Posts By: Rob Schmidt

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Rob is proud to have voted for California Proposition 215 in 1996 and is now enjoying the fruits (or flowers) of the medical marijuana movement. He would happily give up alcohol in exchange for recreational cannabis and encourages people to read real peer-reviewed science and make informed decisions for themselves. We have only begun to understand the human endocannabinoid system.

June 21, 2013
06/21/2013
Piece of the Week | Owl Pipes

Piece of the Week | Owl Pipes

This week we take a step back toward nature inspired pipes, more specifically owls and owl pipes. Owl Pipes Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something that...
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June 20, 2013
06/20/2013
New York Mom, Andrea Sanderlin, Accused of Running $3 Million Marijuana Operation Indicted

New York Mom, Andrea Sanderlin, Accused of Running $3 Million Marijuana Operation Indicted

Andrea Sanderlin, a suburban mother of two accused of running a sophisticated $3 million marijuana enterprise out of a New York warehouse was slapped with a federal indictment today by prosecutors who said her operation was no different than that of Colombian druglords.

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June 19, 2013
06/19/2013
The ‘Marijuana Moms of Beverly Hills’

The ‘Marijuana Moms of Beverly Hills’

A group of mothers in wealthy Beverley Hills, California, is trying to change the perception that drugs and parenting don’t mix.

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June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Tyra Banks Carries a Brown Bag After a Visit to a Marijuana Store

Tyra Banks Carries a Brown Bag After a Visit to a Marijuana Store

Tyra Banks visited a cannabis store on Saturday (The Farmacy) and left with a brown bag. The shop boasts medical cannabis, as well as other high quality global organic medicine.

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June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Build Your Own Cheap Hash Oil Pen Using E-Cigarette Parts – Refinement

Build Your Own Cheap Hash Oil Pen Using E-Cigarette Parts – Refinement

I’m a few weeks into my journey of building a cheap hash oil pen using e-cigarette parts, and I couldn’t be happier with my “final product” (final...
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June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Maine Medical Marijuana Bill Would Allow Pesticides on Plants

Maine Medical Marijuana Bill Would Allow Pesticides on Plants

Maine medical marijuana dispensaries would be allowed to treat plants with certain low-risk pesticides, if a bill enacted by the Maine Legislature on Friday makes it into law.

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June 16, 2013
06/16/2013
Dear Dad, I Smoke Weed, Happy Father’s Day

Dear Dad, I Smoke Weed, Happy Father’s Day

If you are like most people struggling with what to purchase for your father on Father’s Day, remember it isn’t about the material gifts. This year, if...
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June 14, 2013
06/14/2013
Piece of the Week | Superman Pipes and Bongs

Piece of the Week | Superman Pipes and Bongs

Superman, or as we like to refer to him now as “Man of Steel”, is a comic book cultural icon. In the story, Clark Kent is an...
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June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
How a Doctor Came to Believe in Medical Marijuana

How a Doctor Came to Believe in Medical Marijuana

A California M.D. says it’s time to repeal marijuana-prohibition laws. ‘At long last and practically against my will, I am doing the right thing,’ writes Daniela Drake.

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June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now

Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now

Despite 40 years and $1 trillion-plus of taxpayer money spent trying to stop – not robbery, not rape, not murder, not even shoplifting – but mostly trying to stop adults from using marijuana; despite draconian punishments; despite jailing millions of nonviolent Americans; despite thousands of prohibition-related murders each year, illegal drugs are cheaper, purer and more readily available than ever.

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June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Medicinal Marijuana Stops Seizures, Brings Hope to a Little Black Forest Girl

Medicinal Marijuana Stops Seizures, Brings Hope to a Little Black Forest Girl

Charlotte was having violent seizures 20, 40, 60 times a day. Her parents tried at least a dozen medications, many with harmful side effects. Despite some promising starts, nothing worked. CPR brought her back to life more than once. Then they tried cannabis, the little girl with the DNR order now has 3 seizures a month instead of 1,200.

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June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
States That Legalize Health Benefits of Medical Marijuana: Brief History of Medical Marijuana

States That Legalize Health Benefits of Medical Marijuana: Brief History of Medical Marijuana

Marijuana is one of the first plants cultivated by man. Shrouded in controversy, the intriguing history of cannabis as a medication dates back thousands of years before the era of Christianity. In 2737 B.C., Emperor Shen Neng of China prescribed tea brewed from marijuana leaves as a remedy for muscle injuries, rheumatism, gout, malaria, and memory loss.

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June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Pro-Marijuana Group Sensible BC Unveils New Billboard in Push to Legalize Marijuana

Pro-Marijuana Group Sensible BC Unveils New Billboard in Push to Legalize Marijuana

Sensible BC has already auto-dialed nearly 1.4-million households in the province trying to drum up support and is now set to unveil a new billboard in West Vancouver Monday.

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June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Washington Post – Doug Fine: Five Myths About Legalizing Marijuana

Washington Post – Doug Fine: Five Myths About Legalizing Marijuana

Doug Fine, author of “Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution,” debunks five popular cannabis legalization myths: If pot is legal, more people will use it; law enforcement officials oppose legalization; getting high would be the top revenue generator for the cannabis plant; big tobacco and big alcohol would control the legal cannabis industry; in the heartland, legalization is a political non-starter.

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June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs

Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs

As several Latin American leaders focused the Organization of American States General Assembly on new possibilities for international drug control, civil society groups raised their voices as well, in favor of drug policies with a greater focus on health and human rights.

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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Piece of the Week | Star Wars Pipes

Piece of the Week | Star Wars Pipes

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… or today in the Milky Way, we bring you some Star Wars pipes. This single artist has...
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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
ACLU: End the Numbers Game

ACLU: End the Numbers Game

The ACLU is asking us to tell Attorney General Eric Holder: Don’t reward police for making racially biased, wasteful marijuana arrests. Stop including marijuana possession arrests as a performance metric for state and local police participating in federal funding programs, and restrict the use of federal funds to make such marijuana arrests.

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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

The Institute of Multidimensional Medicine (TIMM), a holistic medical practice in D.C. that sits right along M Street NW in the West End. There’s an infrared sauna, a colon hydrotherapy machine and calming room for acupuncture. And now they can prescribe you something else to help ease your pain: medical marijuana.

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June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
BBC: Dutch Cannabis Cafes (Coffee Shops) Win Compensation

BBC: Dutch Cannabis Cafes (Coffee Shops) Win Compensation

A court in The Hague said new measures imposed by the Dutch government that have turned cafes (coffee shops) into members-only clubs, barring foreigners, were too harsh.

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June 5, 2013
06/05/2013
Melissa Etheridge: Pot Got Me Through

Melissa Etheridge: Pot Got Me Through

“My close friends told me that… medical marijuana was a natural way to help with the excruciating side effects of chemo. It worked. The entire experience changed my life. It opened my mind to a new way of thinking about my body, my health and the future.”

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