January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
Colorado Marijuana Task Force Organizing for Amendment 64

Colorado Marijuana Task Force Organizing for Amendment 64

The 24-member Amendment 64 Marijuana Task Force, created by Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper on Dec. 10th, is dividing into 5 working groups. They must develop their implementation recommendations by Feb. 28th. All rules and...
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
Bills Filed in Oklahoma for Medical Marijuana and Penalty Reduction

Bills Filed in Oklahoma for Medical Marijuana and Penalty Reduction

State Sen. Constance Johnson has filed separate bills to establish a medical marijuana program in Oklahoma and to reduce the penalties for possession of small amounts of...
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
War on Marijuana – Protecting Teens? Hasn’t Worked

War on Marijuana – Protecting Teens? Hasn’t Worked

Steve Chapman explains the failures of existing drug laws to protect minors. He cites the fact that while alcohol and tobacco use have decreased in teens over...
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
Oklahoma Woman Seeks Medical Treatment, Is Jailed Instead, Dies

Oklahoma Woman Seeks Medical Treatment, Is Jailed Instead, Dies

A pregnant Oklahoma woman who went to a hospital seeking treatment for extreme pain was instead jailed after police found pain pills on her and died in...
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
Excellent Infographic – National Marijuana Prices

Excellent Infographic – National Marijuana Prices

This excellent infographic describes the varying prices of marijuana. Made by floatingsheep.org using data from the anonymous feedback site PriceOfWeed.com, this map describes the low prices of...
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
Support Rises from Both Parties to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Iowa

Support Rises from Both Parties to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Iowa

The Iowa debate about medical marijuana is growing, with both support and opposition from all sides of the political spectrum.
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013

Federal Court Denies Petition to Reschedule Marijuana

In a 28-page decision, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied petitioners’ request to overturn the July 2011 denial by the...
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
Austin, Texas Lawmaker, Elliott Naishtat, Files Medical Marijuana Bill

Austin, Texas Lawmaker, Elliott Naishtat, Files Medical Marijuana Bill

Representative Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin, has filed a bill that stops well short of legalizing marijuana, but still provides a medical excuse to avoid punishment.
January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
City Attorney Refuses Mayor’s Request to Drop Cases

City Attorney Refuses Mayor’s Request to Drop Cases

City Attorney Jan Goldsmith dashed off a letter to litigants in medical marijuana dispensary cases indicating he is not answerable to his client the Mayor and manufacturing...
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
My Favorite Strains: White Widow

My Favorite Strains: White Widow

As Billy Idol never sang: “It’s a nice day for some White Widow!” Accent on the “day”…White Widow is a very intense high containing over 20% THC,...
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
David Bowie’s Son, Duncan Jones, Supports Medical Marijuana

David Bowie’s Son, Duncan Jones, Supports Medical Marijuana

David Bowie’s son, film director Duncan Jones, has revealed that his wife Rodene has been suffering from cancer. He says that she benefits from “a world of...
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.01.21)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.01.21)

There’s something fishy in a Virginia evidence room, a Louisiana deputy gets in trouble for peddling fake weed, three suburban Chicago cops were running a dirty racket,...
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
Man Who Worked on Marijuana Farm as Teenager Gets 5 Years

Man Who Worked on Marijuana Farm as Teenager Gets 5 Years

Nathaniel Harshman, now only 20 years old, has been sentenced to 5 years for working on a 477-plant marijuana grow operation in Alaska in 2011. This is...
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
Debate on Marijuana Legalization Set for Jan. 25 at Western Michigan University

Debate on Marijuana Legalization Set for Jan. 25 at Western Michigan University

State Representative Mike Callton, R-Nashville, and Portage City Commissioner Phil Stinchcomb, will be part of a discussion about the recreational use of marijuana in a debate put on...
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
Senate Judiciary Chair: End Mandatory Minimums

Senate Judiciary Chair: End Mandatory Minimums

Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT), the powerful head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for the end of mandatory minimum sentencing at both the state and federal levels...
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
Mendocino County, California Continues to Spar with Feds over Conflicting Marijuana Laws

Mendocino County, California Continues to Spar with Feds over Conflicting Marijuana Laws

Mendocino County continues to resist demands by federal prosecutors for records on medical marijuana growers who registered for permits to cultivate up to 99 plants.
January 22, 2013
01/22/2013
Hawaii House Speaker Files Marijuana Legalization Bill

Hawaii House Speaker Files Marijuana Legalization Bill

013 Hawaii House Speaker Joseph Souki (D-8) Friday introduced a bill to legalize the possession of marijuana by adults and create a system of taxed and regulated...
January 21, 2013
01/21/2013
Product Review: Happy Daddy Pipe Cleaning Tool

Product Review: Happy Daddy Pipe Cleaning Tool

Happy Daddy Products manufactures stainless steel and titanium smokers’ tools and accessories. All products are proudly made in Oregon, using only American-sourced metals, 304 L Stainless and...
By: Anna Diaz
January 21, 2013
01/21/2013
Industrial Hemp Reform Emerging from Marijuana Legalization Election Victories

Industrial Hemp Reform Emerging from Marijuana Legalization Election Victories

013 One of the major public policy and business fronts to end cannabis prohibition in America is to pressure the federal government to allow American farmers the...
January 21, 2013
01/21/2013
2 Louisiana High School Coaches Face Drug Charges

2 Louisiana High School Coaches Face Drug Charges

After receiving an anonymous tip stating that there were cars parked in the local high school parking lot containing drugs, the St. Landry Parish (Louisiana) Sheriff’s Office...