As Canada (under Justin Trudeau) and Mexico consider marijuana legalization, leaders hope the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs will clarify international drug control treaties. Read article here: High Times
Month: April 2016
Pot Prices: March 2016 THMQ
Market Analysis: All indices, with the exception of the Kind Index, finished March below their previous month’s average. TheMidsIndex, which finished up $ 14 in February, plummeted $ 20 in March to reach a 17-month low of $ 253 per ounce – the second … Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Bernie Sanders and Marijuana
Bernie Sanders really wants to be president. He’s doing everything he can to turn out the youth vote, and this includes coming around to accepting the proposition that the nation’s marijuana laws have to change. So far so good. But his positions on marijuana, … Read article here: High Times
Country Legend Merle Haggard Dies
Country music legend Merle Haggard died today at the age of 79 at his home in Palo Cedro, CA from complications from pneumonia. In recent years, he battled lung cancer. His career spanned six decades and his status as a songwriter and singer ranks him in the pantheon of c… Read article here: High Times
Convicted Killer OK’d for Washington Retail Pot License
A report about a convicted murderer being granted a license to open a marijuana shop in Washington has prompted a double-take by state officials. Read article here: High Times
Grow Organic: Soil Amendments to Avoid
Cannabis demands high amounts of nitrogen, and though your organic fertilizers and compost teas supply more than enough, losses occur at every step of the way. Don’t throw away your nitrogen; learn to protect this relatively volatile nutrient for unhindered growth d… Read article here: High Times
Fresh Carrot Juice with A Side of Cannabis, Please
Donation-based weed delivery service,HighSpeed, has gotten very creative with Washington, D.C.’s Initiative 71, as many pot entrepreneurs have, in order to get around the legal roadblocks and confusing legislation that plagues marijuana legalization.  … Read article here: High Times
Medical Marijuana In The US Should Be Governed By Science, Not Politics
In 2013, Patrick and Beth Collins were desperate. 13-year-old Jennifer, the younger of their two children, faced a life-threatening situation. In response, the Collins family took extreme measures—sending Jennifer thousands of miles away in the company of her mother. Beth and Jennifer became refugees from a capricious government whose laws threatened Jennifer’s health, the family’s […]
D.C. Anti-Legalization Hearing Packed with Drug Warriors
Drug policy reform groups pillory Grassley and Feinstein for holding an anti-legalization hearing while bipartisan medical marijuana legislation languishes. Read article here: High Times
Irish Mum Calls For Law Change After Son Is 99% Seizure-Free With Cannabis Oil Use
A severely epileptic boy is “99% seizure-free” after undergoing pioneering cannabis oil treatment in America. Yvonne Cahalane is calling for the legalisation of medicinal marijuana in Ireland after seeing the amazing transformation in her son. She moved to Colorado with two-year-old son Tristan, who was born with an incurable form of epilepsy, from their home […]