AltWeeklies Wire
Inside the Cannabis Closetnew
Oakland's newest web celeb just wants to talk.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-02-2011 |
Drugs
Books, Bongs, and THC Sticksnew
This holiday season, medical cannabis products come unbound.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
11-28-2011 |
Drugs
Tags: Marijuana Gifts
This Bud's For Who?new
Feds give the finger to medical marijuana.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuñiga-West |
11-28-2011 |
Drugs
Michigan's Medical Marijuana Law Turns Threenew
As the third anniversary of the ballot measure victory for Michigan's medical marijuana is marked this week, proponents are dealing with setbacks from municipalities, police, prosecutors and the courts.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
11-17-2011 |
Drugs
There's DNA in That Weed You're Smoking, and People Are Tracking Itnew
Researchers map dope DNA to help with busts and monitoring use of federal land for growing pot.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
11-16-2011 |
Drugs
'We are Taking it at Face Value'new
The state doesn't license the people cleaning meth labs, and our city isn't checking their work.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
11-10-2011 |
Drugs
Roll Numbersnew
ANTI-DRUG ADS have long portrayed pot smokers as lazy and unmotivated. But given the announcement by medical cannabis supporters at a press conference last Friday, that old stereotype needs some revising.
Faced with what they called a back-door ban of San Jose's collectives, the barely month-old Citizens Coalition for Patient Care (CCPC) turned in more than 47,000 signatures to the city clerk that morning, well over the 29,653 signatures needed for a referendum against regulations the City Council passed in September.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Ted Cox |
11-03-2011 |
Drugs
MMJ: Take it or Leave itnew
Local defense attorneys say the DA's going too hard on marijuana cases.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
10-20-2011 |
Drugs
The $78 Million Bagnew
That's what Cook County spent last year on weed (or to arrest and prosecute those possessing it).
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky |
10-07-2011 |
Drugs
The Evolution of John McKaynew
How a Republican aristocrat turned into a marijuana activist.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
09-29-2011 |
Drugs
Weeded Out: Medical Marijuana in D.C. Requires Federal Waivernew
Opening a pot shop in D.C. means signing a paper that says you're a criminal.
Washington City Paper |
Martin Austermuhle |
09-01-2011 |
Drugs
A Call For Actionnew
While Massachusetts ranks as only 15th in the country in population, the state ranks 5th in opiate-overdose deaths. In fact more people die in Massachusetts from opiate abuse than from car accidents.
Worcester Magazine |
Jeremy Shulkin |
08-30-2011 |
Drugs
Referendums Turning the Tide on Pot Bansnew
Medical cannabis activists are increasingly fighting dispensary bans at the ballot box.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-25-2011 |
Drugs
Buzz Killersnew
Two groups want to legalize pot in Ohio. So why aren’t they talking to each other?
Cleveland Scene |
Maude L. Campbell |
08-23-2011 |
Drugs
Growing Problemnew
Sheriff seeks advice from attorney general on how to handle medical marijuana found during evictions.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
07-14-2011 |
Drugs
