How a Rikers Sentence Sparked a New Life in Cannabis: The James Adames Story
On a humid summer afternoon in Washington Heights, a teenage James Adames lit up in an alleyway he thought was safe. The ritual was familiar, but so was the risk. At just 16, he was stopped, frisked, and arrested for cannabis. Three nights in jail followed. “It was a very scary experience,” he remembers. What […]
Fore Twenty: How Cannabis Crashed the Country Club
By Christopher Filkins For decades, the relationship between cannabis and country clubs was defined by furtive teenagers ducking behind sand traps, groundskeepers turning a blind eye to the smell of “grass” mixing with fresh-cut grass. A possession charge could ban you from these manicured greens forever, your membership revoked faster than you could yell “fore!” […]
Grow Smarter, Not Harder: Upgrades That Cut Waste and Cost
Cannabis is a plant that typically thrives in warm and sunny conditions. If you live somewhere cannabis can thrive year-round outdoors, count yourself as very fortunate! For the rest of us, high-quality cannabis comes with a price tag that’s relative to the cost of production, whether growing your own at home or supporting any number […]
Texas Supreme Court Refuses To Take Up Marijuana Case Challenging State’s Rejection Of Local Decriminalization Law
The Texas Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal of a case concerning the state’s overturning of a local marijuana decriminalization law that was approved by voters in the city of San Marcus. About five months after the state Fifteenth Court of Appeals rejected a lower court ruling that denied a temporary injunction to […]
Meet the World’s First Cannabis Rugby Team: Crewmen 7’s Tackle Stigma Head-On
Picture this: a rugby pitch, sweat in the air, bodies colliding with that mix of grace and chaos only rugby can deliver. On the sideline, instead of the usual beer logos and corporate banners, you see RAW Rolling Papers. Instead of Budweiser, there’s Beneleaves. Instead of a cooler stacked with light beer, there are capsules […]
Congressional Committee Schedules Hearing On Chinese ‘Invasion’ Through ‘Illegal Marijuana’ Operations
A GOP-controlled congressional committee has scheduled a hearing to discuss what’s described as a Chinese “invasion” of the U.S. through illicit marijuana operations. The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, & Accountability set the hearing—titled “Invasion of the Homeland: How China is Using Illegal Marijuana to Build a Criminal Network Across America”—for Thursday, September […]
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Sales Are On Track To Set A New Annual Record
“A total of $1.5 billion has been spent on medical marijuana since the state’s first dispensary opened in May 2019.” By Sonny Albarado, Arkansas Advocate Arkansans spent $10 million more on medical marijuana so far this year than during the first eight months of 2024, putting the state on track to exceed a record set […]
Rhode Island Marijuana Dispensary License Application Process Officially Launches
“Today is a significant day for the commission and Rhode Island. This milestone represents the culmination of years of work and collaboration.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Currant For nearly three years, prospective business owners have eagerly waited for the date they could join Rhode Island’s budding retail cannabis market. That day is now here. […]
Federal Judge Gives Florida Marijuana Legalization Campaign A Win Over State’s Ballot Initiative Restriction Law
A federal judge has delivered a win to a Florida campaign seeking to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s 2026 ballot—granting “complete relief” from provisions of a law Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed to impose serious restrictions on signature gathering. In response to a motion for a preliminary injunction from the cannabis campaign […]
Long Flowering, Long Forgotten: Why Preserving Diversity Is The Future of Cannabis
The greatest threat to the future of cannabis may not be legislation or corporatization, but the silent extinction of its genetic diversity. The modern cannabis industry has evolved faster in the past ten years than it did in the ten thousand years prior, but it has come at a cost. As we have raced toward […]