LEGAL WEED

In August 2019, Thailand became one of the first countries in Asia to legalize medical cannabis. But some patients in need of cannabis medication still turn away from this legal channel, and go underground for stronger doses to treat their condition.

Lee Adams explains how, if elected, Joe Biden’s plan to re-classify marijuana would take down the legal weed market as we know it.

Weed is now available from brick and mortar stores in Toronto, but only one was ready for opening day.

Do weed and curling mix? Manisha Krishnan sets off to Wiarton, Ontario to find out. She meets local cannabis enthusiast Ted Ratcliffe who created “Bongspiel,” the first fully legal weed curling tournament in Canada.

Manisha Krishnan finds out what it’s like to smoke weed and get pulled over by the cops in a post-legalization Canada.

VICE’s Manisha Krishnan traveled to Poole's Land, a remote oceanside community where young people live in anarchy, to figure out why they decided to move there and try out the lifestyle for herself.

A guide to the rules around buying and consuming legal weed in the Prairies.

VICE met up with the owners of Gas House in Oakland to hear how they turned a black market weed business into one of the country's leading black-owned legitimate cannabis companies.

VICE’s Trey Smith trekked up to Alaska to stay at a pot-friendly bed and breakfast and check out the state's rural natural splendor.

The worst best weed animation ever. Follow a computer generated version of VICE host Damian Abraham as he navigates a trippy animated world and learns what it means to have the government be your drug dealer ahead of legalization in Canada.

We visit ProVerde, a lab that tests weed for harmful contaminants, to hear from CEO Dorian Des Lauriers about how his company uses high-tech screening tools to gauge if a batch of legal cannabis is OK to consume.

VICE visited a Seattle nursing home that takes its residents on field trips to a local dispensary to see how some seniors are learning to love marijuana.