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Soon-to-be former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Greg Robinson was busted near the Mexico–United States border in Texas with 157 pounds of marijuana inside his rented sport utility vehicle Monday, TMZ reports. Robinson was traveling from Los Angeles to Louisiana with former NFL player and Auburn teammate Quan Bray, and a third unidentified person when their vehicle was stopped at around 7:15 p.m. on […]
Advocates for criminal justice reform secured a big win this week: Los Angeles County announced it would dismiss nearly 66,000 marijuana-related convictions—some of which date back to 1961. According to the Los Angeles Times, The move was confirmed Thursday by county District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who underscored the way drug war enforcement disproportionately affected people of color. “The dismissal […]
Being the fan on an ailing franchise may seem like it causes you enough pain to require medicinal help, but according to an Ohio medical board committee, this won’t grant you a medical marijuana card. In December, the panel that meets in Columbus, Ohio to discuss the guidelines for medical marijuana consideration rejected a petition requesting that […]
On Sunday, an enterprising young Girl Scout troop composed of six and seven-year-olds was spotted posting up outside a Chicago marijuana dispensary in order to cash in on Illinois’ recent legalization of cannabis, which went into effect on January 1. This move, captured by…someone with a phone, follows a similar idea pursued by scouts in […]
A fresh cannabinoid dubbed THCP has inspired a wave of cravings-inducing headlines, due in large part to reports highlighting its potential for more than 30 times stronger potency than the old standard, THC. The compound, full name tetrahydrocannabiphorol, was discovered alongside another previously unknown compound that’s now being called CBDP. Per CNN, the latter is described as […]
Boosie Badazz will avoid any jail time for his Georgia drug case. Per TMZ, Boosie pled guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana stemming from an April 2019 arrest. As a result, the Coweta County District Attorney’s Office dropped the possession of a controlled substance and failure to maintain lane charges against the rapper, allowing Boosie to evade time behind bars. […]
Spencer Boston was a man with a plan. On Monday, the 20-year-old was in a Tennessee court for a simple marijuana possession charge, CNN reports. As he faced the judge, he began to share his views on the legalization of weed. And to drive that point home, he reached into his jacket pocket, pulled out a […]
Oregon marijuana sales on the Idaho border are an estimated 420 percent higher than the state average. While Oregon is a recreational weed state, Idaho is not, an unfortunate reality for Idahoans that makes the higher-than-average sales along the states’ border possible. The fitting stat comes from the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) by […]
CNN reports that it was a Happy New Year indeed for Illinois, which saw a haul of nearly $3.2 million in sales of recreational marijuana on its first day. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation revealed that the state’s 37 dispensaries accounted for 77,128 transactions, which totaled more than $3.17 million. According to the Chicago Tribune, Illinois’ first-day sales were one of the […]
Illinois just became the eleventh state to legalize recreational marijuana, which resulted in thousands of drug-related convictions cleared. Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker announced on Tuesday that he had granted over 11,000 pardons for minor marijuana convictions. He added that this is the first of multiple expungement that will arrive as the state moves to address “the […]
