The Most Exciting Thing Happening in Cannabis Right Now Fits in a Mason Jar
CANNABIS IN A JAR Tissue Culture, Total Genetic Control, and Why the Most Exciting Thing Happening in Cannabis Right Now Fits in a Mason Jar...
Cannabis Doesn’t Work: New Study by The Lancet Goes Live – Let’s Talk About Why It’s Garbage
The Lancet Just Published a “Cannabis Doesn’t Work” Study — Let’s Talk About Why That’s Garbage A new meta-analysis dropped in The Lancet Psychiatry this...
Weed and the Upcoming Military Draft – The Ghost of Nixon Rises from the Grave
Weed, War, and the Ghost of Nixon: A Pattern That Keeps Repeating There’s a line you can draw from Vietnam to the War on Drugs,...
Chronic Pain Starts In Your Fascia – And Cannabis Might Be The Missing Link To Relief
Most people have the misconception that chronic pain is an issue rooted in our joints, muscles, or overall inflammation. While we’re right about inflammation, we’re...
Who Killed the Free Press? – The Ellison Empire, the Cannabis Re-Demonization Campaign
Who Killed the Free Press? The Ellison Empire, the Cannabis Re-Demonization Campaign, and the Ghost of a Vietnam You Never Voted For The New York...
Op-Ed: In The Future, We’ll Wonder How We Ever Practiced Medicine Without Cannabis
Cannabis is everywhere these days. In state-legal towns, you’ll see and smell pot almost everywhere. But that wasn’t the case just over a decade ago....
Gen Z Should Grow Their Own Weed – Gen Z Chose the Vape Cart. Here’s Why That Matters
Grow Your Own Damn Weed Gen Z Chose the Vape Cart. Here’s Why That Matters — and What We All Lost When Cannabis Became a...
Your Weed, Your Gun, Your Rights – What US v. Hemani Means for Cannabis Users — and What It Still Doesn’t Settle
The case starts simply enough: a Texas man, a legally purchased handgun, some weed, and FBI agents who showed up looking for something else entirely....
America Doesn’t Have a Marijuana Problem, It has a Hypocrisy Problem, and the New York Times Just Proved It
By Reginald Reefer | March 2026 On February 9th, 2026, the New York Times editorial board published a piece titled “It’s Time for America to...
THE WAR ON DRUGS – A Musical History in 12 Acts
Before We Press Play There’s a moment in every empire’s collapse when the enforcers look around at the rubble, dust off their badges, and start...
Texas is Turning from a Red State to a Purple State – and Cannabis Is Part of the Reason Why
DON’T MESS WITH PURPLE Texas Isn’t Turning Blue. It’s Turning Something Nobody Has a Word For Yet — and Cannabis Is Part of Why By...
Payroll employment edges down 92,000 in February; unemployment rate changes little at 4.4%
This post was originally published on this site.Total nonfarm payroll employment edged down by 92,000 in February, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.4...
The Apocalypse Dispensary – 5 Strains to Surviving Whatever the Hell is Going on Right Now
THE APOCALYPSE DISPENSARY The Top 5 Cannabis Strains for Surviving Whatever the Hell This Is By Reginald Reefer | February 2026 Let me set the...
Social Engineering: The Us vs. Them Debate Dividing Cannabis Legalization Plans
There’s a pattern in history that repeats with disturbing regularity. It goes something like this: create an enemy, amplify the threat, demand loyalty, punish dissent,...
The Backdoor : How America’s Drug War Built the Perfect Infrastructure for a Chemical Attack
THE BACKDOOR How America’s Drug War Built the Perfect Infrastructure for a Chemical Attack — and Why Liberty Is the Only Defense By Reginald Reefer ...
Can THCa Flower Be Shipped to Your State? A 2026 Guide to Buying THCa Online
Over the past few years, THCa flower has become one of the most discussed categories in cannabis. As consumers across the United States search for...
DEMONS FROM THE SHADOWS – Nitazenes, Cartel Chemists, and the Darkest Possible End of the Drug War
DEMONS FROM THE SHADOWS Nitazenes, Cartel Chemists, and the Darkest Possible End of the Drug War By Reginald Reefer | February 2026 | Part II...
Yale Scientists Reveal The Surprising Mental Health Benefits of Psychedelic Mushrooms
For several decades, psychedelic mushrooms were considered nothing more than hallucinogenic drugs. Magic mushrooms, as they were fondly referred to, were treated as a symbol...
The Curious Case of Cannabis and Autism: The Data Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About
Cannabis and Autism: The Data Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About I’m going to level with you right from the start: if you’re a parent...
How Legalizing Organic Drugs Is the Only Way to Win America’s Chemical War with China
Let me tell you something they won’t say on cable news, something that makes too much sense to survive the standard political discourse: the United...
The Cannabis Psychosis Paradox: Why Society Fears the Wrong Things
The Psychosis Paradox: Why Society Fears the Wrong Things Let me tell you something that’s going to piss off every pearl-clutching prohibitionist from here to...
Why Economists Can’t Understand Why Kids Get High: The Tax Deterrence Delusion
The Tax Deterrence Delusion: Why Economists Don’t Understand Why Kids Get High There’s a special kind of academic hubris that emerges when economists try to...
The Fox News Reefer Madness Moment: When a Combat Veteran Schooled the Hypocrites
There are moments in media that cut through the bullshit so cleanly, you can actually hear the narrative collapse in real-time. Combat veteran Staff Sergeant...
Schedule III Was Always a Trap: US Congressman Finally Says the Quiet Truth Out Loud
Schedule III Was Always a Trap: Congressman Says the Quiet Part Out Loud I’m not going to say “I told you so.” Wait, yes I...
Legal Weed, Fewer School Weed-Related Punishments? New Johns Hopkins-UMass Study Finds Surprising Link
Prohibitionists thought that marijuana legalization would protect the kids and society as a whole. They believed that ‘normalizing’ weed through legalization would make the drug...
The New York Times Wants You to Believe America has a Marijuana Problem
The New York Times’ Cannabis Problem: Follow the Money, Question the Narrative The New York Times wants you to believe America has a marijuana problem....
Should Terminally Ill Patients Be Alllowed to Use Medical Marijuana?
There are few things in life more painful than being told you only have a few months or years to live. Curative treatments will no...
Online Head Shop Buyer’s Guide: Quality, Reviews, and What Really Matters
Why Buying from the Right Online Head Shop Matters The cannabis accessory market has grown rapidly over the past decade. Today, consumers can choose from...
Payroll employment rises by 130,000 in January; unemployment rate changes little at 4.3%
This post was originally published on this site.Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 130,000 in January, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent....
The Arbitrary Legal Threshold of 0.3% Delta-9 THC – Why It’s Time to Stop Pretending Hemp and Marijuana are Different
The One Plant Alliance: Why It’s Time to Stop Pretending Hemp and Marijuana Are Different Sources: Community Newspapers | One Plant Alliance Let me ask...
America Walks Away: What The US Exit From The WHO Means For Medical Marijuana
Late last month, the United States announced a formal exit from the World Health Organization. This was shocking news, to say the least, considering that...
Both payroll employment (+50,000) and unemployment rate (4.4%) change little in December
This post was originally published on this site.Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) changed little in December. Employment continued...
Both payroll employment (+64,000) and unemployment rate (4.6%) change little in November
This post was originally published on this site.Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in November (+64,000) and has changed little since April. The November unemployment...
Payroll employment edges up 119,000 in September; unemployment rate changes little at 4.4%
This post was originally published on this site.Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in September (+119,000), and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.4 percent....
Walters: Newsom plays climate warrior, compromiser and coy candidate
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom still insists that he hasn’t decided to run for president in 2028. But...
Douthat: What if the monarchy went out with a bang?
Recently, at the urging of a Norwegian American friend, I watched a documentary about Princess Martha Louise of Norway and her new husband, Durek Verrett,...
Miyoko’s Creamery founder loses fight to buy back her Petaluma vegan dairy brand
Miyoko Schinner, the founder and namesake of Petaluma-based vegan dairy brand Miyoko’s Creamery, said her bid to buy back the company she started more than...
Estate of celebrity chef Michael Chiarello accuses ex-executive of helping seize control of his restaurant empire
The legal battle over late celebrity chef Michael Chiarello’s culinary empire is escalating, with the estate now accusing a former executive of helping orchestrate a...
Cleveland’s Vogt, Milwaukee’s Murphy repeat as top skippers
By JAY COHEN ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt won his second straight AL Manager of the Year award and Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy repeated for the...
Newsom appoints judges in Solano and Mendocino counties
Charlotte Scott has been appointed a Mendocino County Superior Court judge, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Oct. 22. She fills the vacancy created by the...
A happy circumstance: Bob Ross paintings sell for more than $600K to help public TV stations
By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000...
Boys & Girls Clubs receive youth program grant
Petaluma Poultry has awarded $50,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin for its after-school programs. In an October 29 news release, Nathan Bryner,...
Santa Rosa’s Downtown Barbecue reopens under new leadership after brief closure
Downtown Barbecue, the Santa Rosa restaurant that announced it would close after Halloween, is open again — this time under new leadership. The Third Street...
Jed Steele, early winemaker at Kendall-Jackson winery, dies at 80
Jed Steele, an early winemaker at Kendall-Jackson winery in Santa Rosa and a Lake County vintner, died Oct. 31 of bladder cancer. He was 80...
‘Extra special this year’: Petaluma turns out to honor its veterans with parade
Under gray skies that broke now and then into warm sunlight, Petaluma’s annual Veterans Day Parade drew cheers, applause and shouts of “Thank you for...
Crimson Wine Group Q3 sales fall amid wine market challenges
Crimson Wine Group Ltd., maker of Pine Ridge Vineyards in Napa Valley and Seghesio Family Vineyards in Sonoma County, reported quarterly lower sales and profits,...
Trump pardons man who took brief detour as he ran up and down Wyoming’s Grand Teton in record time
By MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned a trail runner who briefly took a prohibited trail...
Pediatricians warn of ‘crisis’ as Santa Rosa Memorial plans to close children’s hospital ward
Sonoma County pediatricians are warning of dire consequences if Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital follows through on plans to close its inpatient children’s ward, a move...
Government shutdown will have lasting effects on National Guard, advocates say
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown stretches on, military advocates are warning of long-lasting effects to National Guard troops...
Petaluma schools’ parcel tax Measure I still falling short — and major cuts could follow
Newly released election results show Petaluma City Schools’ Measure I making slight gains since Election Day but still falling short of the two-thirds approval needed...