CA NAACP Supports Marijuana Legalization Initiative
The NAACP isn’t recognized for its efforts to end the drug war because, well, that’s not really their thing. Actually, that wasn’t their thing, but now it is. Because of the devastating effects of the drug war on minorities, the the leadership of the California chapter of the NAACP announced on Monday that the organization … Read more
Stossel Hosts Legitimate One-Hour-Long Drug War Debate on Fox Business TV
A few days ago, John Stossel hosted an honest and legitimate one-hour-long debate regarding the Drug War on the Fox Business channel. I point out that it was an honest and legitimate debate because, often, drug-war debates on TV aren’t. The hosts of the show usually allow guests to cite false facts and misinformation for … Read more
Strain Review: Blue Dream
by Hayes Hemingway Blue Dream is a phenomenal sativa with super soothing effects. It’s also one of the most-yielding strains. The high typically provides patients with alertness and heightened sense of focus almost instantly. These plants didn’t meet the grower’s expectations and I still would rate that batch 10/10. The wonderfully fragrant orange-haired buds eliminated … Read more
Weed is Medicine: Sativex, Liquid Marijuana, Cleared for Prescription Use in United Kingdom
Whenever the scientific community gets a chance to study marijuana honesty and openly, the conclusion is often that marijuana is a relatively harmless plant that can be used as medicine to treat a variety of mental and physical ailments, which is why it is extremely important that the UK has approved for prescription use Sativex, … Read more
Sarah Palin May Surprise You With Her Stance on the Drug War
Sarah Palin is often ridiculed for lacking intelligence and empathy, and she often only supports policies that her team considers popular and politically safe. Oddly enough, finishing your term as an elected governor for one of the 50-states isn’t on that list. Never one to bore America, she is full of surprises, though they are … Read more
Cops Are Public Enemy #1: Police Kill 21-Year-Old Father-to-Be After Warrant Search Fails
Las Vegas cops shot and killed a man, Trevon Cole, last Friday, after unsuccessfully searching his house. His fiance, Sequioa Pearce, 9-months-pregnant, was home in a different room during the murder. This story saddened me so much that I wanted to avoid discussing it on the Cannabis Post, but I think I would be doing … Read more
We’re the Haight, Where’s the Love?
Tomorrow, June 13th, 2010 is the world famous Haight/Ashbury Street Fair. This will be thirty-third time that the freakiest street in America is allow to be…itself.
From roughly 12 noon to 5pm, upwards of some seventy thousand people will take in the freak festival that we call the Haight. Parents with kids lounging in baby bjorns sucking on bottles of baby-chai formula will mix with Gogol Bordello crowd sucking on joints while the bands play on. Hippie chicks in twirling peasant dresses will cradle wicker baskets full of magic potions. Costumes will be worn but it is hard to tell the straights from the freaks, so never assume who is a costume wearer and who is just a Haight St. freak. For one day, it is safe for everyone to come to the Haight.
I Loved My Dispensary
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By Hayes Hemingway “This is a poem by Hayes Hemingway with apologies to Langston Hughes.” I loved my dispensary The LA City Council took it away from me There’s nothing more to say The poem ends softly as it began I loved my dispensary These photos are of four dispensaries that closed within two miles … Read more
Many CA Medical Pot Shops Shut Down: Delivery Services On The Rise
You can knock us down, but we’re relentlessly determined to get back up every time. The pursuit of freedom is never-ending, and the same is true for American appetite for marijuana. In Los Angeles, recently, over 400 medical marijuana dispensaries were ordered to close, though, the government will have to waste a considerable amount of … Read more
How To Get Involved In Drug Policy & Marijuana Legalization Activism
We are at a critical point in the history of the drug war, the beginning of it’s end, though it is far from over. A great-deal of freedom-loving activists from around the world have contributed to the triumphs of marijuana decriminalization and legalization, but there is still a lot of road to walk. And we need … Read more
