March 02, 2012
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)I don’t feel like a terrorist just because I smoke weed. Do you?You knew it would come to this, right? Lest you think those hard-...
October 15, 2011
The TelegraphPossession of any drug for personal use should be decriminalized. That’s the official recommendation of the U.K. government’s drug advisors as of Thursday night. But…
October 12, 2011
AFP/Sonny TumbelakaAustralia’s ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, has been working to secure the release of the 14-year-old boy who was arrested for marijuana, among huge media…
October 08, 2011
Peter LunkIf that joint Dutch blogger Peter Lunk is smoking contains more than 15 percent THC, he just became a “hard drug user” according to official Dutch policy. Insanity…
September 29, 2011
Cannabis CultureJodie Emery testifying before the Washington Legislature in March, just after meeting U.S. Attorney John McKay, who sent her husband to federal prisonJohn McKay,...
September 27, 2011
The Weed BlogThe Czech Ministry of Health has said it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and for the first time allow it to be prescribed as medicine by…
September 27, 2011
James Foley/Global PostUS soldiers try to avoid improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as they make their way through thick marijuana fieldsSome American soldiers got an unexpectedly…
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September 19, 2011
Photo: ShroomeryDefiant Bolivian President Evo Morales—himself a former coca grower—holds up a coca leaf. Due to the United Nations’ banning of the ancient practice of chewing…
September 19, 2011
Graphic: Cannabis CultureCanada’s federal government is expected to announce new rules for medical marijuana that would allow only a few licensed growers to be permitted to…
September 19, 2011
Photo: Ian Lindsey/Postmedia NewsGrow lights and supplies courtesy of the Canadian government.The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has been ordered to pay for the medical marijuana…
August 16, 2012
Guardia di FinanzaItalian police discovered a thousand marijuana plants growing in an abandoned railroad tunnelDrug Dogs Pulled From Tunnel In A SwoonIt’s always the smell. Tipped…
August 07, 2012
According to a recent large British study, cannabis capsules have failed to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis, dealing a major blow to hope that the drug could provide long-...
August 05, 2012
Patients For Reform Not RepealIn their official ballot arguments for IR-124 (SB 423), last year’s legislation which all but shut down the medical marijuana law which was approved by…
August 05, 2012
Cannabis N.I.By Amos SilverCannabis.org.ilIn Israel there is a group of about 15 percent of the population that is legally defined as offenders (the data is not accurate due to…
August 01, 2012
NTNFront Page New York Times Article Describes Uruguay Government’s Proposal to Legalize and Sell Marijuana - Joining Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Belize and Others in Proposing…
July 26, 2012
The Sofia EchoBeginning January 1, 2013, Croatia will no longer criminally prosecute citizens caught with small amounts of marijuana and other drugs. Possession for personal use is…
July 20, 2012
Nick Miroff / The Washington Post A sign greets visitors to Caye Caulker, Belize, with a warning: Though marijuana and cocaine are readily available to tourists, drugs are illegal…
July 19, 2012
NORML UKDes Humphrey (right) with Dutch coffeeshop entrepreneur, Nol Van Schaik By Chris BoveyNORML UKFrequent travelers are used to heightened security at airports these days. It’s…
July 07, 2012
MSNBCA flower of the Israeli THC-free, high-CBD cannabis strain “Avidekel” on displayFrom time to time, we hear about this group or that claiming to have “invented” a “new strain”...
July 01, 2012
StoptheDrugWar.orgColombian President Juan Manuel Santos has called for a new direction in drug policyColombia Part of Growing Trend in Latin America; Last Week President of Uruguay…
July 01, 2012
The Moscow TimesA lush field of marijuana was discovered on city land near a metro station in Moscow, Russia after apparently being accidentally planted by city authorities…
June 24, 2012
Peter Reynolds WatchPeter Reynolds of Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR)By Kevin John BraidSpecial to Toke of the TownYou may remember a couple of months ago I wrote about the despotic…
June 23, 2012
MercoPressPresident Jose Mujica of Uruguay says his country will be the first in the world to legally supply marijuanaUruguay Would Be First Country in World to Legally Supply…
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