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Free Download: Ziggy Marley’s New Prop 19 Song ‘A Fire Burns For Freedom’

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 24, 2010 Culture, Products

Recording artist Ziggy Marley has released a new single, “A Fire Burns For Freedom,” also known as “Wild and Free,” in support of Prop 19 and cannabis reform, and is offering the song as a free download on his website.

“I would love if everyone enlightened themselves on the many uses and benefits of this plant,” Marley said. “A plant that if utlized to its full potential will greatly benefit humankind in the many different aspects of our lives and existence.”

Ziggy’s aim is to spread the word about marijuana and what if offers the human race.

“I have been quite surprised in my travels to realize that those who I have come in contact with seem oblivious to the ‘other’ uses of this amazing gift that has been given to us,” Marley said.

Cannabis Quote Of The Day: Tommy Chong

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 21, 2010 Culture, Products

Photo: Sprinting To Hell

”I figure it this way:

Dope’s gonna be legal in a few years. Then it’ll be a legitimate job.

All the other dudes won’t be ready for it and I’ll know how to do it.

Then I’ll have a job.”

~ Tommy Chong [1980]

Long Beach Hosting Medical Marijuana Event This Weekend

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 15, 2010 Culture, Products

Photo: Gregory Bojorquez/LA Weekly

Expo organizer and medical marijuana advocate Richard Eastman, left, talks with Prop 215 co-author Dennis Peron, who is scheduled to speak at the event

Southern California medical marijuana advocates are spreading the word about cannabis this weekend with a two-day educational event in Long Beach.

The Long Beach, Los Angeles and Orange County Medical Marijuana Exposition and Patients Film Festival (try saying that after taking a bong hit) will happen Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. each day at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Long Beach, 2017 East 4th Street.

The expo is “an educational event” being held “because of Long Beach being in the center of a heated debate on marijuana,” according to one of the organizers, marijuana advocate Richard Eastman, reports Paul Eakins of the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

“Our goal is to educate the citizens and voters of Long Beach about the positive benefits of medical marijuana,” Eastman said, reports Jonathan Van Dyke at Gazettes.com.

Grenade-Shaped Marijuana Grinder Closes Airport

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 14, 2010 Culture, Products

Photo: Dan MacLennan/Postmedia News

RCMP Const. Alexa Blacklock with the replica grenade, which is actually a cannabis grinder

A marijuana grinder made to look like a real hand grenade caused the closure of an entire airport on Vancouver Island Wednesday morning.

The replica grenade, used to grind cannabis for vaporization or smoking, was found inside a passenger’s checked luggage at Campbell River Airport, reports Paul Rudan at the Campbell River Mirror.

“This just shows how a lapse in judgment can have tremendous consequences,” said Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Alexa Blacklock. “The airport was closed for almost four hours, inconveniencing over 40 travelers and personnel getting to connecting flights and destinations.”

“It forced an enormous unnecessary use of resources, including specialized units, fire, police, and security staff,” Blacklock said.

Two men were held and questioned by police. Both were released later than day with no charges expected.

Michigan: Silverdome Cannabis Convention Cancelled

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 6, 2010 Culture, Products

Photo: dscriber

Bruce Perlowin: “They were clear we weren’t going to get a city permit, so I decided to reschedule it”

Organizers have canceled a marijuana festival planned for October at the Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions.

Elected officials and police cast the show as a “pot party,” and pointed to advertising materials they claimed “upset” them because the materials described the event in much the same way. Local officials claimed the event would tarnish the reputation of Pontiac and Oakland County, Michigan.

Promoters said the International Holistic Health Cannabis Convention Halloween Harmony & Harvest Festival (damn, how were they going to fit that on the marquee?) had been “moved,” Pontiac Silverdome Building General Manager Grant Reeves told Shaun Byron of The Oakland Press.

Reeves declined to say if the promoter had given a specific reason for moving or canceling the festival, and said that any information about the move would have to come from the promoter.

The event had been planned for October 29-31.

The event was a trade show focusing on natural and healthy products, as well as green technologies, claimed promoter Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Medical Marijuana Inc.

Oakland City Leaders Attend Reopening Of Marijuana Megastore

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2010 Culture, Products

Photo: iGrowOakland.com

Oakland marijuana supply superstore weGrow held its Grand Re-Opening on Sunday.

What a difference a year makes. Last year, you would be hard pressed to find any Oakland city leaders at an event called “Hemp Evolution,” but on Sunday, they were publicly supporting the industrialization of medical marijuana.

It was already known as the “Wal-Mart of the marijuana world,” with 15,000 square feet of everything you need to grow or use marijuana, according to Cecilia Vega of KGO. Now, iGrow is growing even more, and changing its name to “weGrow.”

Suit Against T-Mobile For Blocking Weed Texts Heads To Court

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 28, 2010 Culture, Products

Graphic: Reality Catcher

A federal court will hear arguments this week on EZ Texting’s suit against T-Mobile for blocking cellphone text messages. The case has ignited a debate over the government’s role as a regulator of text messaging communications on cellphones.

The U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York will conduct a hearing Thursday on allegations that T-Mobile stopped sending texts for EZ Texting’s customer WeedMaps.com, a medical marijuana distribution website, because of the content of the site, reports Cecelia Kang at The Washington Post.

EZ Texting said that T-Mobile’s action stifled free speech, and that rules to protect phone users from blocking should also be applied to text messages.

Cervantes To Speak At S.F. Cannabis Expo September 25

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 24, 2010 Culture, Growing, Products

Photo: downthemfree

Jorge Cervantes, master cannabis cultivator, is among the distinguished guests at the International Cannabis & Hemp Expo, San Francisco, Saturday, Sept. 25.

World-renowned cannabis cultivation expert Jorge Cervantes is expected to speak during the 2010 International Cannabis & Hemp Expo, at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 25.

Cervantes will be taking a rare timeout from his most recent countryside video production to present an Expo exclusive, “Bud Porn: Getting Up Close & Personal With Your Buds.”

The Expo is held September 25 and 26 in San Francisco at The Cow Palace, and presenters said it aims to share a fresh new approach for cannabis education.

“I’m honored to take part in this event that highlights cannabis as a global solution and the power we all have to help make that happen,” Cervantes said. “After eight years of self-imposed exile, it feels good to be in an America that is more free and to be able to legally grow medical cannabis.”

Medical Marijuana Jars Offer Storage, Light Protection

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 24, 2010 Products

Photo: mmjars.com

We all have our favorite ways to store cannabis. Some of us are old school, using sandwich baggies or zip-locks. Others favor stash cans, 35 mm film containers, plastic containers or mason jars. As for me, I just discovered my favorite stash jar a couple weeks ago: Violet Glass Jars from Medical Marijuana Jars.

Violet biophotonic glass provides the best protection from the sun’s damaging rays, and according to Medical Marijuana Jars, they are made to scientific standards insuring medicine stays fresher longer.

Dispute Over Medical Marijuana Video Results In Lawsuit

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 24, 2010 Growing, Products

Photo: Amazon.com

The producer of an instructional video about growing medical marijuana said the advertising and consulting firms it hired have conspired to copy, distribute and sell the DVD without its permission.

Grow Scene Productions filed a federal lawsuit, saying it enlisted Haze Consulting, Get Me Goings Productions, Robert Pyne Media and Sareli Marketing to promote its video, Mary N’ Jane Present the Successful Indoor Cultivation of Medical Marijuana, featuring the fictional characters “Mary” and “Jane,” reports Maria Dinzeo at Courthouse News.

The companies allegedly told Grow Scene that the video would not be finalized or reproduced without Grow Scene’s written approval, but on August 17, Grow Scene found Haze promoting the video at a Las Vegas marijuana trade show.

When confronted, Sammy Trujillo of Haze said he was in the process of printing 10,000 DVDs for distribution at Seattle Hempfest later that month, according to the complaint.

Trujillo allegedly got the video from Robert Pyne, of, not surprisingly, Robert Pyne Media, and a man named Marlo Jordon “was responsible for ordering and paying for” the 10,000 unauthorized DVDs, according to the complaint.

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