Original publication: July 1977. A TOP NARC The Care and Feeding of Informants by Paul Krassner Narcs are everywhere. Little is known about their methods because narcs don’t talk about their work, which consists of making other people talk to them. For some reason, a senior narcotics officer recently decided to tell it all to
“Why criminalize your own citizens for something most people in Congress are probably doing on the low?” Ice Cube doesn’t pull punches. He never has. The rapper, actor and entrepreneur calls out the hypocrisy around cannabis with the same unfiltered grit that made him a force in music and film: direct, unapologetic, sharp as ever.
Original publication: June 1977. BLONDIE CULTURE HERO New York 1977 feels like London 1966. Kids are rocking out like the sky’s the limit—making music that’s never been heard before. Maybe it’s sunspots, or maybe decades start in the middle, but whatever the reason, a new wave of rock is rolling out of Gotham, turning on
As debates over cannabis reform continue across the globe, Uruguay remains the only country with more than a decade of real-world data on full adult-use legalization. That milestone took on new significance this year with the death of José “Pepe” Mujica, the former president who championed the world’s first national legalization framework. Mujica’s law, passed
There’s a particular kind of heat rising off the East Coast right now, and it’s not just the humidity creeping through the concrete. It’s cannabis. Legal. Local. Loud. This October, Hall of Flowers is bringing that energy to its highest expression yet with a two-day B2B experience in the beating heart of the industry’s most
As debates over cannabis reform continue across the globe, Uruguay remains the only country with more than a decade of real-world data on full adult-use legalization. That milestone took on new significance this year with the death of José “Pepe” Mujica, the former president who championed the world’s first national legalization framework. Mujica’s law, passed
During a Council of Ministers meeting at the Casa de Nariño, Colombian President Gustavo Petro reignited a heated global debate by comparing cocaine to whisky and questioning its criminalization. “Cocaine is illegal because it’s made in Latin America, not because it’s more harmful than whisky.” His statement, broadcast live, immediately sparked divided reactions. Supporters see
Original publication: March 1983. THE SUPER GROW ROOM They’re the wave of the future— cost effective, secure and efficient. American marijuana cultivators are the most sophisticated, scientific farmers in the world. In just a few years they have mastered the techniques of breeding, hybridization, sinsemilla cultivation and curing. They have doubled and redoubled the yield
Original publication: October of 1979. THE UNTOLD, REAL,TRUE, INSIDE STORY OF THE BEATLES’ SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND “Changing the lifestyle and the appearance of youth throughout the world didn’t just happen-we set out to do it; we knew what we were doing.” -John Lennon, (1972) Between November 1966 and March 1967 the Beatles
Original publication: August 1977. THE Coca-Cola CONSPIRACY To conquer the world… with cocaine! By John Graff Everybody knows that once upon a time Coca-Cola really did contain cocaine, although almost nobody now alive can recall the taste and effects of “the real thing.” But during its Heroic Age, which lasted from 1886 to 1903, Coke
