Thanks to the available findings of a 2006 study showing that cannabis actually reduces the number of cancer cells, medical marijuana users can now feel even better about the widely abolished pain relief ingredient found in the plant. The relationship between marijuana and cancer has always been up for debate, ... Read More

(Reuters) - A crackdown on California's medical marijuana supply chain by federal authorities targeting the state's illegal drug trade arrived this week in the affluent, coastal county of Santa Barbara. Medical pot crackdown hits upscale Santa Barbara... ... Read More

California is one of more than a dozen US states where marijuana is legal for medical purposes, even though those states' laws are a violation of federal drug policy. Federal authorities have renewed a crackdown on state-sanctioned medical marijuana facilities despite promises by Barack Obama, the president, to keep the issue ... Read More

WEST COVINA (CBS) — A medical marijuana deliveryman was still shaken up on Monday after what he described as a robbery by two men allegedly dressed as ninja warriors. KNX 1070′s John Brook reports the robbers used the martial arts getup to conceal their identity as they got away with a ... Read More

OAKLAND – For the school renowned as the Princeton of Pot and the Harvard of Hemp, the high times have wafted into a downer. Enrollment has plummeted at Oaksterdam University, the Oakland college that since 2007 has attracted 15,000 students to study cannabis cultivation and related careers, while boosting commerce in ... Read More

L.I.F.E. Long & Big Ape along with Fly Definition Music bring you the second single off their upcoming album "Crossing The Globe".The second single is the smoker's favorite tune "Sativa" check out the Single/Video directed by Serringe of 3rd Earth Media. The video showcases some exclusive buds from Amsterdam's finest smokeshop "Funkey Munky". The single also includes the posse cut"Nhomadz" which features rhyme ... Read More

Apparently, a TSA officer getting fired for leaving a personalized note in a passenger’s bag has not deterred other employees at the Transportation Security Administration from editorializing on the contents of the bags they screen. This time, though, the TSA officer did the passenger a favor, by not turning him ... Read More

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The 27-year-old ran R & R Wellness Collective, a south Sacramento dispensary registered as a nonprofit medical marijuana provider. But U.S. prosecutors say the young dispensary boss was part of a lucrative conspiracy involving multiple growing houses, stolen electricity, pot distribution to Southern California and vast wads of cash. Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/25/3936337/south-sacramento-medical-pot-provider.html#ixzz1YzJetOT4 ... Read More

Dope. Apathy recently released his latest solo-LP, “Honkey Kong,” and the rave reviews have begun to surface. The Connecticut emcee and The Get Busy Committee (Apathy, Scoop Deville and Ryu released Uzi Does It in October 2010) and AOTP member has undeniably crafted his best project to date and it includes ... Read More

By GSA 4-25-11 Below is a repost of an article published on Americans for Safe Access website: www.safeaccessnow.org in November of 2003. The article describes how cannabinoids, the active components of marijuana, inhibit tumor growth in laboratory animals and also kill cancer cells. Then it finishes off by saying that the US ... Read More

This shit was hella dope. Q-Unique Takes Viewers On A Stoned Journey Through London With Latest Video From Between Heaven And Hell The Video: Brooklyn native and former Arsonists member Q-Unique has been painting vivid pictures of the grime and drab of New York life throughout his sophomore album, ... Read More

Watch the full length documentary at www.MarijuanaMovie.org In this myth shattering, information packed documentary, learn from physicians and leading researchers about medicinal cannabis and its demonstrated affects on human health. Topics include: *What the consensus is from over 15000 scientific and medical trials *What conditions have been proven to benefit from medical marijuana *Its historical ... Read More

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (CBS13) – Parents of Placer County students can now buy discounted drug tests from high schools, a tactic that county officials hope will help cut down on what appears to be a rising drug use rate. The inventive anti-drug campaign comes on the heels of a recent survey from ... Read More

By: The Associated Press ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Authorities in Roswell say two third-graders at Berrendo Elementary School have been caught by their principal smoking marijuana in a bathroom after school hours. Roswell 3rd Graders Smoking Pot At School ... Read More

BOULDER — A map marking what are supposed to be secret locations of 60 warehouses and other buildings where medical marijuana is grown in Boulder has accidentally been made public by the city. Read the rest of this report at DailyCamera.com. ... Read More

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Possessing up to an ounce of marijuana in California is now no more serious than getting a speeding ticket. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill late Thursday that reduces possession of an ounce or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to an infraction. The maximum punishment is a $100 fine. Schwarzenegger ... Read More

For a second it looked as if someone had mischievously switched teleprompter scripts on Pat Robertson, the tele-evangelist and founding member of the Christian Coalition. There he was on The 700 Club, a religious affairs TV talk show talking breezily about why America should legalise marijuana. But this is the season ... Read More

A funny thing happened on the way to a trial in Missoula County District Court last week. Jurors – well, potential jurors – staged a revolt. Jury pool in marijuana case stages 'mutiny'... ... Read More

Smoking pot for your health? Research shows that marijuana may relieve symptoms of certain chronic illnesses. It has been proven to treat nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite, and it may also ease pain. Marijuana is illegal in the U.S., but certain states allow it to be used as medical ... Read More

Just as Snoop  Dogg is one of Hip Hop's biggest spokesmen for marijuana, Willie Nelson has been similarly affiliated with the ganja. The two artists have even recorded a song together titled "My Medicine," a dedication to their favorite plant on Snoop's 2008 release Ego Trippin'. source ... Read More

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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AP Political Writer Michael R. Blood, Ap Political Writer BURBANK, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says no one cares if you smoke a joint. The Hollywood actor-turned-governor signed a law five weeks ago that made possession of up to an ... Read More

More banned technology How would like like a building material that is stronger than cement and SIX TIMES lighter? Better yet, one of its main ingredients in the waste product of a plant that literally grows like a weed. Well, Big Brother says you can't have it because the plant - hemp ... Read More

Reporters from around the country are in San Francisco this week covering the World Series and that means the eyes of the nation are on us. If the reporter from our sister station in Dallas is any indication, the country thinks we are potheads. Newy Scruggs from NBCDFW said during his live ... Read More

George Soros, the multibillionaire investor who helped bankroll three initiatives to change drug laws in California, endorsed the marijuana legalization initiative Monday and plans to make a major financial contribution to the campaign. ... Read More

On Oct 19 on the O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly bet guest John Stossel $10,000 (to a charity of the winner’s choice) that Proposition 19, the California ballot measure that would make marijuana legal for all adults, will fail. Stossel, who supports Prop 19, said that it’s time to end ... Read More

San Jose Police Chief (ret.) Joseph McNamara explains why he, and other law enforcement officers in California, will be voting Yes on 19. Full Text: Let's be honest: The war against marijuana has failed. I know from 35 years in law enforcement. Today, it's easier for a teenager to buy pot than beer. Proposition 19 ... Read More

I've always thought 40 was ahead of his time with his flow. All the way back to Mr. Flamboyant. Check out E-40's new music video from his new album Revenue Retrievin' Day Shift. Revenue Retrievin' Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin' Night Shift In Stores Now!! Grab Both Albums Here http://bit.ly/9x40EZ ... Read More

California's referendum on legalising cannabis has divided Mexico into those who consider it a potentially catastrophic betrayal and those who think it could signpost a way out from the horrors of the drug war. The president, Felipe Calderón, has led criticism of Proposition 19 as a dangerous experiment that would undermine ... Read More

California's pot crop is worth $14 billion, according to a state report. The Press Democrat points out that crushes the wine crop which comes in at $2 billion. Legalization would be a huge shot in the arm for plenty of ancillary industries, such as banking and construction. Of course, there's always ... Read More

by Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers seized 105 tonnes of marijuana with a U.S. street value of more than $340 million on Monday in Mexico's biggest-ever pot haul, the army said. Heavily armed soldiers raided a series of homes in a poor suburb of Tijuana, ... Read More

A new medical marijuana dispensary in Soquel is offering its customers a tasty alternative to smoking: enjoying a bowl of pot-infused ice cream. At Crème De Cana, the half pints of ice cream have titles that may have Ben and Jerry taking notes. Watch Video Here The current flavors owner Jonathan Kolodinski offers ... Read More

Going to jail for weed...damn. So much for the high life. Cops busted a writer for marijuana magazine High Times along with 45 other people, including a man behind a major hip-hop label, for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar pot ring. Police arrested magazine writer Matthew Woodstock Stang and Kareem Burke, who founded ... Read More

Will California voters become the deciders on whether recreational marijuana should be legal and taxed? To the Federal Government it doesn't really matter what Californians say....they still gon' put the smash down on fools. Feds vow marijuana enforcement regardless of California vote... Amazon.com Widgets ... Read More

San Jose voters will get a chance in November decide whether to impose a tax of up to 10 percent on medical cannabis businesses in the city. The San Jose City Council on Tuesday, with a 7-4 vote, approved a measure that will place the tax on the ballot. If it's ... Read More

When I say shĭt-iz-tōt’l-ē-fŭkd-up..................... The tot is seen sitting on the floor wearing a nappy and putting his mouth to the smoking pipe as if he were using it to inhale marijuana.The baby's unnamed mother, of Jacksonville, Florida, has provoked outrage on online forums. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3029689/Baby-bong-pic-sparks-fury.html#ixzz0rsdakBCp A SHOCKING picture of ... Read More

Come next year, Rutgers University could be known as "Pot U." A New Jersey lawmaker who was instrumental in helping pass a medical marijuana law back in January is now suggesting that the state's premier university become a national center for research and curriculum into the plant and its benefits. Assemblyman Reed ... Read More

Marijuana Dispensaries Celebrate Cannabis Award Medical marijuana has gone mainstream in the Bay Area.  So much so that one of the "hot" places to be this past weekend was the first ever High Times Medical Cannabis Cup, which drew huge crowds in the City. The event is a tamer version of ... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Authorities have arrested a California woman they say flew to Ohio on a private jet with 506 pounds of marijuana in 13 suitcases. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Anthony Marotta says 28-year-old Lisette Lee and three others were arrested at the airport in Columbus on Monday night. They had ... Read More

Union Square is known for many things: the homeless, the homeless performers, the hippies, bohemians, college kids, skateboarders and more homeless people. And it looks like one more funky thing can be added to that list: Marijuana. Photos have surfaced on the Internet of what looks like marijuana growing in a garden ... Read More

Hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries face a deadline Monday, but questions remain about how exactly that deadline will be enforced. More than 400 dispensaries are under orders to close in accordance with the city's news medical marijuana ordinance. Eventually, the city hopes to whittle the number of pot shops down to ... Read More

Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. The idea of legalizing marijuana has been raised in America for several years, but recently there has been more and more talk of legalizing pot in America. Recent surveys have shown that almost 15 million people have admitted using ... Read More

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by Michael Montgomery May 15, 2010 Listen to the Story Justin Sullivan/NPRMarijuana in California costs much less than $2,000 a pound, according to interviews with more than a dozen growers and dealers. But the people who don't have quality product aren't selling it, according to a former underground grower who now cultivates medical ... Read More

Pot Growers Troubled by Falling Prices Decriminalization has led to pot crop deflation By ... Read More

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on December 1, 2009 Anew research effort has a provocative outcome as University of California-Berkeley researchers suggest substituting cannabis for treatment of heavy alcohol abuse. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access Harm Reduction Journal features ... Read More