Cannabis

OPENRANGESTOCK/GETTY IMAGES Who smokes the most cannabis? I’m not talking about the guy at your frat who attached a gas mask to his dab rig, and did one-gram servings in a single sitting. I’m referring to national cannabis consumption rates, AKA the percentage of residents in any one country who consume cannabis. With our rapidly […]

txking/Getty Images Legalized cannabis programs have generated tax revenue and created jobs, and have also moved cities and counties to implement expungement programs to remove previous cannabis-related arrests and convictions. But these programs only go so far, and there are still those who may not be eligible for expungement but deserve their freedom. Should anyone […]

ruizluquepaz/Getty Images Few things can put your cannabis use on hold like getting pregnant. (Ironic, seeing as many couples may attribute cannabis use for the pregnancy to begin with.) Expectant mothers usually forgo cannabis out of caution and concern, but there are exceptions, as it can be effective for some of the side effects of […]

Tinnakorn Jorruang/Getty Images With CBD showing up in every damn thing everywhere—if your toothpaste doesn’t have CBD in it, you’re smiling all wrong—it can be easy to forget that despite the vastly overblown hype, CBD can actually do some amazing things. Two new studies show that CBD may be valuable tool for reducing cravings for […]

You have until tomorrow to apply for a Cannabis Social Equity Grant from the City of Portland. Now, this doesn’t mean you can get free money to have an ice cream social with your friends, except swapping out the ice cream with cannabis. (But that’s a really good idea, right, City of Portland?) These grants […]

UROSPOTEKO / GETTY IMAGES On May 10, I sat down for an interview with Phylos Bioscience CEO Mowgli Holmes and Phylos Director of Marketing Paige Hewlett for an interview. I wanted to talk about the negative response from the cannabis community to Phylos’ announcement that they would be entering the cannabis breeding business. You can […]

mindyourheadcannabis.com Celebrity endorsements of cannabis may be irritating (looking at you, then quickly looking away, Post Malone) or deeply offensive (Hell will see you soon enough, John Boehner). Sometimes the relationship between cannabis and public figures seems tenuous at best, leaving consumers to question if the endorser is truly a joker, a smoker, and/or a […]

Mercury Staff While many of you are sadly pouring out a 40 for your favorite fallen fictional Throne Game character, perhaps I can bring some light into your day with some good news about the benefits of cannabis, at least until someone releases “Jon Snowpocalypse Kush,” a strain which is beautiful, yet after smoking it, […]

NASTASIC / GETTY IMAGES Among the bad things cannabis prohibition wrought was the environmental damage brought on by illicit growers who secretly set up shop in our big, beautiful national forests. These growers weren’t striving for permaculture—no Clean Green organic certification in these operation. In fact, one of the not-so-secret shames of the cannabis industry […]

Rawf8/Getty Images Cannabis legalization programs have had the remarkable benefit of motivating cities and counties to begin expunging the records of people who were arrested for possessing or consuming cannabis back in the day, sometimes before there were even medical cannabis programs. You might think that this overdue restorative justice would also include freeing prisoners […]