For the Culture By The Culture
Cheech Marin turned weed money into a monument. The Cheech isn’t just a museum, it’s a cultural counterpunch, a stoned out cathedral built for the artists the art world ignored. No permission, no filter, no apologies. This is the untold story of how one rebel flipped the script, lit the fuse, and made Chicano art impossible to erase.
Alcohol kills over 3 million people worldwide each year and still gets a free pass. Cannabis kills no one, yet it remains criminalized across most of the globe. This hard-edged report dismantles the hypocrisy behind global drug policy and exposes how alcohol gets a halo while weed gets a sentence. The numbers are in, and the story they tell is deadly.
Sweden promised a drug-free society. Instead, it built a death machine. From overdose rates that dwarf Portugal’s to gang violence run by teenagers, this hard-hitting feature exposes the brutal cost of prohibition disguised as public health. Don’t call it a model. Call it a failure
Some smart cameras protect your grow. Others dime you out. Ring has quietly handed over footage to cops without a warrant under “emergency” exceptions, and cannabis growers are ditching it fast. We break down which states protect you, which systems won’t sell you out, and why your front door cam might be your worst informant.
Before we even hit puberty, they handed us a suitcase of real drugs and called it education. This sharp, personal chronicle of the DARE era exposes how fear-mongering replaced science in America’s classrooms. From Officer Gill’s narcotics briefcase to the roots of THC stigma, the war on weed started early and never really ended.
This week’s Reefer Report Card pulls no punches, calling out Congress’s empty veteran promises, New York’s zoning clown show, Michigan’s $10M grow raid, and the DEA’s ongoing war games. While Santa Barbara backs off enforcement, Texas doubles down. If you thought weed legalization made sense, think again. Confusion wins the week with a final grade of
