July 17, 2013
07/17/2013
Seattle to Ticket for Smoking Marijuana in Public. Sometime

Seattle to Ticket for Smoking Marijuana in Public. Sometime

Since the passage of I-502, Seattle residents caught smoking marijuana in public have received only warnings from police. The city is expected to enact an ordinance to...
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July 17, 2013
07/17/2013
Portland, ME Residents Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization

Portland, ME Residents Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization

Portland, Maine may become the first city to defy both state and national marijuana laws. Following a vote by City Council on Monday, June 15, voters residing...
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July 17, 2013
07/17/2013
MMJ Advocates in Jackson, MI to Protest Dispensary Ban

MMJ Advocates in Jackson, MI to Protest Dispensary Ban

Joe Cain, Owner of the Medical Marijuana Farmer’s Market, is organizing a protest for August 13, 2013. That is when the Jackson city council will revisit the...
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July 17, 2013
07/17/2013
Study: Marijuana Use Decreased Symptoms of Opiate Withdrawal

Study: Marijuana Use Decreased Symptoms of Opiate Withdrawal

Cannabis consumption is associated with mitigated symptoms of opiate withdrawal in subjects undergoing methadone maintenance treatment, according to the findings of a new study published online in The American Journal...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Great Movies While High: Dazed and Confused

Great Movies While High: Dazed and Confused

You knew Weedist was gonna pay homage to this film; I am just glad I am the lucky Weedist that got to do it. Dazed and Confused...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
CannaBusiness: Pulse Glass, Setting a Higher Standard

CannaBusiness: Pulse Glass, Setting a Higher Standard

Pulse Glass impressed me greatly at the Kush Expo. Their booth caught my eye early on, with beautifully crafted glass work displayed against a black tablecloth with...
By: Mercedys
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Drug Treatment Specialists on Cannabis Law: Don’t Imprison, Make Us Rich

Drug Treatment Specialists on Cannabis Law: Don’t Imprison, Make Us Rich

With medical marijuana gaining steam in Florida, the discussion of marijuana laws has become more widespread in the state. Many people (including us at Weedist, of course)...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Washington Expresses More Concern Over Cannabis Extracts

Washington Expresses More Concern Over Cannabis Extracts

When Washington’s Liquor Control Board released its draft rules, it ruled that cannabis extracts and concentrates (such as hash and hash oils) can’t be sold in retail...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
30,000 Square Foot Dispensary Proposed in Massachusetts

30,000 Square Foot Dispensary Proposed in Massachusetts

John Glowik has been meeting with officials in Grafton, Massachusetts to discuss his proposal to open a 30,000 square foot medical marijuana dispensary in a local business...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Cavemen Painted on LSD, According to New Research

Cavemen Painted on LSD, According to New Research

What’s up with those 40,000-year-old cave paintings left behind by our earliest ancestors? The ancestors. They were high. On drugs. So claims a group of Tokyo-based researchers, after...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Oregon Dispensary Law Won’t Stop Pending Cases

Oregon Dispensary Law Won’t Stop Pending Cases

Oregon’s recently-passed medical marijuana dispensary law won’t help owners and operators that were arrested before its passage. Not only that, there is a specific amendment in the...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Advocates Appeal Marijuana’s Federal Status to Supreme Court

Advocates Appeal Marijuana’s Federal Status to Supreme Court

Patient advocacy group argues that over 200 peer-reviewed studies are more than adequate to show medical efficacy. Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA)...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Boulder Wants Even More Sales Tax on Recreational Marijuana

Boulder Wants Even More Sales Tax on Recreational Marijuana

The Boulder City Council will hear a proposal today that would add an additional 10% sales tax (on top of the 10% state marijuana tax and 6.3%...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Medical Marijuana Law May Not Tank Indictment

Medical Marijuana Law May Not Tank Indictment

Federal prosecutors asked the 9th Circuit to let them pursue charges over a Washington drug-growing operation even though the state decriminalized the manufacture of medical marijuana. Washington...
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
High Scientist: The Mind-Blowing Size of The Universe

High Scientist: The Mind-Blowing Size of The Universe

I am a big fan of science, particularly astronomy. It is incredible to sit, smoke and think about other planets, other stars, other galaxies and really ponder...
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
Great Edibles Recipes: Candy Sushi

Great Edibles Recipes: Candy Sushi

Rachael Ray introduced me to Candy Sushi on her TV show. The stoner in me thought they could easily be converted to a kick ass medible, and I...
By: Anna Diaz
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
Weedist Destinations: The Seattle Center

Weedist Destinations: The Seattle Center

  With Hempfest 2013 deliciously approaching, I thought I’d take a few words to mention not only a great stoner destination, but also one only steps from Hempfest....
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
Cannabis Plants Sprout Across German City in Protest

Cannabis Plants Sprout Across German City in Protest

The German city of Göttingen is turning green in protest of the prohibition of cannabis. A group calling themselves “A Few Autonomous Flower Children” set out in early...
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
Scientists Discover Another Way Marijuana Helps Brains Grow

Scientists Discover Another Way Marijuana Helps Brains Grow

Back in 2005, it was discovered that THC promotes neurogenesis, the growth of new brain cells. New evidence shows that CBD also promotes neurogenesis. That’s right, marijuana...
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
Farm Bill Passes House, Hemp Amendment Stays Intact

Farm Bill Passes House, Hemp Amendment Stays Intact

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a revised version of the highly-contested Farm Bill yesterday. Although representatives re-crafted the bill to remove provisions for food stamp funding, they left...
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