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Couple seriously injured in San Diego hash oil explosion

By William Breathes on February 1, 2013 News

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A drop of hash oil.

A hash oil extraction gone horribly wrong in San Diego left one man, 21, in critical condition burned over most of his body and a woman, 22, burned on her face, hands and feet. Officials haven’t released the names of the two, only that they were using cans of butane to extract hash oil in the extended-stay hotel.
Fire officials say they did about $600,000 in damage to the second floor hotel room and surrounding rooms of the Heritage Inn in San Diego across a channel from Sea World. A third person was hurt when the wall of his adjoining hotel room exploded. Officials told the U-T San Diego that this was the first hash oil explosion they had ever encountered.

Iowa Medical marijuana bill nixed in sub-committee

By William Breathes on February 1, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News

Iowa patients sadly won’t be seeing this anytime soon.

Sorry Iowa, but medical marijuana won’t be legal in your near future. A bill that would have given patients the right to choose natural medicine died last night in a sub-committee dominated by ignorant lawmakers.

Ten pounds of marijuana shipped to Seattle Kmart

By William Breathes on February 1, 2013 News

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Kush check on aisle five!

A garbage bag filled with ten pounds of marijuana meant for the east coast somehow ended up in the shipping room of a Kmart where an (apparently un-cool) employee found it and called 911 to alert police.

New Hampshire considering three marijuana-related bills this session

By William Breathes on January 31, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News

A greener New Hampshire.

New Hampshire has three different marijuana related bills for state legislators to consider this session, including two bills concerning recreational cannabis use and one allowing for medical marijuana in that state.
Currently, possession of any amount can net you a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. Cultivation falls under sales and possession with intent to sell in that state and is based on weight. Anything over an ounce (roots, leaves, stalks and all) will get you seven years in prison and $100,000 in fines.

Kansas mice outsmart police, steal marijuana from evidence locker

By William Breathes on January 31, 2013 News

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According to the late, great Peter Tosh, goats, birds fowls and ants all love marijuana. We can also add mice to that list after a nest of them burrowed into the Wichita, Kansas police evidence locker and made their home in a few bales of marijuana leftover from a 2009 raid.

Smuggler busted swimming across Texas ship channel with 98 pounds of herb

By William Breathes on January 31, 2013 News

San Benito, TX police.

Not to be used as a floatation device.

Our sister blog Hairballs over at the HoustonPress reports this morning on Mexican national Jose Cabrera-Pastor, busted swimming across the Brownsville Ship Channel with nearly 100 pounds of pot strapped to him last Saturday. No word on if that was the original weight or if Cabrera-Pastor’s load had taken on water during his time at sea.

Washington state looking for ganja experts to guide new industry

By William Breathes on January 31, 2013 Growing, Legislation, News

Think you know cannabis better than the Washington state government? You do? Great. You’re probably right, and because of that they might like to talk to you.
In an effort to begin constructing laws and regulations around Washington’s Initiative 502 that legalized limited amounts of cannabis possession and created a state-regulated recreational marijuana industry, Washington officials are looking for a few knowledgeable cannabis cultivators, tokers and scientists to help guide the policy.

Czech Republic lawmakers approve medical cannabis

By William Breathes on January 31, 2013 Global, Medical, News

The Czech Republic is one step closer to having medical marijuana laws, though legal medical marijuana itself might be harder to come by.
A bill that allows doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with certain conditions, including cancer, Parkinson’s and MS, was overwhelmingly passed by the Czech upper parliament Wednesday with 67 votes out of a possible 81.

Kentucky industrial hemp bill prospects looking good, law enforcement predictably opposes

By William Breathes on January 30, 2013 Legislation, News

Vintage post card from Kentucky showing hemp farming.

A Kentucky state senator says his proposal for regulated industrial hemp production in that state has a pretty good chance of succeeding this year. Senator Paul Hornback, a republican from Shelbyville who currently holds the Senate Agriculture committee chairman seat, has the backing of the Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and high-profile U.S. Senator Rand Paul. Some say the bill would have as many as 22 votes out of the 38 possible needed for the Senate to push the bill forward.

Top ten U.S. politicians who’ve puffed ganja

By William Breathes on January 30, 2013 Culture, News

Tom Tancredo doesn’t want to hit your doobie.

Recently Colorado Republican firebrand politician (and onetime presidential candidate) Tom Tancredo made headlines for agreeing to smoke marijuana on camera with a Florida-based filmmaker if Colorado’s Amendment 64 was passed. Well, the bill was approved but Tancredo apparently had no intention of following through with his agreement. He says his wife told him that it might be a bad influence on their grandchildren and he has since declined the filmmaker’s offer.

It’s too bad. Not only for Tancredo’s own well-being (the dude clearly needs a joint), but also for his place in history. He could have easily joined the ranks of the top ten politicians who’ve smoked pot, as compiled by our sister paper, the Denver Westword.

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