July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
There’s Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington — Why Can’t We Pop the Beltway Bubble?

There’s Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington — Why Can’t We Pop the Beltway Bubble?

Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML, writes a great piece on the rapidly growing support amongst the people and local politicians to end marijuana prohibition. Read Paul’s deep insights...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Round 1: Marijuana Safer Than Peanuts, Round 2: Caffeine

Round 1: Marijuana Safer Than Peanuts, Round 2: Caffeine

If you recall from Round 1 of our public health menace cage match fight, marijuana lost to peanuts. Peanuts kill 100 people every year, is the most...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Video: MARIJUANA KILLS AGAIN! 22 Year Old Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Small Amount Marijuana

Video: MARIJUANA KILLS AGAIN! 22 Year Old Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Small Amount Marijuana

Seattle’s Kiro 7 News reports on Michael R. Saffioti, a 22 year old man who collapsed and died in prison after being arrested for a small amount of...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act Officially Requires More Signatures

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act Officially Requires More Signatures

The 67,885 signatures that the Arkansans for Compassionate Care submitted on July 5th to put legalizing medical marijuana on the Arkansas November ballot have been reviewed by the Secretary of...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Pro-Medical Marijuana Brooklyn Judge Dies From Cancer

Pro-Medical Marijuana Brooklyn Judge Dies From Cancer

Gustin Reichbach, the Brooklyn judge who wrote an op-ed for the NY Times pleading for medical marijuana to be legalized passed away on Saturday from his struggle with stage 3...
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July 14, 2012
07/14/2012
Oregon OCTA Marijuana Legalization Initiative Makes Ballot

Oregon OCTA Marijuana Legalization Initiative Makes Ballot

10:07pm The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA) initiative has qualified for the November ballot, the Oregon Secretary of State Election Division’s official Twitter feed announced Friday evening. That means voters...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Book Review: “Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know”

Book Review: “Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know”

04:45pm Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jonathan Caulkins, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, and Mark Kleiman (2012, Oxford University Press, 266 pp., $16.95 PB) Marijuana...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Video: Why Does Marijuana Give You the Munchies?

Video: Why Does Marijuana Give You the Munchies?

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...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
How Much Energy Does It Take to Grow Marijuana Indoors?

How Much Energy Does It Take to Grow Marijuana Indoors?

Even in sunny California a lot of medicinal cannabis is grown indoors under perfectly climate controlled conditions.  Lighting and humidity is set to allow the cannabis to...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Owner Of Nation’s First Marijuana Pharmacy Now Broke And Fighting IRS

Owner Of Nation’s First Marijuana Pharmacy Now Broke And Fighting IRS

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...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Obama’s War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even Uglier

Obama’s War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even Uglier

10:28pm One month ago, Eric Holder testified before Congress that the Dept. of Justice is only targeting medical marijuana businesses that violate their state’s laws. Anyone who didn’t...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
‘Golden Girls’ of Weed on Kickstarter

‘Golden Girls’ of Weed on Kickstarter

Robert Platshorn (aka. The Black Tuna) is working on a new Kickstarter project as part of his Silver Tour: “Should Grandma Smoke Pot, An Entertainment Edumercial“. The goal...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Time-lapse Cannabis Growing

Time-lapse Cannabis Growing

A great video if you want to see what the cannabis plant looks like as it grows. I personally love time-lapse video of plants growing, it reminds...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Video: Harborside Health Center Press Conference July 12 2012

Video: Harborside Health Center Press Conference July 12 2012

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...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Weedist – What’s in a Name

Weedist – What’s in a Name

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...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Video: Awesome Eye Candy Tour of Colorado’s Breckenridge Cannabis Club

Video: Awesome Eye Candy Tour of Colorado’s Breckenridge Cannabis Club

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....
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Cannabis vs. Marijuana vs. Hemp

Cannabis vs. Marijuana vs. Hemp

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...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Feds Target California’s Highest Profile Dispensary

Feds Target California’s Highest Profile Dispensary

09:54pm, (Issue #742) Harborside Health Center, California’s largest and most well-known medical marijuana dispensary, has been targeted for closure by federal prosecutors. Workers at the dispensary’s...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Narc Scandal Front and Center in Florida Sheriff Race

Narc Scandal Front and Center in Florida Sheriff Race

03:26pm, (Issue #742) Scandal has been brewing in the Pinellas County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office over the possibly criminal misbehavior of some of its narcotics detectives, and...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Chronicle Book Review Essay: Summer Marijuana Reads

Chronicle Book Review Essay: Summer Marijuana Reads

11:38pm, (Issue #742) Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup by Mark Haskell Smith (2012, Broadway Paperbacks, 235 pp., $14.00...
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