Biography/Memoir

While hearing case, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan waxes nostalgic about weed at parties

Important to the case is whether the partiers knew or should have known they were trespassing on the property, a brick duplex in what attorneys said was a low-income neighborhood in northeast Washington. The partiers contend they thought they were [the host’s] guests. Justice Elena Kagan tapped her own experience in assessing the situation. “There…

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California’s cannabis priestess arrested on felony charge

[Reverand Heidi] Grossman-Lepp charged that the raids violated the sect’s religious freedom. The police actions, she said, were akin to sending armed agents “into a Catholic Church to smash all the wine, destroy all the communion and arrest people for worshipping.” … [Another individual] joined the church as an affiliate congregation, put in a new…

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Biography/Memoir

Weed warriors: meet six women shaping the cannabis industry

“Being at the forefront of something like this,” she says, “as a woman, is unbelievable.” ​As a product, cannabis “crosses genders, ethnicities, economic backgrounds and political views,” says Sally Nichols, a leading pot investor. ​Original Article (Rolling Stone):Weed Warriors: Meet Six Women Shaping the Cannabis IndustryArtwork Fair Use: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin

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Anthropology

Makah police report possible fentanyl-laced marijuana

The Makah Tribal Police Department is warning the public that officers believe they found fentanyl-laced marijuana during a recent arrest … Jasper Bruner, Makah public safety director and police chief, said that when officers field-tested seized marijuana Friday, the test was positive for fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that can be 50 times stronger than heroin,…

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Medicine/Healing

DC Lawmaker wants to let people get medical marijuana without doctor approval

Under the Medical Marijuana Improvement Amendment Act of 2017, patients would be allowed to self-certify as qualifying for medical cannabis …The bill would also allow medical cannabis dispensaries to open areas where patients could consume marijuana together socially … Separately, he wrote to District health officials asking that they examine allowing safe injection facilities where…

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Medicine/Healing

9 of 10 Docters unprepared to prescribe marijuana

“Medical education needs to catch up to marijuana legislation,” said senior author Dr. Laura Jean Bierut, a professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. ​ Curriculum deans at 101 medical schools completed surveys about marijuana education. Just over two-thirds said their graduates weren’t prepared to prescribe medical marijuana. One-quarter said…

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Biography/Memoir

Employee of Cheney marijuana shop remains missing after kidnapping Sunday afternoon

Immediately after the kidnapping, Schoefield and others who knew Smith took to social media, asking for help from anyone who knew the beloved barber-turned-budtender from Toledo, Ohio. ​ The three suspects have not been identified by police. The man and woman who entered the store were captured by the store’s surveillance cameras, which police have…

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