This 30-year-old book, written by a relatively unknown media critic who died in 2003, captures our cultural and political moment with terrifying precision, and helps explain how we ended up with a reality TV charlatan as president.
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Saturday, May 20, 2017
The Week in Weed: Sessions Reinstates Mandatory Minimums, Portland May Get Weed Lounges, and American Workers are Failing Drug Tests
As both cannabis and criminal justice advocates reel from a Sessions memo urging federal prosecutors to impose mandatory minimum sentences on low-level drug offenders, New Jersey pushes forward with cannabis reform. And damn, Americans really like to do drugs—all sorts of them—and have been failing their drug tests.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Cannabis Two-Step: Raise Cash in Canada, Spend It in U.S.
When Hadley Ford created a company for investing in the fast-growing business of legal marijuana, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. investment banker left New York and headed north of the border.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Adult-use marijuana spending will outpace medical sales in 2019
Legal weed in North America is expected to reach $22.6 billion in revenue in 2021. But many won't be spending their money on marijuana the way they do today.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Nigeria’s Bitcoin Interest Unwavering Despite Government Crackdown
Last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a circular to banks and other financial institutions requiring them to take certain actions relating to digital currencies.
China Bitcoin Exchanges to Impose Trading Fee
Under heightened scrutiny from Chinese regulators, China's three largest bitcoin exchanges will seek to rein in speculation in the virtual currency by charging trading fees.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
NRIs can exchange banned Indian currency notes until 30 June
India's central bank, the Reserve Bank has extended the deadline for exchanging the old Rs 500 and 1000 notes for Non-Resident Indians.
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