Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/marijuana/ Our Thing Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:38:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/marijuana/ 144 144 INTERVIEW: Mía Maestro Hopes to Draw Attention to Marijuana Injustices in ‘Grassland’ Film https://remezcla.com/features/film/grassland-interview-mia-maestro-laliff/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:01:12 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_features&p=370914 For actress Mía Maestro (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), telling a story about the injustices of the legal system was something that resonated with her on a personal level. Maestro, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has spent the last few years visiting inmates in maximum security prisons and juvenile halls where thousands of

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]]> Mia Maestro Grassland 1 – Courtesy of Grassland Film Conscious Contact Entertainment/Exit 14 Productions From Glassware to Snacks, These Latine-Owned Businesses Offer Everything Cannabis for 4/20 https://remezcla.com/lists/remezcla/latine-owned-businesses-offer-everything-cannabis-for-420/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:41:42 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_guides&p=346171 Whether it’s 4/20 or not, cannabis use is becoming something no longer just stereotyped as something used by hippies, criminals, or counter-culturists of the world. Instead, cannabis is becoming a staple in many homes and businesses as states and countries move to legalize it for recreational use. And Latine-owned businesses are capitalizing on this movement

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]]> header-4-20-products Art by Stephany Torres David ‘Big Papi’ Ortiz Teams Up with Rev Brands for New Cannabis Collaboration https://remezcla.com/culture/david-ortiz-teams-up-with-rev-brands-cannabis-sweet-sluggers/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:29:44 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=328556 The cannabis industry is booming as more and more states legalize it for medical and recreational use. And as the industry grows, businesses and celebrities are starting to get into the game. The latest high-profile name diving into this growing market is David “Big Papi” Ortiz. On Wednesday (July 27), cannabis retailer Rev brands announced

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]]> David_Ortiz BOSTON, MA - JULY 26: Former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz reacts during a pre-game ceremony in recognition of his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Guardians on July 26, 2022 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) 7 Snacks & Treats To Make Your 4/20 That Much Better https://remezcla.com/lists/food/snacks-weed-high-treats-latin-america/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:33:49 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_guides&p=322252 4/20 is a special holiday where we all take a little extra time to enjoy the world around us thanks to the help of our friend, marijuana. The push to legalize marijuana nationwide is growing and the House of Representatives recently passed a bill to pave the way towards that reality.  As Americans wait to

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]]> header-420-food Art by Stephany Torres The Latino Cannabis Association Launches in NY & Hopes to Change the Narrative https://remezcla.com/culture/latino-cannabis-association-launches-in-ny/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:53:27 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=318600 The cannabis industry is ever-growing as more and more states and municipalities decriminalize and legalize the recreational use of marijuana. One group of people in New York are working to make sure that our communities are at the table as laws and policies change. The Latino Cannabis Association, which is based in Washington Heights, wants

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]]> Cannabis_Marijuana Credit: Olena Ruban/Getty Images 7 Cannabis Brands From Latin America To Get Baked To https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/cannabis-brands-latin-america-get-baked/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:55:32 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=309993 The US is full of contradictions when it comes to drugs and cannabis is the perfect example. Although the plant remains a Schedule I substance at a federal level (a category for drugs with “no currently accepted medical use”), 36 states and Washington DC have approved it for therapeutic use, while 18 other territories gave

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]]> header-7-cannabis-brands Photos courtesy of the brands. Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla. Bad Hombre Cannabis Redefines Slur & Celebrates Our Communities https://remezcla.com/culture/bad-hombre-cannabis-redefines-slur-celebrates-communities/ Sun, 12 Sep 2021 14:00:47 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=308661 When Jorge Inda Meza, entrepreneur, and chief marketing officer of cannabis food and beverage company Tre Hold Co., first heard in October 2016 that then-Republican Party nominee Donald Trump used the racial slur “bad hombres” during the third presidential debate, he brushed it off. “I thought it was really puzzling because it was said on

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]]> Bad_Hombre_Culture Courtesy of Bad Hombre National Hispanic Cannabis Council Aims To Help Latinos in the Marijuana Industry https://remezcla.com/culture/national-hispanic-cannabis-council-aims-help-latinos-marijuana-industry/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:37:18 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=302172 In 2020, the cannabis industry created a whole lot of green with a retail market worth $17.5 billion dollars in the United States. Right now there are 36 states that have legalized cannabis in some form-not including last week’s passing of a recreational marijuana use bill in New Mexico that is waiting for Governor Lujan

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]]> header-cannabis-council Employees trim green buds at the NUG cannabis company headquarters in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. John Oram is the CEO of NUG. Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images Hondurans Deal With Devastating Aftermath of Storm Eta & More in Today’s News https://remezcla.com/culture/hondurans-deal-with-devastating-aftermath-of-eta-storm-more-in-todays-news/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 20:40:47 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=294172 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other goings-on in the United States, Latin America, and the diaspora—all in one quick digest. Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today:

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]]> header-honduras-eta-storm A young boy walks with a bag on his back on the streets flooded by the Tropical Storm Eta on November 8, 2020 in Rio Nance, Honduras. Photo by Yoseph Amaya/Getty Images Cannabis on Track To Be Legalized in Mexico by End of 2020 https://remezcla.com/culture/marijuana-mexico-track-legalization-end-2020/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:37:10 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=291533 Cannabis may be legal in Mexico before the end of this year. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is supportive of a proposal designed under a 2018 Supreme Court mandate that ruled bans on personal use and possession of marijuana illegal. If reforms are made, adult recreational use and commercial sale would be allowed. Despite

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