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October 2, 2024
Closed Loop
In 2018, a loophole in federal law created a market for potentially problematic or even dangerous hemp products that can get you high. Kids can easily buy them, and often do.
August 28, 2024
Weed Weirdos
It should come as no surprise that, as the Republican Party gets nuttier and nuttier, the things Republicans say about weed become ever more outlandish.
August 14, 2024
Laws & Order
the legal status of weed seems to have little aggregate effect on usage rates in either direction. It might actually make teens less prone to use it
July 24, 2024
Evolutionary
“Not throwing people in jail for possessing weed” is a core principle, but beyond that, everything about cannabis is open to deb
July 16, 2024
Inside or Out
research focused not on flower production ... rather on the production of the various components of cannabis, including cannabinoids like THC. Those components are the real product
June 26, 2024
Open Loophole
One thing that often gets lost in all the debate over highly problematic hemp-derived THC products is that the people who make and sell them have every reason to oppose cannabis legalization.
June 19, 2024
Hemp and Haw
...Newsom’s office announced a crackdown on companies that are peddling products containing THC isolates derived from hemp...
May 29, 2024
Bud or Booze?
If people are drinking less, that’s good, and if they’re replacing their alcohol intake with weed, it’s not necessarily bad
May 15, 2024
High Society
The movement to legalize cannabis began in earnest in the ’60s and ’70s, and California was at the epicenter of it
May 1, 2024
Flash Trashed
ously, we should all feel bad for the MedMen employees who are now out of jobs after the once-seemingly-high-flying company finally declared bankruptcy ...But that aside...
April 3, 2024
Weed Reeps
The politics of cannabis sometimes seem complicated because, almost uniquely in this sad political era, both support for and opposition to laws reforming cannabis...
March 20, 2024
Driving While High
Blood-alcohol tests often aren't really conclusive when it comes to determining whether a person is too impaired to drive. Many people who are over the legal limit are probably perfectly fine to drive...