NEWS & POLITICS
Hempsational News for Hemp
Updated 4:20 PST
By:Ashley Priest
In 1937 the MJ Tax Act was implemented. Since this change to U.S. policies, cannabis and its similarly beneficial cousin hemp have been outlawed, demonized, and prohibited from being grown, processed, or consumed in the country.
Reading time 3 min
Manhattan Decriminalizes Cannabis
By:Magalie Noebes
September 14 , 2018
Updated 4:20 PST
The moment has finally come. After months of debate, The Manhattan District Attorney’s new policy to not prosecute low-level marijuana charges has officially gone into effect. And it’s only the first step toward broader decriminalization NYC-wide.
Reading time 4 min
Pregnant Women Face Discrimination Within the Cannabis Industry
By:Madison R. Margolin
September 6 , 2018
Updated 5:10 PST
When Keira Fae discovered she was pregnant, she was living in southern California and working at a dispensary. Oblivious to the child growing inside her, Keira had no idea she was actually pregnant until she began to show three months in....
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Addressing the Sexualization of Women in the Cannabis Space
The Cannabis Industry Says #MeToo
August 10 , 2018
By:Ashley Priest
Updated 2:40 PST
Sex sells. This has been the belief of many marketing departments spanning across various different industries over the years. The belief has been that you should put a skinny, big breasted woman holding your product in a commercial or ad if you wanted your product to sell. It was thought that sexy women would sell more products than if a male of the same age was used.