June 19, 2013
06/19/2013
Ex-Microsoft Marijuana Hopeful May Have Spoke Too Soon

Ex-Microsoft Marijuana Hopeful May Have Spoke Too Soon

Jamen Shively, an ex-Microsoft executive that recently announced plans to begin building a national marijuana brand, is facing lots of criticism. While some of this criticism may...
June 19, 2013
06/19/2013
You Don’t Need Prohibition to Help People

You Don’t Need Prohibition to Help People

A new Centers for Disease Control study has found the US rate of tobacco usage dropping again: ATLANTA (AP) — Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, a new government...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Prospero’s Grow: Week 13: Harvesting Cannabis. This is It!

Prospero’s Grow: Week 13: Harvesting Cannabis. This is It!

The time has come for harvesting cannabis. After exactly three months of growing cannabis in my apartment in Denver, it’s time to cut these babies down! As...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Product Review: All Natural Tea Tree Soap by Dr. Bronner

Product Review: All Natural Tea Tree Soap by Dr. Bronner

I’ve never been one to use fancy soaps that contain lavish ingredients, like shea butter or chamomile. I usually just buy some cheap, industrial strength soap that...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Judge Torches Colorado’s Marijuana Magazine Rule

Judge Torches Colorado’s Marijuana Magazine Rule

A federal judge in Colorado struck down a law that would require magazines about marijuana to be sold behind counters like pornographic magazines, following findings by state...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Gear Up in Three States

2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Gear Up in Three States

The race to be the next state to legalize marijuana at the ballot box is on. Activists in three states — Alaska, Arizona, and Oregon — have...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Maine Lawmakers Expanding State’s Medicinal Cannabis Program

Maine Lawmakers Expanding State’s Medicinal Cannabis Program

House and Senate lawmakers last week gave final approval to legislation, LD 1062, to allow patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, and other debilitating disorders...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
MI Medical Marijuana Collective Tries New Business Model

MI Medical Marijuana Collective Tries New Business Model

Since dispensaries were outlawed in Michigan, one medical marijuana collective is trying to find a new way to help patients, earn a living and stay legal. Now,...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Texas to Drug Test Some Unemployment Applicants

Texas to Drug Test Some Unemployment Applicants

With Republican Gov. Rick Perry’s signature Friday, a bill that would require some people seeking unemployment assistance to undergo drug tests has become law. But critics say...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Marijuana Advocate Rolling His Way to the White House

Marijuana Advocate Rolling His Way to the White House

Curtis Kyle, a Michigan resident with cerebral palsy who has used a wheelchair his whole life, is “rolling to the White House” to talk to politicians about...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Big Sentencing Ruling from the Supreme Court

Big Sentencing Ruling from the Supreme Court

There was a big Supreme Court ruling today. In Alleyne v. United States, a 5-4 majority extended an important sentencing reform that had begun with in the 2000 case Apprendi v....
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Tyra Banks Carries a Brown Bag After a Visit to a Marijuana Store

Tyra Banks Carries a Brown Bag After a Visit to a Marijuana Store

Tyra Banks visited a cannabis store on Saturday (The Farmacy) and left with a brown bag. The shop boasts medical cannabis, as well as other high quality global organic medicine.
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Four Marijuana Videos: Some Funny, Some Informative

Four Marijuana Videos: Some Funny, Some Informative

There are four new videos worth checking out, two provide comic relief…two provide contrasting views about cannabis prohibition. The same day last week, I caught a CNN...
June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Build Your Own Cheap Hash Oil Pen Using E-Cigarette Parts – Refinement

Build Your Own Cheap Hash Oil Pen Using E-Cigarette Parts – Refinement

I’m a few weeks into my journey of building a cheap hash oil pen using e-cigarette parts, and I couldn’t be happier with my “final product” (final...
June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Great Edibles Recipes: Chicken Wellington

Great Edibles Recipes: Chicken Wellington

This weekend I will be doing a fancy dinner for some friends of mine and I thought why not share the main course recipe with you, Weedists....
June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
High Scientist: 3D Printing…the Future is Here!

High Scientist: 3D Printing…the Future is Here!

3D printing is simply an amazing process. One machine capable of making virtually any non-digital product: i-Phone stands, jewelry, dental braces, tools, or even weapons. Practically anything could...
By: Mercedys
June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Push for Legalization Underway in Alaska

Push for Legalization Underway in Alaska

Alaska’s Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell certified an application for a marijuana legalization initiative on Friday. The initiative would legalize the possession of up to an ounce. Supporters...
June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
ACLU: The War on Marijuana Has a Latino Data Problem

ACLU: The War on Marijuana Has a Latino Data Problem

In an article on Huffington Post, Lynda Garcia of the ACLU explains that the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports do not track ethnicity (only skin color?). This means...
June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Maine Medical Marijuana Bill Would Allow Pesticides on Plants

Maine Medical Marijuana Bill Would Allow Pesticides on Plants

Maine medical marijuana dispensaries would be allowed to treat plants with certain low-risk pesticides, if a bill enacted by the Maine Legislature on Friday makes it into...
June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Feds Expected to Back Monitor of New York Police

Feds Expected to Back Monitor of New York Police

With a federal judge expected to order sweeping reforms to the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the Justice Department reportedly plans to intervene. Trial completed in...