If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Describe your dream blunt rotation… mine would have to include Seth Rogen, Lady Gaga, Barack Obama (and of course my husband, Matt, and two best friends, Julia and …
Read More »DeSantis Spends Taxpayer Money to Warn About 'Legalized Marijuana,' Defend Abortion Ban
Conservative Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pulling out all the stops to oppose ballot measures to restore abortion access and legalize cannabis in the state — spending millions in taxpayer dollars on TV ad campaigns designed to undercut both measures. “DUI crashes increase in states with legalized marijuana — putting …
Read More »Nixon Admitted Pot Was 'Not Particularly Dangerous' in Newly Uncovered Audio
Former President Richard Nixon, who launched the war on drugs in 1971 that has had repercussions to this day, admitted he knew marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” His admission during a meeting with a group of aides at the White House was recorded in March 1973, via his secret recording …
Read More »Can a Weed Hustler Go Legit?
M y initiation into the cannabis trade began in a middle school bathroom. Dime bags led to ounces, which led to pounds, and in my early twenties, my partner “SOME” and I were doing Canadian border crossings and road trips from Northern California to New York City, where we landed …
Read More »Joe Biden Pardons Federal Marijuana Possession Convictions
President Joe Biden is issuing a pardon to more Americans who have been convicted of possessing marijuana for personal use nationwide federally and in Washington, D.C., the White House announced Friday. The pardon applies to U.S. Citizens and permanent residents who’ve been convicted of possessing marijuana for personal use on …
Read More »Minnesota Lawmaker Needs to Roll Smaller Joints
We don’t know what kind of joints Republican Minnesota State Senator Warren Limmer has encountered, but they sound like the fattest j’s in the lower 48. During debate on a proposed bill that would legalize marijuana in the state of Minnesota, Limmer stated that “just two ounces is equivalent to …
Read More »Marijuana Is About to Be Legal for Half of the U.S.
This week, Maryland and Missouri became the 20th and 21st states to legalize marijuana for adult use. Four of the five states with cannabis on the ballot in the 2022 midterms were conservative, with Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota asking voters to weigh in. (Maryland was expected to …
Read More »From 'Drug War Joe' to 'Dank Brandon': A Timeline of Biden and Weed
Though “Dank Brandon” memes be be proliferating on your timeline, don’t forget that President Biden has supported America’s war on drugs for decades; he even wrote many of the laws that helped build a punitive criminal justice system for marijuana offenders. On Thursday, Biden announced on Twitter that he would …
Read More »'Steps to End our Failed Approach': President Biden Pardons Federal Marijuana Convictions
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that his administration would take sweeping measures to pardon marijuana-related drug offenses and take steps to reevaluate the drug’s federal classification, a step that could weaken how the drug is criminalized. The administration announced a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession of …
Read More »Biden Pardons Weed Convictions, Fulfilling the 'Dank Brandon' Prophecy
With the news that President Joe Biden has pledged to end the United States’ “failed approach” on cannabis, thousands of people who were incarcerated for possession of the drug are poised to receive pardons. “Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives — for conduct that …
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