Above Photo: Define Urban. Coast to coast, the green rush is failing Black growers and entrepreneurs. This story is the first in a four-part series about cannabis equity in America. Full Disclosure: I am so thoroughly in the tank for cannabis that I believe negative “stoner behavior” can be chalked up to dosing issues. In my experience, cannabis is medicine and too much of anything is bad for you. This four-part series is scrolling beneath your fingers because the legal weed market opening that some still call a Green Rush isn’t returning to Black cannabis a fraction of what we have given it. That’s […]
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Biden At The Cannabis Crossroads By Gabrielle Gurley, The American Prospect. November 28, 2020 Biden At The Cannabis Crossroads2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/gurley-biden-mj-e1606602880275.jpg200px200px Above photo: Budtenders prepare orders for customers to pick up at the Higher Path cannabis dispensary in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, April 2020. Richard Vogel/AP. The president-elect’s moves toward federal marijuana liberalization don’t add up to legalization. There will be tougher issues on the drug policy front ahead. This story is part of the Prospect’s series on how the next president can make progress without new legislation. Read all of our Day One Agenda articles here. Shortly after the election, House […]
Investors in the 2017 Paragon Coin token sale want their money back, but they can’t find the celebrity couple behind the operation. “The attorneys representing the defendants have withdrawn as counsel,” said attorney Donald Enright, who represents plaintiffs in this crypto-fueled legal dispute. Enright added the defendants “defaulted” by failing to appear in court and respond to the claims. The Northern District of California decided in the infamous initial token offering (ICO) case Davy v. Paragon Coin, Inc. that token buyers trying to sue the project’s founders may qualify as a class to pursue a collective case. The lawsuit claims the […]
Dr. Julie Holland, author of the new book, Good Chemistry, says that when patients taking antidepressants have stopped experiencing relief, psychedelic drugs might be used in conjunction with talk therapy to help some work through past traumas. Milos Zivkovic/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Milos Zivkovic/EyeEm/Getty Images Dr. Julie Holland, author of the new book, Good Chemistry, says that when patients taking antidepressants have stopped experiencing relief, psychedelic drugs might be used in conjunction with talk therapy to help some work through past traumas. Milos Zivkovic/EyeEm/Getty Images People who have been taking antidepressants for several years sometimes hit a wall, a […]