Tag: Weed

Meet Micro TDH, the Venezuelan Artist Putting Older Women Smoking Weed in His Music Videos

In the music video for “Ram Pam Pam,” Venezuelan artist Micro TDH put older women smoking weed front and center. Asked about it, he doesn’t push a position. He describes one: “It’s part of my day-to-day. I’m just reflecting my lifestyle.” Fernando Daniel Morillo Rivas, known as Micro TDH, is one of the more interesting […]

How Many Times Was Paul McCartney Arrested for Weed?

We take a trip down memory lane tracing Paul McCartney’s multiple cannabis-related run-ins with the law, from minor fines to his nine-day detention in Japan in 1980. Paul McCartney, Weed, and His Encounters With the Law The relationship between music and weed surprises exactly no one. In particular, the connection between the plant and The […]

Conan O’Brien Has Been Trying To Eat One Weed Gummy For Two Weeks. He’s Managed A Quarter.

Conan O’Brien, a self-described straight edge who “keeps cutting things out” of his life, is being gently talked into edibles by his own assistant. Two weeks in, he has managed to nibble a quarter of one gummy. The High Times connection goes back 20 years, to a bong he accepted on live TV. A few […]

Weed, Driving, and DUIs: What Happens If You Get Pulled Over

Driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal. Yet, with states having different criteria as to what constitutes driving under the influence of drugs (DUID), marijuana consumers need to be familiar with what “under the influence” really means. Unlike the nationally recognized standard for drunk driving (0.08% blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, in every state […]

ScHoolboy Q Quits Weed After Smoking 20 Times a Day. Here’s Why.

ScHoolboy Q says he’s done smoking weed and, according to him, the decision came after years of heavy use, a sense that the habit had stopped doing anything for him, and a desire to set an example for his children. Still, he recognized its health benefits —distinguishing it from habits like alcohol— and how it […]

Virginia’s Governor Says Legal Weed Was Moving Too Fast. The States That Moved Fast Are Doing Fine.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger explained her cannabis veto: she didn’t want to rush like other states. The problem is that the states that rushed are doing fine, and her veto just froze a $50 million expansion and hundreds of jobs. The states that “rushed” are fine $50 million and hundreds of jobs, on pause A day […]

The Feds Rescheduled Weed. Truckers Still Can’t Touch It, Medical Card Or Not.

Schedule III didn’t change a thing for truckers. A new USDOT memo confirms that safety-sensitive transportation workers still can’t use marijuana, and a state medical card won’t save your drug test. If you drive a truck, fly a plane, or operate a bus for a living, the federal rescheduling of marijuana changed nothing for you. […]

Inside Scarlet Reserve Room and Jersey’s Legacy Weed Culture

As legal cannabis drifts toward corporate sameness, Scarlet Reserve Room is holding onto something harder to manufacture: culture, authenticity, and the people who survived prohibition long before investors showed up.  Legal weed has gotten very good at looking expensive. Walk into enough dispensaries today and they start blurring together: white walls, glowing menus, polished branding, […]

Ilhan Omar Thinks ‘A Lot Of People’ In Congress Smoke Weed. Then She Flashed A Peace Sign And Left.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, told TMZ there are “a lot of people who smoke cannabis in Congress.” Then she flashed a peace sign and walked off. The serious point underneath the peace sign What the administration actually did Somebody in Congress is holding, and Rep. Ilhan Omar isn’t naming names. […]

New York’s Microbusinesses Could Save Legal Weed From Becoming Corporate Sludge

Small growers, tighter margins, and a fight against corporate sameness are shaping the next phase of New York cannabis.  For years, cannabis legalization has carried the same promise: small operators, legacy growers, and community-rooted businesses would finally get a real shot at ownership. Then the market opens, capital floods in, and suddenly the people who […]

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