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.
Reefer Report Card Vol. 26: Nov 29-Dec 06
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 Patients and veterans stayed stuck in outdated systems while global reform moved forward with hesitation.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.
THE SCROMITING SCAM
American newsrooms turned a simple overuse incident into a nationwide scare. Scromiting headlines exploded overnight, burying real CHS facts under panic and misinformation. Pot Culture breaks down what actually happened, why the media keeps confusing overuse with syndrome, and how fear travels faster than truth when cannabis is involved.
LOOK WHO JUST FIGURED OUT CANNABIS BEATS BOOZE
The New York Times has finally admitted that legal cannabis is eating into alcohol consumption across the country, after years of fear mongering that painted the plant as a public threat. Anyone inside weed culture saw this shift long before the paper caught on. As people replace booze with a calmer, less punishing option, the old narrative collapses and the Times scrambles to catch up
THE NEW YORK POST Vs. THE FACTS
The New York Post claims New York is facing a wave of cannabis poisoned teenagers, but the data says otherwise. Teen cannabis use is falling, most exposure calls involve toddlers, and the Post inflated and misrepresented key numbers to manufacture panic. This feature dismantles the fear narrative with verifiable facts, national trends, and hard receipts.
The Weed Made Me Do It
A Wisconsin shooting turns into another propaganda rerun. Police said marijuana made her paranoid. The media agreed before the evidence even landed. The Weed Made Me Do It exposes how headlines keep blaming the plant while guns, fear, and bad journalism keep killing the truth. A Pot Culture Magazine exclusive.