NYC weed shops crackdown is great news, but without wider reform will just be Whack-a-Mole
An illegal NYC weed shop saw the hammer come down last week as part of a wider city crackdown on such stores: Good — but not good enough. Western Green,…
How this UK-based firm is growing a more sustainable cannabis
Cannabis plants grow in the clone room at Aurora Deutschland GmbH, a manufacturer of medical Cannabis products, in Leuna, Germany September 11, 2023. Lisi Niesner | Reuters Growing cannabis indoors…
New York’s ban on pot ads struck down as violation of free speech
New York’s struggling legal pot industry has been thrown into turmoil yet again after a judge issued a ruling striking down state rules banning cannabis advertising and marketing as a…
Why are our leaders pushing to deregulate pot and other drugs research shows are dangerous?
As the medical and scientific study of cannabis and psychedelics intensifies in the search for therapeutic uses, the inherent dangers are also becoming more and more apparent. So why are…
Sahara Dula’s alleged car assault on cop, Letters
The Issue: The alleged vehicular assault on an NYPD officer on the Upper East Side last weekend. Sahara Dula was arrested for running over a cop, who had been flagging…
Bus driver who passed out behind the wheel from weed gummies gets probation
A commercial bus driver who blacked out on a Connecticut highway after munching on THC-infused gummies was granted a special probation program that could wipe out the dozens of reckless…
What Thailand’s new coalition government means for the cannabis market
A cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Thailand decriminalizing cannabis before passing the bill to regulate wider uses of the plant, has…
Why Thailand’s having second thoughts about decriminalizing cannabis
CNN — Opening a cannabis dispensary wasn’t always top of the list of Wassaya Iemvijan’s ambitions. The former lawyer, from the Thai capital Bangkok, first turned to the plant as…
New York legal marijuana program expands retail licenses
A woman walks by a smoke shop in New York City that displays a marijuana leaf in the window, June 16, 2023. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty…
HHS wants to reclassify marijuana: What it means
A worker sets up Florist Farms cannabis products on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales at the Housing Works Cannabis Co. in New York, on Thursday, Dec. 29,…