News Hawaii decriminalised marijuana, but advocacy groups aren’t satisfied by Charlie Young On Tuesday, Hawaii became the 26th American state to decriminalise or legalise marijuana use. Democratic governor David Ige did not sign the bill but he also didn’t veto it either,…
News Jay-Z is now the chief brand strategist of a cannabis company by Sarah Gillard Jay-Z recently became the first ever billionaire rapper, billions that come from not only his music but also stakes in companies like Uber, D’Ussé cognac and Armand de Brignac French champagne. Now…
News Illinois State Law will expunge almost 800,000 marijuana convictions by Raghav Iyer A new Illinois State law is legalising marijuana, and helping those who have been previously convicted with it. The 610-page bill (HB 1438) provides relief to 770,000 individuals within the…
News Illinois becomes the 11th US state to legalise recreational marijuana by Charlie Young Illinois has become the eleventh state in the US to legalise recreational Marijuana use. The governor, J. B. Pritzker, signed the legislation in front of a cheering crowd on Tuesday morning…
News NY State decriminalises marijuana use and vows to erase existing convictions by Raghav Iyer The New York State Senate has passed legislation to remedy the racial disparities embedded within the State’s marijuana drug laws. Not only that, but they’ve vowed to address the mountain…
News Got the munchies? No worries, Marijuana users weigh less according to new research by Patti Burton People who smoke or use marijuana weigh less than non-users, according to researchers from Michigan State University, despite dealing with ‘the munchies’ Published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, the…
News Own it, grow it, use it: ACT prepares for legal weed by Christmas by Rianna Manuel Just when you thought Christmas lunch couldn’t get better, by this year you may be able to legally smoke a doob before chowing down. Well, in the ACT at least,…
News Canadians have spent $1.6 billion on legal weed in under 3 months by Jessie Wilson Ahead of Happy Mag Issue 10, our inaugural Drug Issue, we’re throwing our voice into building a more drug aware world. Pre-order your copy of Issue 10 here. Despite only legalising recreational…
News Australia is missing out on $5 billion per year by keeping weed illegal, study finds by Happy In light of Canada’s recent legalisation of recreational marijuana, a wealth of sales figures (like one of the country’s smallest provinces making $400,000 in seven hours) have been making the…
News Study finds long-term cannabis use causes less damage to the brain than alcohol by Happy New research out of the University of Colorado Boulder and the CU Change Lab suggest that cannabinoids, the active chemicals in marijuana, could be less damaging to the brain than…
Health News Welcome to the Easter Show of cannabis: The Hemp Health & Innovation Expo is returning to Sydney by Bill Robinson For a lot of people, information about cannabis and hemp can be pretty difficult to come by… if you’re one of these people, you need not fret any longer because…
News Bizarre South Australian study proves that weed users ‘walk differently’, changing nothing by Happy New research out of the University of South Australia has just been published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, claiming that regular weed users ‘walk differently’. Watch out, shamblers! Soon…
News PREMIERE: Gnohms just went and dropped the most visually warped music video of the year by Freya McGahey Eclectic rock outfit Gnohms have dropped their latest clip for Marihuana Is A Lot Of Fun and it is as out there as the name implies. A brilliant mix of…
