Bill Weinberg

Current Events

The Cannabis Industry and the Black Lives Matter Uprising

Protests have spread across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd at the...

Culture

Cannabis & Artificial Intelligence: The Arrival of Robopot?

Entrepreneurs are aggressively plugging the application of artificial intelligence in everything from automating grow operations to...

Grow

Cannabis Shortages Spur New Interest in Growing at Home

Lockdowns and economic paralysis imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak are creating a new emphasis on self-sufficiency....

Economics

Canopy Grow Facility Announces Lay-Offs

Canada's largest licensed producer of cannabis, with globe-spanning operations, is shutting down two massive greenhouses in...

Politics

Brooklyn Brutality Re-Ignites Outrage Over Pot Policing in NYC

An egregious incident of police abuse in Brooklyn has gone viral on the internet and re-ignited...

Politics

Bernie Beats Biden on Pot

With the Democratic horserace having narrowed into a two-man contest, cannabis voters appear to face a...

Medical

Tod Mikuriya: Grandfather of Medical Marijuana

If there is one person with a claim to reviving the pharmacopoeia of cannabis in the...

Culture

Study: Boomers Smoking More Cannabis

What may have been a symbol of rebellion and the counterculture in youth, is increasingly seen...

Medical

Pebbles Trippet: The Activist With Her Own Legal ‘Standard’

One longtime California cannabis activist actually has a legal standard named in her honor. Pebbles Trippet...

Politics

Re-Legalize it? Herer’s Legacy Lives on in Hemp Initiative

The legendary hemp crusader Jack Herer drew up a California ballot initiative for a cannabis economy...

Economics

Coronavirus Outbreak Impacts Cannabis Industry

With half a billion people under lockdown, the coronavirus outbreak in China is virtually certain to...

Politics

Drug War Dystopia Continues as Mexico Waits to Legalize Cannabis

Mexican lawmakers are predicting legal cannabis by the month’s end, and portraying it as a key...

Legal

Spain’s ‘Grandma Marijuana’ Fights the Power

Fernanda de la Figuera has been sentenced to nine months in prison for growing cannabis in...

Politics

When Pot Prisoners Become Geopolitical Pawns

The global prohibition of cannabis affords the opportunity for imperial powers and authoritarian regimes to exploit...

In History

Sister Somayah Kambui: An Early Visionary of Cannabis Equity

Sister Somayah Kambui spent her life working toward "cannabis equity" — a term not yet coined...

Politics

New Mexico Races to Legalize Pot by the End of February

The race is on to become the 12th state in the union to legalize cannabis. With...

Economics

Peddler’s Licenses & Co-Ops: Chicago Brainstorms Ways to Make Cannabis More Equitable

A month into legal cannabis in Illinois, Chicago is considering various experimental models for cannabis cultivation...

Politics

Jay-Z Sues Mississippi Over Prison Violence Impacting Pot Prisoners

Mississippi has some of the harshest cannabis laws in the country, and pot convictions are contributing...

Politics

Cuomo Pledges Legal Cannabis for New York in 2020, But Where’s the Equity?

The new budget just released by New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo includes his promised cannabis legalization...

Legal

Canadian City Supports Exemption for an Unlicensed Dispensary

A ground-breaking British Columbia dispensary that has been operating for 20 years is challenging the national...