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$1,566 For A Single Cut: Inside California’s Biggest Clone Release Weekend Ever

Cuttings are selling for up to $1,566 each. Three California events in May are drawing international growers, hashmakers and breeders…

1 month ago

Cannabis 2016–2026: The Green Rush Fizzled. What Came Next Is More Interesting

Over the past decade, cannabis has shifted from taboo to a regulated global industry, with expanding legalization, medical adoption, and…

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The Cannabis ‘Shit List’: Where Vendors Are Naming California’s Lowest-Rated Operators

Whitney Economics says U.S. cannabis operators carried more than $3.8 billion in delinquent receivables at the end of 2023, projected…

1 month ago

Jadakiss Smoked With Biggie, Dodged Cops For Sour Diesel and Lived To See Legal Weed In Harlem

The LOX legend and Dynasty Commodities co-founder Rich Jospitre talk to High Times about Biggie sessions, Sour, Haze, Harlem ownership…

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World’s Oldest Cannabis Plant May Have Been Found in a Berlin Museum — and It’s 56 Million Years Old

A fossilized leaf imprint found near Eisleben, Germany, may be 56 million years old, doubling the previously accepted timeline for…

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Pax Cannabica: How the Plant Became a Geopolitical Tool in a World at War

Cannabis is quietly emerging as a geopolitical tool in 2026, reshaping global trade, diplomacy and soft power amid energy crises…

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Buddhist Monks Caught Smuggling $3.6M in Weed Through Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan authorities arrested 22 individuals after uncovering a sophisticated cannabis trafficking operation involving Buddhist monks carrying over 220 pounds…

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Matt Zorn and the Next Phase of America’s Drug Policy Revolution

By Hirsh Jain via Cannabis Confidential newsletter. Subscribe here. How Zorn’s trajectory from litigator to policymaker echoes Thurgood Marshall. As…

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‘Addiction Factory’: Study Denounces the Dangers of Overdiagnosing Habits

The term “addiction” gets thrown around quite freely in everyday language—this is nothing new. Who among us hasn’t declared themselves…

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Colombia to Cull Dozens of Hippos: From Pablo Escobar’s Pets to a Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Colombia is moving forward with a controversial plan to euthanize dozens of invasive hippos descended from Pablo Escobar’s private collection,…

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