The Sonoran Desert Toad, with glands secreting a venom rich in the hallucinogens 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin, is invading Arizona now that monsoon conditions have kicked in for the late summer. They can measure up to 7 inches long and have a low-pitched croak that inevitably serenades the night in multiple states during hot wetter months. […]
Author: Eric Sheetz
Tupac Shakur Murder Case Resurrected as Police Execute Search Warrant in Las Vegas
Tupac Shakur’s still-unsolved murder mystery was revived—nearly 30 years later after his murder at the peak of his career in 1996—as police agents in Las Vegas, Nevada executed a new search warrant Monday. A gunman in a white Cadillac rolled up and shot Shakur four times while he sat in a black BMW with Death […]
Cannabeginners: How To Legally Use Cannabis In Japan
Japan has a long history with plant medicines, including cannabis and psychedelics, but like most of the world, after WWII they were forced to change their drug laws to match those of the United States. Now, Japan is in a similar place to where the United States was back in the 1990s, with activists fighting […]
Reps. AOC and Crenshaw Form ‘Wild Coalition’ in Psychedelics Push
Psychedelics reform is uniting even the most unlikely allies: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) are making some progress despite a few setbacks in House committees. “This is a real wild coalition,” Crenshaw said, Fox News reports. Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC—the youngest woman to serve in Congress and a progressive firebrand—and Crenshaw—former Navy SEAL […]
Missouri Is Selling $4 Million Worth Of Marijuana Per Day On Average, With Sales Reaching Record High In June, State Data Shows
Missouri has been selling about $4 million worth of marijuana per day on average since the state’s adult-use market opened up in February—and the state saw a record $121.2 million in cannabis purchases last month—state data shows. Since recreational sales started, the adult-use market has quickly overtaken the state’s medical marijuana program, which has seen […]
South Dakota Police Commission Approves Officer Applicants with Cannabis Records
Recently in South Dakota, two law enforcement officers were forgiven by the South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission for cannabis use. According to the South Dakota Searchlight, the commission made decisions on more than a dozen pending certifications and recertifications, of “officers, canine units, and reciprocity for out-of-state or Indian Country officers seeking state […]
Michigan Marijuana Sales Hit Record High Of $261 Million In June, State Data Shows
Michigan marijuana sales hit another record high in June, reaching nearly $261 million. Adult-use cannabis purchases accounted for the majority of the total, at $254,153,133. Medical marijuana sales were at $6,643,877. This beats the prior record set in March by more than $10 million. Most of the cannabis purchases came from flower, followed by vape […]
Montreal Shroom Shop Raided, Owner Says ‘We’re Just Getting Started’
An unlicensed psilocybin mushroom shop in Montreal, Quebec in Canada was raided during its opening day Tuesday, but the shroom shop owner says he’s nowhere near done with his business venture. CTV News Windsor reports that several police officers descended on the FunGuyz (pronounced fungi’s) shop hours after the company opened their first location in […]
Minnesota-Based Native American Tribe To Begin Selling Recreational Cannabis After August 1
In Minnesota, the Red Lake Nation council recently voted on July 11 to legalize adult-use cannabis starting on August 1. After that date, cannabis will be legal to purchase both for tribe and non-tribe members. Legal recreational cannabis will become purchasable across Minnesota starting on August 1, although retail dispensaries will not be allowed to […]
Cannabeginners: How to Legally Use Cannabis in France
While world-renowned hashmaker Frenchy Cannoli may have been a true cannabis evangelist, educating the masses on how to make high quality hash, unfortunately, the country he hailed from, France, has very different views of cannabis. Seeing how restrictive French laws on cannabis have been until very recently, it is no wonder that Frenchy left his […]