Weedists: Meet Len Richmond “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Recently, I had the pleasure of learning about Mr. Len Richmond. He is a marijuana activist and uses his creative talents to help push the conversation on cannabis into a... Read More »
This Piece of the Week fuses iconic stoner culture with a renowned heady artist, the Kurt B Honey Bear bong. The Honey Bear Bong is so adored Lakota already posted a Piece of the Week covering a sample of Honey Bear bongs found on the web. It’s so familiar in the... Read More »
It Takes Balls, by Josh Wolf is damn funny. And, while it may seem like an odd book review for a weedist, I beg to differ. Josh Wolf is a comedian who can be found regularly on the TV shows, Chelsea Lately and After Lately. He has had several character... Read More »
In an interview with Huffington Post, legendary musician Willie Nelson had this to say about marijuana policy: “There’s money there, and anyone with any brains at all can say, why do you want the criminals to make all the money off of this when it’s proven that it won’t kill you unless you let a bale of it fall on you?”
A coalition of more than 175 artists, actors, athletes, elected officials, and civil rights and civil liberties advocates Tuesday sent an open letter to President Obama urging him to redouble his efforts to shift from a punitive, repressive federal criminal justice policy to one emphasizing prevention and rehabilitation. The US is... Read More »
If you’ve logged into Facebook during the past few days, you’ve noticed the Human Rights Campaign’s equals-sign-on-red logo making its way into all of your friends profile pictures. This campaign is aimed at bringing awareness to the organization and the topic of marriage equality. And this weed-themed art... Read More »
Comedian and marijuana advocate Bill Hicks died on this day 19 years ago after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was only 32. Hicks considered marijuana to be “mandatory” and natural, and his views live on. Let’s all fire up a bowl in remembrance of Bill Hicks!
Most people understand that the key to drug abuse prevention is education, and Snoop Lion is no exception. Snoop will obviously be educating his own children about marijuana, but he wants to take a broader approach, educating his youth football team.
NORML founder Keith Stroup’s book, It’s NORML to Smoke Pot: The Forty Year Fight for Marijuana Smokers’ Rights (Kindle Edition here), weaves the name-dropping tell-all with political commentary and a unique perspective of NORML’s history in a way that made it a real page-turner for me. I have a biased interest... Read More »
On Saturday evening, we received the latest Kickstarter update (#35) from one of our favorite projects: The Culture High, by Adam Scorgie. We support this Kickstarter project and encourage you to see it in a theater near you, when the film is released in 2014. Kickstarter: The Culture High Update with... Read More »
