October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Introducing Our Very Own Short URL: weedi.st

Introducing Our Very Own Short URL: weedi.st

Tired of /those/really/long/urls/that/take/5/minutes/to/read/and/even/longer/to/type?me-too. Weedist is helping reduce Internet clutter by shortening our links with weedi.st but don’t worry, the long URLs will continue to work as well,...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Edibles Review: The Growing Kitchen Zoom Ball

Edibles Review: The Growing Kitchen Zoom Ball

Edibles from a medical marijuana dispensary can often be overwhelming to the un-seasoned Weedist. Even the most experienced smoker can often find themselves in over their head...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Silk Road’s Prices for Cannabis Around the World

Silk Road’s Prices for Cannabis Around the World

Before Silk Road was busted, Price Geek managed to acquire their prices for cannabis from several countries around the world. Prices in the US are relatively low...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
UN Drug Chief Warns of Afghanistan “Narco-State”

UN Drug Chief Warns of Afghanistan “Narco-State”

Afghanistan could collapse into a “full-fledged narco-state” as the looming withdrawal of US and NATO combat forces creates a gaping hole in the center of the country’s...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
My Favorite Strains: Papaya Ice Wax (Dabs)

My Favorite Strains: Papaya Ice Wax (Dabs)

  Medical marijuana has advanced medicating into some great new levels, including high tolerance edibles and, of course, earwax and dabs. Those who aren’t fortunate enough to...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Anti-Marijuana-Tax Group

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Anti-Marijuana-Tax Group

Luis Toro of Colorado Ethics Watch has filed a complaint against No Over Taxation, the Colorado anti-marijuana-tax group that has been giving out free joints. “Voters deserve...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

More cops with pain pill issues, a Texas deputy goes down for slinging cocaine, and a former Milwaukee cop gets slapped for putting his hands in the...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

The Dutch pot scented cards have been used experimentally for three years, but are now being widely distributed in four more cities. The implementation of these cards...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

The feds back off in some Southern California asset forfeiture cases, an Iowa newspaper tells local authorities to back off from prosecuting a cancer patient, and several...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Battle Over Local Bans on MMJ Set Today for MI Supreme Court

Battle Over Local Bans on MMJ Set Today for MI Supreme Court

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments against medical marijuana bans today. The suit was filed in 2010. In 2011, Judge Dennis Leiber ruled that federal law...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Last night on Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report, The Rev. Sir Doctor Sen. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World** covered recent...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana

TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana

A great article on Think Progress explains that while TSA (as a federal agency) doesn’t technically recognize state marijuana laws, passengers attempting to fly with marijuana have...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Dog Lauded, Life Ruined

Dog Lauded, Life Ruined

Who doesn’t love a good dog? They’re man’s best friend after all; trained to keep a house safe, or to corral livestock on a farm, or to...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Tales From the Grow: 24-Hour Lease

Tales From the Grow: 24-Hour Lease

The summer sun still crested the October sky on one of those northwest days that brought piercing heat at its zenith and winter cold once it fell...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Cannabis Cosmeceuticals Coming Following Skin Cancer Study

Cannabis Cosmeceuticals Coming Following Skin Cancer Study

Japanese scientists recently found that synthetic cannabinoids act as a powerful anti-inflammatory and reduce skin cancer by 90% in mice. Here come the cannabis cosmeceuticals, folks.
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Proposed regulations for Nevada’s medical marijuana program seem to discriminate against the poor, both because hopeful entrepreneurs need an extra $250,000 laying around and because the home...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Legal Marijuana Trend Spreads as More States Weigh Votes

Legal Marijuana Trend Spreads as More States Weigh Votes

On Bloomberg, Alison Vekshin reports the spread of acceptance of legal marijuana, and the acceleration of that spread caused by the DOJ’s memo that they will not...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Great Music While High: Parquet Courts, “Stoned and Starving”

Great Music While High: Parquet Courts, “Stoned and Starving”

I know the Great Music While High series generally covers artists, but I gotta tell ya, I’m so hooked on this one jam. I’ve not heard shit else the...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

Reason’s Jacob Sullum recounts a recent study which found that despite efforts to reduce global drug supplies, the purity of drugs has risen while the price has...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Bigger in Texas: Support for Marijuana Legalization

Bigger in Texas: Support for Marijuana Legalization

They say things are bigger in Texas and, according to new survey data just released by Public Policy Polling, that includes support for marijuana law reform. PPP’s...