Ancient civilizations healed with psychedelic plants before it was cool. Today, Indigenous cultures and non-Western communities still do. Finally emerging in the Western world, these transformative rituals are being rebranded as wellness retreats. 

A longstanding tradition rather than a trend, psychedelic therapy can have a profound impact on perception of self and environment. For centuries, one could only find these experiences in remote Indigenous cultures. In the Peruvian jungle, for example, substances like San Pedro, peyote, and ayahuasca are seen as natural healers and are completely legal. 

https://theemeraldmagazine.com/the-wellness-retreat-renaissance-normalizes-psychedelic-therapy/

Leafly has plenty of perfect strains for getting things going in the bedroom. But a hot-button question remains: exactly what ‘things’?  For instance, a couples shower, or a Netflix date? This February, Leafly Nation wades into the topic to get your ideas flowing: What’s the best stoned love activity? (Sex is going to win, right?) Vote below.

https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/reader-poll-best-stoned-love-activities

On a crisp winter morning last month, Sgt. Erin McAtee watched as members of his team with the California Department of Cannabis Control executed a search warrant at a home in Fairfield, halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco.

They broke open the door of what looked on the outside like any other upscale suburban house on this street. Inside, the home had been gutted, transformed into a smelly mess of marijuana plants, grow lights, chemicals and pesticides.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/g-s1-46564/cannabis-market-illegal-weed-consumers