September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Ten month old Lilly Fisher has been in CPS custody since April when her father requested their help rescuing her from an extremely unsafe situation while in...
By: Mercedys
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
NORML Women’s Alliance at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe

NORML Women’s Alliance at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe

This Sunday at The World Famous Cannabis Cafe, the NORML Women’s Alliance Foundation is hosting a fundraiser. Guests will be treated to a meal and guest speakers,...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
ME Medical Marijuana Users Fear Loss of Subsidized Housing

ME Medical Marijuana Users Fear Loss of Subsidized Housing

Medical marijuana patients in Maine could lose their federally subsidized housing if a state moratorium allowing patients to grow and use their medicine in subsidized housing properties...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Mother Says ‘Spice’ Killed Her Son

Mother Says ‘Spice’ Killed Her Son

A Kwik Stop convenience store sold a teenager the synthetic marijuana that killed him, the boy’s mother claims in court. Stephane Colbert says she found her 19-year-old...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
MMJ Job Experts to Offer Tips During Chicago Seminar

MMJ Job Experts to Offer Tips During Chicago Seminar

California’s Cannabis Career Institute is holding a seminar this weekend in Chicago to discuss business options and strategies for those interested in entering Illinois’ new medical marijuana...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Canada Grants Monopoly To Historically Terrible MMJ Producer

Canada Grants Monopoly To Historically Terrible MMJ Producer

Prairie Plant Systems once held a monopoly over commercial MMJ in Canada. The product they produced received an enormous number of complaints, even after being delayed by...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Rastafarian Teen Cleared to Carry Pipe in Minnesota

Rastafarian Teen Cleared to Carry Pipe in Minnesota

A 15-year-old rastafarian has successfully argued for his religious right to carry a pipe in Minnesota. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the enforcement of paraphernalia laws...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Marijuana Users Face Plenty Of Unknowns

Marijuana Users Face Plenty Of Unknowns

In a great article on The Spokesman-Review, Adrian Rogers describes the warning labels that will appear on Washington recreational marijuana. He notes the lack of studies about...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Cannabis Legalization: Proceed With Caution

Cannabis Legalization: Proceed With Caution

Cannabis legalization has the momentum it needs; will it be preserved from commercialization and the free market? As the legalization movement makes leaps and bounds stateside and...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Dab Gear: Puff n Dabs Custom Heady Torches by Emerge

Dab Gear: Puff n Dabs Custom Heady Torches by Emerge

My Pieces of the Week usually showcase artists’ whose work is worthy of the only H word better than Hemp- Heady. A heady rig is glass that is...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Deny Organ Transplants to Marijuana Users?

Deny Organ Transplants to Marijuana Users?

In a video and article on Medscape, Arthur L. Caplan, PhD notes that organ transplant centers routinely deny organ transplants to patients that test positive for drugs...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Free Joints Given Away In Boulder, Colorado

Free Joints Given Away In Boulder, Colorado

At an event organized to squash support for Colorado’s retail marijuana tax proposal, free joints were handed out to adults yesterday in Boulder. The event was pushed...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
NJ: Governor Signs Legislation Amending Medical Cannabis

NJ: Governor Signs Legislation Amending Medical Cannabis

Republican Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation, Senate Bill 2842, into law modifying aspects of the state’s medical marijuana regulations. Specifically, the law amends requirements that state-licensed...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Unemployment Drug Test Bill Moving in Michigan

Unemployment Drug Test Bill Moving in Michigan

A bill that would deny unemployment benefits to people who refuse to take drug tests required by employers passed the Republican-dominated Michigan Senate last week and also...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Minimalist “Celebrity Weedists”

Minimalist “Celebrity Weedists”

In a nod to minimalism, pop culture and cannabis we present: Celebrity Weedists. It’s a homage to the famous pot smokers who’ve helped bring cannabis more into...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Legal Marijuana Should Cost $4.44 A Pound

Legal Marijuana Should Cost $4.44 A Pound

A great article on Beyond Chronic describes the fair market price of legal marijuana before the dawn of prohibition; up to a whopping $0.33 per pound in...
September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Pressure Mounts for Marijuana Reform in Bermuda

Pressure Mounts for Marijuana Reform in Bermuda

For Americans, mention “Bermuda” and “marijuana” and the first thing that comes to mind is a vision of vacationing cruise ship passengers arrested and fined in large...
September 23, 2013
09/23/2013
Great Edibles Recipes: Cracker Snackers

Great Edibles Recipes: Cracker Snackers

I first ate the fruits of this recipe sans cannabis at the ripe age of ten or eleven. I had fortuitously befriended a new girl in my...
September 23, 2013
09/23/2013
49ers Aldon Smith Arrested for DUI, Possession

49ers Aldon Smith Arrested for DUI, Possession

Aldon Smith, the one-man sack factory linebacker from the San Francisco 49ers was arrested last Friday (Sept 20th) morning on suspicion of a DUI. Smith crashed his car...
September 23, 2013
09/23/2013
The Weedist Dab Guide to Playing GTA5

The Weedist Dab Guide to Playing GTA5

We noted how awesome it was for Rockstar Games to give a nod to cannabis culture in their latest version of Grand Theft Auto by allowing players...