Cannabis

How Purple Lotus Keeps It Fresh

Published in cooperation between Purple Lotus and Metro Silicon Valley For many cannabis consumers, there’s one unmistakable sign that they’ve found the right dispensary: the flower smells alive. It’s expressive, sticky, vibrant. At Purple Lotus in San Jose, that’s not luck, it’s the result of a freshness-first approach that begins...
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How Facebook Weeds Out Cannabis Content

It’s weird you might be censored for mentioning weed on Facebook and not, for instance, saying that Covid vaccines might kill you.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nice Work, Pro-Pot Republicans

Hopes for federal legalization have been all but dashed, especially if the GOP takes both houses of Congress.
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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).

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