May 10, 2013
05/10/2013
FL Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patient Sues for Cannabis Protection

FL Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patient Sues for Cannabis Protection

Longtime Florida activist Cathy Jordan, a 63-year-old woman who consumes cannabis to mitigate symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS aka Lou Gehrig’s disease), a debilitating condition that she has lived...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Great TV While High: The Walking Dead

Great TV While High: The Walking Dead

I know that most of you don’t personally know me, but if you did, you would understand just how good AMC’s The Walking Dead must be for...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Colorado House Bill 1318: Let’s Restrict the Cannabis Industry

Colorado House Bill 1318: Let’s Restrict the Cannabis Industry

Celebrations ensued in November when Colorado and Washington passed bills to legalize marijuana for recreational users aged 21 and above. But the battle is far from over....
By: Mercedys
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
MA Health Council Approves Regulations for Medical Marijuana

MA Health Council Approves Regulations for Medical Marijuana

Patient advocates pleased with implementation process and resulting final regulations The Massachusetts Public Health Council voted today to approve final regulations issued by the Department of Public...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Colombia Using Marijuana to Cure Drug Addicts

Colombia Using Marijuana to Cure Drug Addicts

Bogota, Colombia has a huge problem with bazuco, a cheap and extremely addictive derivative of cocaine. The city is now experimenting with using marijuana to cure drug...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Activist Spotlight: Bunny Hethcox, Columbus, Wisconsin

Activist Spotlight: Bunny Hethcox, Columbus, Wisconsin

Americans for Safe Access Activist Spotlight – Spotlighting Medical Marijuana Activists Who are Making a Difference Bunny Hethcox is a 54-year-old mother of two and grandmother of...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013

Colorado Legislature Passes First Bills in History to Establish a Regulated Marijuana Market for Adults

The Colorado state legislature passed the first bills in history Wednesday to establish a regulated marijuana market for adults. Representatives of the Amendment 64 campaign will discuss...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.08)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.08)

Marijuana rescheduling is headed for the US Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court upheld local dispensary bans, the feds strike again in Berkeley and Washington state, and...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
BBC News – Will Legalized Marijuana Lead to an Economic Boom?

BBC News – Will Legalized Marijuana Lead to an Economic Boom?

The view from across the pond: Marijuana is now legal in Washington state in the north-west of America. Will the sales kick-start an economic boom?
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.08)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.08)

Something is still rotten along Utah’s Wasatch Front, a DC cop gets popped for money-laundering, a Detroit-area cop pleads to running protection for traffickers, and a South...
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
Edibles Review: Blue Kudu Chocolate

Edibles Review: Blue Kudu Chocolate

So Easter was approaching, and I was dreading my serving shift that day. (Yeah, that day is right up there with Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. My fellow servers know...
By: Lateralus
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
Discrimination Jeopardizing Cannabusinesses

Discrimination Jeopardizing Cannabusinesses

Even though cannabusinesses are legal in many parts of the country – for recreational users in Washington and Colorado and medicinal patients in 16 other states –...
By: Mercedys
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
St. Louis Mayor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Measure

St. Louis Mayor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Measure

Yesterday, St. Louis mayor Francis Slay signed a marijuana decriminalization measure into law. The new law will make possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana punishable...
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
NH Senate Panel Removes Home Grow Option from MMJ Bill

NH Senate Panel Removes Home Grow Option from MMJ Bill

New Hampshire’s medical marijuana bill, House Bill 573, was approved by a Senate committee by a 5-0 vote. Unfortunately, since they also removed the home grow option from the...
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
Congress Forms “Over-Criminalization” Task Force

Congress Forms “Over-Criminalization” Task Force

Ten members of the House Judiciary Committee have agreed to form an Over-Criminalization Task Force to review the expansion of the federal criminal code and make recommendations...
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
San Francisco Considers Allowing More Dispensaries

San Francisco Considers Allowing More Dispensaries

In response to a new proposal to clamp down even more on locations for medical marijuana dispensaries, San Francisco medical marijuana advocates are asking the city to...
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
Full Vermont Senate Gives Initial Approval to Marijuana Bill

Full Vermont Senate Gives Initial Approval to Marijuana Bill

The Vermont Senate voted 24-6 Tuesday to give initial approval to a bill that would decriminalize possession of limited amounts of marijuana. After the Senate gives its...
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
5 Nanogram Marijuana DUI Bill Passes in CO

5 Nanogram Marijuana DUI Bill Passes in CO

Despite the fact that a 5 nanogram THC limit has been shown to be a faulty method to show impairment, Colorado lawmakers have still passed HB 1325,...
May 8, 2013
05/08/2013
Woman Sues, Calls ‘American Weed’ Cop a Publicity Hound

Woman Sues, Calls ‘American Weed’ Cop a Publicity Hound

City police in Colorado invaded a woman’s privacy by bringing along a TV crew that filmed an abusive home raid on her medical marijuana plants, for which...
May 7, 2013
05/07/2013
Prospero’s Grow Week 7: Starting to Flower and Introduction of Advanced Nutrient Bud Candy

Prospero’s Grow Week 7: Starting to Flower and Introduction of Advanced Nutrient Bud Candy

After almost 2 weeks of having my cannabis plants in flower in my studio apartment in Denver, I can say that things are going well. Almost too...