Philadelphia cartoonist Box Brown examines marijuana — where it came from, its life in the US, and, importantly, the breathless national campaign to demonize a certain segment of its users.
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Police Destroy Art Installation, Mistaking It for Cannabis Farm
A narchitectural mishap killed the buzz surrounding the closing celebrations for Lyon’s first architectural biennial.
Watch a Weed Artist Sculpt a Beautiful Unicorn Joint
The Oregon-based Greenhand — perhaps the Michelangelo of joint rolling — toked himself into cannabis culture fame in 2014 after posting an image of his Sherlock Joint to Reddit.
Meet the Sisters of the Valley, California’s Radical Weed-Growing “Nuns”
Sister Kate and Sister Darcy, a pair of self-ordained new age “nuns” based in Merced, California, are on a holy mission: help make “marijuana a healing industry instead of a stoner industry,” as they recently put it.
Archaeologists Find Solid Gold Scythian Vessels for Opium and Weed
In “a once-in-a-century discovery,” archaeologists excavating in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia have discovered two intact, solid gold vessels used by the Scythians.
Aussie Artist Wants to Put the “High” in High School with Educational Marijuana
Australian artist Leon Ewing has come under fire for suggesting that drugs should be given to high school students to help unlock their creative potential.