Far from demonizing people who use drugs—a global reality that some countries have chosen to acknowledge and address rather than forbid—Uruguay is joining an initiative that has already proven successful: testing drugs at parties, raves, and festivals, according to El Debate. Uruguay’s National Drug Board (Junta Nacional de Drogas, JND), part of the Executive Branch,

Make Great Weed. Know Your Numbers. Pay Your Debts. By Nicholas Sosiak via Cannabis Confidential In 2018, Canadian cannabis was supposed to be the surest bet in the market. Billions of dollars were raised. Valuations went parabolic. Everyone promised global domination. By 2025, a lot of those stories had ended the same way, with shuttered

For years, Sherbinskis occupied a rare place in cannabis culture. The brand was widely associated with premium flower, cultural relevance, and one of the most influential strains of the modern era. Then, quietly, it disappeared from shelves in California. By 2022, Sherbinskis was no longer a symbol of top-shelf cannabis in the state’s legal market

For decades, cannabis has been treated as a public menace while alcohol and tobacco were folded into daily life, policy frameworks and corporate profit models. A newly published scientific analysis out of Canada once again flips that logic on its head. A peer-reviewed study published January 27 in the Journal of Psychopharmacology finds that alcohol

On February 12, HERbal Woodstock will host a free public screening of Cannabis + Creativity at the historic Bearsville Theater, bringing together cannabis culture, artistic expression and local community under one roof. Directed and produced by Elana Frankel, the award-winning documentary explores how cannabis intersects with creative practice across disciplines. The film follows six artists,

For decades, cannabis breeders grew the plant that everyone profits from. They selected, stabilized and preserved genetics under prohibition, often at real personal risk. Then legalization arrived, and much of that work was absorbed into the commercial market with little credit, less consent and almost no compensation. Strains were renamed. Lineage was blurred. Provenance became

New Canadian research shows medical cannabis can help with pain, mood and quality of life, but outcomes vary widely by product, dose and patient. As cannabis policy debates intensify across North America, a newly published Canadian study offers something that has become rare in the medical marijuana conversation: perspective. The study, published online January 29

For decades, Whoopi Goldberg has spoken about cannabis the same way she speaks about life: plainly, honestly, without pretending it started mattering yesterday. On February 10, Goldberg will bring that voice to the stage at IgniteIt’s Market Spotlight: New Jersey, joining a live, moderated conversation that centers on cannabis, wellness, and entrepreneurship. The 30-minute session,

Galexi Jones did not discover cannabis through branding. She inherited it through family, work, and place. “I’m originally from Humboldt County, California,” she told me. “I grew up in a grow room. I come from generational growers.” That upbringing shaped how she hears the world. It shaped how she moves through the music industry, too.

As a metaphor for the passage of time, The Simpsons’ episode “Homerpalooza” (season 7, episode 24) portrays Homer in an exercise in nostalgia: while reminiscing about his youth, he assures his father that despite his age, balding head, and growing belly, he’ll keep on rocking forever. Forever. Forever. The innocence and raw truth of that