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‘You sent me to war. Now’s your turn to fix me.’ How a weed brand is helping veterans

San Diego-based HVGC has pledged 100% of profits to fund medical cannabis research.

One veteran’s journey from Marine to marijuana magnate on a mission

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Buy a bong, support a Latino artisan through this stylish L.A. brand

Photo illustration of cannabis with a stethoscope looped around it.

California medical marijuana patients can get free weed. Here’s how

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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s weed house is actually really chic? Take a look
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‘I’m not doing anything wrong’: Pot-smoking L.A. moms on parenting while high
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The future of weed isn’t in California. It’s somewhere totally unexpected

Season 1

Ep. 1: Low-dose cannabis? It’s more popular than you think

Ep. 2: Inside a weed dispensary by and for women of color

Ep. 3: David Crosby has a few opinions about cannabis — and the way you rolled that joint

Ep. 4: I thought I hated yoga. Then I tried ‘stoned yoga’ in L.A.

Ep. 5: A pot pipe that stands the test of time

Ep. 6: Ricky Williams talks cannabis, the NFL and pain management

Ep. 7: Check out Stone Road, an off-the-grid cannabis farm with big cannatourism dreams

Legal Weed, Broken Promises

Ingrid Von Archie is photographed at A New Way of Life Reentry Project in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 12, 2021.

California promised ‘social equity’ after pot legalization. Those hit hardest feel betrayed

NORTHRIDGE, CA - OCTOBER 28: Sara Rodriguez poses for a portrait at a Project Rebound mixer that supports formerly incarcerated students on Cal State campuses on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 in Northridge, CA. Rodriguez is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona and just got her MSW from UCLA in June. Before that, she was incarcerated on charges stemming from her weed felony. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

California was supposed to clear cannabis convictions. Tens of thousands are still languishing

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The top 10 soul-satisfying experiences for when you’re high in L.A.
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In Depth

Photo montage of eight cannabis dispensary owners with marijuana leaves scattered around.

8 trailblazing weed shop owners who survived the war on drugs — and City Hall

Opening a cannabis dispensary with a social equity license in Los Angeles takes endurance. Here are resilient owners who fought hard to run pot shops.

Steve Capper and Dave Reddix are among a group of high school friends who came up with the term “420.”

Looking back at the absolutely unexpected and totally wild origin of 420

They came out of the ‘cannabis closet’ to help other Asian Americans do the same

California changed the country with marijuana legalization. Is it high time for the feds to catch up?

Cypress Hill celebrates 4/20 with a career-spanning documentary. And weed. Lots of weed
Imagination, razor blades and ganja: How Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry changed the sound of popular music
Growing my first pot plant was easy — until it was time to smoke it

Headlines

5 weed drinks for summer that taste so good they’re dangerous

Kick that weedy-tasting seltzer to the curb and snap into a pot potable worth drinking.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 28, 2022 - - Leo Arias enjoys a joint at The Artist Tree's cannabis consumption lounge in West Hollywood on April 28, 2022. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Ojai looks to allow new cannabis lounges for on-site consumption

Los Angeles, CA: June 8, 2022 - Cheech Marin photographed at the Riverside Art Museum. Cheech Marin's Chicano art collection will be on display at the Riverside Art Museum for the unveiling of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture (aka "The Cheech"). The 61,420 square-foot cultural facility officially opens its doors to the public on Saturday, June 18, 2022. (CREDIT: Gustavo Soriano / For The Times).

Always a collector, Cheech Marin brings his art to Riverside

Inflation is so bad that Snoop Dogg just gave his full-time blunt roller a raise

FILE - Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel stands amid the debris of plastic hoop houses destroyed by law enforcement, used to grow cannabis illegally, near Selma, Ore., on June 16, 2021. Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are expanding to large indoor grows, a state police official said Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Shaun Hall/Grants Pass Daily Courier via AP, File)/

Foreign cartel-financed pot farms in Oregon expand to growing indoors

We absolutely don’t need this $300 ‘Nespresso for weed.’ But we kind of want one

After man’s drug conviction, New York couple plan for legal dispensary

Excited buyers flood stores as recreational cannabis sales begin in New Jersey

Column: Big Pharma won’t be happy about marijuana cutting into its profits

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Opinion

Abcarian: Congress says it’s liberalizing pot research laws. What pot researchers really need is money

Cannabis advocates say a new Senate bill will be more restrictive, not less.

Mixed results for Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization
Careful, cannabis users: Bongs may create more secondhand smoke than cigarettes

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When it comes to the L.A. sound, don’t get it twisted: DJ Quik is still the name
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: The Times’ ridiculous reefer madness over high-potency pot
California

Orange County Fair board to weigh options for the future of cannabis at Costa Mesa site
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California

Illegal butane marijuana lab explodes near Knott’s Berry Farm; 4 injured, including 2 firefighters
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Judge declines to block seizures of pot store cash from armored cars
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FBI and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department accused of illegally seizing marijuana cash
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New bill takes aim at California’s slow progress clearing pot convictions
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The truth about California’s promise to clear marijuana convictions

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