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Another example of the silly things that can happen when people misuse technology comes in the form of Alvin Cross Jr. of Albany, who text his probation officer while trying to find a weed connect. “You have some weed?” was the simple message that got Cross sent back to prison.
Opponents of marijuana legalization are concerned that if Alaska's Ballot Measure 2 passes, Alaskans would see an increase in butane hash oil, and with that, an increase in explosions in its production, although proponents argue the dangerous method of extraction could be strictly regulated.
Today’s hearing on cannabis policy is a very big deal. By finally taking updated testimony from eminent experts – including Dr. Carl Hart, Dr. Phillip Denny, and the Leaf’s co-founder Chris Conrad – the federal court system will permit itself to know what almost every American already knows: that the Schedule I classification of cannabis is bogus.
Cannabis, at its core, is an agricultural enterprise. As the model of the massive pot farm becomes more common with the onset of legalization and a growing acceptance of medical cannabis, the environmental impact of this industry needs to be considered as well.
Recently, Denver police issued a pre-Halloween warning to residents: The candy your kids get this Halloween could be infused with Marijuana and you should just throw it out if it's not from one of the big name-brand candy companies (since when did Halloween work for corporate America?).
A Colorado-based testing company, CB Scientific, has released a new home testing kit which allows parents to detect the presence of THC in their kids’ Halloween candy stash before letting them binge on another drug...
A literature review was released on October 7th in the journal Addiction, which examined the past twenty years of research on recreational cannabis use. According to various media outlets, this study finds evidence that cannabis is as harmful as heroin. Unfortunately for the journalists...
It looks like my favorite punching bag and one of the most vocal shit-peddlers, Kevin Sabet, took his stinky train of bullshit to Oregon earlier this month to spread the horrors of cannabis.
The U.S. government claims marijuana is a dangerous, addictive drug with no medical benefits. But that claim will be up for debate Monday in California when a federal judge is scheduled to hear testimony from doctors that the war on marijuana is unconstitutional, and that ...
Uruguay is struggling to roll out the commercial production and sale of marijuana and its ground-breaking experiment could be dropped or watered down if an opposition candidate wins this month's presidential election.
If you happen to enjoy a simple game of disc golf from time to time, be wary of police, apparently playing the game can get you profiled as a stoner. That's what happened to one disc golf enthusiast in Ankeny, Iowa when Officer Aaron King’s discovered he plays the sport after pulling him over for driving without headlights on.
Using wastewater (sewage), the researchers can run tests to determine what kinds of drugs people are using and also tell in what concentration.
Recent investigation into the 2500 year old mummified Ukok 'Ice Princess' (named after the permafrost plateau in the Altai Mountains where scientists found the remains), indicate that the 25 year old woman may have been medicating with cannabis.
This time it's not a child or a kitten being heroically rescued from a fire, but a weed harvest. Firefighters in Humboldt were able to save a drying cannabis harvest when they responded to put out a fire in a burning building in Redway.
As the rest of the world sits back and watches Washington and Colorado rake in all of the profits from the cannabis industry, many states cannot help but want to get in on the action. This is easier said than done as legislature proceeds at a snail’s pace. So instead, Texans have taken matters into their own hands...
A Georgia man woke up one morning to the sound of a helicopter hovering over his house. Moments later, his door was approached by deputies and a K-9 unit. The highly trained men of the Governor's task force on drug suppression could not tell the difference between okra and cannabis.
Many people across the world associate Jamaica and Rastafarian culture with the blessed green herb, but cannabis is still illegal in Jamaica. However, that may soon change.
At a televised debate between Gov. John Hickenlooper and his Republican challenger Bob Beauprez on October 6th, Hickenlooper repeatedly used the word “reckless” to describe the passage of Colorado’s pioneering legalization initiative, apparently forgetting...
