Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Politics
New York: The Taming of the ‘Wild East’?
September 19, 2022New York state is just now accepting applications for retail cannabis licenses. But the Big Apple...
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Science
Climate Change and Cannabis: The Scary Truth
August 4, 2022Some of the key cannabis cultivation zones around the world are also those feeling the earliest...
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Culture
Cannabis ‘Vaudeville’ Traces History and Culture
July 24, 2022New York’s East Village this summer witnesses the world premiere of a multimedia extravaganza centered on...
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Economics
Oregon’s Illicit Cannabis Market is Booming
July 21, 2022Industrial-scale illicit cannabis grow operations keep being raided by police in Oregon. So, why does the...
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Current Events
Brittney Griner Trial Begins in Russia; Looks Like Political Show
July 5, 2022Basketball superstar and US Olympic gold-medalist Brittney Griner, held in a Russian jail since February, is...
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Hemp
Our Founding Fathers’ History With Hemp
July 3, 2022Hemp became a symbol of patriotism during the American Revolution and was grown by some of...
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Politics
Colombian Cannabis Cultivators Face Continued Crackdown
June 21, 2022Colombia is at a crossroads with the historic election of the left-populist Gustavo Petro as president....
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Science
Irradiated Cannabis is Real: Now What?
June 9, 2022While irradiated cannabis may sound scary, the weed industry says not to worry. Consumer advocacy groups,...
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Politics
New York and Montana: Contrasts in Cannabis Equity
April 25, 2022The Empire State and Big Sky Country, although seemingly on opposite sides of America’s political divide,...
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Current Events
Will Brittney Griner’s Cannabis Bust Become Putin’s Geopolitical Pawn?
March 16, 2022US basketball superstar, Olympic gold medalist and LGBTQ icon Brittney Griner was arrested at the Moscow...
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Politics
Cannabis and Ukraine: What Russia’s Invasion Means
March 3, 2022Ukraine has been thrust upon the center of the world stage, as Russia invades its sovereign...
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Legal
Legal Cannabis States Considering Potency Caps
February 22, 2022With more and more states opening up political and legal space for cannabis, a backlash is...
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Legal
Native Nations Assert Right to Cannabis Economy
February 17, 2022Native American nations in New York state are eyeing the legal cannabis business, with some reservations...
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Medical
NFL Awards $1M to Study Cannabinoids and Pain Management
February 12, 2022The National Football League awarded a $1 million research grant to study the impacts of cannabinoids...
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Legal
Thailand Approves Home Cannabis Cultivation—A First for Asia
February 9, 2022There is jubilation among cannabis advocates in Thailand after authorities announced a change to the narcotics...
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Legal
Can the Smell of Cannabis Get You Arrested?
January 31, 2022The courts are divided on this question. Meanwhile, cannabis attorneys warn against the fatal error of...
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Economics
‘Wild West’ Hits New York City: Unregulated Cannabis Dispensaries Are Booming
January 16, 2022Unofficial cannabis sales are exploding in the country’s largest city without licenses under the guise of...
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Legal
Malta Becomes First European Country to Legalize Cannabis
December 20, 2021The Mediterranean island nation of Malta has become the first European Union member state to legalize...
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Politics
German Company in Talks With Afghanistan On Cannabis Cultivation
December 16, 2021The widely denied media reports turned out to be true, even if not all the details...
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Legal
New Mexico Cannabis Raid Spotlights Native American Jurisdictional Dilemma
December 9, 2021A federal raid on a Pueblo Indian reservation in New Mexico again brings into focus the...
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