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Why Is The Cannabis Community Still Talking About Jeff Sessions?

Mike Adams
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Why Is The Cannabis Community Still Talking About Jeff Sessions?

It has been a little over a month since President Trump supposedly promised to stop his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from unleashing an unsavory wrath against states that have legalized marijuana. For the past year, Sessions and the Department of Justice have been searching for a sellable weapon in the interoffice war to bring down legal weed.

But with the president telling states they are safe to continue the cultivation and sale of marijuana, in spite of the fact that the herb remains a banned substances in the eyes of the federal government, the consensus is that pot reform has cleared yet another major hurdle. So why is the cannabis community still talking about Jeff Sessions?

Nobody really knows how much truth is in the president’s so-called promise to allow legal weed to continue without some sort of a crackdown. At the beginning of 2018, Sessions rescinded an Obama-era a document called the Cole Memo that allowed states to experiment with the legalization of marijuana through a series of modest guidelines.

But even with Trump signaling safety for the legal pot culture, there is still no replacement policy in place, not even one as non-biding as the Cole memo, to serve as an act of good faith. Considering the flip-flopping the president has done since taking office, it would not surprise anyone at this juncture if the words, “I never said legal marijuana was safe” came oozing from his mouth.

Fortunately, some strides have taken place on Capitol Hill to keep the half-cocked Department of Justice at bay for a little longer.

The US House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) recently voted to allow medical marijuana protections (Rohrabacher-Blumenauer) to be included with the new federal budget bill that is set to expire in September. This is the only legitimate measure the cannabis community has had in the past few years to stop any sort of legal voodoo from coming down on law-abiding medical marijuana patients and the businesses that serve them. But there was some uncertainly over whether the protections would be given the opportunity to be renewed this time around.

Still, there is nothing concrete is place to protect those states that have legalized the leaf for recreational purposes. And it is not likely that this sector of the cannabis industry will be protected by a measure similar to the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment anytime soon. These types of proposals have missed every single time they have ever been introduced in recent years.

The only way the gnashing teeth of Jeff Sessions can truly be stopped is if Congress passes legislation aimed at legalizing marijuana nationwide. Some seem to believe the country has a fair shot at seeing that happen in the near future. But it will not be possible until Congressional leaders, like Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, change their tune. McConnell said recently that he does not “have any plans to endorse the legalization of marijuana.”

So, it’s not Jeff Sessions the cannabis community should be concerned about – its Congress.

USPS Is Launching Scratch-And-Sniff Ice Cream Stamps This Summer

Maria Loreto
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USPS Is Launching Scratch-And-Sniff Ice Cream Stamps This Summer

If you’ve ever fantasized about mailing delicious smelling letters – who hasn’t? – US Postal Service has got your back, releasing stamps that when scratched smell like the world’s greatest and most summer-y invention: ice cream.

This scratch-and-sniff ice cream stamp collection is called “Frozen Treats Forever,” so be sure to keep them away from children who’ll want to eat them, use them as stickers or tattoos, and give them other uses that don’t involve mail.

Via USPS:

The stamps feature illustrations of frosty, colorful, icy pops on a stick. Today, Americans love cool, refreshing ice pops on a hot summer day. The tasty, sweet confections come in a variety of shapes and flavors.”

A press release from USPS claims that the stamps will be released on June 20th to celebrate summer, and that they’ll contain 10 different illustrations of delicious looking ice cream, including popsicles and colorful frozen pieces of fruit. The booklet, designed by South African artist Margaret Berg, will be launched at Austin’s Thinkery Children’s Museum and will also be available for online purchases.

Bustle reports that this isn’t the first time USPS has gotten creative with their stamps. A while back they launched a pretty successful series of stamps featuring  Disney Villains, including characters like Scar from The Lion King and Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

“Frozen Treats Forever” marks the first time that USPS releases stamps that smell, so hopefully the experiment will result in sweet and yummy scents. Scratch-and-sniff items mostly smelled strange when I was little.

How One Dose Of Magic Mushrooms Can Change Everything

Mary Schumacher
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How One Dose Of Magic Mushrooms Can Change Everything

Could magic mushrooms be the next cannabis? In terms of setting the fungus free to consenting adults that is. Shrooms’ inevitable rise to slots on ballots is off to a humble start, but it’s a start that’s been in the works for decades.

The Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), which is at the forefront of psychedelic research, conducted a study at John Hopkins University that found that using mushrooms containing the psychedelic ingredient psilocybin for anxiety had long lasting effects, even after one dose in a therapeutic setting.

This is the type of ballot measure for which Oregon is now gathering signatures. It will be an uphill battle, as fewer people are educated about magic mushrooms than they are about cannabis and the cost to gather enough signatures will be steep.

Denver, Colorado is also hoping to make the ballot with an initiative that would allow the possession and cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms. Unlike Oregon, where a doctor must recommend the fungi and then be taken under the supervision of a registered therapist, Denver shrooms would be taken both medically and recreationally.

Mushrooms are a powerful psychedelic, but in smaller or more moderate doses they can lead to self realizations, a deeper spiritual connection to the people, objects and music that surround you, breathing or melting walls and other mild hallucinations. Often a trip is followed by vivid dreams that are ethereal in themselves.

They also have the potential to experience an uncomfortable or “bad” trip. Setting is very important when it comes to shrooms, as are the people accompanying you. Perhaps that’s why Oregon is taking its first foray into mushroom legalization with therapeutic caution.

It wasn’t too long ago that California tried legalizing psilocybin mushrooms across the board for adult use and failed. But much like the cannabis movement, there will be false starts, hurdles and the great need to educated the people before they vote.

Mushrooms of this variety have been anecdotally shown to help with anxiety, PTSD, depression and other psychological ailments. They are often used via microdosing or in small increments to reap the benefits without fear of going overboard. There are so many wonderful applications for magic fungi, let’s hope Oregon and Denver are the tip of a revolution.

How Instagram’s New Mute Button Can Save Your Sanity

Maria Loreto
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How Instagram’s New Mute Button Can Save Your Sanity

We all have that fitness-obsessed friend we’ve been dying to unfollow, or that distant relative that sets your teeth on edge with their political posts. Sadly, while unfollowing users should be no big deal, people get really offended. Luckily, Instagram is ready to give us all that we need, creating a mute button that allows you to avoid user’s posts in the most passive aggressive of ways; without them knowing a thing about it.

This mute feature isn’t anything new; previously Instagram allowed you to mute stories and prevent people from seeing your stories. This new ability to mute posts completes the Instagram circle of denial, and now you can go live your best life without worrying about your sensitive friends.

Buzzfeed reports that this feature was added to give users a more “personalized experience,” and that it was also something that users requested frequently. “We’ve also heard it may be a useful tool for managing complex social dynamics,” said a rep from the company, tactfully expressing that sometimes you’re just sick of people and don’t want to see their freaking posts.

The feature works easily. Tap on the Instagram app and tap on the three dots on the right corner, right next to the user you want to mute. Then select “mute,” allowing you to block the user’s posts, stories or both.

Instagram claims that the mute feature will take a few weeks to reach everyone’s phones, so don’t freak out if it’s not available at the moment.

Cannabis Shows Promise As Treatment For Tobacco Addiction

Terry Hacienda
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Cannabis Shows Promise As Treatment For Tobacco Addiction

Good news for all you struggling to kick the tobacco habit: Cannabis shows promise for treatment for tobacco addiction.

Cannabidiol, commonly called CBD, has been demonstrated to completely disable the trigger for relapse in most smokers who have quit, according to researchers.

The study, published in the journal Addiction, supports other scientific data suggesting that tobacco users who used a CBD inhaler whenever they felt like lighting a cigarette cut their consumption by 40 percent in one week.

Researchers say CBD could play a transformational role in eliminating the habit of smoking tobacco. Nearly 5 million people die around the world each year due to tobacco-related illness, 500,000 of them in the U.S.

Related: This Supermarket Chain Is Selling A Cannabis Alternative To Tobacco

“These findings suggest that cannabidiol has promise as a novel treatment for tobacco addiction,” said Dr. Tom Freeman, a senior academic fellow at King’s College London, who helped conduct the study. “It might be particularly effective when abstinent smokers are exposed to cues that trigger relapse, such as when they are with a friend who lights a cigarette, or in a particular place they associate with smoking,” he added.

The findings have been examined by other scientists and there is excitement in the medical community. “Taken together, these studies suggest CBD could play a key role in helping people to give up smoking,” said Professor Yasmin Hurd, director of the Addiction Institute at the Mount Sinai hospital network in New York.

And Dr. Amir Englund, of King’s College London, said: “These findings are exciting as they suggest CBD may interfere with some of the underlying mechanisms behind tobacco addiction and could potentially be a treatment for people who are trying to quit.”

Researchers cautioned that more studies are required to confirm whether CBD is an effective treatment for giving up smoking.

Guy Does What With Vegetables In Public

Maria Loreto
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Guy Does What With Vegetables In Public

He “engaged in a deviant sex act with a vegetable.”

Charles Robert Ransier, from Texas, has had a couple of tough encounters with the law throughout his life. In 2014, a policeman found him on a baseball field wearing women stockings as he “engaged in a deviant sex act with a vegetable.” No more details were provided on the police report. Two years before, he was caught doing some weird stuff with a squash; we can all guess what happened.

Related: The Wacko Gadget That Fills Bananas With Goo And WHY?

In 2017 he was sentenced to life in prison for tampering with evidence, possession of drugs and a history of 9 felony offenses. Some of his other crimes include getting caught on Interstate 35 with a syringe filled with meth while surrounded by several strange objects. There was girl’s bathing suit, which was perfectly laid out on the floorboard of the car, some bottles of viagra, candy, duct tape, lubricant and a cooler filled with cucumbers. He was only wearing a pair of jeans and had melted wax on his chest. We all know where this is going.

When the police man tried to arrest him, Ransier struggled and didn’t know what to do. Eventually he made it out of the car and was handcuffed, but not before he tried to break the syringe as a way of getting rid of the evidence.

Related: The Only Pot Brownie Recipe You’ll Ever Need

Sadly, his petty yet disturbing crime history took a darker turn when he ran over a policeman while high on meth, adding more time onto his sentence. What we can learn from Charles is that meth is really really bad and leads to some questionable life decisions.

In addition, Rainier is not engaging in being vegisexual, which is when you engange in sexual intercourse with other vegetarians. It is the latest way to take action against animal abuse. and spread vegetarianism.

These Super-Fun Alpaca Dance Classes Are A Thing Now

Sam Jones
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These Super-Fun Alpaca Dance Classes Are A Thing Now

You’ve heard of goat yoga, but are you ready for… alpaca dance classes?

Manitoba, Canada is now home to an alpaca dancing class for any age. Each class is followed by a 15-minute “meet and greet” with the alpacas. You’ll get to choose from some of the most ridiculous dancing alpaca-themed classes, including “Poppin’ Pacas” for hip-hop and “Camelid Cardio” for a sweatier workout.

“The people who have been here really like it. They love the interaction with the alpacas, they love that they’re so friendly. They’re good with the little kids – yah, people like it,” Ann Patman from 313 Farms told Global News. One of the dance class students, Stephanie Gerardy, added: “It’s really fun, it’s outdoors and the alpacas come right up to you when you’re dancing and the kids love it.”

Famous Dex Spends More Money On Weed Than You Make In A Month

Brendan Bures
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Famous Dex Spends More Money On Weed Than You Make In A Month

You might think a rapper like Famous Dex can afford expensive habits. With the Hot 100 hit “Pick It Up” and an estimated net worth of $600,000, you can see Dex flaunting his wealth on cars, clothes, and a giant house. None of those, however, amount to the personal expense Dex laments the most.

That would be his weed habit, as the Chicago drill rapper revealed in a recent interview with DJ Smallz. Dex opened up about why he uses cannabis and just how much he spends a month on weed.

“I gotta stop that shit,” Dex said, after explaining he smokes “two, three zips a day.”

When DJ Smallz asked Dex to estimate how much his habit costs him a month, Dex didn’t hide the figures. He says he probably spends five to ten thousand a month on marijuana alone.

“It’s not worth it. I got kids,” Dex replied. He reiterated that his consumption habits doesn’t stop his ability to parent his kids properly, “but at the same time it’s not worth it because that money can go towards a house, it can go towards a building, I can invest that money.”

In fact it was Rich the Kid, whose label Dex is signed to, that advised Dex to “save the money.” The advice led Dex to start considering more investments that could pay off down the road.

However, it’s worth remembering that Rich made headlines recently for announcing he’s hiring two professional blunt rollers. Dex will have to wait for those investments to pan out before he can reach those heights.

Marijuana Prank: Teen Tricks Local News With Fake Weed Plant

Brendan Bures
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Marijuana Prank: Teen Tricks Local News With Fake Weed Plant

Why does so much weird stuff happen on local news? While we can’t answer that question, one British kid couldn’t help continuing the trend when the local news station came to the neighborhood.

In the bucolic UK town of Kent, KMTV reporter Cameron Tucker was covering an illegal cannabis grow house. Tucker appears the consummate professional, plain-faced and evenly toned, as he reports the story. But one teenager couldn’t resist the opportunity to prank the journalist and most of the media world.

As Tucker begins his report, the teenager walks from behind the house carrying a leafy green plant. When the teen notices the camera and reporter, he appears spooked, and takes off sprinting. You might quickly assume it to be a cannabis plant on first glance, considering the circumstances.

Upon further review, it looks like a brilliant troll job from the teenager. The plant doesn’t really look much like a cannabis plant. But that didn’t dissuade major media platforms like Jimmy Kimmel and BBC from playing the clip and joking about the cannabis plant.

For the record, Tucker attested this prank wasn’t set up by himself or the news station. Since the teen ran off, the reporters didn’t have a chance to interview him after the fact about his intention behind the stunt.

Kudos are in order here. First to the teen for pulling the whole thing off but also to Tucker for staying calm under the circumstances.

What To Do When An Ex ‘Haunts’ You On Social Media

Amy Hansen
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What To Do When An Ex ‘Haunts’ You On Social Media

As if dating wasn’t already a nightmare. Now, we have to worry about haunting. Ever heard of it? It’s the term coined for when your ex likes and comments on your social media feeds. The two of you may have parted ways, but whether you like it or not, your former SO can’t seem to move on. You’re THAT amazing.

Unlike ghosting, where people just disappear from your life with no explanation, this new type of paranormal activity occurs when you get too much attention from someone you’d rather forget. Keeping close tabs on an ex can either be an ego boost for those who like attention, or creepy af.

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According to dating website eHarmony, engaging with the ghost gives them exactly what they want. “You’re inadvertently acknowledging that their actions have affected you enough that you felt compelled to reach out.”

But in the long run, keeping someone in your life – even if it’s just digitally – will stop you moving forward and finding new, real-life connections.

The best thing to do in this situation, according to eHarmony, is to unfollow and block the person haunting you. “It might seem harsh – especially if it’s an ex that you’re struggling to let go – but it’s the only way to really move on.”

Plus, you’ll be doing your ex a favor. It’ll keep them from obsessing over your every Instagram like, post, and, as anyone who’s stalked someone on Instagram knows, who else’s photos you’ve liked.

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Life hack: if you ever want someone who’s already following you to no longer follow you (without blocking them), all you have to do is block and unblock them. Voila.

Obviously, you can also unfriend your ex on Facebook or make it so they only have access to your public posts, which you can do under Settings.

Isn’t social media great?

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