While mailing marijuana is always a risky proposition, those who choose to do so have been granted a measure of protection. Last week the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that law enforcement must obtain a warrant before opening a suspicious package – even… High Times
Month: July 2013
DPA, Veterans and Legislators to Launch “Freedom to Choose” Campaign to Improve Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana for PTSD and Other Wounds of War
New Mexico Patients and Veterans Fighting Employment Discrimination and Stigma from Medical Professionals that Create Barriers to Medical Marijuana July 9: US Rep. Lujan Grisham, New Mexico State Rep. Antonio Maestas, Veterans, Patients and the Drug Policy Alliance to Speak at Press Teleconference The Drug Policy Alliance, veterans’ groups, elected officials and others are introducing […]
Politics Behind Push To Legalize MMJ in Florida
From the beginning, the legislative push to legalize medical marijuana came with a deep-seated sense of impending doom. “Slim to none,” were the chances state Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, gave a bill she filed this year to legalize medical marijuana. Her comments came during an April 1 news conference with more than a month left […]
Pot Legalization Has Gained Rapid Favor
It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of “Reefer Madness” to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of “Just Say No.” The next 25 years took the nation from Bill Clinton, who famously “didn’t inhale,” to Barack Obama, who most emphatically did. Now, in just […]
Flying High on The Fourth
The flag flying over the Capitol on the Fourth of July might look like your typical Old Glory. But you probably won’t notice the fibers that make it special. It’s believed to be the first hemp flag to flutter over the dome since the government began outlawing marijuana’s less-recreational cousin back in the 1930s. Colorado […]
Senate OKs Bill to Legalize Medical Pot Shops
Seeking to make it easier for medical pot users to get their medicine and harder for the black market to get its hands on Oregon weed, the state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would legalize and license marijuana shops. Under current Oregon law, nearly 55,000 cardholders must grow the drug themselves or designate […]
Danko’s Strain Profile: NYC Diesel
Soma continues his metamorphosis into a human/cannabis hybrid with his NYC Diesel, which won an impressive string of awards in the early2000s, bringing some of the best of New York City to Amsterdam and beyond.After acquiring a Sour Diesel clone from a friend … High Times
Marijuana’s March Toward Mainstream Confounds Feds
It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of “Reefer Madness” to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of “Just Say No.” The next 25 years took the nation from Bill Clinton, who famously “didn’t inhale,” to Barack Obama, who most emphatically did. And now, in […]
Rabbi: Medical Pot is Kosher
Israel’s medical marijuana program has been declared kosher. In a recent decree, RabbiEfraimZalmanovichofMazkeretBatia, a town south of Tel Aviv, ruled that using pot recreationally is forbidden, but that growing, distributing, and smok… High Times
Pot Prices: June 2013 THMQ
Index Watch: The US Price and Kind indices both dropped $ 10 from their previous month’s average. $ 380 per ounce marks the Kind Index’s lowest monthly average of 2013. Meanwhile, the US Price Index fell to its second lowest average of the year. High Times