Health Decoder put up a short 2.5 minute clip explaining how THC in cannabis causes the munchies. They take a few loving pot shots at weedists but the information...

Lynnette M. Shaw, who opened the 1st licensed medical marijuana dispensary in the US, has filed for personal bankruptcy after the federal government shut down her Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana. The IRS strong armed her using the same bullshit  section 280E tactic that was used against Harborside Health Center to say Shaw still owes them $1.27M in back taxes. Read more at Forbes.

Below is a 67 minute mobile video of this morning’s 9am press conference in response to the Obama administration’s latest assault on the Harborside Health Center, which...

Weedist was created to help bring cannabis out of the dark shadows of our society. After 75 years of Federal prohibition, the level of reefer madness misinformation...

For those of you not blessed to live in a state with sane medical marijuana laws, take an eye candy trip with Joby Weeks at Colorado’s Breckenridge Cannabis Club....

For many growing up in the United States, there has always been confusion on the meaning of the words cannabis, marijuana and hemp. A major source for this...

KQED reports U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag’s office has threatened to seize the property of Harborside Health Center’s Oakland and San Jose locations. The Vapor Room in the Lower Haight is already shutting down. Obama continues to  escalate his crusade against marijuana. Who doubts Obama values prohibitionists’ votes more than ours?

SourceFed has a great 2:29 power  video (I’m not even sure they take a breath) on the recent scientific study that  THCV and Cannabidiol  in cannabis can help treat obesity-related diseases...

Check out this handy page at Firedoglake, which provides the DEA’s phone number and a sample script to use when asking how DEA Chief Michele Leonhart maintains her stance that marijuana should be a Schedule I drug. The script even has zingers like asking how the DEA can ignore the ever-growing scientific evidence to the contrary of cannabis’ medical value, such as the recent government-backed study in California.

Marijuana.com reports the DEA is in overdrive to get the THC cannabinoid reclassified to a Schedule III substance so Pharma can legally crank out naturally derived THC pills.

In June we covered the major cannabinoids in cannabis and its impact on your high. At least 85 different cannabinoids have been found in cannabis to date,...

Once dispensaries come online in Arizona, medical marijuana patients living within 25 miles of a dispensary won’t be allowed to grow at home. 126 dispensary licenses will be awarded in Arizona initially, one for each defined geographic region, so this 25 mile rule could kill home grows if enforced. Watch CBS5AZ’s video report here.

Fox16 reports Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe stated today that he will not support The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act even if enough valid signatures have been submitted to put it on the November ballot. He’s worried medical marijuana would be abused and aren’t his worries more important than terminal patients’ medical needs?

Ok the “M” probably stands for Monster Energy drink and not Marijuana, but this is a adrenaline-pumping gorgeous video of a 650 horsepower Ford Fiesta tearing it up...

The below YouTube video is a compilation from two different partial sources, providing exciting insights into how cannabis can possibly cure some cancers, such as leukemia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B0VITQfyME...

As Kentucky tries to push forward on legalizing medical marijuana, the Kentucky State Police (“KSP”) will be pissing away more dollars on marijuana eradication efforts this season...

Am I alone in being puzzled by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s stance on the war on drugs? Yesterday while speaking at the Brookings Institution, Christie said...

The Vapor Room, a popular San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary in the Lower Haight is being forced to shut down from continued pressure from the U.S. Attorneys’ Office. Read more at Huff Post. Any weedist who believes Obama will “pivot” in his 2nd term needs to put down the pipe as the POTUS shows no signs of relenting his coordinated assaults on marijuana.

On Thursday May 24, 2012, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department raided Willie and Christine Houston’s home after being tipped that a robber who hit a medical marijuana...

The Young Turks Network shreds Drug Enforcement Agency Chief Michele Leonhart for saying “It may seem contradictory, but the unfortunate level of violence is a sign of success in...