For the Culture By The Culture
Each October, the same urban legend returns: strangers handing out weed candy. NORML and UVA Health say it’s pure fiction. No one’s giving away $60 gummies, but accidental ingestion is real, driven by bad packaging and lazy storage. The true Halloween threat isn’t monsters or dealers, it’s fear and ignorance disguised as public safety.
The San Francisco Chronicle’s new article warns that cannabis is dangerous for older adults, but the science says otherwise. Studies show benefits for pain, sleep, and muscle spasticity when used responsibly. The real risk comes from misinformation, fear, and the unregulated hemp market, not from seniors using cannabis with care.
Singapore still executes people for cannabis under its decades-old Misuse of Drugs Act. Officials call it deterrence. Critics call it fear. With public approval topping 90 percent, reformers face a government that equates mercy with weakness. This is a nation that kills for control and calls it safety.
California's cannabis task force claims $222 million in Q3 seizures, but what does it really mean? From inflated “street value” math to equity hypocrisy and late-night smoke signals, Pot Culture Magazine unpacks the truth behind the raids. Who wins when cops crush unlicensed weed? The optics might sell, but the market’s still broken and the headlines don’t fix it.
Idaho clings to prohibition while veterans beg for relief. Kind Idaho fights to decriminalize a plant that heals, while lawmaker Bruce Skaug pushes laws that jail the sick and silence voters. This is not policy, it is punishment. The question is simple: Does Idaho fear weed more than truth?
Despite legalization in half the country, over 204,000 Americans were arrested for marijuana in 2024, most for possession. The FBI, ACLU, and DOJ data expose how outdated laws, racial disparities, and political hypocrisy keep the drug war alive under new names. America claims reform, yet still profits from punishment. The hustle just wears a badge now.
