Cannabis Corner
The hills are alive with the songs of ganja
"Legalize it, and I’ll advertise it,” Reggae artist Peter Tosh sang in 1976.
Tosh isn’t around to do ganja commercials — he was murdered in...
Marijuana Use Disorder: The weaponization of mental health
Most marijuana prohibitionists have given up on claiming that marijuana is addictive.
That’s because in order to make the charge stick they have to expand...
Marijuana heats up Texas Senate race
Marijuana and drug legalization is turning into a red-hot issue in Texas’s red-hot U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz and his...
The Evil Empire strikes back, gets caught
This just in! The Evil Empire is plotting to launch a massive propaganda offensive against marijuana.
Fortunately, Dominic Holden, a journo at BuzzFeed News, has...
Three dots in a cloud of purple haze
Stoner nation: According to the results of a survey published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, one in seven Americans over the age of...
An ‘ethical pharmaceutical’ from a less-than-ethical company
WTF?!
GW Pharmaceuticals, the U.K.-based company that recently got the first marijuana-based medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration, has announced its price: $32,500...
Good news from North Dakota, bad news from Oklahoma
Good news: A petition drive to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota has succeeded in putting the measure on the state’s November ballot. Activists...
Finding out how pot does its thing — it’s complicated
All alcoholic beverages have one thing in common — alcohol. With marijuana, well, it’s complicated.
The female pot plant contains at least 113 separate cannabinoids,...
Now Oklahoma may vote on recreational pot (no kidding)
Five weeks ago, Oklahoma voters passed a medical marijuana ballot initiative by a 122,000-vote margin. The initiative was cast as a state law instead...
Backing pot legalization becomes a political plus
This could be great news if it holds up.
Tom Angell at the website Marijuana Moment is reporting that a poll of voters in 60...
Texas Senate candidate sings praises of pot — with Willie Nelson
He came to play.
Texas Democratic Congressman Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, that is.
O’Rourke, who represents El Paso in Congress, is running for the U.S. Senate against...
Pot PAC targets a Sessions worse than Jeff
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not the only drug war dead-ender named Sessions in Washington.
There’s also Texas Republican Congressman Pete Sessions, who is just...
