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Dutch weigh closing Amsterdam coffee shops near schools, but only during school hours

By William Breathes on November 22, 2013 Culture, Global, News

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The mayor of Amsterdam is pushing for laws that would close cannabis-friendly coffee shops within 250 meters of schools, but only for part of the day. After about 6 p.m. as well as all weekend long and on holidays, the shops can open back up to tokers and space-cake eaters alike.
In the states, heads would roll over shops being within 250 feet of a school or even 1,000 feet of a school. Actually, that’s not true. The feds simply send out $.49 letters to everyone within 1,000 feet of schools and shut them down without really lifting a finger.

Cannabis Planet TV airs this Saturday, producers hope to go nationwide in 2014

By William Breathes on November 20, 2013 Culture, News

Robert Platshorn in the 1970s.

Ganja now has a friend in cable television as the new show Cannabis Planet TV debuts on several stations across the United States, including South Florida’s WHDT-TV.
The man who is partly responsible for getting it aired is Palm Beach, Florida pot activist and convicted smuggler Robert Platshorn, who is the program’s media director. Broward-Palm Beach New Times has the full story, and click over to Cannabis Planet TV for channels carrying the show.

British Formula One team offends with weed leaf-tagged Mexican flags at race

By William Breathes on November 18, 2013 Culture, News, Stoned Sports

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British F-1 racing team McLaren caused a small political rift over the weekend in Austin after Mexican flags altered to include cannabis leaves were flown over the team’s merch stalls at a race in Austin, Texas.
It probably wouldn’t have been so bad had members of the Mexican consulate’s office not seen it and tweeted it out to the interwebz. The consulate said they were highly offended called the mistake “unacceptable”.

Cannabis Encyclopedia strain review: Bruce Banner #3

By Ry Prichard on November 13, 2013 Cannabis Encyclopedia, Culture, Growing

Ry Prichard.

Larger photo below.

Want to know more about the herb you’re smoking? So do we, so we’ve asked Ry Prichard – a fellow Colorado cannabis nerd, grower, photographer and founder of the Cannabis Encyclopedia project which aims to create a central database on cannabis strain information – to help school us all, strain-wise. This week? Bruce Banner #3

Top ten bong smashings and breakings on YouTube

By William Breathes on November 12, 2013 Culture, Glass Class

It is a sad fact of cannabis life: glass bongs break despite the amount of care put into keeping them safe and operational. Sometimes it is an accident, other times it is on purpose but if you’ve got a bong there’s a good chance it is going to be reduced to rubble at some point in your lifetime.
Just hope you don’t have a friend their to capture it like the ten people below in our favorite bong breakage videos from YouTube.

Dab-o-ween in Denver celebrates a year of cannabis legalization in Colorado

By Leslie Simon on November 11, 2013 Culture

Leslie Simon.

It’s been one year since the State of Colorado passed Amendment 64 legalizing recreational marijuana for adults over 21, and it’s still every bit as exciting to see people smoking freely at an event. Last weekend the people of Grassroots California joined up with dispensary search engine Weedmaps.com to celebrate the year-old laws and Dab-O-Ween at popular local dance club Norad.

Jovan Jackson, trailblazing San Diego dispensary owner found guilty after 3rd trial, vows to appeal

By Jack Daniel on November 7, 2013 Culture, News, Opinion

Jovan Jackson, from YouTube.

Just over one year ago, on October 24th, 2012, historical legal precedent was set in the state of California in regard to its ambiguous medical marijuana laws. San Diego based medical marijuana storefront owner, Jovan Jackson, had been tried in court twice, based first on entrapment style undercover buys in 2008 (acquitted of all charges), and then trumped up charges of possession and sale of marijuana after a raid on his shop in 2009, of which he was eventually found guilty.

Cannabis Encyclopedia strain review: Durban Poison

By Ry Prichard on November 6, 2013 Cannabis Encyclopedia, Culture

Ry Prichard.

Durban Poison.

Spanish national busted with a belly full of hash in Ireland

By William Breathes on October 30, 2013 Culture, Global, Say what?

How far are people willing to go to get hash into Ireland? About the average length of the human intestinal tract, end to stinky end.
Unai Aguirregabica, a Spanish national, was busted at Cork Airport in Cork, Ireland, in August after a drug dog alerted on him at a customs checkpoint. Aguirregabica didn’t have anything on him. But he did have something in him: more than two pounds of hash.

Miami paper explores hash oil culture in Florida

By William Breathes on October 25, 2013 Culture, News

Miami New Times/Peter Bollinger.

In the past 12 months, BHO use has exploded across Florida and the rest of the nation. Tens of thousands of people are uploading videos to YouTube, Instagram, and Vine of themselves making and smoking the oil. Rap artists such as B-Real, Action Bronson, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J are spreading the BHO gospel, and even stodgy mainstream media outlets such as the Atlantic have published basic guides to “dabbing.”
So it is only fitting that our sister paper, The Miami New Times, dedicated their entire print edition to the craze this week. Click over to read the entire article.

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