September 10, 2013
09/10/2013
Senate Holds Hearing on Federal Enforcement of Cannabis Laws

Senate Holds Hearing on Federal Enforcement of Cannabis Laws

Following the hearings, patient advocates will host Google Hangout panel at 5pm ET to discuss reaction to testimony Less than two weeks after the Department of Justice...
September 10, 2013
09/10/2013
Private Plane Pilots Face Warrantless Drug Searches

Private Plane Pilots Face Warrantless Drug Searches

Private plane pilots, especially those traveling to or through states with relaxed marijuana laws, are being subjected to warrantless searches by state and federal law enforcement, the Toledo...
September 10, 2013
09/10/2013
DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Decline to Lowest Levels in Nearly a Decade

DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Decline to Lowest Levels in Nearly a Decade

DEA seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops declined dramatically from 2011 to 2012 and are now at their lowest reported levels in nearly a decade, according to statistics released...
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
Great Edibles Recipes: Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwiches

Great Edibles Recipes: Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwiches

These medicated ice cream sandwiches shouldn’t require much introduction. Make these on a cooler summer day, and enjoy fall spices a little early this year. Here’s What...
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
Hemp Beer!? Can It Be True?

Hemp Beer!? Can It Be True?

OK, this might just be me, but does anyone else think that Corona tastes like weed? It kind of smells like weed, too. I discovered this a...
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
White House On Marijuana: Nothing’s Really Changed

White House On Marijuana: Nothing’s Really Changed

Because I signed one of those pro-cannabis online petitions once upon a time, the White House sent me a follow-up email that made reference to last week’s...
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
Broad Coalition Seeks Capitol Hill Hearings on DEA

Broad Coalition Seeks Capitol Hill Hearings on DEA

Spurred by recent revelations of the DEA using NSA and CIA programs ostensibly designed to fight terrorism to try to make drug cases, but grounded in decades...
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
The $100,000 Challenge from Rick Steves and Justin Hartfield

The $100,000 Challenge from Rick Steves and Justin Hartfield

Board chair note: NORML’s board of directors has always consisted of a wide variety and array of stakeholders who support ending cannabis prohibition. At the most recent Annual Meeting...
By: Norm Kent
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
Youth Drug Use on Decline, Most Media Fail to Notice

Youth Drug Use on Decline, Most Media Fail to Notice

One of the two annual major drug use surveys in the US released its results this week, coinciding with National Recovery Month, according to the news release from the...
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates on Marijuana

Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates on Marijuana

One of, if not the, highest profile election this year is the Virginia gubernatorial race. Things are beginning to heat up as we enter the final two-month...
September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
John McCain Ready for Legalization?!?

John McCain Ready for Legalization?!?

According to Talking Points Memo, Sen. John McCain made some comments Thursday that some may find surprising: McCain’s comments could not have been better timed. Next week,...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Piece of the Week | Henna Inspired Glass Pipe

Piece of the Week | Henna Inspired Glass Pipe

This week we take a look at culturally inspired glass artwork, specifically this particular artist’s Henna Inspired Glass Pipe. Henna Inspired Glass Pipe This week’s piece comes...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Marinol vs Marijuana… I’ll Choose Marijuana

Marinol vs Marijuana… I’ll Choose Marijuana

“I don’t understand how you were prescribed Marinol? We only give this drug to terminally ill cancer patients.” This was the question I was asked from the...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Federal Official: Pot Farmers Didn’t Start Yosemite Fire

Federal Official: Pot Farmers Didn’t Start Yosemite Fire

Over the weekend, we brought you the meta-story that a fire chief was quoted speculating that the cause of the massive Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Support for Marijuana Legalization Blooming in the South

Support for Marijuana Legalization Blooming in the South

It is often said that the South will be the last region in the United States to take up marijuana legalization, but, as support grows nationwide, it...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Cannabis-Based Medicine Shows Promise for Opiate Dependence

Cannabis-Based Medicine Shows Promise for Opiate Dependence

According to the Associated Press, “Sales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers, oxycodone and hydrocodone, have exploded across the U.S. in the last decade.” The increasing abuse of...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
California Sentencing Reform Bill to Go to Governor

California Sentencing Reform Bill to Go to Governor

A bill that would allow some drug possession cases to be charged as misdemeanors instead of felonies passed the state Assembly Wednesday. The bill has already passed...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
25 Years Ago: Judge Ruled Cannabis Should Be Reclassified

25 Years Ago: Judge Ruled Cannabis Should Be Reclassified

Friday, September 6, 2013 marks the 25-year anniversary of an administrative ruling which determined that cannabis possesses accepted medical utility and ought to be reclassified accordingly under...
September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Chronicle Book Review: “Our Lost Border” and “The Fight to Save Juarez”

Chronicle Book Review: “Our Lost Border” and “The Fight to Save Juarez”

Our Lost Border: Essays on Life Amid the Narco-Violence, Sarah Cortez and Sergio Troncoso, eds. (2013, Arte Publico Press, 290 pp., $14.75 PB Amazon) The Fight to...
September 5, 2013
09/05/2013
My Favorite Strains: Chem Dawg #4

My Favorite Strains: Chem Dawg #4

It’s Thursday night and you’re having some friends over to cook some dinner (Phad Thai, 3 stars) and smoke a hodgepodge of gifted strains (in lieu of...