Tag: Washington

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August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
Diablo Dabs Does Seattle Hempfest

Diablo Dabs Does Seattle Hempfest

  I don’t know what I did to deserve a Hempfest like this! Meeting the Weedist Family Let me start by saying how fantastic it was to...
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August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Stories from Seattle Hempfest 2013

Stories from Seattle Hempfest 2013

I could smell the weed even a mile and a half away from the epicenter of Seattle Hempfest 2013. It was just a short drive from my...
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August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.21)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.21)

More sticky-fingered cops, including one on a DEA task force, a cop tries to cover up a fatal drug deal at his home, another cop goes away...
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August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Washington Prepared If Feds Sue Over Marijuana Legalization

Washington Prepared If Feds Sue Over Marijuana Legalization

Since the Department of Justice still has not publicly decided how to handle the fact that marijuana legalization is a reality in Colorado and Washington, Washington state...
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August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Earlier this summer Vicente Fox, former Mexican president and Coca-Cola Mexico president, met with Big Marijuana self-prophesied computer nerd turned drug tycoon Jamen Shively. The news conference...
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August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Seattle Police to Distribute Bags of Chips at Hempfest

Seattle Police to Distribute Bags of Chips at Hempfest

This weekend at Hempfest, the Seattle Police Department will be giving away bags of chips. The chips will have stickers on them reminding Hempfest attendees that while...
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August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical marijuana wars continue in California, a Michigan town gets intrusive, Nevada prepares to rake in the dough from dispensaries, and Washington patients organize in the face...
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August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
Patient Advocates Launch “Health Before Happy Hour” Campaign

Patient Advocates Launch “Health Before Happy Hour” Campaign

Effort is aimed at protecting Washington’s medical marijuana law while state implements full legalization initiative Medical marijuana patients across Washington have begun a campaign called “Health Before...
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August 13, 2013
08/13/2013
Product Review: Kush Creams, Aloe and Cannabis Extract Face Cream

Product Review: Kush Creams, Aloe and Cannabis Extract Face Cream

The founder of Kush Creams, Megan Schwarting, read my earlier product review and liked it so much that she sent me a free jar of their face...
By: Anna Diaz
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August 8, 2013
08/08/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.07)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.07)

Illinois joins the ranks of the medical marijuana states; meanwhile, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey are moving to put their medical marijuana programs in place, and there’s...
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August 5, 2013
08/05/2013
Weedist Destinations: Dicks Drive-In, a Seattle Icon

Weedist Destinations: Dicks Drive-In, a Seattle Icon

Dicks Drive-In is a well-known Seattle icon and a top Weedist destination. With only six locations in existence, all but one of which are located within Seattle...
By: Mercedys
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August 2, 2013
08/02/2013
Tenth Annual Olympia Hempfest

Tenth Annual Olympia Hempfest

I attended the Tenth Annual Olympia Hempfest on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at beautiful Heritage Park, which sits in the shadow of the Washington State Capitol Building....
By: Anna Diaz
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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
Help Hempfest Be a Happy Highlight of 2013

Help Hempfest Be a Happy Highlight of 2013

Hempfest is perhaps the world’s largest protestival. In 2012, more than 250,000 people attended the weekend-long event to watch entertainment, hear speakers on a wide range of...
By: Mercedys
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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.31)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.31)

A dispensary is now open for business in the nation’s capital; several dozen are coming to Arizona; dispensary and cultivation battles continue in California; Massachusetts advocates prepare...
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July 31, 2013
07/31/2013
Great Artwork While High: Matthew Porter

Great Artwork While High: Matthew Porter

I discovered Matthew Porter, the same way do I so many other wonderful things in my life. I was stoned and heard “Hey, babe ya gotta check...
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July 29, 2013
07/29/2013
Weedist Destinations: Shorty’s Seattle

Weedist Destinations: Shorty’s Seattle

In continuing to show downtown Seattle love with Hempfest rapidly approaching, I am proud to share a destination that sounds like it was dreamt up after a...
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July 29, 2013
07/29/2013
DEA Medical Cannabis Offensive May Have Cost $13.3 Million

DEA Medical Cannabis Offensive May Have Cost $13.3 Million

By now most medical cannabis activists are aware that several medical marijuana dispensaries in Washington state were raided Wednesday. While the federal government continues to raid medical cannabis...
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July 26, 2013
07/26/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.24)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.24)

New Hampshire becomes the 19th medical marijuana state, some folks in Kentucky would like it to become one, too; and the local tussling continues in California. And...
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July 23, 2013
07/23/2013
Beer Breweries Embrace Cannabis Themed Branding

Beer Breweries Embrace Cannabis Themed Branding

Though the feds still routinely reject beer labeling that mentions or depicts cannabis, one Washington brewery has released a “Joint Effort Hemp Ale” throughout the state. Statewide...
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July 22, 2013
07/22/2013
Weedist Destinations: Gorge Amphitheatre

Weedist Destinations: Gorge Amphitheatre

On their website, the Gorge Amphitheatre claims to be, “one of the most scenic concert locations in the world, offering spectacular river gorge views and concert friendly summer weather,...
By: Mercedys
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