Rohrabacher, Farr to Team Up at ICBC San Francisco
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. congressmen — a conservative Republican and a progressive Democrat — are teaming up in California to advocate marijuana legalization. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA, and Rep....
View ArticleREVIEW: Pulsar APX Portable Vaporizer
Vaporizer fans who love the PAX for its portability, performance and intuitive ease of operation — but not its $280 price — should take a good long look at the $60 Pulsar APX, which offers performance...
View ArticleCalifornia Doctors Endorse AUMA
The California Medical Association (CMA) – representing more than 41,000 physician members statewide — has announced its formal endorsement of the ballot measure known as the Control, Regulate and...
View ArticleIt’s CBD vs. Big Pharma in Epic Wu-Tang-Shkreli Takedown
I don’t normally re-post the detritus of TMZ, but this is so, so good. Remember Martin Shkreli, the guy who bought a company which made life-saving AIDS medication then jacked up the price by 5,000%?...
View ArticleThe Newbie’s Guide to Your First Toke
By Jeremy Daw I distinctly remember the first time I bought weed. Nervous out of my mind, I dialed the beeper (this was 2003 in New York City – every step required discretion). Two minutes later,...
View ArticleDonald Trump: Leave Legalization to the States
In a surprise move, Donald Trump has announced his support of a federalist stance regarding the question of marijuana reform, in which questions of regulated adult use should be “left to the states.”...
View ArticleOpioid Epidemic Driving Major Federal Drug Reforms?
In the final days of the Obama administration, with abuse of prescription opioid drugs and heroin on an alarming rise, a clear picture is beginning to emerge of a federal government open to more drug...
View ArticleGerman Patients Still Waiting for Medical Marijuana
After a long period of debate, the federal government of Germany recently announced a draft of its medical cannabis Bill which is titled “Cannabis as Medicine.” Political decision makers seem to...
View ArticleDEA Failing to Track Drug Seizures, Says Government Audit
In yet another sign of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s utter failure to meet basic accountability standards, a new report from the US Department of Justice finds systemic, and occasionally absurd, errors...
View ArticleMontana’s MMJ Industry Prepares to Shutter After Supreme Court Ruling
Montana’s state Supreme Court ended a lengthy battle over the future of medical marijuana industry in Big Sky country by voting to uphold nearly all of the provisions of a restrictive 2011 law which...
View ArticleANALYSIS: Vermont Senate Breaks the Taboo
For many activists, the recently published Frontline interview with former US Attorney General Eric Holder came as a Pyrrhic victory: although Holder offered a welcome and erudite critique of the...
View ArticleSmoke Out the White House, April 2nd
Fed up with President Obama’s long delays in fulfilling his campaign promise to free the weed? Sick of him trying to tell us that it’s a job for Congress to reschedule cannabis? Here’s your best chance...
View ArticleA Complete List of Everything Massachusetts Gets Wrong About Cannabis...
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts just sent a delegation to Colorado to study the effects of cannabis legalization there, and unlike the pinko commies at the Brookings Institution, the good folks at...
View ArticleREVIEW: Pulsar Martini Dab Rig Left Us Shaken, Not Stirred
I’m a dabber. I love the discretion of vaporizers, the flexibility of bowls, the sweet succulence of medibles and of course the classic vibe of the old fashioned joint — but when I get my druthers (and...
View ArticleSupreme Court Declines Nebraska v. Colorado, 6-2
Ending speculation of whether they would hear a challenge brought by two neighboring states to preempt Colorado’s Amendment 64 adult use legalization laws, the US Supreme Court voted 6-2 today to...
View ArticleANALYSIS: Is CARERS Back on the Table?
One year after its introduction and strong start out of the gate, the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States bill (CARERS) had begun to look moribund. Introduced in March 2015 and...
View ArticleAre the Feds Going Soft on CBD?
Pumpkin: I heard of this one guy, walks into a bank with a portable phone. He gives the phone to the teller, a guy on the other end of the line says, we’ve got this guy’s little girl, if you don’t give...
View ArticleDeAngelo Forgets AUMA’s Microbusiness License
Yesterday VICE published a terrific interview with Steve DeAngelo, founder of California’s Harborside Health Center. Harborside has long occupied a niche connecting small artisanal cannabis growers...
View ArticleHere’s a Handy Vaporizer Shopping Guide
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View ArticleCIA Announces Urban Crack Cocaine Buyback Program
In a surprise move, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced a crack cocaine buy-back program — or “Buy-Crack” — to compassionately take back all the street drugs they used to flood urban...
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