Article by Nikki Carvajal, KTUU via News 22 WWLP As communities across Alaska try to figure out how to handle the new legalized marijuana industry, many are opting out. Among those just saying no is the tiny town of North Pole, and that’s not sitting well with the town’s most famous resident: Santa Claus has put medical marijuana on his ...

Article by James McClure, Civilized. The fight to end marijuana prohibition in California just got some reinforcements from the entertainment industry. Here are 10 celebrities who have endorsed California’s Proposition 64 – a 2016 ballot initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana use in the Golden State. The Lethal Weapon star not only endorsed Prop 64 but wrote a statement on ...

Article by Meghan Ridley,  Dope Magazine It was one of those oh shit type of moments. Deadlines were looming and confusion was reigning. Our cover interview with Eddie Huang was likely dangling somewhere in the worldwide web, being pinged back and forth between Seattle, New York and an undisclosed location in Asia. Nervous writers and scrambling publicists fired off frantic ...

Article by Stephanie Lake, Urban Health Research Initiative via The Province Before raising the alarm on cannabis-impaired motor vehicle accidents, the stats presented in this article require additional clarification and contextualization. Unlike alcohol, for which there is a close correlation between blood-alcohol content and impairment, there is no defined standard of impairment for cannabis. Determining whether or not these drivers ...

Article by Carl Meyer, The Hill Times Picture this: you’re driving back from a weekend at the cottage with your friends. It’s Sunday at noon, and the countryside is beautiful. Suddenly you see blue and red flashing lights ahead; it’s a roadside spot check. You kill the music. You tell yourself you’ve got nothing to worry about. You’re sober as ...

Article by Tyler Koslow, Merry Jane Since being knighted as the president of Kanye West’s label G.O.O.D. Music, Terrence Thornton, a.k.a Pusha T has made a subtle transformation from one of the grittiest rappers in the game to a politically minded advocate for prison reform. The West Virginia-based rapper, once one-half of the legendary hip hop duo Clipse, recently sat down ...

Article by Ryan Modesto, 5i Research via The Globe and Mail Halloween is fast approaching, and as all of the ghouls and goblins take to the streets, investors have some goblins that they need to be concerned about in their portfolios. With a U.S. election approaching in about a week’s time and an interest rate increase looking likely in December, ...

Article by Zoe Wilder, Merry Jane For the uninitiated, a blunt is a hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis. It’s an iconic symbol in weed culture and smoking one can be a rite of passage. During a Reddit AMA in 2012, Snoop Dogg confessed to smoking 81 blunts a day, seven days a week. Part of the appeal is that blunts ...

Article by Daily Health America By most accounts, the marijuana industry is growing like a weed. Since California became the first state to legalize medical cannabis in 1996, two dozen additional states have also legalized medical pot, and four states — Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska — along with Washington, D.C., have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. This is pretty ...

Article by Ben Adams, Merry Jane World-renowned American artist Ron English is one of the most celebrated and recognizable living artists of our era. The 56-year-old has explored the realm of pop art and gluttonous consumerism through paintings and images that have permeated the mediums of film, books, television, and album art. English’s cover art has graced albums ranging from ...