June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Washington Post – Doug Fine: Five Myths About Legalizing Marijuana

Washington Post – Doug Fine: Five Myths About Legalizing Marijuana

Doug Fine, author of “Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution,” debunks five popular cannabis legalization myths: If pot is legal, more people...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Canadian marijuana seed magnate and political dissident Marc Emery, who is about four years into a five-year US prison sentence for selling pot seeds over the Internet,...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Louisiana Penalty Reduction Bill Dies in Senate

Louisiana Penalty Reduction Bill Dies in Senate

A Louisiana marijuana penalty reduction bill is now dead, after failing to receive a 2/3 vote to even be discussed. The penalty reduction bill received 24 of...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs

Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs

As several Latin American leaders focused the Organization of American States General Assembly on new possibilities for international drug control, civil society groups raised their voices as...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Piece of the Week | Star Wars Pipes

Piece of the Week | Star Wars Pipes

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… or today in the Milky Way, we bring you some Star Wars pipes. This single artist has...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Weedist Destinations: Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

Weedist Destinations: Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA features everything from vases to human heads to an outdoor forest made almost fully from glass. You can see artwork...
By: Mercedys
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Quake Live- How Diablo Got His Groove Back

Quake Live- How Diablo Got His Groove Back

I’m from the generation that witnessed the birth and rapid growth of the First Person Shooter. The shift was a watershed moment, but the ability to play...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Studies: Cannabinoids Protect the Brain, Heart From Injury

Studies: Cannabinoids Protect the Brain, Heart From Injury

Recent preclinical studies published over the past several weeks provide further evidence that cannabinoids are both neuroprotective and cardioprotective. A May 30th blog post on the website Science20.com sums...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
ACLU: End the Numbers Game

ACLU: End the Numbers Game

The ACLU is asking us to tell Attorney General Eric Holder: Don’t reward police for making racially biased, wasteful marijuana arrests. Stop including marijuana possession arrests as a...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Compassionate Idaho Is Now a Chapter of ASA

Compassionate Idaho Is Now a Chapter of ASA

We have Exciting news to share!! Compassionate Idaho is now a chapter of Americans For Safe Access (ASA)! This is exciting for us for a number of...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) signed into law Thursday a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. That makes Vermont the 17th state to decriminalize,...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let’s get to it: California On May 21, the Lakeport city...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

The Institute of Multidimensional Medicine (TIMM), a holistic medical practice in D.C. that sits right along M Street NW in the West End. There’s an infrared sauna, a...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.05)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.05)

It’s judges gone wild! Plus sticky-fingered narcs, lying narcs, crooked deputies, and more! Let’s get to it: In Philadelphia, a Philadelphia police officer was arrested May 23 for stealing...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Great TV While High: Frasier

Great TV While High: Frasier

The first thing I will say is that I was addicted to this 11 season show before I moved to Seattle; I’m sure Frasier would say sub-consciously...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Baby Boomers: Overlooked Customers No More

Baby Boomers: Overlooked Customers No More

Baby boomers came of age at a time when smoking pot was all the rage. But after their party days were over, they entered corporate America and...
By: Mercedys
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Activists: Texas Getting Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

Activists: Texas Getting Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

Thanks to new FBI crime statistics showing incredible waste and racial inequality, activists in Texas are beefing up their attempts to gain support for legalizing marijuana. According...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a group of five democratic Representatives stood in front of the capital with representatives of the cannabis industry to call for new...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
We Sent Bloomberg Studies Showing Medical Weed Is Not a Hoax

We Sent Bloomberg Studies Showing Medical Weed Is Not a Hoax

Last week, Michael Bloomberg called medical cannabis “one of the greatest hoaxes of all time,” ignoring countless scientific studies that have shown the plant’s usefulness in treating everything from cancer to HIV....
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
BBC: Dutch Cannabis Cafes (Coffee Shops) Win Compensation

BBC: Dutch Cannabis Cafes (Coffee Shops) Win Compensation

A court in The Hague said new measures imposed by the Dutch government that have turned cafes (coffee shops) into members-only clubs, barring foreigners, were too harsh.