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Well, uh, High Times called me and said they were dedicating this issue to sex or some such and that I should write some such. Since sex is one of the main activities people get high for, and since I have been asked “How does it feel to be a sex symbol?” about a thousand million times in the last six months, it all seems very natural, and after all nature is gonna win no matter what all you suckers do. Sex sells more magazines, books, movies, records,etc., than anything else. Only violence runs a close second, with flying saucers…

The country known for cannabis tourism is cleaning up the streets of its famous tourist destination. The city will also limit alcohol sales.Amsterdam’s weed-friendly coffee shops have been a destination for canna-tourists for decades. But locals are growing tired of visitors toking in the popular Red Light District, which is also the center of the city’s legal sex work trade.So lawmakers are banning residents and visitors from smoking cannabis in the Red Light District. In addition to the ban on smoking weed, Amsterdam said it will intensify measures to discourage alcohol sales, which are already banned after 4 p.m. from…

The march towards legalization continues, Leafly Nation! In 2023, we expect a handful of states to pass legislation—or send measures to voters—to legalize adult-use cannabis or medical marijuana.Read on to learn more about the states we’ve got our eyes on, the specifics of the measures themselves, and where these various campaigns currently stand.DelawareLast year, Delaware lawmakers passed a pair of bills to legalize cannabis possession and establish the framework for an adult-use industry. They hoped that the former bill would force Gov. John Carney (D) to green-light the latter—otherwise the state would effectively create an unregulated “gifting” economy. Carney, however, vetoed…

Volume 6 This Valentine’s Day, I have every intention of being stoned, relaxed, and in the mood for good sex. Don’t get me wrong, being high isn’t a prerequisite to having fun in bed. But, in my experience, weed definitely helps me enjoy it. Whether it’s the evidence that cannabis works as a muscle relaxant or the many ways cannabis can improve your sex life, cannabis doesn’t just improve my physical experience with sex, but my mental experience, too. Out of my head, into my bed Typically, when I’m going about my day-to-day, my head is swimming with an endless…

The psychedelics reform movement is seeing even more psychedelics reform developments, with bill introductions and votes in another set of states as lawmakers across the country continue to advance the issue. The latest iterations are coming out of Iowa, Missouri, New Hampshire and Utah. 2023 sessions have proved exceptionally active for psychedelics policy reform, with legislatures across the country considering a wide range of proposals amid growing interest in the therapeutic potential of entheogenic substances like psilocybin and ending the practice of criminalizing people over natural plants and fungi. Here’s an overview of the latest state-level psychedelics developments:  Iowa Rep.…

California officials on Friday announced that they’ve awarded $15 million in grants to support local efforts to promote equity in the marijuana industry. The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) distributed the funds to 16 cities and counties across the state through the Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions. Applications opened for the program late last year. This is part of California’s efforts to use cannabis tax revenue to fund new and existing equity programs for those who have been disproportionately impacted by the drug war. Gov. Gavin Newson’s (D) “budget proposal for next fiscal year includes…

As New Hampshire lawmakers work to advance marijuana legalization, a House committee met on Thursday to discuss a more modest reform to allow medical cannabis patients to grow their own plants for therapeutic use. The House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee held a hearing and received testimony on HB 431 from Rep. Wendy Thomas (D), as well as other proposals to expand the state’s medical marijuana program. The home grow bill would allow registered cannabis patients and designated caregivers to cultivate up to three mature plants, three immature plants and 12 seedlings. They would have to be grown…

“If there was ever a better time to be a cannabis advocate on Capitol Hill, I don’t know when.” By Don Murphy, Marijuana Leadership Campaign Most drug policy activists were thrilled when Democrats took over the House in 2018 and their expectations were even higher when they took back the White House and the Senate in 2020. The drug war was going to end. It was not a matter of when, but how. To their credit, House Democrats made history with the first stand alone cannabis reform bill to ever pass a chamber of Congress with the MORE Act—but Senate…

“This is sort of a backdoor way of relieving people of the penalty. And in and of itself, it would save in my mind, probably tens of millions of dollars related to those prosecutions in those incarcerations.” By Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector Supported by dozens of his fellow representatives, House Minority Leader Vic Miller (D) introduced a cannabis amnesty bill. House Bill 2363, sponsored by Miller, a Topeka Democrat, along with 34 other representatives, would release anyone convicted for marijuana-related offenses from their sentence, and allow the expungement of marijuana-related convictions and arrest records from Kansans’ records. The bill would…

Two of three living members of legendary band Sublime, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, vocalist Bradley Nowell’s widow Troy Nowell, and others announced the band’s line of cannabis Reefers by Sublime. The cannabis line arrives in conjunction with a new live album and double LP $5 at the Door (Live at Tressel Tavern, 1994) featuring vocals from Bradley Nowell on April 21. According to a Feb. 7 press release, it’s the band’s official launch of high quality cannabis products in partnership with Costa Mesa-based The Healing Plant, a licensed manufacturer of cannabis products in California.  Reefers by Sublime uses art…