‘It Feels Like 2016 Again’: A Week in Germany Reminded the Weed Industry (and Berner) How to Have Fun
Mary Jane Berlin brought tens of thousands of people into one building and reminded them why they fell for this plant. Then came the other side of Germany’s cannabis story, a pharmaceutical grow so strict it took half an hour of biosecurity just to reach the plants, and a castle where the industry felt like […]
If You Can Keep a Cannabis Mother Plant Alive, You Can Bake Sourdough
Cannabis grower and edibles pioneer Maya Elisabeth makes the case that your sourdough starter is basically a mother plant. You feed her, she feeds you, and she carries your culture across generations. A warm love letter to two of life’s simplest pleasures, and why the things that bring the most joy always seem to get […]
Krayzie Bone Nearly Died, Put the Weed Down, and Found a New Purpose. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Are Back.
Three years after a ruptured artery in his lung nearly killed him, Krayzie Bone is back with a renewed sense of purpose, a new Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album in the works, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on the way, and, notably, no weed in his life anymore. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony are one of the only rap […]
Afroman, Because I Got High and the Return of Weed’s Moral Panic
Rolling Stone just told the story of how Afroman turned a botched police raid into a viral hit and a First Amendment win. Here is the piece that did not fit in that story: why the song that made him famous a quarter century ago lands harder now than it did then. Rolling Stone just […]
Earth Is Wired With 68.3 Quadrillion Miles of Fungal Networks. Scientists Finally Mapped Them
Scientists have mapped the global density and biomass of fungal mycelium networks, revealing a vast underground infrastructure that supports plants, soil health, and carbon flow. The findings show why protecting living soils and reducing intensive agricultural disruption could be crucial for biodiversity, climate resilience, and future food systems. Beneath our feet lies a living infrastructure […]
Why Summer Is Better With Friends
Fernway’s Squad Goals campaign is built on a simple premise: the good life is better shared. From World Cup watch parties to backyard cookouts, the best summer moments are the ones we spend together. Fernway starts from a simple belief: cannabis makes the good life even better. However you define the good life, the brand […]
Cannabis Has Always Been Queer
Queer activists helped build legal cannabis from the ground up. The industry should remember that history before respectability politics leaves it with no real allies. Corporate Pride is retreating, even though the business case for supporting LGBTQ+ people has never been clearer. Queer consumers are loyal, vocal, culturally powerful, and connected to every taste-making industry […]
Thailand Just Made It A Lot Harder To Sell Weed.
Thailand has issued new enforcement guidelines for cannabis businesses, introducing license suspensions, possible revocations, stricter reporting rules, and tighter controls around prescriptions, advertising, online sales, and on-site use. The move signals a continued shift away from the country’s post-2022 cannabis boom toward a more controlled medical framework with heavier state oversight. Thailand has moved the […]
Rats Get the Munchies Too, According to New Research
New research found that cannabis stimulates appetite in both rats and humans, suggesting the munchies are driven by shared biological mechanisms rather than culture or expectation. The findings could help scientists better understand appetite regulation and explore future treatments for conditions involving nausea, weight loss, or reduced food intake, while highlighting the need for further […]
Regulated, Untamed, and Built to Last: Inside Montana Cannabis
How Montana built a legal cannabis market from a thin medical marijuana law, federal raids, ballot fights, and two decades of stubborn local pressure. “There’s marijuana stores in Montana?” When it comes to Famous Last Words, those were mine. It was October of 2009. I was sitting on my usual stool at the coffee counter […]