Obama Ad Mocks Potheads (But Asks for Their Support)
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Obama campaign has released a Web campaign ad featuring the President calling a supporter asking for their help.
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Ayn Rand on Drugs
CANNABIS CULTURE – After saying that Ayn Rand was required reading for all his interns, and his biggest influence for getting into politics, GOP VP nominee Paul Ryan has now said he enjoyed Rand's novels but rejects her atheistic philosophy.
Too High to Fail: A “Fine” Book on the Cannabis Conundrum
CANNABIS CULTURE - Doug Fine went looking for answers. A "sustainability journalist" whose last book, Farewell My Subaru documents his divorce from Big Oil, Fine walks his talk on an off-the-grid goat ranch in New Mexico.
‘The Newsroom’ Anchor Smeared for Pot Use?
CANNABIS CULTURE - People are saying that the principled, fictional anchorman Will McAvoy from the HBO series The Newsroom is affecting real-life news anchors. If life is to imitate art, this is a good place to start.
RIP Phyllis Diller: An Inspiration to Comics and Cannabis
CANNABIS CULTURE - The world is mourning Phyllis Diller, who broke the gender barrier in stand-up comedy as a 37-year-old housewife and inspired new generations of female comics everywhere.
Summer Theatre Reviews: ‘Toke’-ing with ‘Mary Jane’
CANNABIS CULTURE - After premiering in LA and playing Berkeley last year, Toke the Play had a multi-week run in Sacramento in June and July.
California Cities React to Court Ruling Throwing Out Dispensary Ban
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cities in California are beginning to respond to an appeals court decision throwing out Los Angeles County's medical marijuana dispensaries ban.
Will California’s First Open Primary Open the Door to Marijuana Legalization?
In this year’s election, voters will likely have to look to a third party candidate if they want a pro-marijuana legalization President. But California’s new voter rules offer a unique opportunity for a fellow Democrat to challenge the less-than-pot-friendly Senator Dianne Feinstein in tomorrow’s election.
Rock and Roll, Magic and Marijuana
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which aired Saturday night on HBO, opened with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner pronouncing, "I believe in the magic of rock and roll, the magic that can set you free." Yet the industry so inspired by marijuana doesn't mind that its fans who feel the same aren't so free.
DEA Continues California Crackdown As It Faces $20 Million Lawsuit Over Prisoner Mistreatment
CANNABIS CULTURE - In what's been a daily battleground in Caiifornia, the DEA spread more of its nastygrams to medical marijuana collectives and landlords across the state, even as the news hits that the agency mistakenly left a UCSD student in a holding cell for five days without food and water following a bust at a 4/20 party.
