NYU is conducting a study, supporting earlier UCLA and Hopkins studies, that even a single does of psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms, had decreased cancer-related anxiety and increased patients’ sense of well-being,...
Governor John Hickenlooper has signed legislation, Senate Bill 241, into law creating a new program within the Department of Agriculture to oversee the regulation of commercial hemp production. Hemp is...
If you are like most people struggling with what to purchase for your father on Father’s Day, remember it isn’t about the material gifts. This year, if...
In Hinduism, cannabis usage is commonly related to worshiping Shiva, so much so that he is often referred to as the god of marijuana. Legends tell Shiva...
The Department of Health in Washington, DC is finally accepting applications for medical marijuana cards, and the first dispensary could be open in just a few short...
Two reports came out today about the federal government’s attacks on medical marijuana providers. First, California NORML surveyed court records connected with medical marijuana cases, finding nearly 500...
Visit Seattle knows that tourism (already big business in Seattle) will increase with the implementation of marijuana legalization, but says many questions will need answers before the...
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed legislation, Senate Bill 374, authorizing the creation of up to 66 not-for-profit medical marijuana dispensaries. Under the new law, state...
In an article on Huffington Post, Eleazar David Melendez describes the current rise of marijuana product placement in our popular culture. He also describes what we Weedists have...
Voters approved the marijuana legalization initiative I-502 in Washington state last November, and it is now legal to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, but a...
The Netflix binger/pot head demographic is growing in rapid numbers and no one is prouder than this blogger. All my devices rock Netflix and I rock Netflix...
Federal agents on Tuesday raided 103 marijuana stores in Los Angeles County. It was the latest skirmish in the federal war on medical marijuana, which is legal...
An initiative for marijuana legalization that would amend Arizona’s constitution, much like Colorado’s Amendment 64, was filed yesterday. In order to make it to the 2014 ballot,...
In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience, a group of leading scientists argue that global drug prohibition has not only compounded the harms...
The city council in Longmont, Colorado voted 4-2 (with one council member absent) to ban recreational marijuana businesses and 6-0 to ban private cannabis clubs. Opponents of...
California dispensaries continue their vanishing act, thanks to feds and local officials, but Arizona fends off a challenge, and frustrated New Jersey patients rally. Let’s get to...
Not long after I discovered TOOL, I found A Perfect Circle. APC was formed in 1999 by TOOL vocalist Maynard James Keenan along with guitarist Billy Howerdel....
