Arrested for Cannabis – Is America Really the Land of the Free? Land of the free? 25 percent of the entire world’s prison population rests within the borders of the US. Out of that astronomical percentage, more than four/fifths of drug law violations are for possession. According to the ACLU,…
Legal Cannabis In Oregon: The Free Trade System Sinking The Ship? When Ian first told me that a pound of top shelf around here went for 600 a pop and pounds of B‘sters for 60, I had a hard time believing my ears. I’m from the east, down…
Published: Apr 21, 2017, 10:14 am • Updated: Apr 21, 2017, 1:27 pm By Ben Nuckols, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The conflict between federal and local laws on marijuana played out in the shadow of the Capitol on Thursday, when seven pro-pot activists were arrested for doing something that’s…
Published: Apr 10, 2017, 11:01 am • Updated: Apr 10, 2017, 11:01 am By The Associated Press A Biddeford business owner hoping to start selling pot next year is giving his products away for free for now. The Portland Press Herald reports that Jack Sargent of the Biddeford-based Cannabis Shack…
Published: Apr 7, 2017, 8:00 am • Updated: Apr 7, 2017, 10:05 am By Tammerlin Drummond, Bay Area News Group OAKLAND — After Alex Lee had surgery for brain cancer in 2013, he had to take a chemotherapy capsule that made him nauseous. Ron Gershoni, a college buddy who was…
Published: Feb 13, 2017, 2:58 pm • Updated: Feb 13, 2017, 3:09 pm By David Pitt, The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — In a case that free speech advocates are calling a victory for college students everywhere regardless of their political views, a federal appeals court on Monday ruled…
Published: Jan 26, 2017, 4:43 pm • Updated: Jan 26, 2017, 5:15 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Sensi Media CEO Ron Kolb and LucidMood Founder & CEO Charles Jones. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Thoughts on consumption-friendly soirees from the proclaimed pot party king of Denver. • Creating…
Published: Jan 23, 2017, 8:55 am • Updated: Jan 23, 2017, 8:55 am By John Kelly, The Washington Post WASHINGTON — When the 43-year-old homeless woman who goes by the name Tequila Nehgroci went to sleep Thursday night in the doorway of the PNC Bank at Dupont Circle, she did…
42,000 Free Joints. Best. Inauguration. Ever. Just when you though the wrong guy won the White House for the marijuana movement, we have a full on bru-ha-ha in Dupont Circle…
Published: Dec 9, 2016, 9:06 am • Updated: Dec 9, 2016, 9:06 am By Lisa M. Krieger, The Cannifornian SAN FRANCISCO — Free after eight years of federal imprisonment, one of the nation’s most celebrated cannabis convicts came home to California on Wednesday, walking off a United Airlines flight into…