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 »
OJ is at a 10. A Motherfuckin 10. The Juice was back in court today, looking for a retrial because “he had poor legal representation in the trial involving the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in 2007 in a Las Vegas hotel room.” That’s funny. But these pictures of him are funnier, because he… Read more »
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Thanks to Amendment 64, it’s now (basically?) legal to grow Hemp in Colorado. And Colorado native Ryan Loflin has already planted the seeds of charity capitalism in the Mile High State: 60 acres of it, in fact. Farmer Ryan Loflin on Monday planted the nation’s first industrial hemp crop in almost 60 years. Loflin’s plans to… Read more »
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On May 21, it’s imperative that all denizens of Los Angeles VOTE YES ON F and Say No To The D, or up to 90% of LA’s dispensaries may be forced to shut their doors. This turn of events would prevent safe access for countless patients, cause activists and dispensary workers to lose their jobs, and… Read more »
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Nesta Robert Marley died on May 11, 1981, which is 32 years ago today. As we continue to fight the good fight for legalization, Marley’s legacy, music, words, and overall ethos continue to run through our blood. Here are some of his inspirational words that continue to guide us on all on our endless, Irie… Read more »
“Let My People Grow!” On Monday, California’s Supreme Court unanimously (7-0) ruled against compassion, giving cities and counties the carte blanche to place outright bans on any and all dispensaries within their borders. This decision has immediate consequences for countless business owners, employees, and, above all else, medical marijuana patients throughout California that will now… Read more »
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Vermont’s senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of decriminalization for pot possession, as Vermont all but certainly will become the 17th state where possession is more a slap on a wrist than a trip behind bars. The bill’s final approval seems imminent as does final approval by the House of Representatives. The Vermont Senate voted 24-6… Read more »