For the Culture By The Culture
A billionaire’s media empire, a prohibitionist Congressman, and an op-ed full of fear. The Washington Examiner’s latest anti-cannabis rant exposes how profits and propaganda keep prohibition alive. With alcohol use falling and support for cannabis reform rising, fearmongering is their last defense and it is crumbling fast.
California claims it seized nearly $480 million in illegal cannabis this year, but the numbers don’t add up. Behind the inflated figures is a broken system criminalizing small growers while propping up a failed regulatory model. Pot Culture Magazine investigates the truth behind the raids, the optics, and the war the state doesn’t want to admit it’s losing.
The cannabis industry is expected to pump $123.6 billion into the U.S. economy in 2025. That’s not just growth—it’s a cultural reckoning. Built by the same community they tried to erase, this number doesn’t just shut down critics. It buries them.
Congressman Dave Joyce wants credit for fixing weed. But his new legislation might just carve up the movement and hand it to corporate stakeholders. Behind the clean language is a blueprint for state-by-state chaos, not freedom. If this is legalization, it’s legalization without justice—and the people who built the culture are still waiting outside the gates.
The DEA is dragging its feet on cannabis rescheduling despite over 43,000 public comments and a formal Schedule III recommendation from HHS. What’s the hold-up? This deep-dive exposes the legal limbo, political stall tactics, and why America’s weed policy is still frozen in time.
Cannabis culture is at a turning point. This month's cover reflects the tension—progress on one side, resistance on the other. As legalization faces a new wave of scrutiny and misinformation, the future isn’t guaranteed. It’s being shaped now, by the people paying attention.
