December 2009

  • The Decade in Pot

    By selecter on 12/27/09 5:47pm
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    Weeds: took TV by storm, then burned out...Weeds: took TV by storm, then burned out...The 2000s will always be remembered for the advances made in the battle to legalize Ganja. But there were some other interesting developments over the decade that helped make this a pretty stoney 10 years.


    The lead in wasn’t bad either as the 90s saw a major revival of the Weed Culture, as hippies, punks, reggae and protesters all made comebacks and Alternative Rock and Hip-Hop made their own pushes for the acceptance of ganja. Prop 215 (Medical Marijuana in CA) had been passed in 1996: enter the New Millennium.

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  • California Could vote on all out decriminilization

    By selecter on 12/14/09 6:46pm
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    It looks like California could see a November 2010 vote to decriminalize the ganjarama. Not just medical style either, for just gettin' high purposes too. They call it the Tax and Regulate Initiative, which sounds like two things I don't like done to my weed, having it taxed and regulated. I like it the way it is.

    Ahhhhnold!: I smoke it before I legalize it.Ahhhhnold!: I smoke it before I legalize it.

    Anyway, the T&RI has more than 680,000 signatures to make the ballot in 2010, according to the group. The petition was carried out by a professional group and is supported, in part, by Richard Lee. Lee owns Oaksterdam University and Coffeeshop Blue Sky, both Oakland, CA based ganja businesses.

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  • How Legal Pot is Putting Dealers Under

    By selecter on 12/12/09 12:25am
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    Medical Marijuana: curing crime one patient at a time.Medical Marijuana: curing crime one patient at a time.In my hometown, Oakland, there is a huge movement toward medical marijuana and flat out decriminalization. I counted 28 dispensaries in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, according to these guys. Plus, weed has a strong tradition going back to at least the 60s where it was front and center at the protests in and around Berkeley and Oakland. Hip Hop stars like Hieroglyphics and Tupac and rockers like Green Day glorified its use in my developmental years.

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  • MaryJane - Our lady of propaganda

    By selecter on 12/9/09 10:43pm
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    Weed is an excellent indicator of the power and uses of propaganda. From its first introduction in the US as a critical supplier of fiber to the colonies until the recent push for its decriminalization, pot has been passed from group to group as both an industrious worker and devious seductress.

    Marijuana Girl: pot will turn otherwise good girls into next month's Penthouse Centerfold.Marijuana Girl: pot will turn otherwise good girls into next month's Penthouse Centerfold.

    Hemp was one of the first crops introduced to the colonies in the 16th Century. Since then it has been championed as a savior of the American Revolution by none other than the Father of the United States, George Washington, and it has been the catalyst for several cultural revolutions (or at least complicit to) and also posed as the downfall of all American youth and morality.

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