California Is Spending Millions to Decide What Counts as ‘Real’ Cannabis Flavor
When California legalized adult-use cannabis, it did something bold and imperfect. It moved faster than science. That was not recklessness. It was […]
The Power 100: The Black Leaders Who Built Cannabis, Not Just the Ones You Know
As the cannabis industry professionalizes, consolidates, and globalizes, a basic question still goes unanswered far too often:Who built this space, and who […]
Why Training Plants Is a Waste of Time: Here’s What Actually Works
You may be reading this article and thinking, hang on a minute, what is this author talking about? Now, before you read […]
USA: NORML Argues in Supreme Court Brief That Disarming Cannabis Consumers Is Unconstitutional
NORML’s Amicus Committee today filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Hemani, arguing that the […]
Legal Weed, Illegal Life: Dana Beal and the War That Never Ended
Cannabis is legal across much of America. So why is one of legalization’s longest-standing activists still facing jail time in Idaho? Cannabis […]
Canada: Judge tosses cannabis trafficking case after lead prosecutor had affair with defence lawyer
Canada Defence lawyer Mathieu Rondeau-Poissant leaves the courthouse in Montreal on Sept. 24, 2025. He and former prosecutor Alice Bourbonnais-Rougeau had a […]
This 72-Year-Old Has Been to 24,000 Concerts. Weed Is How He Keeps Going.
As a metaphor for the passage of time, The Simpsons’ episode “Homerpalooza” (season 7, episode 24) portrays Homer in an exercise in […]
Government-Led Party Drug-Testing: Inside Uruguay’s No-Penalty Harm Reduction Program
Far from demonizing people who use drugs—a global reality that some countries have chosen to acknowledge and address rather than forbid—Uruguay is […]
What Happens When a Weed Nerd Runs the Numbers
Make Great Weed. Know Your Numbers. Pay Your Debts. By Nicholas Sosiak via Cannabis Confidential In 2018, Canadian cannabis was supposed to […]
Sherbinskis Was Dying. PrimeTime Took the Risk.
For years, Sherbinskis occupied a rare place in cannabis culture. The brand was widely associated with premium flower, cultural relevance, and one […]