August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
Poll: Utah Voters Support Legalization of Medical Marijuana

Poll: Utah Voters Support Legalization of Medical Marijuana

A new poll of registered voters in Utah are opposed to the legalization of marijuana for recreational use, but are supportive of allowing the use of cannabis...
August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
John Hanger: Marijuana Reform Can Elect the Next PA Governor

John Hanger: Marijuana Reform Can Elect the Next PA Governor

While the general election for governor is still a little over a year away, things are heating up in Pennsylvania as Democrats vie for their party’s nomination...
August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
Utah Mom Wants Medical Marijuana for Her Son

Utah Mom Wants Medical Marijuana for Her Son

Jennifer May is a devout Mormon and mother of 3, living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her youngest child, 11-year-old Stockton, has Drevet Syndrome and has suffered through...
August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
Oregon 2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiative Likely

Oregon 2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiative Likely

Oregon activists organized as New Approach Oregon will try to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the November 2014 ballot, the leader of the group told the Willamette...
August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
Montana Law: Weed or Bong 6 Months in Jail, But Teacher Rapes 14-Year Old Student

Montana Law: Weed or Bong 6 Months in Jail, But Teacher Rapes 14-Year Old Student

First and foremost, as a parent seeing a high school teacher sentenced to one month in prison after admitting to raping a 14-year old student (who took...
August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.28)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.28)

by Phillip Smith, August 28, 2103 Two Texas cops lose their jobs, a California jail guard gets busted at the playground, a Tennessee sheriff’s lieutenant cops to...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Portable Vaporizer Pen Review: Atmos Thermo W

Portable Vaporizer Pen Review: Atmos Thermo W

Regular readers will know that I am a big fan of portable vaporizer pens and the freedom to medicate anywhere that they provide. I’ve reviewed many different...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
High Scientist: Precision Medicine, Breakthroughs in Cancer Treatment

High Scientist: Precision Medicine, Breakthroughs in Cancer Treatment

Being diagnosed with cancer is likely one of the most frightening things that can happen in life. Not only can the disease be fatal, the treatment itself...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Air Force Bans Chobani Greek Yogurt Flavor, Over Hemp Seeds

Air Force Bans Chobani Greek Yogurt Flavor, Over Hemp Seeds

In 1999, with alarming prescience and an alacrity usually reserved for Delphic oracles, the U.S Air Force added hemp seed and oil products to their “forbidden list.”...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Denver Police Ask Me Anything About Marijuana Highlights

Denver Police Ask Me Anything About Marijuana Highlights

During the Denver Police Department’s Ask Me Anything session on Reddit about marijuana, several serious and not-so-serious topics were discussed. Questions ranged from “Will it be sold in...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Cory Booker Opens Stop-And-Frisk Data To The Public

Cory Booker Opens Stop-And-Frisk Data To The Public

Newark Mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker has just begun testing an innovative solution to the racial problems plaguing law enforcement’s use of stop-and-frisk: hold officers accountable...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Eric Holder Pressed on DEA Use of NSA Intelligence

Eric Holder Pressed on DEA Use of NSA Intelligence

A group of Democratic senators and congressmen want Attorney General Eric Holder to answer questions about a Reuters report earlier this month revealing that the National Security Agency (NSA)...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
George Takei Commends Trudeau’s Admission of Cannabis Use

George Takei Commends Trudeau’s Admission of Cannabis Use

George Takei, famous for his role as Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek series, recently commended Canadian politician Justin Trudeau for admitting that he uses cannabis:...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Learn the Facts About Medical Marijuana

Learn the Facts About Medical Marijuana

There has been much discussion on the legalization of cannabis in the news lately. I think it’s important for citizens to have an open discussion on medical...
August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Study: THC Increases Brain Activity With Positive Stimuli

Study: THC Increases Brain Activity With Positive Stimuli

The administration of THC modulates emotional processing in healthy volunteers, according to placebo-controlled crossover trial data published online by the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology. Investigators from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands performed...
August 27, 2013
08/27/2013
My Favorite Strains: Super Bomb

My Favorite Strains: Super Bomb

With so many great kinds of herbs to choose from at any local medical marijuana dispensary, it can be very easy to get jaded and settle on...
August 27, 2013
08/27/2013
Almost 200 Applicants for Dispensaries in Massachusetts

Almost 200 Applicants for Dispensaries in Massachusetts

On Election Day, by an overwhelming majority of voters, Massachusetts legalized medical cannabis and approved the Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana. The law includes allowing patients to possess...
August 27, 2013
08/27/2013
MMJ Speakeasies Rise In Southern California

MMJ Speakeasies Rise In Southern California

Oscar Pascual of Smell The Truth reports that in the aftermath of California counties obtaining the ability to ban dispensaries some MMJ speakeasies have taken root. “The...
August 27, 2013
08/27/2013
Denver City Council Sets Extra Tax Vote On Retail Cannabis

Denver City Council Sets Extra Tax Vote On Retail Cannabis

Yesterday, the Denver City Council approved a 3.5% additional sales tax on retail cannabis. The tax will be in addition to the 15% state sales tax, and...
August 27, 2013
08/27/2013
Missouri Lawmaker Busted for Minor Cannabis Possession

Missouri Lawmaker Busted for Minor Cannabis Possession

Missouri Representative Jeremy LaFaver, co-sponsor of a bill this year that would have reduced penalties for minor cannabis possession, was pulled over Sunday and was found to have...