SEATTLE (AP) — An analysis of the first six months of Seattle police enforcement under new marijuana laws finds homeless people and African-American males are more likely to be ticketed for public pot use than anyone else. Officers issued 82 tickets for public possession and use between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to the […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The first recreational marijuana sold legally in Seattle is headed to the city’s Museum of History and Industry. The woman who waited all night to be first in line at the Cannabis City store, 65-year-old Deb Greene, plans to donate her pot on Tuesday to the Seattle museum on South Lake Union. […]
It’s no secret that back in the day when he was in college, President Obama used to smoke. However, these days he’s adamantly against it. So we guess when he visited Colorado – the state that recently legalized marijuana – on Tuesday, @manton89 thought it would be a friendly gesture to offer the Prez a hit. […]
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) â An Arizona man arrested for unlawfully discharging a firearm told authorities that he was trying to shoot the moon. Prescott Valley police say 39-year-old Cameron Read also admitted to smoking marijuana before the incident last Friday night. Police responded to the home after a woman reported that her boyfriend had fired […]
DENVER (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation to try to establish the world’s first financial system for the largely cash-only marijuana industry. The bill signed Friday morning seeks to form a network of uninsured cooperatives designed to give pot businesses a way to access basic banking services. Banks that fear violating federal law […]
The City of San Jose proposes that voters who cast a ballot in their municipal election on Tuesday could receive free marijuana from the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries, according to a report by NBC. But its not because there is anything marijuana-related on the ballot. San Jose residents will be electing a new mayor and […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who goes by the “Weed Fairy” distributed free nuggets of marijuana to people in Seattle over Memorial Day weekend, taping the free pot on fliers around a city neighborhood. The woman, 23-year-old Yeni Sleidi, says she does it to amuse people and to give them a break from everyday stress. […]
DENVER (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg says she’s in love with her marijuana-vaporizing pen. In her new column for The Denver Post’s Cannabist website, the Oscar-winning entertainer writes that her “vape pen” relieves the devastating glaucoma headaches she suffers without overwhelming her with a marijuana high. Goldberg’s debut column appeared Thursday. She writes that marijuana eases […]
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — Police in East Texas have arrested a woman after she called them to complain about the quality of the marijuana she had purchased from a dealer. Lufkin police Sgt. David Casper said Monday that an officer went to the home of 37-year-old Evelyn Hamilton to hear her complaint that the dealer […]
DENVER (AP) — A Wyoming college student visiting Denver on spring break jumped to his death after eating a marijuana cookie that his friend legally purchased in one of Colorado’s recreational pot shops, authorities said Wednesday. An autopsy report lists marijuana intoxication as a “significant contributing factor” in the death of 19-year-old Levy Thamba Pongi, […]
Some people just don’t respect the opportunity of a second chance. A man who was released from prison was sent right back in an hour.…
Minnesota state representative made a racist comment about street crime increasing if NBA teams were to fold. His defense was the NBA is the only sports organization where testing positive for marijuana isn’t a substance abuse violation. Listen to the audio player to hear “The Russ Parr Morning Show” discuss how NBA testing works and […]
