Oakland Pot-Growing Plan Worries Small Bud Tenders

Oakland, Calif. — After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California’s medical marijuana growers see a new threat to their tenuous existence: the “Wal-Marting” of weed.
The Oakland City Council on Tuesday will look at licensing four production plants where pot would be grown, [...]

Let’s Tax Marijuana To Death Like Tobacco

If you’re at all interested in the ongoing debate over pot legalization, look south right now to cash-starved California.
It’s smoking hot there, with arguments being marshalled for and against Proposition 19, which would allow people 21 and over to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal use — and let local governments [...]

Legalizing Marijuana Would Cripple Drug Cartels

A couple of weeks ago Gov.  Jan Brewer made a rather startling, if not irresponsible, remark that most people crossing the border illegally from Mexico were drug mules.  Though I believe her comments to be hyperbole and another blatant attempt to pander for political gain, they have brought to the forefront [...]

Dad Knew His Hemp

But Weekend Expo Would Shock Him
My old man lives on as a god in the world of hemp, a sainted king of cannabis.
Not a ganja god like Bob Marley or Cheech and Chong.
But CBC never wrote a ballad about Cheech and Chong.  And Kentucky never made Bob Marley an honorary colonel.
My dad’s spirit [...]

Counties Take Aim At Pot Menace

Seven Southern Oregon counties have teamed up to fight marijuana growers likely linked to Mexican cartels.
Sheriff’s departments in Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath and Lake counties came together to form Southern Oregon Multi-Agency Marijuana Eradication and Reclamation, or SOMMER, this year, said Andrea Carlson, a spokeswoman for the Jackson County [...]

Study Clouds Ongoing Marijuana Debate

A November ballot initiative to legalize marijuana and allow it to be sold and taxed could drive down the pre-tax cost of the drug by as much as 80 percent, according to researchers with RAND Corp.’s Drug Policy Research Center.
The study lights up the marijuana debate anew but didn’t surprise those [...]

MJ Advocates Cheer DEA Agent’s Exit From State

Colorado — Marijuana-legalization advocates cheered the upcoming departure of federal agent Jeffrey D. Sweetin because, they said, they believe his views are not in line with the will of Colorado voters who legalized the drug for medicinal purposes.
The outspoken special agent in charge of Denver’s Drug Enforcement Administration understands that [...]

Paris Hilton Busted With Cannabis Again

Paris Hilton was arrested at an airport after officers allegedly found cannabis in her handbag.

The party girl was held by police minutes after arriving by private jet on the French island of Corsica.

Officers were reported to have found less than a gram of the drug in her designer bag and the 29-year-old heiress was freed without charge because the amount was so small.

The marijuana drama comes just over two weeks after she was arrested at the World Cup.

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California Democratic Party Stays Neutral on Legalization Initiative

Reporting from San Jose — The state Democratic Party decided Sunday not to endorse the marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot after a swift, passionate debate that left little doubt most Democrats in the hotel meeting room intend to vote yes at the polls.

The party decided to adopt a neutral position on Proposition 19, leaving the many local Democratic committees and organizations free to endorse the measure.

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California’s New Pot Patch

California — Northern California’s so-called Emerald Triangle, famous for marijuana farms that supply much of the U.S. with high-quality pot, is facing competition from hundreds of miles away—in Los Angeles County.
As this year’s marijuana-harvest season gets under way, law-enforcement officials are focused on the Southern California county, which by some [...]

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