420: The Legend Behind the Californian High-Schoolers and How 420 Became Globally Recognized Amongst Stoners Each year on this day, 420, 20 April, marijuana enthusiasts all around the world, from Amsterdam to London to California, congregate to celebrate cannabis culture, whether it’s legal or not. Every year, more than a thousand people gather in London’s Hyde Park to mark 4/20, smoking joints together at the designated time while calling for cannabis to be legalized, and tens of […] Steven Agar | April 20, 2024 0 Comments
The Highest-Elevation Towns in the U.S. How high is too high to set up a town deep in the mountains? Several communities thrive above 10,000 feet above sea level, over 1/3 of the height of the highest peak on Earth, Mount Everest. Residents of these towns battle fierce winters, lower amounts of oxygen, tough driving conditions, and many other factors that can create significant issues on […] Brains Matt Scribner | November 17, 2022 9 Comments
Colorado Cannabis Sales Are Trending Downwards For First Time Ever Ever since cannabis was legalized in 2014 for recreational sales in Colorado the industry has trended up. Now, for the first since its inception, Colorado weed sales are enduring their first sustained downturn since sales began. A multi-billion dollar business, both medical and recreational sales have combined for the worst decline in its short history. It’s low times for […] Industry News Nick DeRiso | August 15, 2022 0 Comments
Recreational Marijuana Sales Have Already Surpassed $5 Million in First Week in New Mexico If you’re driving through Taos, NM any time soon, expect to see some new stores opening up with some… let’s call them relaxing products. Recreational marijuana sales were recently legalized in New Mexico, and businesses were given the OK by state officials to sell and distribute their products starting last week. On Friday, April 1st, New Mexico officially allowed […] Haleigh Hafner | April 15, 2022 0 Comments
A Golden State and the Future of Cannabis Brought to you by A Golden State President Nixon’s War On Drugs began in the 1970s, and in the decades since, the public’s attitude on marijuana has drastically shifted. Over the past 25 years, the trajectory that marijuana legalization has taken has been quite affirmative yet unpredictable. In present-day 2022, nearly half of the states in the U.S. have fully […] Featured Article Jesse | March 21, 2022 3 Comments
Colorado To Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms Colorado could become the next state to decriminalize psychedelic mushroom use. The state would join a growing number of states beginning to decriminalize possession and use of magic mushrooms as alternative medicine. Oregon was the first state to decriminalize the use of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, to be distributed in regulated treatment centers and legalize the possession of […] Brains Aunika Skogen | March 2, 2022 1 Comment
Vermont’s Off the Beaten Path Ski Mountains Brought to you by The Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing Vermont has been my home away from home for nearly twenty-five years. I was immediately captivated by the place, a wide-eyed girl from central Ontario, Canada. There is something special about this, one of the smallest, and least populated states in the union, that stays with you. Vermont has […] Featured Article Jacqui Davis | January 31, 2022 6 Comments
Analyzing the Effects of Legal Cannabis in Colorado On November 6, 2012, Colorado citizens voted to legalize recreational marijuana. Since the first recreational dispensaries began opening in 2014, more than $10,940,865,212 worth of cannabis sales have been reported. Colorado was one of the first states to legalize medical and recreational marijuana and has served as an effective template for states that want to follow suit. Overall, public opinion […] Brains Jesse | July 26, 2021 0 Comments