The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case that perfectly encapsulates the absurdity of cannabis prohibition in 2025: United States v. Hemani, which will determine whether Americans who use marijuana can exercise their Second Amendment right to own firearms. Let that sink in for a moment. We're debating whether one constitutional right can be stripped away because you exercise personal autonomy over your own consciousness using a plant that's legal in half the states and has never caused a fatal overdose in recorded human history.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has consistently proven itself to be the greatest roadblock to cannabis reform in America. Despite overwhelming public support for medical cannabis, despite 38 states having legalized it in some form, and despite bipartisan congressional pressure, the DEA continues its decades-long pattern of stonewalling, delaying, and obstructing any meaningful progress.

The gummies weighed 869 grams total, which Indonesian authorities used to charge him with possessing essentially a kilogram of marijuana—despite the fact that most of that weight came from sugar, gelatin, and other non-cannabis ingredients in the edibles. As Shaw himself noted in an interview with The Guardian, "They're making it seem like I'm this big drug dealer. Why would I bring the candy here to sell? It was for personal use."

The article presents five main points about cannabis and older adults, and while some contain nuggets of truth, others are so misleading they border on disinformation. Let's examine what Stanford got right, what they got spectacularly wrong, and why this matters for the millions of seniors exploring cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceuticals that have failed them.

The headline screams "THC-impaired driving deaths are soaring" but here's what the study actually found: 246 deceased drivers in Montgomery County, Ohio had their blood tested for THC after fatal crashes between 2019 and 2024. That's it. No comparison to living drivers. No control group of people who didn't crash. No actual measurement of impairment. Just the presence of THC in bodies hours after death.

Here we go again. Another mass shooting, another tragic loss of life, and right on cue, the media starts digging through the shooter's background looking for easy explanations. In the case of Joshua Jahn, the 29-year-old who opened fire on migrants at a Dallas ICE facility before killing himself, they found their convenient narrative: he was a "lazy stoner" who "was all about the weed."

That's why I believe more cannabis users need to get their hands dirty – literally. Home cultivation isn't just about saving money or ensuring quality (though those are nice perks). It's about fundamentally transforming your relationship with cannabis from a mindless consumer transaction to a meaningful partnership with a living plant.

Well, well, well. Remember our friend from Lufkin, Texas – the one I dubbed the "Nug Bunny" back during April's 420 celebrations? The guy who thought it would be brilliant to hide marijuana-filled Easter eggs around public parks and then broadcast his location on social media like some kind of stoned treasure hunt?

Case in point: Donald Trump recently posted a video discussing the endocannabinoid system while weighing cannabis policy options. Let that sink in for a moment. The guy who built his brand on "law and order" rhetoric is now talking about CB1 and CB2 receptors, even suggesting that covering CBD under Medicare could be "the most important senior health initiative of the century." If you'd told me this five years ago, I'd have assumed you were sampling too many of Colorado's finest concentrates.

Now, after years of legal businesses struggling to survive while cartels laugh all the way to the bank, California is finally admitting what we've been saying all along: you can't tax your way to successful legalization if you price yourself out of the market.