Krishna follows the Green Rush to Colorado, meeting families who’ve relocated to seek medical pot and starry-eyed ganjapreneurs trying to strike gold in America’s Marijuana Mecca. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Weed laws in the US have since changed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZrwgCE01Zg
US Marijuana Industry Hits All-Time High
The legal cannabis industry is thriving in the U.S., reaching its highest-ever number of jobs and sales, a new report shows. Vangst, a cannabis industry job platform, found that at the beginning of the year, there were 440,445 full-time-equivalent jobs in the legal cannabis industry—a 5.4 percent increase from 2023. Annual sales of legal marijuana, recreational and medical, …
420 travel: U.S. cities with the highest number of weed-friendly stays
U.S. cities that blazed the marijuana legalization trail now have a high concentration of 420-friendly vacation rentals, a new study by Upgraded Points shows. Why it matters: Cannabis-cations are one piece of the growing multi-billion dollar weed economy. The big picture: Unsurprisingly, three Colorado cities — Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs — are among those with the highest concentration of …
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This Will Be The ‘Last 4/20 Celebration’ With Marijuana Still In Schedule I, Congressman Says, While Predicting House Action On Cannabis Banking Bill
This Saturday will be the “last 4/20 celebration that cannabis will be on Schedule I,” a Democratic congressman predicts, adding that he’s “quite confident” the GOP House will take up a bipartisan cannabis banking bill if lawmakers “break this loose in the Senate.” Rep. Earl Blumenauer, founding co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, spoke to reporters …
Where cannabis and medical marijuana are legal this 4/20
Marijuana’s informal 4/20 holiday is picking up steam with recreational pot legal for nearly half of the nation. Why it matters: More changes are rolling out and others are under consideration in states across the country as support for legalizing weed grows. Roughly 9 out of 10 Americans said marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use, according to a January Pew Research Center …
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Recreational cannabis use may lower your risk of cognitive decline, study says
When you light up or down an edible, you may be lowering your risk of cognitive decline, according to a new study comparing recreational cannabis users to nonusers. As marijuana isn’t without its health harms, these findings came as a surprise even to the scientists behind the study. Researchers at the State University of New York …
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420 celebrations: photos from the unofficial marijuana holiday
Photos of people celebrating 4/20 from across the world. https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2024/04/19/420-marijuana-celebrations-photos-from-the-unofficial-cannabis-holiday/73382159007/
A Holiday for Weed Fans, Complete With Sponsors
In the culture of cannabis, April 20 is a holiday when those who partake light up in enjoyment and in protest of prohibition. Although the origins of “4/20” are debated — according to popular lore, a group of California high school students in the 1970s met after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke weed — the …
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What to do if you get too high on cannabis
Taking medical cannabis for the first time can seem daunting for many people. Adverse reactions can usually be avoided by using the “start low, go slow” approach to dosing. If you do experience psychoactive effects that feel uncomfortable, however, here are some handy pieces of advice. Recreational cannabis users consume the plant because they want to enjoy …
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Blunt vs. Joint: Everything you Need to Know
For many stoners, there is one age-old debate that rivals that of the chicken and the egg. What is the difference between a blunt and a joint? In the end, when the cannabis has turned to ash and the munchies have begun, it might not even matter. But whether one prefers a blunt or a joint, …
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