to Bob Weir, and to a life spent creating, persisting, and refusing…

8 months ago

New York Cannabis Cup Winners: The Brands and Products That Took Top Honors

From dialed-in flower to standout vapes, edibles, and drinks, this year’s Cannabis Cup results highlight the operators setting the pace…

8 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…

8 months ago

UK Clubs Are Shutting Down: Is Nightlife No Longer Profitable?

There’s a trend increasingly debated in electronic music publications, cultural calendars, and the endless rabbit hole on Instagram and TikTok:…

8 months ago

Emotional Zombies: How Weed Can Teach Us to Feel (Again)

Never before in human history have we been exposed to so many sensory stimuli at once, and never, ever, have…

9 months ago

Inside the Soviet Union’s War on Drugs — And Why Its Logic Never Really Ended

“The scourge of all Soviet Russia is cocaine,” Tatiana Kuranina, a Russian noblewoman, wrote sometime after the Bolshevik Revolution of…

9 months ago

Cannabis Culture Can’t Afford to Keep Fighting Itself

Cannabis has never been a single experience. It was never one molecule, one effect, one intention, or one lane. It…

9 months ago