Tag Archives: Marijuana

Women : The Secret Weapon of the Marijuana Reform Movement

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from Anne of Carversville.The secret to legal marijuana?It may just be women Public acceptance of pot is at an all-time high, and the fact that women have drastically changed their attitudes may be what is most fascinating about the … Continue reading →

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Cannabis Commerce : Wasted Potential

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from sloshspot. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Put that in your pipe and smoke it Love it or hate it, people smoke marijuana — lots of it. In some states marijuana consumption and possession have been decriminalized, and even … Continue reading →

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Cannabis Café : Getting High in Portland

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Portland’s Cannabis Cafe opened on Friday the 13th of November, 2009. Photo from The Portland Mercury.Dutch-style pot shop:Cannabis Café is medical marijuana salon …the cafe comes almost a month after the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients … Continue reading →

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Mexico : Drug Decrim and the 10,000-Ton Monkey

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Pot smoker in Mexico City. Mexicans consume an estimated 342 tons of marijuana a year. Photo by Castillo / AP.Legalization is the only answer…Mexico’s massive drug problem As poet Juan Pablo Garcia posited long ago in his 1985 Pacheco (marijuana … Continue reading →

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Carl R. Hultberg : Jazz Cigarettes

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Lester Young was left a shattered man. Photo by Herb Snitzer.The Beatles called them ‘jazz cigarettes’ Race mixing was the fear and marijuana perceived to be the social lubricant making it happen. By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Carl R. Hultberg :
How They Busted Hippie Hill

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

They found dope in Dick’s Store and then they took down Hippie Hill. As far as I know Hippie Hill had never really bothered many of the local townspeople. All that changed last year… By Carl R. Hultberg | The … Continue reading →

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Drug War : Cartels Move North of the Border

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Sheriffs from El Dorado county in California dismantle a marijuana growing operation run by a Mexican cartel. Below, they show a bust of Jesus Malverde, the “Patron Saint of Drug Dealers,” found at the site. Photos by Randall Benton / … Continue reading →

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Jack Herer : Cannabis Champ Stricken

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Jack Herer, champion for legalization of cannabis.Author, leader of movement to legalize cannabis:Jack Herer has massive heart attack By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2009 Jack Herer, the father of the U.S. cannabis legalization movement, … Continue reading →

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Marijuana : It’s High Time to Tax the Pot Crop

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s time for the government to cash in on the marijuana crop.Time to tax marijuana [With] budget deficits and a worsening recession, it only makes sense to stop spending money to fight marijuana use and start taxing that use to … Continue reading →

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‘Magic’ Poet, ‘Weed Ambassador’ Simon Vinkenoog Dead at 80

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Poet Simon Vinkenoog, a Sixties icon. With the death of Simon Vinkenoog Amsterdam loses one more of its iconic ambassadors of the ‘Swinging Sixties’… when the Dutch capital gained its reputation as a drugs-friendly Magic Centre… By Rob Kievit / … Continue reading →

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California Pay to Play : Marijuana Futures!

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘is known to have extensive first-hand knowledge about the many uses’ of marijuana, is shown taking a break following a workout in the film ‘Pumping Iron.’California should pay its people in pot The state could grow … Continue reading →

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4th of July : Honor our Hemp-Growing Founding Fathers

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from BuzzFlash.Honor our hemp-raising patriot heroes Presidents Washington and Jefferson — both of them extremely advanced agronomists — cataloged their techniques for growing hemp at great length. They would simply not comprehend the concept… that hemp might be illegal. … Continue reading →

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