March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Marijuana Pipe Makers Won’t Chill Out

Marijuana Pipe Makers Won’t Chill Out

A Minneapolis businessman breached an agreement to sell the trade name for a ceramic smoking pipe called Hive even after he received a $50,000 check in the...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Medical Marijuana and ‘The Entourage Effect’

Medical Marijuana and ‘The Entourage Effect’

Mechoulam believes all the components of the cannabis plant likely exert some therapeutic effect, more than any single compound alone. Marijuana may offer its most profound benefit as...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Google Hangout Tonight 8pm EDT on Sanjay Gupta’s “Weed 2” and Epilepsy

Google Hangout Tonight 8pm EDT on Sanjay Gupta’s “Weed 2” and Epilepsy

New Scientific Review of Epilepsy and Medical Marijuana Provides Scientific Foundation for Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s Claims “Cannabis in the Treatment of Epilepsy” comes as demand grows for...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
DC Marijuana Legalization Initiative Approved for Signature-Gathering

DC Marijuana Legalization Initiative Approved for Signature-Gathering

The District of Columbia Board of Elections announced this morning that it had approved a marijuana legalization initiative for signature-gathering. That means voters in the nation’s capital could vote to free...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
The California Drought: Interview With Chris Van Hook

The California Drought: Interview With Chris Van Hook

One of the Leaf’s editors recently interviewed Chris Van Hook to get his expert perspective on the drought currently gripping northern California, and how cannabis farmers can...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Cannabis Not to Blame for Idiocy

Cannabis Not to Blame for Idiocy

Today I started my day with a nice bong rip. I don’t always begin my days in such a fashion, but the sun was shining and I...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Cannabusiness: Marijuana’s First Billionaire, Bart Mackay, Isn’t Really

Cannabusiness: Marijuana’s First Billionaire, Bart Mackay, Isn’t Really

Bart Mackay is technically pot’s first billionaire, as a result of his ~$1.8 billion worth of CannaVest holdings. However, he doesn’t see it that way since he’s...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Weedist Destinations: Have a Heart Cafe (Dab Bar)

Weedist Destinations: Have a Heart Cafe (Dab Bar)

It’s all in the title and it’s all I’ve ever wanted folks. Let me open by thanking Kyle of Northwest Oils -THANK YOU!- for introducing me to Have...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
Marijuana Use on the Rise Among Aging Baby Boomers

Marijuana Use on the Rise Among Aging Baby Boomers

The most recent data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration show that marijuana use has increased among individuals over the age of 50 in the past...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
“The New Jim Crow” Author Michelle Alexander Talks Race and Drug War

“The New Jim Crow” Author Michelle Alexander Talks Race and Drug War

On Thursday, Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling and galvanizing The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness sat down with poet/activist Asha Bandele of the Drug Policy...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
Spending Minimal So Far for August Alaska Marijuana Initiative

Spending Minimal So Far for August Alaska Marijuana Initiative

The upcoming August 19 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana under Alaska state law has seen little early campaign spending by advocates and none by opponents. The...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
Colorado Collects $2M in Recreational Pot Taxes for January

Colorado Collects $2M in Recreational Pot Taxes for January

Colorado made roughly $2 million in recreational marijuana taxes, based on $14.02 million in sales, for the month of January, state revenue officials reported yesterday. They declared that the...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
Great Music While High: Moon Hooch

Great Music While High: Moon Hooch

In an age where music is increasingly processed and sounds digitally created, it’s refreshing to come across music that is entirely produced by humans and still packs...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
How Much the War on Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons

How Much the War on Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons

America’s prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and the war on drugs is mainly to blame. Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offenses,...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
Aesliip’s Grow: Sexing the Cannabis Plants

Aesliip’s Grow: Sexing the Cannabis Plants

Now that my plants are flowering, it’s time to do some sexing. Not knowing the physical difference between male cannabis plants and female ones, I had to...
March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Bad Medical Bill Progresses in Michigan

Bad Medical Bill Progresses in Michigan

In Michigan on Tuesday, Sen. Rick Jones’s SB 783 passed the Senate with a vote of 31 to 7. This bill — which is now pending in the House Judiciary Committee...
March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Study Explains Why Marijuana Makes Some Paranoid

Study Explains Why Marijuana Makes Some Paranoid

Medical research published in the journal Neuron confirms that cannabinoid receptors are present in the part of the brain that regulates anxiety and fear, the amygdala. More studies...
March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Limited Georgia Medical Marijuana Bill Passes House

Limited Georgia Medical Marijuana Bill Passes House

In a landslide vote of 171-4 Monday, the Georgia House of Representatives passed “Haleigh’s Hope Act,” sponsored by Rep. Allen Peake and over 90 others to legalize medical...
March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Legalization Study: Street Dealers Will Be Unemployed

Legalization Study: Street Dealers Will Be Unemployed

According to a recent online poll conducted by Medical Marijuana Business Daily, 61 percent of Colorado stoners prefer to buy weed from legal sources rather than their...
March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Instafire: Northwest Oils Twaxed Blunt

Instafire: Northwest Oils Twaxed Blunt

Posted by @nw_extraction_artist You guys know I love my errl, but I gotta tell ya, flowers are soooo good right now. Genetics have never been better, potency is...