Great Edibles Recipes: "Baked" Cinnamon-Oat Apples
These "baked" apples are stoner-friendly and medicated with the help of cannabis-infused butter, and filled to the brim with a sugary-oat mixture.
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Colorado Retail Marijuana Sales Finally Beat Medical
Sales of legal retail marijuana have topped sales of medical marijuana in Colorado for the first time since the state’s recreational pot shops opened their doors on Jan. 1, according to tax figures released by the Colorado Department of Revenue.
Great Music While High: Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Clever incorporations of the harmonium, piano and a variety of string instruments create a foundation from which PCO whimsically twists and embellishes. The voiceless poetry is a unique assemblage of folk, ethnic and contemporary composition.
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Oregon Health Authority Orders 9 Illegal Dispensaries to Shut Down
The Oregon Health Authority has ordered nine unlicensed medical marijuana dispensaries, six of them in Portland, to shut down since the state launched its dispensary program in March.
World Leaders Call for Regulatory Alternatives to Drug Prohibition
In a report released last night and in a New York City press conference this morning, a number of global leaders, including former heads of state, called for drug decriminalization and the regulation of psychoactive drug markets.
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Massachusetts Marijuana Dispensaries Need Access to Banking System
Nearly two years after Massachusetts voters approved medical marijuana, nine distribution centers are to open next year and now must face the latest obstacle: the banking system.
Is Medical Marijuana the Solution for ALS?
The ice bucket challenge has raised a huge amount of awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) — popularly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. With the help of celebrities, politicians and thousands of…
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HHS: Federal Law Allows Marijuana Purchases With Welfare
The federal government maintains the authority to curb funding to states that allow welfare recipients to use their EBT cards in liquor stores, casinos and strip clubs, but that power doesn't extend to marijuana dispensaries.
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Instafire: Marvin the Martian Dab Pin
You guys know I'm a sucker for the cartoon dab pins. If there was ever a character I wanted to see taking dabs it's Marvin.
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Cancer Patient Avoids Prison for Growing Marijuana
A judge Tuesday gave probation rather than a prison sentence to a dying Iowa man convicted of growing marijuana and using it to treat his terminal cancer.
Philadelphia: Mayor to Sign Marijuana Depenalization Measure
Philadelphia city mayor Michael Nutter announced today that he will sign municipal legislation into law decriminalizing marijuana possession penalties.
First Medicinal Marijuana Farm Approved in Chilean Capital
The governor of Metropolitan Santiago, Claudio Orrego, announced on Monday the approval by Chilean authorities of the first farm in this capital to grow marijuana for medicinal and research purposes.
Another Maine City Puts Marijuana Initiative on Ballot
Earlier this week, the City Council of Lewiston, Maine voted unanimously to send an initiative that would make possession of marijuana legal for adults to the voters.
Great Edibles Recipes: Buddernut Squash Salad
This medicated butternut squash salad will be sure to crank up your taste buds with bright and citrus-y dressing, and make you wanna snuggle up with all these fall flavors, such as dried cranberries, squash, and nuts.
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Marijuana Seeps Into Tailgating Rituals at Mile High in Colorado
Football’s in the air, and in Denver, so is the sweet smell of herb. Wait. Does that glittering stadium really look like a just-landed spaceship under a blueberry sky? Or is that just because, well, y’know. Tailgating in a parking lot ...
Cannabis 101: Shop Around Dispensaries
I found this new place had all the same stuff I liked about the first one, but at about 2/3 the price. After that visit, I never went back to my first dispensary.
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Pennsylvania Moves Toward Medical Marijuana Legalization
As the Pennsylvania state Senate is set to reconvene on Sept. 15, a hotly contested national issue sits near the top of its agenda: medical marijuana. The bipartisan Senate Bill 1182, titled the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act, will go up for a vote...
Hickenlooper's "Lab Rat" Campaign a Blunder
You can imagine how loud my eyes rolled when I read about Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper's anti-teen-marijuana use campaign. Much like the ridiculous "this is your brain on drugs" egg-frying scenes from my youth, the Governor's message is "Don't be a lab rat."