Toke of the Town

Author Steve Elliott ~alapoet~

Pot-Dealing Peruvian Women Hide Weed In Their Vuvuzelas

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Photo: Brian Currin
No, these aren’t the pot dealers. These women are Coda, and their song is called “Blow Your Vuvuzela.” Head on over to Brian Currin’s blog to download it.

​Peruvian pot dealers have found a cool new use for the vuvuzela, the long, thin plastic horns whose sound has become the backdrop of the soccer World Cup — hiding their marijuana.

Two Peruvian women were arrested in front of a school in capitol city Lima on Tuesday. Police claim the women were trying to sell 100 small bags of cannabis that they had packed into their vuvuzelas, reports Terry Wade for Reuters.
The fame of vuvuzelas has spread virally during this year’s World Cup soccer matches — while, in some quarters, their popularity has dipped. Many find the buzzing blare of the plastic horns to be rather, well, annoying.
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Cash-Hungry Long Beach Wants To Tax Marijuana

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By on Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

Photo: LBPost.com

​Long Beach is joining other California cities which are looking at taxing marijuana to boost cash-starved city coffers.

The City Council on Tuesday, July 6, will consider a proposal to put a measure on November’s ballot that would levy a 5 percent tax on medical marijuana dispensaries.
Another tax, of up to 10 percent, would only go into effect if California voters also pass Proposition 19, which would legalize and regulate marijuana for recreational use, and allow its taxation, reports Tony Barboza at the Los Angeles Times.
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Ziggy Marley Authors ‘MarijuanaMan’ Comic Book

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By on Culture, Products

Graphic: Comic Book Resources
Maybe they should print it on rolling papers.

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Photo: StubHub

​Grammy Award-winning musician Ziggy Marley is expanding his artistic repertoire with the release of MarijuanaMan, a new comic book featuring a superhero from a planet that is in desperate need of THC (hey, that sounds a bit like Earth, actually).

Our hero, MarijuanaMan, seeks to save Earth’s marijuana fields from destruction by the evil drug company PharmeXon, thus saving his cannabinoid-starved home planet in the process.
The first issue’s of Ziggy’s MarijuanaMan book will hit shelves across the country on April 20, 2011, and Ziggy will be making an exclusive one-day-ony appearance this month at Comic-Con International in support of the new comic.
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Colorado Veterans Want Medical Marijuana For PTSD

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By on Legislation, Medical

Photo: Patients Choice of Colorado
Kevin Grimsinger: “We’ve done our fighting. Don’t make us continue to fight.”

​Numerous studies have shown medical marijuana to be effective in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition suffered by 20 percent of our returning veterans. Wouldn’t it make sense to make the best medicine available to those coming home from war?

Medical marijuana advocacy group Sensible Colorado and local veterans will hold a press conference and rally on Wednesday, July 7, to support adding PTSD to the list of conditions eligible for medical marijuana authorizations in Colorado.

The rally coincides with the official submission of a petition to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to add PTSD.
PTSD does not qualify for medical marijuana use in Colorado. Veterans Administration hospitals won’t recommend cannabis for any use, and, by policy, threatens to cut off health care and benefits to veterans who test positive for using it.
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Naked Worker Found In Texas Warehouse; Busted For Pot

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Photo: MyFoxDFW.com
“Very hot” in Texas: Kenneth Clyde Jackson decided it would be a good idea to work in the nude.

​Jeeze, whatever happened to just whistling while you work?

Texas police looking into a possible break-in instead found a seemingly intoxicated employee catching up on tasks over the weekend — while drunk, stoned, and stark naked.

Fort Worth police officers checked an open door at the Regal Plastics warehouse found an unclothed, 55-year-old Kenneth Clyde Jackson, reports Alice Wolke at MyFoxDFW.com.
Jackson, who works for the company, was completely nude and had the odor of alcohol on his breath, according to the police report.
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South Africa: Rastafarians Vow To Keep Smoking Cannabis

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Photo: Alan Eason/Daily Dispatch
From left, South African Rastafarians Zerah Mayo, his brother Adwah Kamini and ‘Rasbaruch’ said they are being discriminated against for smoking marijuana as part of their religion.

​Two physically disabled Rastafarian brothers in South Africa, who have already been arrested three times for marijuana, said the law will not stop them from smoking the illegal herb, reports Kathryn Parkes at the Daily Dispatch.

The Rastas said they need to smoke cannabis, which they call “dagga,” in order to “connect with their God.”
Zerah Mayo and his older brother Adwah Kamini had their case thrown out of court on a technicality last Friday after they were arrested and charged with selling marijuana earlier this year.
The brothers called it a victory, and said they only smoke dagga and do not sell it.
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Montana Police Now Delivering Medical Marijuana

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Photo: Home Security Guru

​Talk about restoring your faith in humanity! One town in Montana has finally gotten it right when it comes to the proper relationship between medical marijuana and the cops.

The Billings, Montana Police Department says it has become a medical marijuana delivery service for pot growers in Montana, because shipping companies like FedEx and UPS refuse to handle the packages due to federal laws that could leave them open to criminal prosecution, reports KECI Missoula.

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Old Kilo Of Marijuana Washes Up On Florida Beach

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Photo: George Ginsburg

​Independence Day revelers at New Smyrna Beach, Florida made an interesting find among the seashells — an old kilo of marijuana.

The pot came ashore around noon on the beach, according to Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Scott Petersohn, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
“It was really old and barnacle-crusted,” Petersohn said. “It’s not anything that anyone would want to roll up and smoke.” (The captain must not know some of my friends.)
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Massachusetts Has No Way To Collect New $100 Pot Fines

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By on Legislation, News

Graphic: The Katy Capsule
Massachusetts’ 2008 decrim law, approved by voters, specifies a $100 fine for marijuana. But it doesn’t specify what to do if folks don’t pay their tickets.

​Massachusetts’ new law decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana has left some local law enforcement officers dazed and confused, reports Aaron Gouveia of the Cape Cod Times.

Police officers for the past 18 months have been issuing the new $100 non-criminal citations to people caught with less than an ounce of pot. But when people don’t pay their fine, officials aren’t sure exactly what to do.
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