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Michigan’s new 24 percent wholesale cannabis tax is being sold as a road repair plan but looks more like a cash grab. Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s law faces a constitutional challenge from the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, while NORML’s Paul Armentano warns that greedy taxation drives consumers back underground and destroys legal markets that voters fought to build. The weed war is back this time in a budget.
Hawaii sells itself as paradise, but when it comes to cannabis, the islands are locked in prohibition. Lawmakers have teased legalization for decades, only to betray voters and bow to cops, lobbyists, and fear. With over 70% of Hawaiians supporting legalization, the hypocrisy is glaring. Paradise is freedom, yet a joint in Waikīkī can still mean court.
The Guardian’s latest “study” on cannabis paranoia collapses under scrutiny. Pot Culture Magazine dismantles the fear-mongering, exposing flawed data, cherry-picked experts, and the hypocrisy of ignoring alcohol’s far greater risks. This hard-hitting feature shreds lazy reporting, defends patients, and calls out the panic industry for what it is: a profitable lie meant to keep prohibition alive.
What if you could light up during the movie? Thanks to new laws in New York and Massachusetts, cannabis-friendly cinemas are moving from stoner fantasy to cultural reality. This feature explores the legal shakeups, industry impact, and how theaters could become the next frontier in social cannabis consumption.
Another study, another misleading headline. The media is at it again, twisting nuanced cannabis research into fear-mongering clickbait. Here’s what The Independent got wrong—and why this keeps happening
Cannabis is under the microscope again, with headlines claiming weed will fry your brain. But is this study groundbreaking science or just another scare tactic? We’re breaking it down—with a joint in hand.
