For the Culture By The Culture
While California brags about record-setting cannabis seizures, the legal market is bleeding out. This feature rips into the state’s failed enforcement-first strategy, exposing the hypocrisy of Governor Newsom’s war on “illegal” weed while licensed shops go under. Legacy growers are sidelined, consumers get shafted, and culture is burning
Legal weed brought affordability, but also an avalanche of mids. This feature exposes how cheap, low-grade cannabis has become the norm, watering down the culture and dulling the connoisseur edge that once defined real stoner standards. It’s a call to reclaim quality, flavor, and pride before “good enough” becomes the industry’s final word.
A new Supreme Court ruling just cracked the door for civil RICO lawsuits in legal cannabis. If you think this won’t hit your dispensary, think again. Here’s what every grower, brand, and budtender needs to know.
Legacy growers fought for legalization, only to be pushed aside by the system they helped create. This feature exposes how red tape, taxes, and policy failures are locking out the real pioneers while corporate weed cashes in. It’s not just exclusion—it’s cultural erasure. And if we’re not careful, the soul of cannabis will vanish under glossy branding and mediocre bud.
Weed is getting cheaper but it’s not a win. Behind those $49 ounces and $2 prerolls is an industry bleeding out. Overproduction, bad policy, and corporate greed are killing quality, crushing independents, and leaving consumers with less than they bargained for. This isn’t a correction. It’s collapse.
As THC drinks crash the party, are we witnessing the slow death of booze or just another dispensary fad in a pretty can? From barstools to backyard hangs, this feature sizes up the growing rivalry between cannabis beverages and alcohol. Are weed drinks the next wave—or just liquid hype?
