Cannabis Corner
Marijuana and nullification
A couple weeks ago the Berkeley, California city council unanimously voted to declare Berkeley a sanctuary city for licensed marijuana businesses and users. Now other...
The Opium Wars and the revenge of the Middle Kingdom
File this under: “What goes around comes around on the great One Belt, One Road of life.”
From a Sept. 2 Reuters story: “U.S. officials...
The 1,200 names of marijuana
OK, time for a short quiz.
Please list all the names for marijuana that you can think of…
Time’s up. If you listed 1,200, go to...
Where the stoners are (and aren’t) in the USA
Ever wonder what parts of the country are home to the highest percentage of stoners, and which parts have the lowest percentage? And ever...
Cory Gardner and politics as the art of the possible
Last month, Colorado Republican Senator Cory Gardner got President Trump to support legislation that would allow states to decide whether or not to legalize...
Marijuana legalization wars: Follow the money edition
A good way to gauge where things stand in the marijuana legalization wars a week before Election Day is to follow the money. And the...
Arizona marijuana initiative: Past and present GOP governors take different sides
As of this writing, Arizona county officials are still validating signatures on petitions to put a recreational marijuana legalization question on the state’s November...
Canadian MPs vote for legal marijuana
This is huge!
Like 3,854,082 square miles huge.
The Canadian House of Commons last week passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana throughout the world’s second...
And yet another look at weed delivery…
Ladies and gentlemen, the new era of high-class weed buying is on the horizon, making it so you would no longer have to leave...
Reading the entrails: The latest marijuana polls
The latest marijuana legalization polls are out, and they contain bad news and good news.
First, the bad news.
Recent polls in both Massachusetts and Arizona...
An ‘ethical pharmaceutical’ from a less-than-ethical company
WTF?!
GW Pharmaceuticals, the U.K.-based company that recently got the first marijuana-based medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration, has announced its price: $32,500...
Pot legalization: Good news from California
Another marijuana legalization poll is out, and this one is very good news indeed.
On Sept. 26, California’s highly respected Field Research Corporation, which has...