SEATTLE (AP) â Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality in Washington state Thursday, and some people plan to celebrate the new law by breaking it. Voters in Washington and Colorado last month made those the first states to decriminalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana. Washington’s law takes effect Thursday and allows adults to […]
See “Celebrities We Love to Hate” photo gallery below. Chris Brown has rejoined Twitter and he has done it with a splash or should I say a cloud of smoke. The multi-talented singer posted photos of he and his friends smoking marijuana over in Amsterdam to the dismay of many people. Brown is still on […]
DENVER (AP) — Hit the slopes — and then a bong? Marijuana legalization votes in Colorado and Washington state don't just set up an epic state-federal showdown on drug law for residents. The measures also open the door for marijuana tourism. Both marijuana measures make marijuana possession in small amounts OK for all adults over […]
Weed smokers beware before taking advantage of the new legal marijuana measures. In addition to Obama’s win, weed smokers in Washington and Colorado celebrated the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. But state officials are warning potheads that the new measures have a long way to go before they can get away with smoking the […]
Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana. The outcomes for those ballot measures Tuesday were a milestone for persistent but often thwarted advocacy […]
A man from Irving Park, Illinois was arrested Wednesday after police found $500,000 worth of marijuana planted in his yard. The police found 100 marijuana plants, $30,000 in cash, and two illegal guns in the unnamed man's home. He was caught after the police released an anonymous tip.
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is on the verge of becoming the first in the nation to let adults over 21 buy taxed, inspected marijuana at state-licensed shops. It might not clear up more than a decade of confusion that resulted from the state's medical marijuana law, or reverse the proliferation of dispensaries. But supporters […]
After speaking with a police officer in New Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Jason Cantrell, a New Orleans assistant city attorney, was issued a summons on Monday afternoon. Why? Because a rolled up marijuana joint mistakenly fell out of his pocket while he was speaking with the officer. According to witnesses, one minute Cantrell was engaged in […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council reversed course Tuesday and repealed a ban on pot shops that it passed just two months ago to shutter hundreds of medical marijuana storefronts. Council members voted 11-2 to negate its July decision to rid the nation's second-largest city of pot dispensaries. The repeal came after […]
CHICAGO (AP) — In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer might plant, someone decided there was just enough room to grow something a little more organic: Marijuana. The plants grew even taller than the tallest Chicago Bulls. However, just days before the crop on […]
Last week, Twitter was all aflutter when Corde Broadus, Snoop Lion’s (formerly Snoop Dogg) son, released photos of him smoking marijuana with his father. On Wednesday, Snoop explained his laissez faire philosophy toward parenting and discussed why he feels he is actually the best one to teach his kids how to smoke. Read more at […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The home state of the president who didn't inhale has become an unlikely front in the battle over medical marijuana. This fall, Arkansas will be the first Southern state to ask voters whether to legalize medical uses for pot, a move that offers supporters a rare chance to make inroads […]
