Houston Freedom Act Puts Marijuana Arrests on the November Ballot
Houston City Council sent the Houston Freedom Act to voters on November 3. It pairs marijuana deprioritization with a no-knock warrant ban — in the state whose AG sued five cities over exactly this.
CDC: Cannabis Hyperemesis ER Visits Jumped 3.7x
CDC data show cannabis hyperemesis ER visits rose 3.7x after a new diagnosis code — but the agency says the jump is mostly better counting, not more illness.
Talarico Calls Texas THC Ban Corruption
James Talarico calls the Texas THC ban an “insane” form of corruption benefiting Big Beer and Big Tobacco. Here is what actually changed on July 31.
Legal on the Ground, Illegal in the Air: TSA Yanks a Flyer Over Weed
TSA Marijuana Rules: Flyer Booted at PDX Welcome to federalism’s dumbest layover: TSA marijuana rules just got a Portland traveler pulled off his flight for something he could legally buy a mile away. On the Fourth of July, a passenger at Portland International (PDX) was removed from his flight after TSA screeners found marijuana in […]
Seniors Are the Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Patients
Seniors Medical Marijuana: The Fastest-Growing Group Forget the stoner stereotype: the fastest-growing seniors medical marijuana patient is probably your grandmother, and she’s using it to get off the pills. A physician’s first-person piece in STAT News (July 9) makes the case that older adults are now the fastest-growing group of medical-cannabis users in the country. […]
Hemp Houses Are Keeping Europe Cool in the Heat Wave
Everybody fights about THC. Meanwhile the boring half of the plant is quietly building carbon-negative houses. As a brutal heat wave baked Europe, hempcrete homes made headlines for staying cooler without cranking the air conditioning — proof that hemp’s biggest contribution might have nothing to do with getting high. CNN spotlighted the trend on June […]
The Green Lab: A Sister to the Wet Lab
It all started with a news article. The piece, I think, was in the West Seattle Blog—a call to action for cannabis consumers who would like to assist law enforcement in understanding cannabis consumption and impairment. I volunteered but wasn’t picked the first time. Luckily, I was called upon for the next round. Green labs […]
I Made a Weed Video Chat Site Because Nobody Stopped Me
I Built a Weed Video Chat Site as a Joke. It’s Real Now. Come Hang. This started as a goof. I mean that. TheWeedVlog — theweedvlog.com — a 21+ live video chat platform for cannabis people, is a thing that exists because I thought it was a funny idea and then just kept building it […]
Supreme Court to Hear Gun Rights for Pot Users
Cannabis Law in Flux: Supreme Court to Hear Gun Rights for Pot Users, States Grapple with Hemp, and a New Envoy to Iraq Washington D.C. – October 26, 2025 – The landscape of cannabis law in the United States is undergoing rapid and complex changes, with a landmark Supreme Court case on the horizon, ongoing […]
My THCa Pine Park Experience
I bought some legal THCa weed and recreational markets have nothing to worry about but prohibition States do. First off, who is THCa for? To me it seems to be for kids and people who can’t buy legal weed. Before I talk about the flower, let’s discuss my initial encounter with Pine Park. Their website […]