You probably notice a recurring Gary Johnson theme at Weedist… We strongly support candidates who will end the war on marijuana. Personally I like the vast majority...

CTV News reports on British Columbia’s North Island Compassion Club who say they will be challenging Canada’s medical marijuana laws because they are unconstitutional. Club owner Ernest Yacub was in...

Sadly as some in the medical marijuana industry fought California’s Prop 19 legalization measure, similar forces are at work for this November’s Initiative 502 ballot measure in...

USPS inspectors in conjunction with Texas’ Williamson County Sheriff’s Office arrested William Richard Black after he accepted delivery of marijuana from California. Black said he paid $2,000 for...

Will Obama’s war on marijuana cost him to lose a few key swing states and the 2012 election by alienating much of his base? With Amendment 64...

– 11:00AM The last time I smoked a vaporizer was at the High Times office more than nine years ago. (Perhaps it was longer. Who can remember?) It was...

Seattle’s Responsible Marijuana Project has started a PR campaign to get Mayor Mike McGinn, Police Chief John Diaz, City Attorney Pete Holmes and U.S. District Attorney Jenny Durkan to...

Simpsons fans out there know that Otto is a stoner, and I’m pretty sure that Matt Groening and his talented crew smoked some weed once in awhile coming...

10:03pm, (Issue #743) The Obama administration is seeking a fresh review of Clarence Aaron’s request for commutation of his cocaine trafficking sentence, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Aaron,...

For weedists using cannabis 4-7 days a week on a consistent basis, are your highs not as epic lately? On the plus side you are so used...

08:25pm, (Issue #743) US Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) Tuesday introduced House Resolution 6134, the Truth in Trials Act, which would allow defendants in federal criminal prosecutions the...

After the recent US Attorney threats to Harborside Health Center, executive director Steve DeAngelo argues his marijuana clinics obey the law.

04:04pm More trouble on the border, more prison guards get caught, and a Puerto Rican cop goes away for a long, long time. Let’s get to...

Medical marijuana takes another step towards legitimacy in Alberta, Canada, thanks to Alberta Health Services deviating from their federal government’s hostile stance. Thanks to AHS, the Sheldon...

ABC’s KDRV 12 News reports The Discovery Channel will be filming a show in Siskiyou County California  “on the multiple problems posed by large-scale marijuana growers,” such...

I came across this surreal video from the short film “The Holy Cow” by John Young and Cracka Smile with “Jesus Smoked Weed” playing in the background...

Here’s a fun marijuana infographic (circa 2008) showing among other things the lost tax revenue of cannabis prohibition…over $700 million in lost tax revenue, while we spend...

HopeNet Cooperative, San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating storefront medical marijuana dispensary recently announced the Department of Justice is forcing them to close its doors at 223 9th...

Great to see publications like The Wall Street Journal covering the business of medical marijuana. Read more about the Greenleaf Compassion Center, the first licensed provider of medical...

04:51pm With state budgets devastated by the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent slow economic growth, the impulse to incarcerate is being blunted by fiscal realities. This...