Marijuana

Stoners Get Real in High Maintenance

Arts, Culture & Media

Created in 2012 by husband and wife team Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld, the web series follows an anonymous pot dealer (played by Sinclair) as he makes deliveries all over New Yo…

Sideshow Podcast: High Maintenance: The Internet’s Best TV Show

Arts, Culture & Media

Sideshow Podcast: The Internet’s Best TV Show Heads to HBO

Arts, Culture & Media
A woman holds marijuana for sale at the MedMen store in West Hollywood, California, Jan. 2, 2018.

Obama-era policy up in smoke with new marijuana crackdown

Culture
An Albanian state police officer holds a piece of freshly cut cannabis near the town of Kruja. Most of the pot produced in Albania is grown outdoors, on public land. Growers take advantage of the country’s Mediterranean climate and mountainous terrain.

Riding along with Albania’s pot police

Economics
Jetmir Gjini used to grow marijuana -- lots of it. Now he and his family are back to herding sheep.

In Europe’s former pot capital, now the only grass is for sheep

Economics

The village of Lazarat, Albania, used to be notorious for its lucrative, but illegal marijuana business. Now that the government has cracked down on it, villagers struggle to make a living.

Master Grower Ryan Douglas waters marijuana plants in a growing room at Tweed Marijuana Inc. in Smith's Falls, Ontario.

Is marijuana a secret weapon against the opioid epidemic?

Health

Studies suggest that in states with medical marijuana programs, there are fewer opioid overdose-related deaths.

Cannabis plants.

Marijuana could give a cognitive boost to older brains

Science

Older mouse brains, that is — but researchers hope that the findings could someday help elderly humans.

Marijuana displayed at a store

President Trump, will you be cracking down on the billion-dollar marijuana industry?

Global Politics

You can legally light up a joint in seven states and Canada may soon legalize as well? The marijuana industry is making a lot of money, but recent comments by Trump administration officials have some in the US marijuana industry wondering if their whole business could come crashing down.

Barcelona cannabis club

Inside Barcelona’s private marijuana clubs pushing to legalize it

Lifestyle

The “Green Rose” initiative has wide backing among the public and legislators in Spain’s Catalonia region. It would allow nonprofit cannabis club members to legally grow and share their weed among themselves. But don’t get too excited — pot tourists are not invited.