marijuana

Sissies At NYT Sunday Styles Addicted To Weed Addictions, Man

Foster Kamer · 07/19/09 12:15PM

Drug addictions and rehab trips have - as much drugs themselves - been trendy forever. But what about weed addictions? The Times' Sunday Styles' 'bout to get all High Times on us and investigate. Bongs out, bowls packed? Blaze away!

Marijuana: Dangerous Menace Enjoyed by 'Losers', Rhode Island

Richard Lawson · 06/18/09 02:14PM

As we stare at the ash-filled bowl on the coffee table and consider ourselves—hardly dressed, reeking of failure—we begin to see why some say dope is for dopes. And one of Anderson Cooper's blogging soldiers would agree!

Phish's Reunion Tour Starts Tonight, Cops Getting Toker Ticket-Happy

Foster Kamer · 05/31/09 05:45PM

If there's a reason your town reeks of oversweat Birkenstocks, patchouli, and politically unaddressed body odors, it's because seminal jam band Phish begins their reunion tour tonight. The biggest perk, naturally, will be the influx of high-grade marijuana in your town. But the 5-0 ain't havin' it.

Weed Cures Cancer!

Hamilton Nolan · 04/09/09 01:45PM

Tetrahydrocannabinol has been demonstrated to induce human glioma cell death through stimulation of autophagy! That means that weed totally cures cancer. Dude.

Martha Stewart Goes to Pot

cityfile · 02/20/09 11:18AM

If you're a middle-aged mom who also happens to be a stoner, be advised that Monday's episode of The Martha Stewart Show will be "entirely dedicated to the world of pot." Not surprisingly, Jimmy Fallon will make a guest appearance. [EW]

Aquaman & Friends Elude Weed Charges

Richard Lawson · 02/16/09 04:52PM

Swimming champion and amateur bud enthusiast Michael Phelps will not face charges stemming from the infamous bong picture that recently surfaced. Eight of his fellow partygoers, previously arrested for possession, have been cleared.

Goody-Goody Twilight Star Caught Smoking Drugs!

Richard Lawson · 11/26/08 10:39AM

Ruh roh! Kristen Stewart, the brooding young starlet currently playing Bella in the chaste, religiousy teen vampire romance movie Twilight, was photographed brazenly smoking the devil's herb on the front steps of her Los Angeles home earlier this week. In the middle of the day! Tsk tsk. I guess we now know why she was so out of it on Letterman the other day. But, I suppose it's just a little pot and it'll be OK and she'll go back to work on the sequels and earn her ridiculous $12 million. As long as there's no boy-related funny business... down there.

Weed Dealers These Days. God.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/29/08 10:31AM

Back in my day, weed was bought from shady characters standing on the corner, or at a weed spot where shady characters gathered. There was none of this ordering on the phone and having some aspiring male model type roll up to your front door on his bike to deliver your quarter ounce. That's that bullshit. Just another sign of dwindling grittiness, like getting our tattoos in malls. So it's no surprise that our city's weed dealers have morphed from streetwise hustlers posted up in the shadows to fancy-free longhairs who give interviews about their business to the Observer under their real names: Stefan Fitzgerald is a bike delivery guy for a large weed operation who was only too happy to bitch to the Observer about his boss:

Pot Dealers Adapting to Economy

cityfile · 10/09/08 06:53AM

The latest business to report feeling the pinch? Pot dealing! A marijuana delivery guy for a New York service says that he's having to tempt buyers with value deals of lower quality weed, and that his biggest clients, Wall Streeters, are now buying eighths instead of ounces. Hey, maybe spending less time majorly stoned will mean a more acute grasp of how to play the markets? Just a thought. [men.style.com]