The Rise of American Cannabis Culture The Rise of American Cannabis Culture The modern cannabis culture is still young. After all, it was completely illegal throughout the US until 1996, when California voted to permit medicinal cannabis. And here in...
The History of Cannabis Criminalization It’s an unprecedented time in cannabis culture. Many of us can buy some flower or an edible at a corner dispensary right now – which would have been unthinkable in our parent’s time. As legalization progresses in the US...
The Story of Your Favorite Rock Stars’ Cannabis Arrests Many of our greatest creatives and musicians have used cannabis as a creative aid – and they did so at a time when consumption was still illegal in nearly every part of the globe. With the extra scrutiny...
The History of the Vape Pen On the Shoulders of Giants Just as we wouldn’t have the Ferrari without first making the Model T, we wouldn’t be carrying vape pens today if it weren’t for the Ancient Egyptians. Here’s the story of where our vape gear came from. Traders...
Vipers & the Gage: Cannabis in the Jazz Age “Come on, sisters, light up on these weeds and get high.” -Cab Calloway, “The Man From Harlem” (1932) Here’s Louis “Pops” Armstrong, jazz legend. You’ve seen dozens of photos of King Louie, eyes gleefully bugged-out as he...
A Brief History of Cannabis in Art The criminalization and stigmatization of cannabis is a strange, late-stage plot twist in humanity’s long association with the plant. Because for most of our history, cultures the world over have embraced the ever-versatile cannabis...
