February 26, 2025

HEALTH DRINKS

Weed Drinks Are Everywhere. Are They Really Better for Me Than Alcohol? What doctors think about the THC for sale at the grocery store.

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Last summer, the city shut down my neighborhood’s illegal smoke shop. It was high time, officials said: Spots like these peddled unsafe products, like suspiciously potent sour-mango gummy strips with 500 milligrams of THC, a tiny chunk of which left me with visions of icebergs as I stood at the sink washing the greasy munchies residue off my hands. Afterwards, the shop was reduced to selling a few psychedelic T-shirts and bongs. With the nearest licensed dispensary a few subway stops away, I wandered over to the next-best place for a convenient high: the grocery store, which now stocked sativa, indica, and hybrid-blend 10-mg. THC drinks between the green kombuchas and canned oat-milk lattes.

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Your Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: February 26, 2025 The Aquarius moon connecting with Mars makes for a slightly hostile atmosphere today. Stay grounded, and don’t take small disagreements to heart.

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Are Weed Drinks Really Healthier Than Alcohol?

Weed Drinks Are Everywhere. Are They Really Better for Me Than Alcohol? What doctors think about the THC for sale at the grocery store.

In Other News ...

Dorinda Medley, Noah Beck, and nine more of our favorite follows share their secret (and some not-so-secret) passions and guilty pleasures.

In December, the trend forecaster Sean Monahan announced the arrival of a gilded and greedy new aesthetic: boom boom. By January, Emilia Petrarca was seeing it everywhere.

Michelle Trachtenberg was allegedly found dead in her midtown apartment at age 39.

An unvaccinated school-age child in Texas has died of measles, the first known death in the outbreak currently spreading in the area.

Your Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: February 26, 2025 The Aquarius moon connecting with Mars makes for a slightly hostile atmosphere today. Stay grounded, and don’t take small disagreements to heart.

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11 Best Bronzers If You’re Not Into Blush

My research is in.

How Chanel Iman Gets Her Skin So Good

She likes to keep it basic. Her entire routine is under $70.

14 Hyaluronic-Acid Serums That Are Just As Good As a Sheet Mask

And how to use them, according to an expert.

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