Cannabis

420 in the Park Brings Reggae, Hip-Hop and Cannabis Culture to Downtown San Jose

420 in the Park, a collaboration between Metro’s Music in the Park affiliate and the family-owned Purple Lotus dispensary, brings cannabis culture and live music to downtown San Jose for a two-day takeover. The event lights up the park, located on Market Street between San Carlos and San Fernando Streets,...
Elon Musk blowing smoke

Silicon Valley’s White Boys on Dope

When Elon Musk smoked weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2018, the episode amounted to a real-time case-study in arrested development.
Buds on a cannabis plant

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.
Prescription bottle marked with a marijuana leaf inside a lifesaver

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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