For the Culture By The Culture
Nearly 90% of Americans support marijuana legalization, yet arrests for cannabis possession continue across the country. With over 200,000 weed arrests in 2023 alone and deep racial disparities in enforcement, public opinion clearly isn't setting policy. This report digs into the myth of legalization and the brutal reality still unfolding on the ground.
The modern Shakedown Street runs on rosin, burner phones, and crypto. From Saratoga busts to Las Vegas dab rigs, Pot Culture goes inside the gray market fueling Deadhead tours, Phish lots, and festival parking lots nationwide. It’s not nostalgia. It’s a moving economy built on risk, trust, and tanks. This is the real show.
Bali just made it crystal clear, bring weed and you might leave in a coffin. An American, an Australian, and an Indian national now face Indonesia’s brutal drug penalties, including death. It wasn’t much weed, but in Bali, that doesn’t matter. This isn’t just a bust, it’s a warning shot for tourists worldwide.
From Hearst’s racist headlines to DEA funded junk science, cannabis has been framed, smeared, and scapegoated for over a century. This feature exposes how lies became law, how fear fueled policy, and how the truth got buried under headlines. It's not just history, it’s a damn indictment.
Jarred Shaw is facing execution in Indonesia for allegedly importing THC gummies. This hard-edged feature exposes the brutal disconnect between American cannabis normalization and global drug laws, where edibles can mean death. A raw look at the price of ignorance across borders.
While California brags about record-setting cannabis seizures, the legal market is bleeding out. This feature rips into the state’s failed enforcement-first strategy, exposing the hypocrisy of Governor Newsom’s war on “illegal” weed while licensed shops go under. Legacy growers are sidelined, consumers get shafted, and culture is burning
