With thick, fragrant wafts of vaporized flowers and oils cascading around us, it’s easy to forget that less than a decade ago, vaping wasn’t a thing. It existed, of course, but it wasn’t popular. In fact, it wasn’t a trend until semi-recently. Setting fire to flowers and inhaling the smoke was always the standard for…

In 1996, legendary rapper Tupac Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas during a drive-by shooting. And now, one of the cops originally assigned to investigate both Tupac and the Notorious BIG’s deaths is demanding the immediate arrest of a gang leader who claims to have been an accomplice in Tupac’s murder.  Last week, former LAPD…

All non-essential businesses are closed in dozens of US states to slow the spread of COVID-19. But, most adult-use regions have recognized cannabis retailers as essential services. Showing up in person at a legal weed shop increases the risk that an infected customer might spread the virus to store employees or other shoppers, however. In…

This Monday, Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a quarantine order requiring all non-essential workers to remain at home in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 infections. But as necessary as these measures are, they could derail a serious effort to bring natural psychedelics reform to the nation’s capital. Earlier this year, Decriminalize Nature…

As cannabis breaks sales records and outperforms the S&P 500 on the stock exchanges amid the coronavirus pandemic, there’s another substance some people are stocking up on to irrational levels: cocaine. Unlike weed, which is being grown across warehouses in states and countries where it’s legal  — or in basements and clandestine greenhouses where it…

In the continued fight against COVID-19, testing for the virus has become one of many pitfalls in the country’s delayed crisis response. Without enough test kits to check everyone who seeks one, and long wait times for results, asymptomatic carriers have been freely spreading the virus in their communities. Now, in an effort to help…

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the cookie sellers from the Girl Scouts of America are packing in their folding tables, sashes, and Thin Mints for the rest of the year. But for all you stoners looking for your favorite munchie fix to keep you sane during these trying times, you’re in luck. For the first…