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.
Oakland Pot Club Vows to Fight Feds
Harborside Health Center's co-founder said Thursday that he will fight the federal government's effort to shut down his sprawling medical cannabis complex in East Oakland.
Popular California Pot Shop Targeted for Closure
An Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that has been billed as the largest pot shop on the planet has been targeted for closure by federal prosecutors in Northern California, suggesting that a crackdown on the state's medical marijuana industry remains well under way.
Mexico Paper Stops Drug War Coverage After Grenade Attacks
A newspaper in Mexico's violent city of Nuevo Laredo announced on Wednesday it will end coverage of drug-related bloodshed, one day after grenades damaged its offices for the second time this year.
Medical Marijuana Advocates Planning Big Protest of Obama’s East Bay Fundraising Visit
Waiting for President Obama when comes to the East Bay for a series of fundraisers this month will be a lot of protesters who ordinarily would be fans: Medical marijuana supporters.
Canada’s NDP: Forty Years of Fighting to End the War on Marijuana
Some highlights from four decades of work by the New Democratic Party to end Canada's war on marijuana.
1971: NDP introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana possession after Liberals ignore the recommendations of the LeDain Commission Report.
1978: NDP Convention passes policy resolution calling for decriminalization of marijuana.
1980: NDP Leader Ed Broadbent calls for decriminalization of marijuana during the 1980 election campaign.
Strain Pickers Ep1 Pointless Up and Down Pot Puffers
Ganja Greetings,
My friend Sean Brady and myself came up with a stoned satire idea of doing our very own take on Green House Seeds Strain Hunter series. We call ourselves Strain Pickers and go off in search of wild cannabis in urban setting of Toronto. There's some great spots to smoke cannabis in Toronto other than Vapor Central and we pick the best pot to smoke in these far flung out of the way locations. At least for Toronto people. Our pilot was shot using Brady's cellphone. However, I look forward to going back to the spot with my HD cam and re-shooting the satire.
Ohio Law Decriminalizes Most Marijuana Paraphernalia
By early fall, Ohio law will start treating people caught with a marijuana pipe the same way it treats those who get most traffic tickets. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze reports on a little-known aspect of current and coming law.
Up in Smoke: Open Forum to Examine the Unintended Consequences of Marijuana Laws
CANNABIS CULTURE - "Up In Smoke: Getting the Lowdown on Pot" takes place at the Bohemian Cafe, 524 Bernard Avenue, Kelowna, to explore how the laws that regulate the growth and sale of marijuana for personal and medicinal use have resulted in unintended consequences.
High Times Over for Marijuana Mine
Flin Flon - From humble beginnings to the international spotlight, there has never been a mine quite like Trout Lake.
