For the Culture By The Culture
Federal law still allows cannabis use to strip Americans of firearm rights without proof of danger or misuse. As the Supreme Court weighs United States v. Hemani, courts are confronting whether the government can continue punishing people based on status rather than conduct in a country where cannabis is legal in most states.
Actor David Krumholtz’s experience with Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome sparked a backlash that reveals a deeper problem in cannabis culture. This piece examines how rare conditions get weaponized, why defensive reactions backfire, and how patients, veterans, and families are erased when nuance collapses on both sides of the cannabis debate.
A new study claims cannabis can be measured like alcohol using weekly limits and risk tiers. This feature dismantles that framework, exposing how alcohol math distorts cannabis science, ignores human biology, and fuels modern prohibition under the guise of public health. Numbers may comfort regulators, but they do not reflect reality.
Hospitals increasingly diagnose Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome without testing the cannabis products involved. This investigation examines how cartridges, edibles, and other cannabis materials are excluded from medical evaluation, despite known contamination risks, leaving patients with diagnoses based on symptoms and self reported use rather than verified evidence.
Weed shops profit from cannabis culture while refusing to hire the people who shaped it. Insurers, compliance officers, and corporate rules punish cannabis users even in legal states. Testing myths, background screening, and liability fear filter out anyone with real experience. The result is a workforce designed to exclude the culture that keeps the industry alive.
This week’s Reefer Report Card exposes the scromiting panic, Washington’s latest hemp crackdown, and the Supreme Court inching toward a decision that could rewrite prohibition. Patients and veterans stayed stuck in outdated systems while global reform moved forward with hesitation. Panic got headlines. Weed got scapegoated. The world kept smoking anyway.
