For those keeping track at home: “The [Seattle] police department believes that, under state law, you may responsibly get baked, order some pizzas and enjoy a ‘Lord of the Rings’ marathon in the privacy of your own home, if you want to.”
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Now that an ounce of recreational pot is legal in the state of Washington for adults 21+ in age, the Seattle Police Department has released an FAQ, written by a former reporter for alt-weekly The Stranger, on smoking and possessing dope in the city. The entire thing is hilarious, answering questions such as: “Can I [...]
The economist looks at how legalization of marijuana will impact the bottom line of the cartels: As a result, it estimates that Mexico’s traffickers would lose about $1.4 billion of their $2 billion revenues from marijuana. The effect on some groups would be severe: the Sinaloa “cartel” would lose up to half its total income, [...]
The US federal government spent more than $120 million prosecuting Roger Clemens. Because, you know, we need to be concerned with budget deficits and all that. Glad they were able to get that conviction too. Meanwhile, the top DEA administrator was asked a straightforward question: Is heroin worse for someone’s health than marijuana? Her answer, after dodging [...]
Saw these both randomly over the last day or two: Steve Jobs made of Apples and Snoop Dogg made of weed. TDW Geek on Jobs: “Quebec-based artist Olivier Lefebvre did it last Sunday. Yep, that’s a Steve Jobs portrait composed of 3,750 apples. It’s hard to think of a more appropriate medium.” And Dangerous Minds on Snoop Dogg: [...]
“The silent colour film was recently bought by collector Keya Morgan for $275,000 from the cameraman, who has asked to remain anonymous. The photographer confirmed the cigarette contained marijuana,” write The Guardian. [via]
The Argentinian Supreme Court has ruled that it is illegal to punish anyone for possessing or using marijuana for personal consumption. It’s not completely decriminalized yet, but the move is part of a larger trend in Latin/South America to do so for personal use, so long as other people are not harmed.
Egats! According to New Scientist, “males who smoke marijuana daily are four times more likely to have trouble reaching orgasm than men who don’t inhale, finds a new study of 8,656 Aussies. Other smokers had the opposite problem, experiencing premature ejaculation at nearly three times the rate of non-smokers, find a team led by Marian [...]
If this bill passes, and that’s a big if, it would position California as the first state in the Union to legalize marijuana. And all it took was a $26.4 billion deficit to get these wheels in motion. The bill introduced by San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano back in February would allow adults 21 [...]
It’s a promo for the upcoming fifth season of Showtime’s Weeds, that doubles as an animated history of marijuana. See what they did there? Weeds return to Showtime on June 8.
