Marijuana

Tokers Rejoice: Pot Will Be Sold Openly Until At Least Next Year

LA Daily | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles


Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyes says the city isn't like to see a law limiting the city's burgeoning medical marijuana trade until next year. Whi...

Natalie Portman On Getting Drunk, Smoking Pot

Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment


Natalie Portman, everywhere now thanks to the release of her new film "Brothers," is also in the new issue of Marie Claire. A condensed version of the...

Marilyn Monroe Smoking Marijuana (Allegedly) In Home Movie (VIDEO)

Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment


A recently unearthed video purports to show Marilyn Monroe smoking marijuana with at least one other person. The mute home video was filmed 50 years ...

Goodwill Store Receives Nearly $1,500 Worth Of Marijuana

Posted 11.30.2009 | Home


Last week, employees at a goodwill store in Ohio opened a donated water jug and found almost a pound of pot. The donation was anonymous, and police e...

Centennial Marijuana Lawsuit: Colorado Lawyers Plan To Sue Town Over Medical Pot Restrictions

Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver


Update: On Monday morning, Bob Hoban, one of the attorneys bringing forth the suit, discussed some of the details of the case with Westword. Hoban as...

Colorado Medical Marijuana: California Police Chief Says Colorado Should Be Vigilant About Regulation

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver


DENVER - The top cop in a California town that has become a poster child for a well-intentioned medical-marijuana law gone wrong has some advice for C...

Naming America's First Marijuana Cafe

Matthew Diffee | Posted 11.20.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Diffee

The place is called The Cannabis Café, which I find pretty disappointing. If there's anything we know about people who claim to use marijuana for medicinal use, it's that they have a sense of humor.

316,000 Christmas Bongs SEIZED In Los Angeles

AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | Los Angeles


(AP Text, Scroll Down For Video) LOS ANGELES - Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas o...

316,000 Bongs, Disguised As Christmas Ornaments, Seized By Customs Agents In LA

AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business


LOS ANGELES — Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harb...

Over $2.6 Million Worth Of Marijuana Seized By Police

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago


Authorities seized more than $2.6 million worth of marijuana that was being transported from Texas to Chicago's Southwest Side....

Tobacco-Related Health Costs: $800; Booze-Related Health Costs: $165; Pot-Related Health Costs: $20 -- Any Questions?

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Paul Armentano

A new study has directly compared the societal costs of marijuana and alcohol, as well as tobacco, and the final tally isn't pretty.

Can Pot Save Denver's Papers?

Jessica Corry | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver


Jessica Corry

As the loss of the Rocky Mountain News still lingers, the focus now turns to saving the publications remaining. Essential revenue could come from the most unlikely of sources. Marijuana.

Senator Chuck Schumer Running Scared Says Candidate Randy Credico

Anthony Papa | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


Anthony Papa

Stop the presses! Political comedian-turned-activist-turned-candidate for Senate Randy Credico has resigned his position at the Kunstler Fund to devote himself full-time to defeating Schumer.

Pop Star Joss Stone Under Attack for Marijuana Comment

Mason Tvert | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment


Mason Tvert

Stone is not alone in her belief that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. She has some pretty solid back-up among the UK's scientific community.

Cannabis Cafe: First U.S. Marijuana Cafe Opens In Portland

Reuters | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business


The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of...

Is Daniel Radcliffe A Pothead?

people.com | Stephen M. Silverman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment


Under the headline "Harry Pothead", Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe's mug is splashed across Friday's front page of a British tabloid showing him ...

Liquid Marijuana Bust In Brooklyn

nytimes.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


In what the police called an unusual drug arrest, a Brooklyn man was charged on Wednesday with selling liquid marijuana. ...

CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Jessica Yellin Discuss Marijuana (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


Things got a little personal for CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Jessica Yellin during a report about Congressman Barney Frank partner's bust for possess...

Barney Frank: POT BUST Took Place With Congressman Present

Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready's marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report. Ready was arrested ...

Calvin Hoover Charged: Oregon Man Accused Of Drunk Driving After 911 Call

AP | Posted 11.07.2009 | Home


SALEM, Ore. — Oregon police have charged a man with drunk driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher could...

Mexican Pot Gangs Infiltrate Indian Reservations In U.S.

wsj.com | JOEL MILLMAN | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


WARM SPRINGS, Ore. -- Police Chief Carmen Smith says he knows three things about suspected drug trafficker Artemio Corona: He's from Mexico, prefers a...

Savitex: The All-New "Cannabinoid" Marijuana!

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Pot Side Effect: Spending money on rolling papers. Savitex Side Effect: Discovering that by folding old rolling papers just so, you can create lovely origami.

High Time!

Shan Wells | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver


Shan Wells

When even old George Will thinks Mary Jane is riding the Freedom Express, you know that national legalization can't be too far away.

Cops Seize 1,455 Pounds Of Marijuana In Rental Truck

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago


Illinois State Police found 1,455 pounds of marijuana inside a rental truck that was pulled over in rural Champaign....

Breckenridge Votes Overwhelmingly To Legalize Marijuana

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver


DENVER — The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana. Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal ...