September 8, 2014
09/08/2014
UK Arthritis Patient Punished for Using Cannabis

UK Arthritis Patient Punished for Using Cannabis

55 year old Andrew Foster of Torquay openly admitted to production and possession of cannabis but claimed he was doing so purely for medicinal purposes. Foster suffers...
September 5, 2014
09/05/2014
Piece of the Week | Under the Sea Pipe

Piece of the Week | Under the Sea Pipe

These pipes are created by Cherry Glass. Under the Sea Pipe aka Seashell Hammer Pipe Words can hardly do justice to the exquisite beauty that belongs to...
September 5, 2014
09/05/2014
Legal Pot, Murky Jobs: Marijuana Laws Put Workers in Tough Spot

Legal Pot, Murky Jobs: Marijuana Laws Put Workers in Tough Spot

Federal law still considers marijuana as a dangerous drug, so prosecutors could easily bring drug-trafficking charges against anyone whose salary is paid by taxes collected on legal...
September 5, 2014
09/05/2014
Survey: 58 Percent of Americans Say Treat Cannabis Like Alcohol

Survey: 58 Percent of Americans Say Treat Cannabis Like Alcohol

Nearly 60 percent of Americans support regulating cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol, according to an analysis of over 450,000 online responses collected by the online polling data...
September 5, 2014
09/05/2014
Study: Cannabis Prevents Negative Behavioral, Physiological Effects of Traumatic Events

Study: Cannabis Prevents Negative Behavioral, Physiological Effects of Traumatic Events

Administering synthetic marijuana (cannabinoids) soon after a traumatic event can prevent PTSD-like (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms in rats, caused by the trauma and by trauma reminders, scientists...
September 5, 2014
09/05/2014
Concern Over Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Research Grant Program

Concern Over Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Research Grant Program

According to a Denver Post story, Colorado is scheduled to begin administering significant funding for the largest ever state-supported medical marijuana research grant program starting in early 2015. It is anticipated...
September 5, 2014
09/05/2014
Uncle Sam Spends $715,000 on Marijuana App

Uncle Sam Spends $715,000 on Marijuana App

Courtesy of Uncle Sam, researchers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to research and develop a useless smartphone app aimed at curbing marijuana addiction, a disease,...
September 5, 2014
09/05/2014
Instafire: Chunk Glass Head Rig

Instafire: Chunk Glass Head Rig

What you notice first is the super clean work. I assure you that isn’t easy. I am also totally feeling that classic sherlock bubbler style. I’ll have...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
CNN Report on Kettle Falls 5 Airs Tonight

CNN Report on Kettle Falls 5 Airs Tonight

Tune in tonight at 7pm Eastern/Pacific for a LIVE CNN report devoted to the pending federal trial of five Washington State patients. On “Erin Burnett OutFront,” CNN’s David Mattingly investigates the Kettle...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.09.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.09.03)

Interest in medical marijuana is spreading in the South, New Hampshire inches toward dispensaries, and in California, one farmers’ market gets shut down in LA even as...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
How Big Pharma Is Sandbagging Marijuana

How Big Pharma Is Sandbagging Marijuana

As more Americans express interest in the healing potential of medical marijuana, the pharmaceutical companies have found it in their best interest to keep lawmakers, as well as...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
MPP’s New Hampshire Primary Voter Guide

MPP’s New Hampshire Primary Voter Guide

MPP’s voter guide for the New Hampshire primary election has now been published. Click here to find out if the candidates on your ballot agree it’s time for a more sensible...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
Great Edibles Recipes: Cannabis-Crab Rangoon

Great Edibles Recipes: Cannabis-Crab Rangoon

Crab rangoon is one of my favorite Chinese-inspired appetizers. This medicated homemade version is super simple, full of bold flavors like scallions and sriracha, and takes about...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
Black Hawk Helicopter Airlifts Marijuana Out of Illegal Boulder County Grow

Black Hawk Helicopter Airlifts Marijuana Out of Illegal Boulder County Grow

A Black Hawk helicopter on loan from the Army National Guard made three trips in and out of the Boulder County foothills Tuesday, hauling dug-up marijuana plants...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
Great Music While High: Phish

Great Music While High: Phish

The hordes of fans this weekend reminded me of what makes Phish such a unique experience, because it’s really the experience of the live show that becomes...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
Warning: Do Not Vaporize Edible Cannabis Oil

Warning: Do Not Vaporize Edible Cannabis Oil

Beyond Chronic points out the differences between Hash oil (an extract of cannabis) and edible cannabis oil (actual oil infused with cannabis), and warns us of the dangers of...
September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
Australian Child Turns to Cannabis as Last Hope

Australian Child Turns to Cannabis as Last Hope

Australian politicians have approved a medical cannabis trial thanks to a little girl. Two year old Cambrie Humphris suffers from 80-100 seizures per day.
September 3, 2014
09/03/2014
Colorado’s Missing Marijuana Taxes

Colorado’s Missing Marijuana Taxes

Colorado is missing $21.5 million in pot taxes. Voters were told the state would pull in $33.5 million from two new taxes in the first six months of...
September 3, 2014
09/03/2014
Poll: Sixty-Four Percent of Florida Voters Back Constitutional Amendment to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Poll: Sixty-Four Percent of Florida Voters Back Constitutional Amendment to Legalize Medical Marijuana

More than 60 percent of Florida voters say that they support Amendment 2, a proposed constitutional amendment to permit cannabis therapy to qualified patients, according to a recently...
September 3, 2014
09/03/2014
Best Substance Emmy Goes to Cannabis

Best Substance Emmy Goes to Cannabis

Those looking for more evidence that cannabis is going mainstream need seek no further than the Emmy awards. More than a few pot-friendly comments were made at...