Ben Hartman

Ben Hartman is a journalist with expertise in all things cannabis, organized crime families, refugees, and everything in between. Originally from Austin, he has reported across the Middle East and is the senior cannabis correspondent at The Cannigma.

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Concert to memorialize Charlotte Figi, the girl who changed medical cannabis

When a cause loses its lodestar, how do the survivors carry on the legacy? And how does a 13 year...

Mar 26, 2021
4 min
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Pot in the can: Why can’t inmates get medical marijuana?

A United Kingdom police chief proposed a novel idea this January: Allow drug-dependent inmates access to free cannabis to help...

Mar 25, 2021
7 min
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New York to legalize adult-use cannabis

The Empire State took one large step for legalization and one giant step for cannabis this week when New York...

Mar 25, 2021
2 min
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Is cannabis kosher for Passover?

It’s almost that time of the year again — when Jews try to explain to their non-Jewish friends and loved...

Mar 24, 2021
6 min
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Good news, governor: Cannabis will not kill your kids

The governor of Nebraska made international headlines earlier this month by staking his opposition to allowing medical cannabis on the...

Mar 21, 2021
5 min
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Why more Parkinson’s patients don’t use cannabis

The majority of people with Parkinson’s disease in the United States have not used cannabis to treat their symptoms due...

Mar 18, 2021
3 min
Products
The coolest weed gadgets we’ve ever seen

If plants can now send emails, should we be expecting more from our bongs, grinders, and joint rollers? Marijuana gadgets...

Mar 15, 2021
9 min
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How telemedicine found its moment during the pandemic

Around the time the United States had its first confirmed case of COVID-19 in late January 2020, Greg Rovner, CEO...

Mar 11, 2021
5 min
Recipes
TikTok’s baked feta pasta that’ll get you baked

If you’re reading this article, you’ve surely heard of, watched videos of, been served, or answered questions in a Zoom...

Mar 10, 2021
5 min
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Cannabis is mainstream — if you’re white and middle class

Judging by the gains it has made in recent years, it’s tempting to declare that cannabis has firmly entered the...

Mar 8, 2021
4 min