Tag: Medical Marijuana

DC’s Cannabis Community is Open for Business

History was made by pro-pot advocates in D.C. this weekend and most people don’t even know it. On Saturday, The Capitol CannaShow brought the D.C. community together for a cannabis conference and expo for the people, by the people. It was the first time local businesses and speakers took the limelight for a day of education, activism, and business in the nation’s capital. It… Read more →

It’s Healthy to Ask Questions: A Rabbi Explains Why Cannabis and Judaism Go Together

If there’s one thing I know for sure about being Jewish, it’s that we like to ask questions. Want to be a Jew? We’ll ask you why. On the Passover holiday, we have the same four questions every year and we even make a point of making the youngest at the table ask them. There’s even a whole book in the Bible… Read more →

ICYMI: Christmastime Cannabis News

New Years is around the corner and 2016 promises to be a very decisive year for America with the presidential elections in November and a lot of interest in cannabis legislation at the state level. With full legalization and medical marijuana having passed a handful of state legislatures across the country, 2016 will most likely have many states reassessing their stance on… Read more →

Did Congress Just Legalize Medical Marijuana?

There’s a lot of misinformation making the rounds on the internet regarding the medical cannabis provision in the federal spending bill signed by Obama on Friday. Allow me to clear the smoke and tell you what this really means for the cannabis community. Here are some of the incorrect headlines: Federal Ban Lifted On Medical Marijuana, Provision Lifting The Ban… Read more →

Two Tears in the Bucket: Alaskan TV Reporter is Your New Hero

by Shimbo “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” When Laurel Thatcher Ulrich coined the phrase that launched thousands of feminist ships, it’s doubtful she ever thought just how far that would go. Case in point, now ex-KTVA reporter Charlo Greene, who decided to quit during last night’s 10pm broadcast in what could be best described as one of the more interesting… Read more →