If you think America’s got it bad with The New York Times and mainstream publications of its ilk perpetuating the farce of Reefer Madness, you’ve probably never read the UK’s The Daily Mail. At least once a week, the Internet can count on an absurd piece of “journalism” spewing from the ass crack of The Daily Mail about… Read more »
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Si, Ce’st Bon (This is Good) France, known for its harsh and conservative cannabis policy, appears poised to legalize marijuana for medical use. While the Minister of Social Affairs still needs to sign off on the law, it appears imminent to send shockwaves–and hopefully illicit copycat countries–throughout Europe. Here’s the interpretation of the French bill… Read more »
Now that weed is just about legal in Washington, its police departments have begun desensitizing their drug-sniffing dogs from Marijuana’s scent. Rather then waste police resources and government money on a legal plant, Washington’s pooches can go after the real drugs. When Dusty, a 19-month-old black Labrador, walked past a pipe full of marijuana during… Read more »
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed off on the state’s new recreational cannabis laws today, thus making Colorado the first “officially” legal state in America. Washington will soon follow suit, meaning there’s only 48 states left to go! While it’s an exciting development and a historic day in America (and the world’s marijuana community), there are… Read more »
Earlier this week, Los Angeles’ voters made a catastrophic blunder when they voted for Measure D and against Ordinance F, putting the entire city’s MMJ Industry in limbo. The only problem: no one even voted. The city saw its lowest voter turnout of all time, as a mere 21 percent of registered voters hit the polls…. Read more »
Update: Proposition D Defeated Ordinance F, and Numerous Dispensaries Will Be Forced To Shutter Their Doors, Leaving Countless Patients In Dire Straits. It’s Time Stoners Put The Bong Down and Start Voting. PROPOSITION D – MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION YES Votes 160,349 – or 62.91% NO Votes 94,524 – or 37.08% INITIATIVE ORDINANCE F… Read more »
With legal recreational marijuana coming to fruition in Colorado and Seattle within the year, estimates on its economical affect continue to trickle in. The most recent statistical analysis of Amendment 64 in Colorado comes courtesy of Colorado State University, and contains fairly conservative predictions, the most notable being: the average smoker only buys 3.5 ounces a… Read more »
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Weed in America nears its tipping point, as on the same day Illinois’ Senate approved its medical marijuana program, Ohio’s attorney general ratified a petition for its own. Illinois becomes all-but-certainly the 20th medical marijuana state, as its governor is expected to sign off on the measure. Likewise, while Ohio’s measure has a long way… Read more »
Washington released its preliminary official regulations for Initiative 502, and these two prohibitory measures will have some industry moguls up in arms. If you’ve ever committed a moderate crime, odds are your bid for a recreational business license will quickly get shot down. And for the concentrators out there, Dabs–also known as Extracts and Butane Hash… Read more »
May is International Marijuana March month, where people around the globe bond together, take to the streets, and protest marijuana’s unjust prohibition throughout the world. While photos and mainstream reporting on these events are generally scant, a Tipster sent us some poignant photos from New York City’s Cannabis Parade on May 3rd last week that… Read more »