If it weren’t for crooked cops in the Land of Lincoln, this space would be blank this week. Instead, we have an Illinois corrupt cops two-fer. Let’s get to it: In Caseyville, Illinois, the Caseyville police chief was arrested last Wednesday on charges he kept a seized drug vehicle for his... Read More »
Subjects who regularly consume cannabis possess favorable indices related to diabetic control as compared to occasional consumers or non-users, according to trial data published today online in the American Journal of Medicine. Here is a summary of the study from the website diabetes.co.uk: Cannabis may prevent development of type 2 Read More »
Across the country, from legal 21-and-over Denver dispensaries to black-market NYC delivery services, steeply priced strains of “killer bud”—so thick with tricome crystals they shimmer like snow-covered pine trees—are readily available. OG Ghost Train Haze, Headband, Blue Dream, Lemon Diesel, and Kosher Kush (and dozens of other similarly named... Read More »
Jolly good day, Weedists, I know what you’re thinking, Tom Waits seems more fitting for a site called Whiskyist.com and though I do enjoy a fine whisky, I am first and foremost a cannabis aficionado. Tom Waits goes down easy with a bong hit, too. With a voice that sounds akin... Read More »
Hello Weedist Friends, Recently I read the Cassie Shortsleeve’s Men’s Health article, “The Truth About Marijuana.” In it, the author meets with Dr. Mahmoud Elsohly, the director of the University of Mississippi’s Marijuana project. This project has been, as the article states, “the country’s one legal source of marijuana for... Read More »
DRAFT MARIJUANA ORDINANCE SENT TO MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL On April 23, the City Council provided direction to the Mayor and City Attorney with respect to medical marijuana regulation and enforcement. Among the directions to the City Attorney’s office, was to “draft a ‘land-use’ Read More »
BB Ranch in Washington uses medical marijuana plant leftovers from a growers co-op to feed 4 pigs. The stems, leaves and undesirable small buds are fed to them. The rancher says the 4 weed-fed pigs are slightly heavier than their peers.
Thanks to aggressive policing strategies, New York City has for more than a decade been the world’s leader in marijuana possession arrests, but now those numbers are starting to go down. According to the State Division of Criminal Justice Services, some 10,078 people had been arrested on pot possession charges... Read More »
The city of Garden Grove, California sent cease-and-desist orders to over 60 medical marijuana dispensaries last week. The action comes after a California Supreme Court ruling to allow cities to ban medical marijuana dispensaries if they find them to be a ‘public nuisance.’
Representative Corey Wilson wants to amend Maine’s marijuana legalization bill to limit statewide marijuana growing to 10 centers, and one single distribution service. The worst part; he wants to auction off the contracts for these 11 entities. He also wants 25% of the revenue to go to drug law enforcement.
