It was the C.I.A. that sent me to Russia. Not that I’d planned it that way. But after studying Russian language and culture for three years at the University of Miami, my yearning to visit the great Slavic motherland was impractical for one idiotic reason: no money. So I took a job in the school […]
Author: Eric Sheetz
Afroman’s Ohio Residence Raided by Local Law Enforcement
Afroman recently shared that his home in Ohio was raided on Aug. 21 by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Although he was in Chicago at the time of the raid, his neighbors told him about what was going on. He also shared multiple security footage videos on Instagram showing law enforcement searching various areas of […]
Legal Weed Likely To Cost Drug Companies Billions
Cannabis legalization is projected to cost conventional pharmaceutical companies billions of dollars in reduced drug sales and stock market value, according to a new study by researchers affiliated with California Polytechnic State University and The University of New Mexico. The researchers studied how the stock market returns of publicly traded pharmaceutical firms responded to laws […]
Rainbow Fentanyl Scourge is Targeting ‘Kids and Young Adults,’ DEA Warns
Brightly colored fentanyl pressed into pills or in a chalky form—called rainbow fentanyl—was found in 18 states, a press release from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warns, and drug dealers getting “kids and young adults” hooked early on. It was only a matter of time until fentanyl and other deadly drugs were marketed the way […]
Harvard Grad Student Dies in Bali From Police Brutality Over Cannabis Arrest
Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, 32, a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) graduate student from Peru, died on August 11 while under police custody at a hospital in Denpasar, Indonesia under what the family calls suspicious circumstances. Ventosilla, a trans man, was arrested for possession of cannabis while traveling to Bali to celebrate his honeymoon. The HKS and […]
California Lawmakers Pass Bill Protecting Workers’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use
California lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill to protect employees who use marijuana off the job. If approved by the governor, the legislation would make California the seventh state in the nation to pass employment protections for workers’ off-duty cannabis use. The measure, Assembly Bill 2188 (AB-2188), would “make it unlawful for […]
California Department of Cannabis Announces Seizure of $1 Billion in Illegal Pot This Past Year
The DCC announced on Aug. 25 that it has officially seized more than $1 billion worth of illegal cannabis. The department attributes this milestone to recent raids conducted in Los Angeles and Riverside County within the past year. “This important milestone was reached through close collaboration with local, state, and federal partners and furthers California’s […]
Canada Border Agency Seizes Almost 2,000 Pounds of Illegal Cannabis Export
According to a press release from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on Aug. 24, the agency announced that it recently seized 592 kilograms (approximately 1,305 pounds) of cannabis in a recent move. Using a CBSA detector dog in addition to “a wide range of detection tools and technology,” law enforcement was led to 1,036 […]
San Diego’s Social Equity Proposal Could Provide Needed Fixes
San Diego’s proposal to establish a social equity program would present eligibility criteria that would help participants find locations, get financing, and get critical mentorship from existing members of the cannabis industry. It would create a revolving loan fund that would begin with $5 million in city cannabis tax revenue. That probably won’t be an […]
A Brief Interview With Prof. Yimin Yang, Discoverer of Ancient Chinese Cannabis
Circa-Millions of Years Ago Talk about a long growing season, Cannabis has been growing wild on our planet provenly, for millions of years and cultivated for perhaps many thousands. Cannabis sativa belongs to a narrow group of flowering plants (cannabaceae) to include Hops and a handful of others. Originating in Central Asia, cannabis became embedded […]