.Cannabis

Dec 4, 2025

How Elemental Wellness Became the Bay Area’s Most-Reviewed Cannabis Dispensary

For any business to thrive for fifteen years in the same location is a testament to its ability to serve the community. Since 2009, Elemental Wellness Center has been a mainstay in San Jose that has evolved from a pioneering medical dispensary to the region’s most trusted cannabis destination today.
Prescription bottle marked with a marijuana leaf inside a lifesaver
Dec 31, 2024

Study: Using Weed for Pain Can Prevent Overdose Fatalities

Research has shown pot helps people get off opioids, but the effectiveness has been hard to measure. A new study claims to have solved this.
Hands wearing gloves using a pair of scissors to cut part of a marijuana plant
Dec 23, 2024

As Expected, 2024 Was a Bad Year for Cannabusiness

As pretty much everyone expected, 2024 has turned out to be a challenging and in some respects horrendous year for cannabis in California.
Marijuana bud poking out of a rolled-up 100-dollar bill
Dec 4, 2024

Cannabis Industry Could Face New Hurdle in 2025

Prospects for legalization don’t look good, and an impending excise tax could make matters worse in California.
Photo of the U.S. Capitol at dusk
Nov 13, 2024

Nice Work, Pro-Pot Republicans

Hopes for federal legalization have been all but dashed, especially if the GOP takes both houses of Congress.
American flag modified with green marijuana leaves
Oct 30, 2024

If Your One Issue Is Cannabis, the Choice Is Clear

Nobody should be a one-issue voter in 2024 unless that issue is preserving democracy and the rule of law (or destroying them if that’s your bag).
MRI machine
Oct 2, 2024

Busts Gone Bad: Weed is Legal, But Cops Still Must Police It

One of the weirdest outcomes of cannabis legalization is that the cops now bust people largely on behalf of the legal pot industry.

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