marijuana

DC to Vote on Legalizing Weed Today

Jeff Neumann · 05/04/10 06:54AM

Residents of the District are getting excited about today's vote on legalizing medical marijuana. One man hopes to eventually open a café called "Wakey Bakey." To get the story, The Washington Post went looking for, and found, lots of weed.

These People Really Need to Get Stoned

Brian Moylan · 04/20/10 03:40PM

It's April 20. Because the stoner lexicon refers to reefer as "420," the date's become synonymous with celebrating the high life. Instead of posting a list of stars who already smoke up, here are a bunch of people who should.

Happy 420: Our Favorite THC Highlights From TV

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 04/20/10 03:20PM

Today, April 20th, is an unofficial holiday for the cannabis cabal. Some celebrate privately, some join together to smoke en masse, but ceremonies usually culminate right around that magic minute, 4:20.

Blunt Force Trauma

Max Read · 04/18/10 05:56PM

[The International Cannabis and Hemp Expo at San Francisco's Cow Palace came to a close today, after two days of medical marijuana users bonding over technologies in bongs, vaporizers, edibles and late-night Cartoon Network programming. Image via Getty]

Weedheads Waste $8.7 Million

Hamilton Nolan · 02/18/10 11:02AM

California researchers spent $8.7 million on this: "Four [studies] showed that cannabis can significantly relieve neuropathic pain and one found that vaporizers are an effective way to use marijuana." We'll conservatively estimate $8.6 million as weed expenses. [LAT]

Is this Man the Oldest Pot-Smoker in America?

Jon Martin · 02/15/10 01:20PM

Ever wondered what someone would look like if they smoked pot all-day, everyday for 70+ years? The guy in this video claims he is the oldest pot-smoker in America.

Stephen Colbert Annoys Pot-Smoking Congressman

David Matthews · 02/11/10 10:07AM

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen interviewed Rep. Mike Quigley, from Illinois' 5th District. During the course of their interview, Congressman Quigley let slip that he had smoked marijuana in high school and Stephen was all over it:

Plunging Profits for NYC Pot Dealers

cityfile · 01/20/10 11:22AM

It isn't just conservative lawmakers who are worried about New Jersey's new medical marijuana law, which gives people with debilitating diseases the right to purchase up to two ounces of marijuana each month. Pot dealers are concerned, too! "It's going to cut a lot of the bridge-and-tunnel customers," one dealer tells the Daily News, adding that if he tried to compete with the legal stuff based on price, he'd lose "hundreds of thousands of dollars a year." If you're out of work and were thinking about dealing a bit on the side to pay the bills—not such a bad idea, at least up until now!—you make want to think about some other way to make quick cash. [NYDN]