April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Raided by Feds

San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Raided by Feds

One on One Patient Association was shut down yesterday by the US Attorney’s office. The medical marijuana dispensary was being shut down as San Diego’s City Council...
April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
Bill Filed to Create National Marijuana Commission

Bill Filed to Create National Marijuana Commission

A bill that would establish a National Commission on Marijuana Policy was introduced in the US Congress last week. Filed by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), House Bill 1635 seeks...
April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
Medicinal Marijuana the Best Solution For Many in Illinois

Medicinal Marijuana the Best Solution For Many in Illinois

The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill that would legalize the use of medical marijuana. I believe the state senate will make the right decision and...
April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
Tough Marijuana Law Doesn’t Support Deportation

Tough Marijuana Law Doesn’t Support Deportation

A Jamaican caught with a small amount of marijuana cannot be deported for an aggravated felony, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Adrian Moncrieffe was about 26...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Prospero’s Grow: Week 5: T-minus 1 Week to Flower and Important Lesson On Watering Cannabis Plants

Prospero’s Grow: Week 5: T-minus 1 Week to Flower and Important Lesson On Watering Cannabis Plants

After almost a month growing my own cannabis plants, things are going well and I think the plants are going to be ready to start flowering in...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Denver 420: High Times Cannabis Cup Demand Strong, Too Strong

Denver 420: High Times Cannabis Cup Demand Strong, Too Strong

As much as I love the cannabis scene home in the Bay Area, three of us were lucky enough to travel and spend this historic 420 weekend...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
All Percs Are Not Created Equal | Hops Glass In-Line Review

All Percs Are Not Created Equal | Hops Glass In-Line Review

When I moved to Washington, I was a big doob head for quite some time. I loved the idea of choosing my strains so much, it didn’t matter to...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Study: Medical Marijuana Will Create 1,500 Jobs in Arizona

Study: Medical Marijuana Will Create 1,500 Jobs in Arizona

A study sponsored by the Regulated Dispensaries of Arizona Association estimates that 1,500 jobs will be created by Arizona’s new medical marijuana industry. Oregon’s medical marijuana industry...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Missouri Man Killed After Firing at Police in Drug Raid

Missouri Man Killed After Firing at Police in Drug Raid

A Warrensburg, Missouri, man was shot and killed by police executing a drug search warrant last Thursday night. Beau Appleton, 57, becomes the 10th person to die in...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Patient Advocates Seek Changes to MA Medical Marijuana Law

Patient Advocates Seek Changes to MA Medical Marijuana Law

Patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed recommended amendments today to draft regulations which were issued last month by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) in order to...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Agents Facing Hard Time for Abuse at the Border, Force Smugglers to Eat Cannabis

Agents Facing Hard Time for Abuse at the Border, Force Smugglers to Eat Cannabis

Two U.S. Border Patrol agents could go to prison for forcing drug smugglers to eat marijuana, burning their shoes and clothes, and stranding them in the desert....
By: Tim Hull
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Connecticut Cancer Patient Fights Marijuana Loophole

Connecticut Cancer Patient Fights Marijuana Loophole

At first glance, 42-year-old Tracey Gamer Fanning appears to be a typical mom in suburban Connecticut, she is not. “I use medicinal marijuana,” she said. “I am...
April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
The Results Are In: Clubbers Really Like Drugs

The Results Are In: Clubbers Really Like Drugs

    This year, Mixmag partnered up with the Guardian and Gay Times to conduct their annual “Global Drug Survey” — the world’s largest independent survey on which drugs...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Denver 420 Rally – Before the Mayhem

Denver 420 Rally – Before the Mayhem

Saturday afternoon at the Denver 420 rally in Civic Center Park was really a lot of fun, until about 5 PM. Crowds of people of all ages...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Psychedelic Science Conference Examines MDMA Treatment for PTSD

Psychedelic Science Conference Examines MDMA Treatment for PTSD

At the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Psychedelic Science 2013 conference in Oakland this weekend there were mind-boggling displays of psychedelic art; tables full of books on LSD, MDMA, peyote,...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Perspectives on the Denver 420 Disruption

Perspectives on the Denver 420 Disruption

Yesterday’s historic “420” rally in Denver, the first since Colorado voted to legalize marijuana last fall, was marred and cut short by violence. Two unidentified gunmen shot...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Marijuana Prohibition Now Costs The Government $20 Billion A Year

Marijuana Prohibition Now Costs The Government $20 Billion A Year

Marijuana prohibition now costs state and federal government as much as $20 billion a year, an economist told The Huffington Post — and legalization efforts are only...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Boulder, CO May Seek Additional Taxes on Marijuana

Boulder, CO May Seek Additional Taxes on Marijuana

Boulder, Colorado city officials are waiting to see the tax rates that are adopted by the state for recreational marijuana sales, but are preparing to put additional...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Authorities Cracking Down on WA Marijuana Bar

Authorities Cracking Down on WA Marijuana Bar

Stonegate Pizza in Tacoma, Washington has a second-floor, members-only marijuana bar, where customers can rent vaporizers and enjoy their marijuana. Those with MMJ cards can purchase medicine...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Mr. Erb has been crushing 15 joints a day since the 70’s, now he’s smoking them as a multi-millionaire. He won a $25 million jackpot last November...