Wednesday, 4 February 2015

From ‘Chelsea Lately’ to Red Rocks, Eva Magdalenski is taking on hip-hop

Right after Eva Magdalenski greeted me with a huge hug in the lobby of her downtown hotel, she handed me a pack of Juicy Fruit with a hundred dollar bill taped to it. For a second, I thought she was giving me weed money — I was there to pick her up and take her on her first-ever Denver dispensary visit.

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Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Illinois Governor Awards Medical Marijuana Licenses Following Review

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Medical marijuana will soon be grown in Illinois, after the office of Governor Bruce Rauner began awarding permits for medical marijuana growers and dispensaries on Monday. The surprise move to award the permits came following concern from medical marijuana patients and activists, who had been fearing that the new governor would stall the program indefinitely.  Last week, […]

Cannabist calendar: February 2015 has lots of stoney events you’ll love

Share the love with your buds and spend quality time together at these stoney events in Colorado for February 2015.

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Grow Hack: Curing and Storage Changes Potency

Much has been said aboutproper curing. A good, slow drying of cannabis flowers ripens the flavor and, according to some, also ripens the potency. Since most people don’t smoke fresh flowers, it’s hard to tell how potency changes during curing, but now th...

Jamaica Senate Begins Debate on Marijuana Reform Bill

KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Jamaica’s Senate on Friday started debating a bill that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot and establish a licensing agency to regulate a lawful medical marijuana industry on an island where cannabis has long been pervasive but prohibited. Justice Minister Mark Golding, who introduced the legislation to the upper house, said it […]

Monday, 2 February 2015

Calling out Jeb Bush: ‘The first time I really got stoned was in Jeb’s room’

The same Jeb Bush who opposed Florida's medical marijuana initiative in 2014 enjoyed the herb liberally when he was in a swanky Massachusetts private high school, The Boston Globe reported over the weekend. The Globe's extensive take-out on the former Florida governor and possible presidential candidate's time at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., is worth a read. Here are a few of the tasty bits about Jeb Bush's former affinity for cannabis:

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Sunday, 1 February 2015

Who Will Legalize Ohio… and How?

Those days seem like ancient history now that the green rush is on and news media are proclaiming that marijuana is the biggest growth industry in America. Nowhere is the confluence of activism and capitalism more pronounced than the great state of Ohio.