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Google’s Canadian pilot program allowing cannabis ads exposes the deep hypocrisy in U.S. policy. While alcohol and gambling flood media, cannabis remains censored, costing legal businesses billions and reinforcing stigma. This shift could signal the start of global change.
Cannabis may be legal on paper, but online it is under siege. From shadowbanning and deleted accounts to financial chokeholds by Stripe and PayPal, Big Tech is quietly erasing weed culture. This hard-edged feature exposes the hypocrisy and asks if cannabis will reclaim its voice before algorithms choke it out for good.
A wave of anti-cannabis research is flooding headlines, but it is not science, it is strategy. Backed by NIDA, Big Pharma, and prohibition-era agendas, these fear-driven studies distort data to stall legalization and protect profits. Pot Culture Magazine follows the funding, exposes the bias, and rips open the system behind cannabis research manipulation.
A new Telegraph article claims cannabis gummies could damage your heart, but the science doesn’t back the hysteria. We take their claims apart and show how fear-mongering headlines continue to distort cannabis facts. At a time when real education is needed, sensationalist reporting is the real threat.
Twelve years ago, Pot Culture Magazine lit up for the first time. Since then, it’s weathered disappearances, rebirths, and 690 articles fueled by grit and loyalty to the cannabis community. In this anniversary editorial, founder Matthew Roberts reflects on the misfires, milestones, and madness of keeping an independent weed publication alive in a click-chasing world.
Users think Reddit is a safe space for stoner stories. It’s not. With IP logs, subpoenas, and deleted posts preserved on request, digital weed culture has become a self-incrimination trap. Pot Culture exposes the myth of anonymity and the real risks of online oversharing.
