Cannabis It’s Time for a Rebrand: I’m Not a Stoner; I’m an Herbalist by Sophia Vida December 29, 2023 It’s a rainy gray day in the San Francisco Bay Area in that strange, un-motivational work space-time continuum between Christmas and New Year’s. This is the last WIERDOS of 2023, and as we all look ahead towards 2024, I’m al...
Cannabis Death of ‘Parasite’ Actor Linked to South Korean Anti-Drug Crackdown by Sophia Vida December 29, 2023 South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, known for playing the wealthy father in Bong Joon-ho’s 2019 film Parasite, was found dead in his car on Wednesday morning. Inside the car, parked near Waryong Park in central Seoul, investigators...
Cannabis NY Gov. Vetoes Bill Letting Growers Sell Surplus Cannabis to Tribal Retailers by Sophia Vida December 29, 2023 As the New York cannabis market continues to steadily find its footing among a number of delays, the state’s governor has vetoed a measure that would have provided solutions for growers with a surplus of product without means to...
Cannabis Over 700 People Legally Tripped Shrooms in Oregon This Year by Sophia Vida December 28, 2023 Psilocybin treatment centers in Oregon have administered magic mushrooms to over 700 people in 2023, the inaugural year of the program. Numbers reported by the Seattle Times who cited the Healing Advocacy Fund, a non-profit org...
Cannabis First Round of Cannabis Justice Reinvestment Grants Announced in Arizona by Sophia Vida December 28, 2023 When Arizona voters approved adult-use cannabis initiative Prop 207 in 2020, it created a program called Justice Reinvestment Program, which directs the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) cannabis tax funds to go toward ...
Cannabis Missouri Regulators Introduce New Bill To Regulate Delta-8 THC Products by Sophia Vida December 28, 2023 Missouri Sen. Nick Schroer recently introduced Senate Bill 984, also called the “Intoxicating Cannabinoid Control Act,” which if passed would make all “intoxicating cannabinoid products” labeled as cannabis. The bill’s f...
Cannabis Delaware Group Offers ‘Joints For Junk’ To Fight Trash Pollution by Sophia Vida December 28, 2023 An advocacy group in Delaware is enlisting volunteers to clean up their community –– and then clear their mind. Called “Joints for Junk,” the program works exactly like it sounds: in exchange for a round of trash cle...
Cannabis New Year Brings Employment Protections for California Cannabis Users by Sophia Vida December 28, 2023 California workers who use cannabis will gain new employment protections under two laws that go into effect beginning on January 1. Under legislation passed by the California legislature last year, employers will be barred from di...
Cannabis New Report Shows 89% of Fentanyl Labs Raided in Mexico Were Already Inactive by Sophia Vida December 27, 2023 A Reuters investigation found that raids on suspected fentanyl labs by the Mexican government have almost exclusively targeted inactive labs. Pressure from the United States on Mexico to curb the massive flow of fentanyl coming...
Cannabis Despite Widespread Legalization, Fewer Young People Find it ‘Easy’ To Get Pot by Sophia Vida December 27, 2023 The number of legal cannabis retailers has exploded in North America the last decade, but that hasn’t resulted in easier access for kids. That is the takeaway from newly published survey data that examined perceptions of ca...