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In the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic, government and health officials have issued mandates and guidelines to help slow the spread of the illness, from the shutdown of Broadway to shelter-in-place — and as a result, many people are struggling to maintain a semblance of normalcy. For some, cannabis …

In a new PSA, Seth Rogen details National Expungement Week 2019, which is dedicated to helping those with criminal records — both cannabis-related and otherwise — during an initiative next week. “Would you like to know an absolutely crazy fact?” Rogen says in the promo. “Seventy-seven million people in the …

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency recently announced plans to expand cannabis research in the U.S. In late August, after a years-long hiatus in communications between the agency and potential growers, federal officials said they would soon resume contact with groups that have applied to register to manufacture cannabis for researchers. …

There are a ton of ways to consume weed in 2019. But if you’re looking for a covert way to get high on the go — at a friend’s wedding, on a road trip with your new boyfriend’s family, in the lobby of the AMC cinema before a matinee — …

About a half hour before one of his mile swims near his Bay Area home, entrepreneur and gym rat Jim McAlpine does something seemingly counterproductive: He tosses down a hefty does of THC. “About 10 or 20 minutes in,” he says, “I start to feel it, and I get a …

In the early hours of Thursday morning, former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed that he would be running for president in the 2020 election. Following months of speculation as to whether or not he would run, at 6:00 a.m. EST, Biden finally formally entered the race by posting an ellipsis- …

As more states legalized recreational marijuana use, Lizzie Post found herself fielding many cannabis-related questions: Is it cool to light a joint at a dinner party? Am I obligated to offer my house stash to guests? A 20-year cannabis consumer living in Vermont, Post, the 36-year-old co-president of the Emily …

Mar. 25, 2019, 12:46 p.m.: This story has been updated. After nearly a year and a half of debate, both houses of the New Jersey state legislature were expected to vote on a controversial cannabis legislation bill on Monday. Yet the vote has been called off, according to a statement …

This year wasn’t necessarily revolutionary when it comes to marijuana in America, but it was a year marked by numerous states continuing to push the legalization efforts of their neighbors. But supporters still say it was a sea-changing year, in part because between Jeff Sessions being removed as attorney general …

These days, a significant number of cannabis users aren’t getting stoned – and they’re not trying to. Instead, the products they’re consuming are high in cannabidiol, or CBD, a compound found in marijuana and hemp plants that offers the medical benefits of cannabis without the accompanying high. CBD is a …