Tag: Cannabis Journalism

A Personal Note from the Publisher

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Pot Culture Magazine remains independent and reader-supported. During a serious family medical situation, any support helps keep the work moving.

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Pot Culture Magazine Is Changing How We Publish in 2026

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Pot Culture Magazine is entering 2026 with a deliberate shift in how and why we publish. This editorial explains the new schedule, the reasoning behind it, and what readers can expect moving forward. Fewer pieces, sharper focus, and the same commitment to honest, culture-first cannabis journalism without permission or performance.

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THE SCROMITING SCAM

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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.

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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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Stop Scaring Senior Stoners

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The San Francisco Chronicle’s new article warns that cannabis is dangerous for older adults, but the science says otherwise. Studies show benefits for pain, sleep, and muscle spasticity when used responsibly. The real risk comes from misinformation, fear, and the unregulated hemp market, not from seniors using cannabis with care.

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Cherokee Sovereignty vs. Senate Theater

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Senator Thom Tillis’s call for a federal probe into the Cherokee cannabis program isn’t oversight, it’s theater. The Eastern Band of Cherokee built the South’s first legal adult-use market, clean and compliant, yet a U.S. senator is weaponizing fear and politics to question their sovereignty. We trace the lies, the motives, and the drug-war power play behind it.

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