October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Yakama Nation Won’t Recognize Legal Marijuana

Yakama Nation Won’t Recognize Legal Marijuana

The possession, sale and cultivation of marijuana will remain illegal in Washington’s Yakama Nation according to the tribe’s attorney.
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Jovan Jackson’s Medical Cannabis Trial Begins

Jovan Jackson’s Medical Cannabis Trial Begins

Opening statements have ended and the prosecutor has called two witnesses in Jovan Jackson’s third medical cannabis trial. This, after a telling day and a half of...
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Marijuana Takes Center Stage in Race for Brooklyn DA

Marijuana Takes Center Stage in Race for Brooklyn DA

Democratic nominee for Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson wants to decriminalize marijuana, citing Brooklyn’s high number of cases as a clog in the system.
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Michigan Medical Marijuana Couple Gets Their Daughter Back

Michigan Medical Marijuana Couple Gets Their Daughter Back

I feel like we often talk about how the justice system fails in regards to cannabis. To be fair, quite often, the justice system is a lit...
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Translating the Mistruths of Prairie Plant Systems

Translating the Mistruths of Prairie Plant Systems

An excellent article on Cannabis Culture translates the whitewashed response of Prairie Plant Systems CEO to recent criticism about their irradiated schwag grown in contaminated mines.
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Texting for Pardons, Help Free Federal Drug War Prisoners

Texting for Pardons, Help Free Federal Drug War Prisoners

Drug Policy Alliance International Drug Policy Reform Conference ran from October 23, 2013 until October 26, 2013. The event boasted a plethora of cannabis activists and took...
By: Anna Diaz
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
Piece of the Week | Sovereignty Glass Peyote Pillar

Piece of the Week | Sovereignty Glass Peyote Pillar

  Sovereignty Glass Peyote Pillar This week’s Piece of the Week rips so fat it kicks my ass’ ass. It is with great esteem and pleasure I...
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
Snoop Dogg Vaporizers From Grenco Science Coming

Snoop Dogg Vaporizers From Grenco Science Coming

Vape-makers Grenco Science have teamed up with Snoop to design 3 Snoop Dogg vaporizers, one of which is designed to vaporize flowers.
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
NORML Partners With The Family Law & Cannabis Alliance

NORML Partners With The Family Law & Cannabis Alliance

It’s no secret that there has been a proliferation of government agencies across the country removing minors and infants from their home, based solely on the fact that...
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
Mayor of DC Supports Decriminalizing Marijuana Possession

Mayor of DC Supports Decriminalizing Marijuana Possession

On Wednesday, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray stated that he supports decriminalizing marijuana, or removing criminal penalties associated with possession of under one ounce. Currently, those caught...
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
FDA Approves Trials Assessing CBD For Pediatric Epilepsy

FDA Approves Trials Assessing CBD For Pediatric Epilepsy

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved two clinical trials to assess the efficacy of cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychoactive plant cannabinoid, in the treatment of intractable pediatric...
By: NORML
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
Washington Medical Marijuana Recommendations Draw Opposition

Washington Medical Marijuana Recommendations Draw Opposition

The three state agencies and the governor’s office that constitute the state’s medical marijuana working group on Monday released their draft recommendations for dealing with medical marijuana in the...
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
Israel Growing High-Less Medical Marijuana

Israel Growing High-Less Medical Marijuana

A medical marijuana company in Israel is now growing a “high-less” strain that contains less than 1% THC and over 15% CBD.
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
Pharmacy Group Announces Medical Marijuana Task Force

Pharmacy Group Announces Medical Marijuana Task Force

The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) has announced its intent to establish a task force to better educate pharmacists to the management of cannabis therapy. “Medical...
By: NORML
October 25, 2013
10/25/2013
Washington State Liquor Board Goes for MMJ’s Throat

Washington State Liquor Board Goes for MMJ’s Throat

The Washington State Liquor Board is in the process of issuing its recommendations for how to regulate recreational marijuana use. This is, more or less, following the...
October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
Huffington Post: Canada’s Marijuana Popular in Asia

Huffington Post: Canada’s Marijuana Popular in Asia

Tokers in Vietnam prefer the US or Canada’s marijuana to their locally grown tropical sativas, paying up to 10x the price for western bud.
October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
Heidi Fleiss Busted Again for Pot

Heidi Fleiss Busted Again for Pot

Heidi Fleiss was arrested for intent to sell marijuana for the second time this year.
October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
MPP’s Dan Riffle Debates Kevin Sabet on Marijuana Policy

MPP’s Dan Riffle Debates Kevin Sabet on Marijuana Policy

Leading up to November’s election, marijuana policy is an increasingly hot topic in Maine. Voters in the city of Portland will soon decide whether or not possessing...
October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
Marijuana Acceptance Varies Across Hemisphere

Marijuana Acceptance Varies Across Hemisphere

While marijuana acceptance is growing in Latin America as well as here in the US, there it is generally the leaders that favor legalization while the people...
October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
NorCal Outdoor Marijuana Harvest Arrives

NorCal Outdoor Marijuana Harvest Arrives

The main 2013 outdoor marijuana harvest has arrived in Northern California, bringing low prices and wide selection.