Five States Considered New Marijuana Reforms. Weed Won In All of Them.
Bill Clark/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.There was at least one clear winner on Election Day: legal weed. Across the country, five states voted on marijuana reforms on Tuesday. Cannabis advocates saw victories in all five states, bringing the number of states…
Will Oregon Be the First State to Legalize Access to Magic Mushrooms?
The Mexican magic mushroom is a psilocybe cubensis, whose main active elements are psilocybin and psilocin.Alexander_Volkov/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Oregon’s push to legalize psychedelic-assisted therapy began, as bold ideas often do, in the woods. It was 2015, and Portland-based therapists Tom…
I Spent a Full Week Wearing a CBD-Infused Bodysuit
It’s me, encased in Acabada’s $275 CBD-infused jumpsuit.Mark Murrmann/Mother Jones I went to SoulCycle, in a jumpsuit infused with drugs, to get my ass kicked. For journalism. It was a Thursday afternoon class, and Molli, our petite, yet vigorous instructor helped me set up my bike and then exposed introduced me to the rest of…
The Big Loser in Congress’ Spending Compromise: The District of Columbia
FilippoBacci/Getty As Congress rushes to pass comprehensive spending legislation this week to avert a government shutdown, Democrats are giving up residents of the nation’s capital as part of the deal. On Monday, Democrats and Republicans unveiled the $1.3 trillion spending bills that will keep the government funded through next year. The compromise package includes a pair…
Can a Prosecutor Ever Truly Be Progressive? Ferguson May Be the Ultimate Test Case.
Credit: Mother Jones; Jeff Roberson/AP On the night Wesley Bell unseated longtime St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch, Kayla Reed celebrated a progressive electoral victory and a personal promise fulfilled. Reed has been protesting and organizing in the St. Louis area ever since Darren Wilson, a white cop, shot Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, in…
Emily Post’s Great-Great-Granddaughter Explains the Proper Way to Get High
MmeEmil/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There’s something fundamentally social about consuming cannabis, whether that’s smoking a bowl with a circle of friends, passing a joint around at a concert, or attending an exclusive, West Coast cannabis-infused dinner party. But all that social interaction begs the question of etiquette, and…