Happy Halloweed!
Marijuana and Halloween just seem to mix. Not like St. Patrick’s Day and alcohol, but you get my drift. Here’s a collection of marijuana themed pics that just happen to coincide with one our favorite holidays. Happy Halloweed everyone!
How to Cripple the Prison Industry
The always sensible dope-heads in California are pushing hard for marijuana legalization. Expect to see up to three different measures on the 2010 ballot. Even the most conservative plan sounds like a clear winner, a ray of sunshine to a whole generation of rain.
Marijuana vs Alcohol
May we please discuss marijuana, medical or otherwise, and alcohol in the same sentence? If I were to try to poison myself to death by consuming alcohol, I could easily do so.
Drug War Injustices
We all know the bum rap recreational drugs have received in the United States and other countries. However, many governments are finally making the shift towards more progressive drug policies, treating use as a health matter rather than a criminal matter. There’s good reason for this. Take a short glance into some of the cases we’ve gathered here and you’ll understand why a shift has to be made. Too many families and lives have been torn by mandatory minimums and botched SWAT raids.
Macrojuana
Macro marijuana photography, when shot with a decent camera and heady nugs, is some intriguing shit. It’s almost like stepping into an alien world besieged by the writhing and oozing tendrils of… God?
Landmark Drug Case in Singapore
If there has ever been a sign pointing to the progress cannabis has made as a medicine in the eyes of the world, it can be found in Singapore. Singapore is one of the strictest countries in the world in terms of drug possession and trafficking sentencing. Defendants are imprisoned for excessive periods of time for what many countries consider minor possession offenses, often caned in addition to this, and, in the case of “traffickers,” put to death. However, as described in the article below, a recent offender was spared a trafficking conviction based on his lawyer being able to prove the man’s medical need for the drug.
WeedChat Wednesdays
We’ve met up for #WeedChat on Fridays the first three weeks since its inception. However, due to a lack of consistent participation, we’ve decided to switch to Wednesdays. With impending weekends, the start of football season and most smokers seemingly doing things other than conversing on Twitter as a Friday afternoon activity, we believe Wednesdays to be a better choice.
Interview With a Stoner
Q: How long have you been smoking weed?
A: Since the very beginning of high school.
Q: Why did you start?
A: I started smoking weed because the coolest kid in school offered me some when we were hanging out one Friday. You could say it was peer pressure, but I was eager to try out getting [...]
