Harry Styles Says He Did A Lot of Mushrooms Making ‘Fine Line.’ A Top Psychedelic Scientist Explains Why It Tracks.
Harry Styles has openly linked the recording of his 2019 album Fine Line to mushrooms, sunshine and Rick Rubin’s Malibu lawn. A leading psychedelic neuroscientist explains what the science actually says about play, creativity and the artist brain on classic psychedelics. Sunshine, McCartney records and a little blood What the science says about play Harry […]
More People Are Denied Gun Permits Over Medical Marijuana In Hawaii Than For Any Other Reason, Attorney General’s Report Shows
More than a quarter of the gun permit applications that Hawaii officials denied last year were due to the applicants’ status as medical marijuana patients, the state attorney general’s office says. The annual “Firearms Registration in Hawai’i” report, published last month, shows that of the 163 firearms permit applications that were rejected in 2025, 47 […]
Lawmakers want cannabis tax guidance from IRS (Newsletter: May 29, 2026)
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Before the Grammy, Durand Bernarr Was Already Talking About Community
When Durand Bernarr took the stage at Revelry’s New York event last September, he wasn’t a Grammy winner yet. He was still the fiercely independent artist who had spent two decades building a career on his own terms, winning over audiences one performance at a time. Fresh off the release of BLOOM, Bernarr joined High […]
Inside Marengo: The Mob Trial No Lawyer Will Touch
For nearly a decade, the Netherlands has been trying to put Europe’s most dangerous drug lord behind bars. The cost has been lawyers in prison, journalists shot in the street, and a justice system that no longer feels safe defending its own rules. Key Takeaways The Marengo trial exposed a criminal network so deeply embedded […]
GOP Lawmakers File Amendments To Prevent Federal Recriminalization Of Hemp THC Products This Year
Three Republican members of Congress have filed separate amendments to large-scale agriculture legislation that would prevent a scheduled federal ban on hemp THC products from taking effect in November. One proposal, from Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), would keep many hemp products legal that are currently set to be recriminalized this year, add labeling requirements and […]
Lawmakers Push IRS To Issue ‘Prompt’ Tax Guidance For Marijuana Businesses Now That Rescheduling Is Happening
A group of congressional lawmakers are pressing federal officials to issue “prompt guidance” on tax issues for marijuana businesses in light of the Trump administration’s move to federally reschedule cannabis. A new letter, led by Reps. Steven Horsford (D-NV and Steve Cohen (D-TN), notes that “state-legal cannabis businesses have been denied ordinary business tax deductions […]
Marc Shepard Built NECANN for the Locals
The first NECANN show should have been a disaster. February in Boston. Seven feet of snow. A venue with frozen steps. A Patriots Super Bowl scheduling scramble. Marc Shepard was outside at 5 a.m., smashing ice off the entrance to a beer hall and wondering what the hell he had gotten himself into. Then the […]
Pre-Rolls Don’t Suck. Bad Manufacturing Does.
Bad pre-rolls have become so common that consumers expect them to fail. Manufacturers like PreRoll-Er say the problem starts long before the lighter comes out. For years, pre-rolls have carried the same complaints. They clog.They canoe.They burn down one side.They pull too tight.They burn without smoke.They go out again and again. Consumers know the frustration. […]
Twenty-One Years Later, Conor Oberst Is More Wide Awake Than Ever
As Bright Eyes revisits its landmark albums with a Woodstock cannabis collaboration, Conor Oberst reflects on sobriety, survival, and staying human. For a certain kind of person, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning was not just an album. It was survival literature. It lived in burned CD binders, scratched iPods, shitty car stereos, headphones worn during […]