The Joys & Tribulations of Being a Cannabis Pioneer
No one thought it would be easy. The entire concept of “going legal” was so surreal, how could we have even conceptualized what would happen? What was literally an optimistic pipe dream may have gone...
View ArticleDear Dabby… How Do I Live My Best 420?
What are the coolest 420s you’ve ever had? How did you make them happen? — Smokey Green This is a good yet difficult question, because when you say “420,” do you mean “April twentieths?” Or do you...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Great 420 Lie: Marijuana-Laced Fentanyl
Every year, tens of thousands of people go to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on April 20. Though sometimes there are fights and (very often) the revelers leave lots of trash behind (as other...
View ArticleMore People Try Cannabis for the First Time When It’s Legal
When there’s no need to keep sneaking around, no more looking out for snitches when you slip a dealer some cash, no chance that the cops will kick down the door to your apartment and drag your butt to...
View ArticleWhat Cannabis Legalization Opponents Have Right
After a years long, near-unopposed and near-perfect victory parade through the West and the Northeast, cannabis legalization is now on a losing streak. And now that the movement-turned-industry is...
View ArticleCannabis & COPD
There is no doubt that my body has been trying to tell me something is wrong for a long time — many years, in fact. But it’s been just one of those things I always knew was a little bit off… and then...
View ArticleNo, Cannabis Is Not as Dangerous as the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
It might often feel like it’s not worth getting down in the mud with anti-cannabis prohibitionists, given that engaging with their platform serves to bring it more attention. However, in the face of...
View ArticleChoose Cannabis for Wellness, Not Intoxication
Bill O’Reilly eyed my brother and me like a hungry lion looking over a couple of lambs. He twisted his face into the trademark O’Reilly sneer and scolded us with a tone of triumph: “Come on, you know...
View ArticleThe Big Problem With the Latest Opiates & Marijuana Study
America’s worst-ever drug problem, the ongoing opiate-fueled overdose apocalypse, is by now a chronic condition and one for which both easy and simple solutions as well a single easily identifiable...
View ArticleCannabis Is the Best Fourth of July Drug
My father busted me smoking cannabis exactly once, on the Fourth of July, 2003. I say “busted” in the sense that I was trying to not draw attention. Though I was a legal adult, this was in New...
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Smoke Dreams: The Benefits of a Joint
It has been over two months now since I smoked my last joint, which for a serious smoker like me is a very long time. Almost a record — only broken by when I was in certain countries where the option...
View ArticleWhy Jay-Z Is the Perfect Celebrity Cannabis Entrepreneur
Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z or Mr. Beyonce Knowles, has been renowned in the rap world for years as a proudly cocky self-made billionaire with a lot of things to brag about. And now, per a...
View Article3 Easy Instagram Tweaks for Cannabis Influencers
To my friends, colleagues and influencers in the cannabis and hemp space, it’s time for some real talk about your social media profiles: Your Instagram game needs some work. And sure, Twitter’s great...
View ArticleThe Joys of Meeting Our Customers
Back in the “OG days,” as we’ll probably fondly recall the time before legalization, one of my greatest joys was bringing in a turkey bag full of flowers to our urban dealer friends, or later to the...
View ArticleDear Dabby… How To Win Weed Friends & Influence People
Should we be DMing celebrities? Would you ever smoke weed with someone who DMed you an invitation? Also, who do you follow that brings you joy — and why? – Rand Omfan Should you DM celebs? Sure. But...
View ArticleEnjoying Edibles
A study was recently released stating that chocolate cannabis edibles are difficult to accurately test for cannabinoid levels. This doesn’t surprise me, as it’s long been known that chocolate is a...
View ArticleLegal Pot Isn’t Villain in Vape-Disease Epidemic, But It Could Be the Solution
The Food and Drug Administration was created more than a century ago because for many years, the food and drugs Americans consumed were causing them to fall ill and die. As future generations...
View ArticleThe Great Vaporizer Panic Is a Grifter’s Paradise
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste… it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” – Rahm Emanuel Nobody knows exactly what’s caused 530 Americans to fall ill with...
View ArticleHarvard Professor Writes Questionable Defense of Trump’s Reefer Madness
In an essay published on NBCNews.com on Sept. 20, Kevin P. Hill, an addiction psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School, provided a welcome distraction from the ongoing moral panic over...
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Overcoming Fear & Doubt, With a Little Help From Cannabis
“Have no doubt.” These three simple words of advice were given to me by my spiritual teacher in India many years ago, and they have helped guide me through life. Whether concerning the tumultuous...
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