Category: Weedists

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People who exemplify the cannabis culture and/or heroes of the struggle to end prohibition

August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul Talks Marijuana With Rolling Stone

Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul Talks Marijuana With Rolling Stone

Aaron Paul, who masterfully plays Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, is on the cover of Rolling Stone hitting stands August 3rd. Unlike his character, Aaron is against hard...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Piece of the Week | What Brand is the Michael Phelps Bong?

Piece of the Week | What Brand is the Michael Phelps Bong?

You’ve probably seen the photo of Michael Phelps hitting the bong in 2009, but what brand is the Michael Phelps bong? It turns out that best-Olympian-stoner-ever Phelps...
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July 31, 2012
07/31/2012
Los Angeles City Councilman Takes Medical Marijuana

Los Angeles City Councilman Takes Medical Marijuana

Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, a longtime proponent of legalizing pot nationwide, has had his own medical marijuana prescription for a decade, relying on the drug to...
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July 31, 2012
07/31/2012
Michael Phelps Wins 19th Olympic Medal, Breaks Record

Michael Phelps Wins 19th Olympic Medal, Breaks Record

Michael Phelps won his 19th Olympic medal with a gold medal-winning team performance of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Phelps has now surpassed Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina (1956-1964)...
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July 31, 2012
07/31/2012
Sign Up For Camp Wakeupobama, Help ASA Send a 2012 Election Message

Sign Up For Camp Wakeupobama, Help ASA Send a 2012 Election Message

Americans For Safe Access has launched Camp Wakeupobama in an effort to mobilize medical cannabis supporters into a formidable voting bloc to be courted in the 2012 POTUS election....
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July 31, 2012
07/31/2012
Michael Phelps: ‛I consider myself normal’

Michael Phelps: ‛I consider myself normal’

Michael Phelps talks about his bong hit with CNN’s Piers Morgan. Phelps concludes: “I’ll make a million mistakes in my life but as long as I never...
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July 30, 2012
07/30/2012
Youth Branch of Ireland’s Biggest Political Party Pushes for Medical Marijuana

Youth Branch of Ireland’s Biggest Political Party Pushes for Medical Marijuana

The Irish Independent reports that Young Fine Gael, the youth wing of Ireland’s biggest political party, is pushing for the legalization of medical marijuana. The Munster Regional...
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July 30, 2012
07/30/2012
Oklahoma Senator Continues Uphill Medical Marijuana Battle

Oklahoma Senator Continues Uphill Medical Marijuana Battle

Oklahoma Senator Constance Johnson (D) has tirelessly introduced a medicinal marijuana bill every year since she was first elected in 2005, but has yet to receive a hearing in...
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July 30, 2012
07/30/2012
Mothers and Responsible Marijuana Usage

Mothers and Responsible Marijuana Usage

Sarah Eyre at xoJane writes on the unwarranted social stigma that mothers can’t responsibly use marijuana to relax in the evening but it’s acceptable to drink wine...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Video: Cannabis Connoisseur Doug Fine on Conan

Video: Cannabis Connoisseur Doug Fine on Conan

Doug Fine sat down with Conan O’Brien on Wednesday to talk about his book Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution. Fine elaborated on the...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
How Conscientious Consumerism Could Re-shape the Marijuana Industry

How Conscientious Consumerism Could Re-shape the Marijuana Industry

The black market created by the war on marijuana has generated massive wealth for cartels and human suffering. It has also created real environmental damage from all...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

Last night, ‘Stirring the Pot‘, a public forum focused on life post-legalization in 2016 California, met for two hours of heated debate covering topics such as taxation,...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Video: Rolling One MASSIVE Joint – FIVE OUNCES!

Video: Rolling One MASSIVE Joint – FIVE OUNCES!

In the below well-timed 4:20 minute video, MastahRolla masterfully rolls (go figure) a single five ounce, or 144 gram, massive joint. No it can’t be smoked, but who gives...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Video: Twelve Cannabis Smoking US Presidents

Video: Twelve Cannabis Smoking US Presidents

Lets pause this POTUS election and look back on twelve known cannabis smoking US Presidents. Check out this 5 minute YouTube video for some great cannabis quotes,...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

04:32pm Lebanese security forces began eradicating cannabis fields in the Bekaa Valley Monday, but locals fought back with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, wounding one policeman...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week

Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week

06:52pm This has been a good week for I-502, the Washington state initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana, and its sponsors, New Approach Washington. Over...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

02:33am Several hundred — perhaps as many as a thousand — medical marijuana patients, providers, and supporters took to the streets of Oakland Monday afternoon to...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Canadian AIDS Doctors Join International Call to End ‘War On Drugs’

Canadian AIDS Doctors Join International Call to End ‘War On Drugs’

Two prominent Canadian doctors, Dr. Evan Wood and Dr. Julio Montaner, in British Columbia have joined an international campaign including Sir Richard Branson calling on world leaders to...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Want to Put a Piranha in the Political Fish Tank? Allow Gary Johnson in the Presidential Debates

Want to Put a Piranha in the Political Fish Tank? Allow Gary Johnson in the Presidential Debates

The Washington Times believes Gary Johnson’s “penchant for snappy redirects and crowd-winning zingers would be the kind of fan service that scratches the itch for spontaneous, unscripted...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Video: Tokin Daily: a Day in the Life of Working at a Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Video: Tokin Daily: a Day in the Life of Working at a Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Paul from Tokin Daily recently filmed a day in the life of working at River Rock North, a Denver Colorado medical marijuana dispensary. The first 3:25 is...
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