The Death of a Fifth-Generation Vermont Farm
A Social Equity Applicant’s Story of Hope, Legalization, and Loss In a matter of weeks, I’ll lock the door to my family’s farmhouse for the last time and walk away. My great-great-grandfather, Bial, bought this Vermont farm in 1909. For 117 years, five generations of my family lived, worked, and died here. The old slate […]
Marijuana Legalization Boosts Agriculture Jobs In States That Enact It, New Study Shows
States that enact marijuana legalization see jobs in the agriculture sector increase more than they would have without the policy change, according to a new economic analysis from researchers at Texas Tech University. The results, which were presented at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s 2026 meeting last month, found a 9 percent uptick in […]
DEA Says Hemp Company Can’t Challenge Agency’s Stance That Synthetic Cannabis Compound HHC Is Federally Banned
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is defending its stance that a cannabinoid produced synthetically from components of the cannabis plant is federally illegal. DEA issued a rule in May saying that while it had already considered hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) to be a Schedule I illegal substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the agency will […]
Talarico Suggests Paxton Cracked Down On Cannabis To ‘Enrich’ Donors In Alcohol And Tobacco Industries
Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is suggesting that his Republican opponent for the seat supports banning cannabis in order to aid his political donors in the alcohol and tobacco industries. “People are outraged across the state, and it’s not any one political party,” Talarico said of recently enacted state restrictions on hemp products […]
‘I Was Kind of High for a Lot of This’: Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat on Getting Stoned to Make ‘The Wrong Girls’
Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat on playing best-friend stoners, getting high on set on purpose and by accident, and the movie Dylan Meyer spent a decade pushing up the hill. The Wrong Girls, from writer and director Dylan Meyer, is a wholesome stoner comedy. The movie features an experimental drug, conspiracies, mad scientists, and, without […]
DEA defends synthetic cannabinoid ban (Newsletter: August 14, 2026)
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Illinois Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries Can Apply To Sell Medical Cannabis With New Form Posted By State Officials
Illinois officials have posted a new form that recreational marijuana dispensaries can file in order to get permission to begin selling medical cannabis, which is taxed at a much lower rate than adult-use products. The expanded opportunity for marijuana businesses comes as part of omnibus cannabis legislation that was passed by lawmakers and signed into […]
Australia Bans ‘Halloween’ Video Game Over Weed, Not Its Brutal Violence
Gore, Michael Myers, lots of blood, brutal deaths, torture. So far, so good. But… weed? In a game that kids could play? That’s crossing the line. At least that seems to be the reason why Halloween: The Game, the new survival horror game developed by IllFonic and scheduled for release on September 8, 2026, was […]
‘I Want to go Home’: The Time Blink-182 Got Stupid High With Cypress Hill Before a Show
Travis Barker says he and Tom DeLonge got extremely high with Cypress Hill before a Blink-182 show in 2004, turning the performance into what felt like an endless ordeal. Despite how uncomfortable they felt onstage, fans reportedly remember the concert as one of the band’s most electrifying. You might have heard through the grapevine that […]
Texas Officials Call Hemp A Crisis While Bigger Public Safety Threats Go Unanswered (Op-Ed)
“Texas can protect children and consumers without rebuilding the drug war.” By Michael A. Davis Texas officials have spent years treating hemp-derived THC as if it were the greatest danger facing the state. Now the crackdown is no longer political theater. Beginning July 31, Texas restored a controlled substance schedule that allows products labeled as […]