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#FirstToke: ICE Raids Legal Weed Helicopters. Tear gas. 361 arrested. One worker is dead. This is what federal cannabis enforcement looks like in 2025.
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July 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🌿 #FirstToke: Reefer Report Card Vol. 06 is live. Hemp bans, ICE raids turn deadly, Pennsylvania pushes legalization, and vets may soon get VA cannabis recommendations. The week’s chaos, graded.
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July 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🌿 #FirstToke: Chris Simunek, former High Times Editor in Chief, takes us deep into the outlaw era of cannabis when weed was a risk, not a product.

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July 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: The Counterfeit Cannabis Crisis: Fake vapes and knock-off edibles are flooding the market, putting consumers at risk and undermining trust in legal weed. 🌿

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July 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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#FirstToke: 10 Moments That Made Weed Culture What It Is (and 5 That Nearly Killed It)
A stoned history lesson that smokes out the wins, the losses, and the legends.

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July 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Delta‑8: When Hemp Went Rogue. From a legal loophole to a billion‑dollar fight, we investigate the high regulators are racing to shut down

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July 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Steve Hager did more than edit High Times. He lit the fire that made weed culture global. 420, the Cannabis Cup, and the blueprint for it all.
🔥 Read Steve Hager’s High Times Legacy:
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July 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Reefer Report Card Vol. 05 is live. DEA delays, Glass House Farms raided, Pennsylvania debates legalization, and veterans fight for access. The week’s highs and lows, graded.
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July 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Cannabis Censorship Is Quietly Winning. Legalization didn’t end the war; it gave it new weapons. Algorithms are erasing cannabis culture while Big Alcohol cashes in. wp.me/pflf86-2t7 #PotCultureMagazine #CannabisCulture #FreeSpeech #Weed #420Community #Cannabis
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July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Heat Waves and Weed Laws: Why Summer Is Still a Risk for Cannabis Users. Legalization didn’t stop the crackdowns, as cops are keeping cannabis culture in their crosshairs.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Cannabis Panic in Denver. Pot Culture dismantles the fear narrative blaming weed for psychosis while Big Pharma and prohibitionists cash in.
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July 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Reefer Report Card Vol. 04 is live. Connecticut raids, Michigan’s tax scandal, Maryland stalls, Santa Barbara pivots, and Tyson calls on Trump. The week in weed, rated.
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July 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#FirstToke: The first thing I’m doing this Fourth of July is lighting a joint for the ones still behind bars. Read Freedom for Sale, Weed Justice on Delay.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Funded Fear: The System That Keeps Cannabis Scary. Pot Culture Magazine rips the lid off the anti-weed research machine & follows the money straight to the fear factory.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Piss tests and power trips. HR calls it “safety,” but it’s surveillance. Clean or dirty means obedient or not. This piece rips into the workplace drug test racket.
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July 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke The Juicy Lie: A Crop Circle Jerk
The weed industry’s slickest scam sucked in 125,000 people and burned trust worldwide. Here’s how JuicyFields pulled it off.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: High on Religion: Why Churches Are Starting to Embrace Cannabis explores the rising wave of faith-based cannabis use across America.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Reefer Report Card Vol. 03: From UK gummy bear panic to Illinois record-clearing and Thailand’s weed whiplash, we grade the chaos so you don’t have to.
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June 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Scare Bears: Fear & Chewing in the UK
A Telegraph article claims THC gummies are triggering heart attacks. We dug in and found the real threat—lazy journalism and prohibitionist panic.
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June 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Twelve Years High and Still Rolling
Founder Matthew Roberts retraces the long, lit path that brought Pot Culture Magazine from blogspot to battle-tested force.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Abbott Vetoed the THC Ban. Now What?
SB 3 is dead, hemp THC is safe (for now), and the Texas GOP is eating itself alive. Catch the full story:
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June 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Jones Soda Quits Cannabis
The soda brand pulled the plug on Mary Jones, selling off its weed drink line for $3 million. We break down why it fizzled.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Texas finally joins the medical cannabis club, but what’s really inside HB 46? The fine print reveals more limits than liberation. We broke it down.

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June 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Willie’s THC drinks cost more than flower and hit less than LaCroix. We unpack the hemp loophole, fake reform, and overpriced fizz.
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June 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#FirstToke: Reefer Report Card Vol. 02 lands at 1 PM CST. Florida targets patients, Missouri gets drunk on weed policy, and New York’s got forged blessings. Read it here:
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June 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM