May 16, 2013
05/16/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.15)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.15)

If it weren’t for crooked cops in the Land of Lincoln, this space would be blank this week. Instead, we have an Illinois corrupt cops two-fer. Let’s...
May 16, 2013
05/16/2013
Study: Cannabis Use Reduced Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

Study: Cannabis Use Reduced Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

Subjects who regularly consume cannabis possess favorable indices related to diabetic control as compared to occasional consumers or non-users, according to trial data published today online in the American Journal of...
May 16, 2013
05/16/2013
Dabs: World’s Most Powerful and Sought After Weed Product

Dabs: World’s Most Powerful and Sought After Weed Product

Across the country, from legal 21-and-over Denver dispensaries to black-market NYC delivery services, steeply priced strains of “killer bud”—so thick with tricome crystals they shimmer like snow-covered...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
Great Music While High: Tom Waits Ballads

Great Music While High: Tom Waits Ballads

I know what you’re thinking, Tom Waits seems more fitting for a site called Whiskyist.com and though I do enjoy a fine whisky, I am first and...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
The “Truth” About Marijuana – Sort Of

The “Truth” About Marijuana – Sort Of

Recently I read the Cassie Shortsleeve’s Men’s Health article, “The Truth About Marijuana.” In it, the author meets with Dr. Mahmoud Elsohly, the director of the University...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
San Diego City Attorney Sends Marijuana Ordinance to Mayor

San Diego City Attorney Sends Marijuana Ordinance to Mayor

DRAFT MARIJUANA ORDINANCE SENT TO MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL On April 23, the City Council provided direction to the Mayor and City Attorney with respect to medical marijuana...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
WA Pigs Eating Medical Marijuana Plant Leftovers

WA Pigs Eating Medical Marijuana Plant Leftovers

BB Ranch in Washington uses medical marijuana plant leftovers from a growers co-op to feed 4 pigs. The stems, leaves and undesirable small buds are fed to...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High

NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High

Thanks to aggressive policing strategies, New York City has for more than a decade been the world’s leader in marijuana possession arrests, but now those numbers are...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
Garden Grove, CA Orders Dispensaries to Close

Garden Grove, CA Orders Dispensaries to Close

The city of Garden Grove, California sent cease-and-desist orders to over 60 medical marijuana dispensaries last week. The action comes after a California Supreme Court ruling to...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
Republican Rep Wants to Amend Maine Legalization Bill

Republican Rep Wants to Amend Maine Legalization Bill

Representative Corey Wilson wants to amend Maine’s marijuana legalization bill to limit statewide marijuana growing to 10 centers, and one single distribution service. The worst part; he...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
56% Support for Legalizing Marijuana in Arizona

56% Support for Legalizing Marijuana in Arizona

Recent nationwide polls have shown that a majority of all Americans support marijuana legalization. Survey data released this week by Behavior Research Center shows even stronger support at the...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
Idaho Medical Marijuana Activists Kids Returned

Idaho Medical Marijuana Activists Kids Returned

Last Friday, medical marijuana activists Lindsey and Josh Rinehart’s two sons were returned to them after 17 days. The children were taken after police found marijuana ‘within...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
Feds Seizing San Francisco Pot Club

Feds Seizing San Francisco Pot Club

Uncle Sam is seizing a San Francisco property that houses a medical marijuana dispensary. Uncle Sam filed a federal forfeiture complaint against the property at 2441 Mission...
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Prospero’s Grow Week 8: Flushing Cannabis Plants and Raising the Grow Light

Prospero’s Grow Week 8: Flushing Cannabis Plants and Raising the Grow Light

As a novice grower, I’ve been trying my best to be open to as much advice as I can find from experienced marijuana growers. Working at a...
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Build Your Own Cheap Vape Pen Using E-Cigarette Parts – Research & Order

Build Your Own Cheap Vape Pen Using E-Cigarette Parts – Research & Order

In my last post on this topic I described my initiation to butane hash oil (aka. concentrates) and my first experience with hash oil pens. In summary:...
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Public Health Experts Make I-502 Suggestions to WA Liquor Control Board

Public Health Experts Make I-502 Suggestions to WA Liquor Control Board

A group composed of substance abuse, law and public health experts have sent a 16-page letter to Washington’s Liquor Control Board, making recommendations for the implementation of I-502....
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Colorado Home to Nation’s First Hemp Crop

Colorado Home to Nation’s First Hemp Crop

As reported in the Denver Post yesterday, Colorado is now the first state in the United States to have a legal hemp operation. Farmer Ryan Loflin is...
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Kentucky – Public Support for Medical Marijuana Almost 80%

Kentucky – Public Support for Medical Marijuana Almost 80%

While public support for marijuana legalization in Kentucky is only about 25%, almost 80% of residents think medical marijuana should be legal and accessible for those that need it....
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
NJ Senate Candidate Smokes a Joint for Drug War Victims

NJ Senate Candidate Smokes a Joint for Drug War Victims

Don DeZarn, libertarian candidate for the New Jersey Senate, smoked a joint in Veteran’s Park in Hamilton, New Jersey. He said “This is for all my brothers...
May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Laughable Marijuana Opposition – Kids Will Inject Marijuana

Laughable Marijuana Opposition – Kids Will Inject Marijuana

Dr. Christian Thurstone, board member of marijuana opposition group Project SAM and rehab profiteer, recently wrote about the teens in his facility turning up with more cannabinoids...