Here is a list of 10 unlikely marijuana friendly destinations. 1. Kingston, Jamaica: When cold weather arrives, or any time you want a ganja vacation, you probably want to go to Jamaica. Land of Bob Marley, with marijuana growing an agricultural livelihood for many islanders, cannabis lovers across the world flock to the Caribbean to [...]
“Code of the West,” the critically acclaimed documentary on medical marijuana providers in Montana, became dated almost as soon as it was originally released, one more casualty of a much broader tempest of political intrigue and public backlash that eventually cost one man his freedom and another his life. The film, a human-centric meditation on [...]
Last night I testified against a proposed ordinance to ban all outdoor cultivation of medical marijuana within the city limits of Concord, California. I was not the only one. Although we diverged somewhat in our concerns, all 13 speakers before the council spoke vociferously against the ordinance as written. The five council members respectfully listened [...]
The Michigan Supreme Court rules dispensaries not authorized by MMMA In Michigan, a qualified patient may grow his own cannabis. The stricken Michigander may designate a primary caregiver to grow the cannabis for him. Michigan patients may also transfer cannabis to each other; even selling the cannabis for cash is completely A-OK. But God forbid [...]
It may come as little surprise that certain prominent politicians have stepped forward in the wake of legalizing votes in Colorado and Washington to speak out against cannabis liberalization. But while the tired old rush to the cameras to try to shape public opinion has been a reliable and predictable staple of the long American [...]
What a whirlwind weekend! The California NORML Conference commemorating 100 years of cannabis prohibition in California brought together cannabis activists from across the spectrum at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, almost directly under the span of the breathtaking Golden Gate Bridge. Experts in policy, law, taxation, entrepreneurship, and public opinion convened over three days to [...]
Cannabis can’t be legalized because it hasn’t been adequately studied. But cannabis can’t be studied because it isn’t legal. If the contours of the above logic sound remarkably similar to those of the eponymous military directive featured in Joseph Heller’s masterful satire Catch-22, that’s because… they are. In fact, the fictional bureaucratic rule which has added [...]
I am home for the holidays, and I’m not, for the most part, ingesting cannabis for the several weeks I’m with my family. As a recreational user, I have that option, and can still lead a fairly ailment- and pain-free life (albeit with some more vivid dreams and a smaller appetite). For a regular medicinal [...]
Says the White House’s Brewmaster-in-Chief His favorite brew, it is said, is Yuengling Lager. At the first major cultural flare-up to dominate news headlines, he invited a black Harvard professor and a white cop over to discuss racial matters over domestic beer. He is such a fan that he invented his own brews, popular recipes [...]
For several weeks, the Obama administration and the Department of Justice have been nearly silent about how they will react to Colorado and Washington legalizing marijuana, but the silence may not last. Except for warning that marijuana is still an illegal substance according to the federal government, nothing has been said about what actions, if [...]
