Virginia is for medical cannabis lovers. Too bad their state government hasn’t caught on yet. A study released today by the National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws Virginia chapter shows that 72 percent of registered Virginia voters would support medical marijuana laws in their state.
| “Excuse me while I light my spliff.” |
Happy birthday to the late, great Robert Nesta Marley. If he were alive, today would have been his 68th trip around the sun.
Marley, both a champion of civil rights in his homeland as well as cultural spokesperson for ganja use, was never shy about his beliefs as a Rastafarian and an herb smoker.
In case it wasn’t already on your list, add birthday present wrapping to the list of things that aren’t going to fool drug dogs. Around noon last Saturday, a Nebraska State Trooper pulled over 52-year-old Johnny C. Hatchett for “following to close” [sic]. We assume they meant following someone else too closely, because following a Nebraska State Trooper too closely would be downright stupid with what Hatchett was carrying. Joking aside, in all likelihood he got pulled over simply for having out-of-state plates.
| Some people are taking this quite literally. |
This weekend, Denver’s CBS4 reported about marijuana being advertised for free on Craigslist in exchange for donations or other offers, and questioned whether the practice was legal under Amendment 64; see the video below. But the folks behind 4 Strains Pipe & Tobacco are confident they’re doing nothing wrong in offering a small amount of cannabis as a bonus to folks purchasing other merchandise.
Former California medical marijuana collective owner and current medical ganja delivery driver John Szwec was minding his own business on Monday night when two men approached him and robbed him of his money and an ounce of medical cannabis outside of a Denny’s before the pair sped off in a getaway car.
Hearings begin tomorrow on whether California cities and counties have the right to outright ban medical marijuana businesses from operating. The City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness begins opening arguments Tuesday, in a case many believe will set precedence for future dispensary operations.
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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.