D.C., lawmakers voted for a bill that would eliminate criminal penalties for the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. If the bill becomes law, people stopped with an ounce or less of marijuana will face a $25 fine, instead of arrests. The fine for those caught smoking will be $100. For more […]
01/14/14- Huggy Lowdown jokes with the TJMS about the 2014 Golden Globes, Governor Chris Christie, and smoking in Colorado.
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — State police say rapper Flavor Flav was ticketed for speeding and driving without a license en route to his mother’s funeral in suburban New York. The rapper, whose real name is William Drayton, was allegedly driving 79 mph in a 55 mph zone Thursday morning on the Meadowbrook Parkway. Police say […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce plans to legalize medical marijuana through an executive order. Cuomo is expected to legalize medical marijuana on a limited basis at 20 hospitals for specific conditions. Cuomo will make the announcement during his State of the State address on Wednesday. The legalization of medical marijuana has repeatedly passed […]
DENVER (AP) — Long lines and blustery winter weather greeted Colorado marijuana shoppers testing the nation’s first legal recreational pot shops Wednesday. It was hard to tell from talking to the shoppers, however, that they had waited hours in snow and frigid wind. “It’s a huge deal for me,” said Andre Barr, a 34-year-old deliveryman […]
DENVER (AP) — Firing up bongs and cheering in a cloud of marijuana smoke, pot users in Colorado hailed the arrival of the nation’s first recreational pot industry Wednesday. Retail sales weren’t to begin until 8 a.m. But marijuana fans didn’t wait to celebrate the industry. “Honestly, I thought I’d never see the day,” said […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The 19-year-old daughter of New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has opened up about her personal struggles, saying she spent years battling substance abuse and depression. Chiara de Blasio, a college sophomore who had a central role in her father’s campaign, appears in a surprise four-minute video released Tuesday by […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Goetz said he thought he was going to be mugged by a man who turned out to be a plainclothes cop arresting him in a low-level drug sting — the same explanation he used nearly three decades ago when he opened fire on four panhandling youths on a subway train. […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Figuring out how much marijuana people use has been one of the trickiest, and most important, questions facing the bureaucrats who are setting up Washington state’s new legal pot system. Underestimate demand, and marijuana fans might stick with their black market dealers. Overestimate it, and the surplus legal production could wind up […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police say they found 20 pounds of marijuana in boxes wrapped as Christmas presents inside a minivan after a traffic stop. The Centre Daily Times reports that 38-year-old Randy Jesus Valdivia, of Surfside, Fla., faces felony drug charges after the stop on Interstate 80 near State College. Police […]
TMZ is reporting a Wendy’s employee named Amy Seiber has been arrested and fined after she served a customer a cheeseburger that had a half-smoked marijuana blunt inside of it. The 32-year-old was arrested for possession of marijuana on November 1 during her shift at a Wendy’s franchise located in Lovejoy, Georgia. According to police, […]
As we reported, Chris Brown was ordered on Wednesday to spend three months in rehab after throwing a rock through his mother’s car window following a family counseling session. He blames the anti-depressant drugs that have been prescribed to him, a source said; and wants to return to the medical treatment he has relied on […]
