Although Florida is still grappling with legalizing pot, theReal Fine Arts Galleryis not embarrassed to display the leafy buds crafted from paper and resin by New York-based, German-Korean artistAndreiKoschmieder, whose work is part of this year&rs… Read article here: High Times
New Report Finds Most Cannabis Treatment Is Court Ordered
It is not uncommon for the opposing forces of marijuana legalization to use rehabilitation rates as ammunition to suggest that the end of prohibition would bring forth an increasing legion of pot junkies. However, some of the latest evidence surrounding drug treatment for… Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: How the Next 5 Legal Marijuana States Differ From the Current 4 Legal States for Consumers
Next year promises to be a banner onefor marijuana legalization, with legitimate attempts to legalize via ballot initiative proposed in five states – California, Arizona, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Maine. More states may also legalize by initiative (Ohio), through t… Read article here: High Times
Georgia Governor Feels CBD Production Would Incite Chaos
While Georgia’s measly medical marijuana law forces patients to become drug traffickers in order to get their hands on a non-intoxicating form of cannabis oil, Governor Nathan Deal remains apprehensive about supporting any measure that would allowCBDstra… Read article here: High Times
The Art of Leonard Peltier: Native American Political Prisoner
In 1977, American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of murdering two FBI agents during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier has spent nearly 40 years in federal prison. His trial remains one of the most controversial in the history… Read article here: High Times
Chilean President Signs Decree Removing Pot from Hard Drug List
In the latest effort in Chile’s easing up on pot laws, Chilean President MichelleBacheletsigned a decree on Friday removing marijuana from the list of “hard drugs,” giving the country’s Ministry of Health authorization to “permit … Read article here: High Times
HIGH TIMES Legislative Roundup: December 7
Cannabis activists keep plugging away at the system in an effort to legalize the leaf in more parts of the United States. In Florida, while United for Care works to actually legalize a full-scale medical marijuana program, lawmakers continue to pussy foot around with vari… Read article here: High Times
Cannabis Consumers 54% Less Likely To Have Metabolic Syndrome
A recent study from the University of Miami has shown that those who partake in cannabis are half as likely to have metabolic syndrome, a condition that puts people at risk for heart attack, diabetes and stroke. Read article here: High Times
Put Pot in the Latkes!
Get into that Hannukkah cannabis trance when you put weed in the latkes. Read article here: High Times
Minnesota Expands Medical Marijuana Use to Pain Patients
After months of deliberation, Minnesota health officials announced that residents with chronic and intractable pain will be allowed to use medical marijuana starting this August. Read article here: High Times