Category: Lifestyle

BLACKLIGHT: Iconography of the Gentrified Stoner

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A Blacklight investigation into how celebrity cannabis branding has warped the meaning of icon and overshadowed the activists, caregivers, and families who carried the plant through criminalization. This feature exposes the cultural amnesia that elevates market-friendly faces while burying the movement’s real architects and the sacrifices that made modern legalization possible.

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The South’s Quiet Cannabis Rebellion

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Across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama, quiet legalization is replacing old fear. Dispensaries open, hemp farms thrive, and police turn away from small possession. Lawmakers who once preached prohibition now profit from regulation. The Bible Belt’s cannabis rebellion is alive and growing, and the South is no longer waiting for Washington to catch up.

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Virginia’s Legalization Lockdown

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Virginia legalized cannabis four years ago, then froze its own future. Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed retail sales, keeping weed legal to hold but illegal to buy. Now the 2025 governor’s race will decide if voters finally get what they approved. Virginia’s Legalization Lockdown exposes the hypocrisy, the politics, and the system that turned freedom into fine print.

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No One’s Giving Away $60 Gummies, Karen

A Halloween scene featuring a bowl of assorted candy on a porch, lit by a glowing jack-o’-lantern in the background. The image includes visible candy brands and a “Trick or Treat” sign. The warm lighting and fall atmosphere emphasize the message printed above: “No one’s giving away $60 gummies, Karen.” The Pot Culture Magazine logo and copyright credit appear at the bottom.

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.

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The State That Fears Weed More Than Truth

A somber veteran draped in an American flag stands outside a government building at sunset, head bowed in reflection. The headline reads “The State That Fears Weed More Than Truth,” with a copper header labeled “Policy & Punishment.” The Pot Culture Magazine logo and website, PotCultureMagazine.com, appear at the bottom along with the copyright ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept.

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?

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How Not to Get Busted This Halloween

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Halloween is the system’s favorite setup. Cops cruise for chaos while cities twist cannabis freedom into new traps. This Pot Culture Magazine field manual cuts through fake reform with real-world survival moves. Know your rights, guard your stash, film the truth, and keep your freedom when the lights flash blue.

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