$10 Million Meant for Florida’s Children’s Health Care Was Misappropriated to Help Kill Legal Weed, Grand Jury Finds
A Leon County grand jury concluded the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million owed to a children’s health program and that the money was moved “as part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” most of it into the committee fighting marijuana legalization. No one was charged: the grand jury said it lacked sufficient evidence, […]
The New Rules of Shopping for Cannabinoids
Shopping for cannabinoids used to present a clean little fork in the road: THC if you wanted the high, CBD if you did not. The modern shelf is less binary and a lot more interesting. Today’s formulas pair major and minor cannabinoids around a desired experience. THCV shows up in daytime products. CBC gets folded […]
The Record That Decides Whether Weed Leaves Schedule I Just Needed 294 Corrections. A Few Reversed What Witnesses Said.
Part V of our coverage of the federal rescheduling case. Part IV covered the post-hearing briefs. The Corrections That Changed the Meaning Why It Matters, and How Much 294 fixes across 2,533 pages is roughly one every nine pages, and most are spelling and speaker names. A handful did something else: they changed the meaning, […]
A 10-Year-Old Built an AI “Nose” for Airports. Could It One Day Detect Drugs?
Won’t somebody please think of the children?! Well, there’s no need this time, because it seems the children are already thinking of us. Hsu Ting-wei, a 10-year-old from Taiwan, has just won a gold medal and the Best Invention Award from the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA) for a device that looks like something […]
Black Cannabis Week Returns to Philadelphia Sept. 25-27, With a Free Expungement Clinic
Three days in Philadelphia, September 25 to 27, with a free record-clearing clinic and a community day open to anyone. Black Cannabis Week returns to Philadelphia from September 25 to 27, built around the ninth annual Cannabis Opportunities Conference presented by the Diasporic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities. The Philadelphia-based platform was founded to close the […]
The Ball Vape That Buried My B1
They sent me a $500 ball vape to review, and it benched the best friend I’ve had for three years. I’d do it again tomorrow. There’s a vape that’s followed me around my duplex for years like a loyal dog. The Cannabis Hardware B1. In the living room for a movie. The desk for the […]
Exclusive: New Study Finds People Drinking THC Beverages Reached for Alcohol Half as Often. Every Product Tested Is About to Be Banned.
4,516 people logged what they drank for three weeks. On the days they had a THC beverage, their odds of also drinking alcohol fell by roughly half. The finding held for 23 of the 36 products tested, and moved the same direction in every one. The largest real-world study of hemp THC beverages has published […]
A Plane Dropped 300 Feet. The Pilot Tested Positive for Weed. Almost Nobody Mentioned He Wasn’t the One Flying It.
Headlines around the world tied a captain’s positive marijuana test to a terrifying midair plunge. He wasn’t the one flying. The first officer was at the controls, and Airbus says the aircraft registered pressure losses across all three hydraulic systems and that key flight controls stopped responding for four seconds. Every one of those headlines […]
How to Share a Buzz Without Killing the Vibe
Weed etiquette used to begin and end with puff, puff, pass. Now that cannabis shows up at cookouts, game nights, and dinner parties, being considerate takes a little more awareness. Most people know the classics. Puff, puff, pass. Don’t bogart the joint. Ash it before you hand it over. Corner the bowl so the next […]
Can Jamaica’s Cannabis Permits Help Legacy Growers?
Jamaica created a new route into its regulated cannabis market, but a permit alone cannot guarantee that traditional farmers will share in the profits. The Cubans have cigars, and Jamaicans have ganja. So why have the traditional farmers behind Jamaica’s most celebrated crop struggled to find a place in its legal cannabis industry? In April […]