Category: Weedists

(374 posts)

People who exemplify the cannabis culture and/or heroes of the struggle to end prohibition

May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
Idaho Medical Marijuana Activists Kids Returned

Idaho Medical Marijuana Activists Kids Returned

Last Friday, medical marijuana activists Lindsey and Josh Rinehart’s two sons were returned to them after 17 days. The children were taken after police found marijuana ‘within...
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
NJ Senate Candidate Smokes a Joint for Drug War Victims

NJ Senate Candidate Smokes a Joint for Drug War Victims

Don DeZarn, libertarian candidate for the New Jersey Senate, smoked a joint in Veteran’s Park in Hamilton, New Jersey. He said “This is for all my brothers...
May 13, 2013
05/13/2013
Weedist Women: Lauren Vazquez

Weedist Women: Lauren Vazquez

Weedists: Meet Lauren Vazquez “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Lauren Vazquez is the Fired Up Lawyer,...
By: Anna Diaz
May 10, 2013
05/10/2013
Piece of the Week | Kurt B Honey Bear (#100 of 100)

Piece of the Week | Kurt B Honey Bear (#100 of 100)

This Piece of the Week fuses iconic stoner culture with a renowned heady artist, the Kurt B Honey Bear bong. The Honey Bear Bong is so adored...
May 10, 2013
05/10/2013
FL Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patient Sues for Cannabis Protection

FL Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patient Sues for Cannabis Protection

Longtime Florida activist Cathy Jordan, a 63-year-old woman who consumes cannabis to mitigate symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS aka Lou Gehrig’s disease), a debilitating condition that she has lived...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Activist Spotlight: Bunny Hethcox, Columbus, Wisconsin

Activist Spotlight: Bunny Hethcox, Columbus, Wisconsin

Americans for Safe Access Activist Spotlight – Spotlighting Medical Marijuana Activists Who are Making a Difference Bunny Hethcox is a 54-year-old mother of two and grandmother of...
May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
Book Review: It Takes Balls by Josh Wolf

Book Review: It Takes Balls by Josh Wolf

It Takes Balls, by Josh Wolf is damn funny. And, while it may seem like an odd book review for a weedist, I beg to differ. Josh...
By: Anna Diaz
May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
Author, Filmmaker, Drug Reformer Mike Gray Dies

Author, Filmmaker, Drug Reformer Mike Gray Dies

We received word Wednesday that Mike Gray, probably best known in the drug reform community as the author of “Drug Crazy: How We Got in this Mess...
April 25, 2013
04/25/2013
Cash Phlow Saturday at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe

Cash Phlow Saturday at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe

The Cash Phlow Show will be live at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe this Saturday, April 27th for one night only at 8:00 PM. The L.A. rapper...
By: Anna Diaz
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
Great Movies While High 420 Edition | Degenerate Art: The Art and Culture of Glass Pipes

Great Movies While High 420 Edition | Degenerate Art: The Art and Culture of Glass Pipes

Degenerate Art: The Art and Culture of Glass Pipes Finally! Someone made a documentary showcasing what I like to call the greatest sub-culture of a sub-culture –...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
MMA Ref Josh Rosenthal Busted with $6 Million of Cannabis

MMA Ref Josh Rosenthal Busted with $6 Million of Cannabis

According to the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Oakland, California, Josh Rosenthal, one of the best referees in MMA, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and...
April 16, 2013
04/16/2013
Willie Nelson Explains How Marijuana Can Be Deadly

Willie Nelson Explains How Marijuana Can Be Deadly

In an interview with Huffington Post, legendary musician Willie Nelson had this to say about marijuana policy: “There’s money there, and anyone with any brains at all...
April 15, 2013
04/15/2013
California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Calls for Legalizing Marijuana

California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Calls for Legalizing Marijuana

At the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento Saturday, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom called for marijuana legalization and described the war on drugs as “an abject failure.”...
April 11, 2013
04/11/2013
NAACP President: American Drug War’s Toll on Liberty Greater Than Apartheid

NAACP President: American Drug War’s Toll on Liberty Greater Than Apartheid

Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP, said Tuesday “For about 40 years, we’ve decided that is how we solve almost every problem, whether it’s homelessness or drug addiction, we’ve gotten to...
April 10, 2013
04/10/2013
Celebrities Urge Obama Forward on Drug, Sentencing Reform

Celebrities Urge Obama Forward on Drug, Sentencing Reform

A coalition of more than 175 artists, actors, athletes, elected officials, and civil rights and civil liberties advocates Tuesday sent an open letter to President Obama urging him to...
April 1, 2013
04/01/2013
Cannabis and Athletics – The Tyrann Mathieu Debacle

Cannabis and Athletics – The Tyrann Mathieu Debacle

I’d like to take a moment and talk about marijuana and athletics. I was reading the news today and came across this article about Tyrann Mathieu, a former...
April 1, 2013
04/01/2013
This is Willie Nelson Endorsing Gay Marriage… and Weed

This is Willie Nelson Endorsing Gay Marriage… and Weed

  If you’ve logged into Facebook during the past few days, you’ve noticed the Human Rights Campaign’s equals-sign-on-red logo making its way into all of your friends...
March 11, 2013
03/11/2013
Weedist Talks to Morgan Fox of Marijuana Policy Project

Weedist Talks to Morgan Fox of Marijuana Policy Project

Weedists: Meet Morgan Fox “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Morgan Fox is the Communications Manager for Marijuana...
March 7, 2013
03/07/2013
Weedist Destinations: San Francisco, CA

Weedist Destinations: San Francisco, CA

San Francisco is the birthplace of the hippie movement, the Summer of Love, psychedelic music, and more recently, the medical marijuana movement that has changed so many...
March 7, 2013
03/07/2013
Fined $900,000 for Using Marijuana?

Fined $900,000 for Using Marijuana?

Last week, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) slapped former middleweight champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. with a $900,000 fine and nine-month suspension. Why? Not for...