Marijuana Culture

The California Cannabis Awards — now an annual event at the California State Fair — is adding new product categories this year for blunts, hash, and cannabis-infused chocolates.

The district attorney for Los Angeles County recently launched a public service campaign warning teenagers against the underage use of cannabis.

Massachusetts voters rejected the state’s medical psychedelics legalization ballot initiative with 57% opposed and 43% in favor. The proposal sought to legalize the medical use of psilocybin, psilocin, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, and mescaline for patients aged 21+.

Wiz Khalifa was arrested in Romania for drug possession after videos showed him smoking weed while performing at this weekend’s Beach Please! Festival. The rapper was released promptly and posted on social media afterward that he meant no disrespect to Romania “by lighting up on stage.”

The Portland Pickles, an Oregon-based baseball team in the West Coast League, is set to become the first pro sports team in the U.S. to sell THC-infused beverages at their games.

Jimmy John’s is tapping into 4/20 culture with its Deliciously Dope Dime Bag promotion, offering a curated meal perfect for those looking to satisfy their munchies.

The documentary “Cannabis + Creativity,” directed by Elana Frankel, has been lighting up the film festival circuit, winning multiple accolades over the past month.

City officials in Detroit, Michigan have closed the building that formerly housed the psychedelic religious institution Soul Tribes International Ministries, which offered psilocybin mushrooms as a sacrament.

According to a recent poll, about 57% of New Jersey adults report having smelled cannabis in public places; 52% of respondents said they are not bothered by the smell, 19% said the odor bothers them greatly, and 28% said it bothers them slightly.

Longtime Michigan cannabis advocate Dale “Rick” Thompson died on Monday following a battle with cancer. He was 57-years-old.

The two-day Miracle in Mundelein music festival is set to be the first concert in Illinois with state-approved cannabis consumption; the festival will feature rolling stations and dab bars with complimentary grinders, lighters, papers, and rolling trays.

A new Gallup poll found that at least half of Americans have tried cannabis at some point, with 17% saying they “smoke marijuana” — a new high recorded by the pollster.

Twitch, the popular online streaming platform owned by Amazon, recently updated its branding policy to ban cannabis companies from sponsoring channels on the platform.

A recent poll found that a 53% majority of Americans believe that openly consuming cannabis is socially acceptable.

A recent survey found that 40% of employed cannabis consumers said they are planning to take the day off from work for 4/20 this year.

Another federal judge ruled last week that the federal ban on cannabis consumers possessing firearms is unconstitutional.

Human hair samples recovered from a cave in Spain revealed the use of psychedelics by people at least 3,000 years ago.