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People Are Getting Their AI High: Paying to ‘Alter’ Chatbot’s Consciousness

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached a level of everyday intimacy where it’s starting to feel like a friend. We argue…

4 months ago

Wiz Khalifa Sentenced to 9 Months for Lighting a ‘Big Ass Joint’ on Stage in Romania

Wiz Khalifa has been sentenced to nine months in prison in Romania for lighting up a joint on stage during…

4 months ago

Trump Just Turned Fentanyl Into a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’ With New Executive Order

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order classifying illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as “weapons of mass…

4 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Basketball Star Avoids Death Penalty In Indonesia After Court Rules In THC Gummies Case

For seven months, American athlete Jarred Shaw sat inside Indonesia’s prison system, wondering whether a package of THC gummies sent…

5 months ago

¿Are Drugs Winning the War? 11,000 Officers Failed to Stop 1 Ton of Weed Bound from Paraguay to Brazil

For the last century or so, the vast majority of governments has approached the fight against drug trafficking with force,…

5 months ago

Brazil Can’t Stop Throwing Cannabis Events — And It’s Changing the Map

A new survey from the Center for Drug Tourism Studies at UERJ (State University of Rio de Janeiro) shows that…

5 months ago

Brazil to Meta: Stop Censoring Weed, or I’ll See You in Court

In the so-called era of “digital freedom,” Meta has been accused of censoring cannabis accounts left and right. According to…

6 months ago

The Raids That Shook Europe’s Cannabis Empire

Lisbon, October 2025. The room fell silent when Dr. Vasco Bettencourt, director at INFARMED’s Licensing Unit, took the stage. He…

6 months ago

As Synthetic ‘Kush’ Ravages Sierra Leone, Its UN Ambassador Says Legalization Isn’t on the Table—Yet

As “Kush,” a synthetic drug ravaging Sierra Leone’s youth, continues to spread, some in the country are questioning whether cannabis…

6 months ago

ExpoCannabis Brasil 2025: Latin America’s Largest Cannabis Fair Returns to São Paulo, With Added B2B Event

The third edition of ExpoCannabis Brasil will take place November 14–16, 2025, at São Paulo Expo, reaffirming its status as…

6 months ago