Caveat-Filled Texas Cannabis Bill Passes House and Senate
CANNABIS CULTURE – House Bill 1535, which expanded access for medical cannabis patients via the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) passed in both the House and Senate last week. Governor Greg Abbot has yet to sign the bill, but most cannabis advocates agree he will sign “any bill that comes across his desk.”
Cannabis-Tech Inventor Prepared For Boom
CANNABIS CULTURE – To match the projected $92 billion tax revenue from cannabis sales into US economy, one innovator sees the need for a leap in technology to help independent companies prosper.
Freemasons and the Search for Soma
CANNABIS CULTURE – Curiously, the identity and ritual use of Soma, as well as the use of entheogens, has been a shared area of interest of some very well known Masonic figures.
Shame On You, CSU
CANNABIS CULTURE – The Victoria Cannabis Buyer’s Club (VCBC) has secured a new three-year lease on their location, but Victoria Police’s “Community Safety Unit” has now threatened to sue the landlord if the VCBC remains.
Mississippi Courts Affirm Life Sentence for Cannabis
CANNABIS CULTURE – According to the state of Mississippi, home of the only federally approved cannabis cultivation facility, serving life in prison for a cannabis-related offense is considered fair.
Killed Over Pot
CANNABIS CULTURE – How activist support of hard drug regulations for cannabis will virtually guarantee a continuation of the ongoing police shootings and killings over small-time pot crimes.
Marijuana March Celebrates Long-Overdue Victory
CANNABIS CULTURE -While New Yorkers wait for the government to set up the infrastructure, the bill allows adults 21 years or older to smoke cannabis anywhere that tobacco is allowed. The question now is, who will legalization leave behind?