Citing the war on drugs’ disproportionate impact on people of color, judges in Seattle have agreed to vacate the marijuana convictions of hundreds of people who were punished for pot possession before the state made weed legal.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday that the New York City Police Department will ticket marijuana smokers instead of automatically arresting them, unless they already have past arrests or convictions.

Editor’s note: This story was previously published on EstroHaze, a multimedia company highlighting the business and lifestyles of multicultural women in the cannabis industry.

Just in case alcohol isn’t really your thing but you’re still looking for a way to enjoy the royal wedding (and you happen to be located in Oregon), it looks as if Meghan Markle’s nephew may be able to hook you up.

Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has became a major player in the ancillary cannabis industry after co-founding Casa Verde Capital and acquiring $45 million from investors. The ancillary business involves companies that never touch the actual product—from tech startups to weed-focused attorneys.

They’re calling them amnesty boxes, but these new green receptacles are essentially a treasure trove of discarded weed.

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Like most Californians, I have been waiting for the day I could walk into a dispensary and buy marijuana without the required medical recommendation. Mine expired nearly four years ago, and I have been relying on other means to get my stash as of late.

What happened to Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III that made him devoted to ruining the one pleasure that many of us have in this dismal administration? Did a weed-smoking teen with rolled-up sleeves and a souped-up Pontiac Thunderbird steal his girlfriend? Did a pot-smoking goon beat him up during a rowdy kegger at a…

The passage of Proposition 64—the Adult Use of Marijuana Act—in California had everyone excited about recreational marijuana becoming legal in the state on Jan. 1. Unfortunately for a lot of smokers, they will still have to rely on medical recommendations for the foreseeable future as cities sort out who can and who…

I want to know whose grandparents are these. Mostly so that they can be my grandparents, too, since they seem to be in the giving mood after police say they were busted with 60 pounds of marijuana they insisted was for “Christmas presents.”

While on vacation in California recently, I smoked weed in front of my mom for the first time.

Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of marijuana possession with intent to sell. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were called to the Nickerson Gardens projects in Watts because residents were allegedly blocking a street while playing loud music and smoking…

If anyone can beat the evil Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his hatred for marijuana, it’s the young, charming Democratic senator from New Jersey, Cory Booker.

When it comes to what he would like to achieve as attorney general, business casual racist Jeff Sessions has long made many of his goals abundantly clear. When it to comes to black folks, he would very much like for us to stop whining about voting rights, police brutality and the Confederacy’s right to flex. In short:…

The 42-year-old bassist for Lionel Richie might want to step off the edibles forever a minute since, according to a report, he stabbed himself multiple times after downing the Mary Jane-laced treats.

High Times, perhaps the most famous brand in the marijuana industry, was recently acquired by a group of investors that includes Damian Marley, Business Insider reports.

Happy 420 to everyone who partakes and those who should partake so they can calm the hell down. As people across the globe prepare to smoke a bowl of their favorite kush or roll a blunt with their favorite sativa, let us take a moment to remember when 420 became the bat-weed signal for potheads everywhere.

Stephen A. Crockett Jr. and I finally did something we never do: No, we didn’t get along. We’ll never do that. We did a minisode of our podcast! Every week, when I grow weary of Stephen’s voice and personality, I say, “Ugh, let’s just make this a minisode so that we can just get in and out, please?” After which,…

Take a deep breath. Can you smell the weed smoke billowing in from Colorado and California? Have you read about the citizens of Maine and Massachusetts who turned into zombies from puffing blunts all day? Have you seen the news reports about the scores of people in Oregon and Nevada who overdosed on marijuana? No.…