marijuana
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DC Young Fly, Lil Yachty Light Up the Screen in How High 2 Trailer
Once you get past all the MySpace surveys and horrific fashion trends, the 2000s were actually pretty dope. It gave us a pre-MAGA Kanye, Grand Theft Auto III, and gas that was under $2 a gallon—which is reason enough to revisit the era in which we wore du-rags as fashion accessories. But also of note,…
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Bill to Protect Banks That Work With the Cannabis Industry Gets a Vote in Congress Next Week
The House Financial Services Committee will vote next Tuesday on a bipartisan bill that would protect banks that service businesses in the cannabis industry from being penalized by federal regulators. More than a quarter of the House is in support of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act. The bill was formally filed earlier…
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Marijuana Is One Step Closer to Being Legal in the State of New Jersey
Looks like there may be an entirely new meaning to New Jersey’s nickname as “The Garden State.” Lawmakers voted Monday to advance bills that would legalize marijuana in the state and expunge prior convictions related to marijuana. The New Jersey Assembly Appropriations Committee and the state Senate Judiciary Committee both voted on their own versions…
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70 Party Guests Were Arrested for Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana. Now, They're Suing
Members of the “the Cartersville 70”—the dozens of young people who were arrested at a 2017 house party in Cartervsille, Ga., for what turned out to be less than an ounce of marijuana—are filing a suit against city officials, claiming the search and mass arrest violated their constitutional rights. No charges were pressed against the…
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Where the (Legal) Weed At? More States Eye Cannabis Legalization
It seems as though we are reaching the point where cannabis will eventually be legal all across the United States. In a complete departure from the person he is looking to replace, U.S. Attorney General nominee William Barr said in his Senate testimony Tuesday that he would not use the Department of Justice to go…
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Man Leaves 2 Pounds of Weed in Uber, Tries to Retrieve It From Cops
A Pennsylvania man who was clearly trying to spread joy to the world during the holiday season discovered that securing the bag was not as easy as it looks. After he tried to retrieve two pounds of marijuana he allegedly left in an Uber, he found himself in handcuffs. WXPI reports that the driver of…
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Locked Up and Locked Out: How to Ensure New York's Black Communities Get Their Share of the Marijuana ‘Green Rush’
While Corvain Cooper sits in a prison cell in California facing a life sentence for marijuana-related charges, he is dealing with the reality that he may never be reunited with his family again or get a second chance at life outside of prison. Nearly 3,000 miles away in Atlanta, Robert Stovall was sentenced to 12…
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Snoop Dogg Smoked Weed While Voicing His Displeasure with Our President, Which Is How I Have Spent Most of the Last Two Years
In yet another headline ripped from my living room floor after most workdays, rap legend, reggae interloper and ganjapreneur Snoop Dogg took to social media during this week’s midterm election to give the world—and the president—a piece of his mind. After announcing the urge to “not only go to the White House, but do some…