Daily Marijuana Use Now Outpaces Alcohol Drinking And Cigarette Smoking, Federal Report Shows
Americans are now more likely to use marijuana nearly every day than they are to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol on a daily basis, according to a new federal study. The 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), released on Monday, shows that 21.4 million Americans over the age of 12 admit to […]
Daily cannabis use surpasses alcohol & cigarettes (Newsletter: July 29, 2026)
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Teen cannabis use is going down as more states legalize, federal study shows (Newsletter: July 28, 2026)
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Cannabis and Cancer: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Cannabis helps a lot of people get through cancer treatment. That is not the same thing as treating cancer. Almost all the confusion lives in the gap between those two sentences. Key Takeaways The evidence for cannabis in cancer care is strongest for symptom management, and weakest exactly where the internet is loudest: killing tumors. […]
Everything We Know About Snoop Dogg’s Upcoming Biopic
Snoop Dogg’s life is coming to the big screen in an R-rated Universal biopic starring Jonathan Daviss and directed by Craig Brewer, with a theatrical release set for August 6, 2027. The film is expected to explore his evolution from a Long Beach rapper to a global entertainer, entrepreneur, and cannabis icon, although the exact […]
Athletes Use Cannabis in Silence: What This NFL-Backed Study Revealed
Professional and elite athletes in contact sports described using cannabis for pain, sleep, recovery, anxiety, and other reasons while often relying on teammates, online research, and trial and error instead of trusted medical guidance. Even as sports leagues relax their policies, fear of judgment, punishment, and career consequences continues to keep cannabis use largely out […]
Banning Hemp THC Products Drives Consumers Toward Licensed Marijuana Businesses, Poll Shows
With the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products looming in November, a growing number of states are enacting their own laws to ban intoxicating cannabinoid derivates. And most cannabis consumers in those jurisdictions are shifting their purchases toward licensed marijuana businesses, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD and […]
Ed Rosenthal: Nepal’s Cannabis Laws Are ‘an Insult to Shiva.’ Nixon’s War on Drugs Forced Them.
On the night of Maha Shivaratri, cannabis smoke rises over Pashupatinath as it has for centuries. Nepal sold hashish under government license until 1973, when Washington leaned on Kathmandu and the shops closed. Activist Hemant Shahi and Ed Rosenthal on the fight to give the plant back to the god it belongs to. On the […]
Stop Treating CalMag Like an Emergency Fix
Many growers treat CalMag as an emergency correction for a plant that is already showing symptoms. In soft- and RO-water systems, its more important role happens earlier: conditioning the water into a stable foundation before nutrients are added. In most commercial grows, a bottle of CalMag sits near the reservoir and gets reached for almost […]
Rhode Island Officials Will Refund Marijuana Business License Application Fees As Process Restarts Following Litigation
“We understand there may be questions about where things stand and where we are headed.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current Seventy-five prospective Rhode Island cannabis retailers will soon receive $7,500 refunds as state regulators prepare to restart the licensing process that was halted under a federal court order. The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission […]