Author William Breathes

In the past two years, local cities in California have been more than happy to cooperate with the Obama Administration’s war on medical marijuana. But now the feds are signaling that they will back off and allow states like Washington and Colorado which have legalized and are setting up strict statewide regulations for marijuana. But don’t think for a moment that the Potpocalypse is over yet–it’s too profitable for both the feds and California cops.
The latest evidence: a request filed by the Santa Ana Police Department with the U.S. Department of Justice for 80 percent of the proceeds of the sale of a building in that city which used to house a marijuana dispensary. The Orange County Weekly has the rest on these greedy little piggies.

Newton County, Georgia is currently down one stoney police officer.
Deputy Darrell Mathis was arrested last week after allegedly repeatedly selling marijuana while on duty and bragging about being above the law because he technically wasthe law. We’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt and call it undermining the drug war from within.

Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek today said that he could never support marijuana legalization because marijuana causes violent behavior. And no, we wasn’t joking.
Now we’ll give you time to catch your breath from laughing so hard.

If you ever wondered why SoCal surfers, skaters and even some body builders (Arnold Schwarzenegger in his early, Venice days) are often reliable weed smokers, this might provide at least a part of the answer.
A new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence shows that you don’t need wax or purple strains to increase the potency of your marijuana session: Exercise can give your buzz a serious boost. THC levels increased by 15 percent after tokers did cardiovascular exercise, according to researchers at the University of Sydney. LA Weekly has the full story.