June 18, 2014
06/18/2014
Instafire: Secret Cup McDoogle Glass Heady Tube

Instafire: Secret Cup McDoogle Glass Heady Tube

Every once in a while I like to stop and smell the roses. In between all of the free sample dabs at the Secret Cup there is...
June 18, 2014
06/18/2014
Cannabinoid Profiles: A Crash Course in CBD

Cannabinoid Profiles: A Crash Course in CBD

CBD is all the rage in the public sphere these days, but how much does the average person actually know about it? In this issue of Cannabinoid...
June 18, 2014
06/18/2014
Product Review: Rastraberry Soda

Product Review: Rastraberry Soda

At the dispensary the other day I picked up a cannabis-infused soda called Rastraberry. I’ve never had a cannabis-infused drink, so I decided to give it a...
June 18, 2014
06/18/2014
Oregon 2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiative Clears 100,000 Signatures

Oregon 2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiative Clears 100,000 Signatures

A ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Oregon will be on November’s ballot after supporters collected more than 100,000 signatures (only 87,213 needed). If passed, the...
June 18, 2014
06/18/2014
Recent Report Does the Impossible: Makes DEA Look Even Worse

Recent Report Does the Impossible: Makes DEA Look Even Worse

It’s not as if you needed another log to toss onto your “DEA is the Devil” bonfire, but a new report from the Drug Policy Alliance casts...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Texas GOP Adds Hemp Cultivation to Platform, Votes Against Support for Medical Marijuana

Texas GOP Adds Hemp Cultivation to Platform, Votes Against Support for Medical Marijuana

The 2014 Texas GOP Convention wrapped up Saturday, June 7th, after a long week of debate and testimony concerning medical marijuana. Supporters of marijuana reform, including several...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Canada Issues “Breeders Rights” for Cannabis Sativa Strain

Canada Issues “Breeders Rights” for Cannabis Sativa Strain

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has apparently issued a ‘copyright’ of sorts for a specific Cannabis Sativa strain, listed as “Big C”, to a Chris Griffin in...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Groups in New Mexico Seek to Lessen Marijuana Possession Penalties

Groups in New Mexico Seek to Lessen Marijuana Possession Penalties

Groups hoping to lessen the penalties for the possession of small amounts of marijuana have filed petitions in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, The New Mexico Telegram reports....
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Great Music While High: Sylvan Esso

Great Music While High: Sylvan Esso

Sometimes just when you think you’ve heard it all, the Universe throws you a miraculous discovery. That was exactly what happened when I saw tUnE-yArDs last night...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Even with the start of legal recreational marijuana sales 5½ months ago, burglaries and robberies at all pot businesses in Denver are on pace for their lowest...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Instafire: Secret Cup NW Extracts Peeling a Slab

Instafire: Secret Cup NW Extracts Peeling a Slab

Posted by @nw_extracts It’s taking days to comb through all of the Instafire that this year’s Secret Cup produced. Shouts out to Northwest Extracts who posted this...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Illinois Investors Jump Into Marijuana Business

Illinois Investors Jump Into Marijuana Business

Investors around Illinois are jockeying for positions in the marijuana business as they wait for the state’s new medical marijuana law to kick in, which will allow...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

More evidence has come to light courtesy of a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggesting that, despite prohibitionist fear-mongering, teen marijuana...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Colorado to Spend $9 Million on Medical Marijuana

Colorado to Spend $9 Million on Medical Marijuana

Colorado is preparing to begin the largest state-funded study on the benefits of medical marijuana, The Denver Post reports. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill that will...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program Struggling

New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program Struggling

After predictions that New Jersey’s medical marijuana program could serve tens of thousands of patients, only 2,342 have signed up. Fingers point at the lack of doctor participation, to pot quality...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Study Says Medical Marijuana May Help Alleviate Pain in Sickle Cell Patients

Study Says Medical Marijuana May Help Alleviate Pain in Sickle Cell Patients

A University of Minnesota research group, led by chief researcher Kalpna Gupta, has found that the cannabinoids in marijuana can help treat pain caused by sickle cell disease,...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Instafire: 420 Audio High-Fi Bluetooth Wireless Speaker

Instafire: 420 Audio High-Fi Bluetooth Wireless Speaker

Posted by @diablodabs It’s all about the stylish pot culture these days. I came across this Instafire myself on Twitter and had to share it with my fellow...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use Biennial CDC survey finds rate of current...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Great Edibles Recipe: Better Than Mr. Goodbar

Great Edibles Recipe: Better Than Mr. Goodbar

While reminiscent of a Mr. Goodbar, this recipe is so versatile that the flavors and combinations you can come up with are limitless. It meets all my...
By: Anna Diaz
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Cannabis Lube, Finally: Put Weed in Your Vagina!

Cannabis Lube, Finally: Put Weed in Your Vagina!

There’s brownies, chocolate bars, butane hash oil; you can smoke, you can vape, and now there’s another way to take cannabis, vaginally. Foria, made by the California collective The...