If you’ve found yourself in recent months puffing on some weed while arguing with a relative on Facebook about the merits of the Green New Deal, some self-reflection may be in order. As Earth Day approaches, urging us to think about our environmental impacts, carbon footprints and consumption habits, it’s incumbent upon us to bring […]
The Week in Weed
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Smoochy Woochy Poochy Headaches
The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department caused quite a stir on Facebook last week with a somewhat confusing post that appeared to offer a warning to cannabis farms. “Believe it or not growing cannabis, aka the devils lettuce, is still illegal in Stanislaus County,” the grammatically challenged post began. “No legal recreational growing permits have been […]
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Supes Pass Hemp Moratorium
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 2 to approve a temporary moratorium on the cultivation of industrial hemp. “The cannabis industry feels very strongly about it,” Humboldt County Agricultural Commission Jeff Dolf told the Journal back in late February, as the county and state were mulling their options. “They are very, very […]
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The Psychosis of Prohibition
If you smoke potent cannabis daily, you may be at an increased risk of having a psychotic episode, according to a British study recently published in The Lancet Psychiatry. The study stops way short of determining there is a causal link between cannabis consumption and psychosis, but it does show a startling correlation. Researchers identified […]
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Pot Full of Privilege
White privilege, please come get your boys. As the nation watched transfixed last week by news that federal prosecutors had charged at least 50 people in a brazen college admissions scandal in which rich parents allegedly paid millions to get their kids into universities like Yale and Stanford, young Malcolm Abbott strolled out of his […]
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The Tax Man Giveth Back
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously March 12 to reinvest a portion of its cannabis excise tax revenue back into the industry it came from. In a series of votes, the board approved plans to create a local “equity” program aimed at helping those impacted by prohibition and the drug war, a board […]
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Trump, Yeast and the Mainstreaming of Weed
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) dropped a bit of a bombshell recently on the Cannabis Economy podcast, revealing a private conversation he had with President Trump after former Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III announced he was unravelling Obama Administration protections for folks in states that have legalized cannabis in some form. As Gardner relays it, […]
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Science and the Looming Cannapacolypse
Leave it to scientists to rain on your wellness parade. CBD is clearly all the rage right now. Cannabidiol, a naturally occurring compound that’s one of more than 100 phytocannabinoids found in cannabis flowers, has recently been federally legalized, was featured in a Super Bowl promotion and could reach more than $16 billion in annual […]
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‘Fragmented and Uncoordinated’
California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom made national news last week, announcing during his State of the State address that he would be withdrawing most of the state’s National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Trump was readying to declare a national emergency. The move was seen nationally as the latest battle cry from […]
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The Fear is Real
An article recently published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology links cannabis consumption to heart attacks. Kind of. The piece details the story of a 70-year-old Canadian man with a history of cardiovascular disease who was just looking for a little osteoarthritis pain relief and to get a good night’s sleep when he decided to […]
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Bad Looks
You may have seen some breathless, excited headlines cross your social media feeds Super Bowl weekend exclaiming that the big game would feature (or had featured) the first cannabis ad in its history. If you’re more of headline skimmer than a reader, I’m here to harsh your mellow. As we reported in these pages Jan. […]
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The Doctor Who Dosed a Preschooler
The Medical Board of California has revoked a Hollywood doctor’s medical license after he prescribed a 4-year-old boy cannabis cookies to treat “episodes of uncontrollable behavior and temper tantrums.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, the board also found that Eidelman is just a really bad doctor. That second part shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone who […]