From working against legalization to leading a cannabis advocacy non-profit
Cannabis Culture September 19, 2018 0
Barinder Rasode distinctly remembers the moment she changed her mind about cannabis. It was nearly three years ago today that she watched as her friend’s cancer-stricken mother used cannabis to curb her pain and nausea. Within that same household, she watched as the woman’s husband used cannabis to help... Read more
Jim Bridwell, legendary hippie rock climber, dies at 73
Cannabis Culture September 19, 2018 0
PALM DESERT, Calif. — Jim Bridwell, a hard-partying hippie and legendary climber who lived his life vertically on some of the toughest peaks in Yosemite National Park, has died. He was 73. Bridwell died Friday morning at a hospital. He had liver and kidney failure from hepatitis C that... Read more
Will the Coachella festival be covered in haze of now-legal pot smoke?
Cannabis Culture September 19, 2018 0
Will this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival audience be more fired up than usual? Well, why shouldn’t it be? After all, as of Jan. 1, pot is now legal in California, if you’re 21 or older and have no more than an ounce for your personal consumption... Read more
Videos from Civic Center show park was left a mess overnight after 4/20 event
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
Videos recorded by city security cameras in Civic Center show that cleanup activities following the large 4/20 celebration late Thursday night left plenty of trash strewn about the park. The clips, provided to The Denver Post by police in response to a public records request, show that organizers, volunteers... Read more
Denver mayor orders inquiry into 4/20 event’s trash, security issues
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Monday ordered a city review into rampant fence-hopping, public pot-smoking and slow trash cleanup that left Civic Center in a “disrespectful state” during and after last week’s 4/20 celebration. Delivering his most forceful critique of the annual event, Hancock said the city’s inquiry could... Read more
Opinion: It’s past time for Denver’s 4/20 to grow up and be cool
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
The following editorial was published in The Denver Post, April 25: Organizers, and too many participants, of Denver’s 4/20 cannabis celebration last week made a mess of things in more ways than one. As the eyes of the world, and of the Trump administration, potentially focused on our fair... Read more
Denver 4/20 rally organizers receive 3-year ban
Cannabis Culture September 19, 2018 0
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration banned the organizer of this year’s 4/20 rally from hosting the event for three years citing a series of violations at the marijuana celebration. In a letter released Saturday, the administration identified “substantial violations of city requirements” after conducting a review of the 2017... Read more
“We don’t want you here”: Amsterdam, Europe’s weed capital, pushes back on overtourism
Cannabis Culture September 18, 2018 0
AMSTERDAM — A group of cyclists slams on the brakes as a man pushing a wheeled suitcase stops abruptly in the middle of a busy bike path in downtown Amsterdam to pick up a toiletries bag he dropped. “If we wait a bit longer, he’ll probably start cleaning his... Read more
Canadians already consume almost as much weed as wine, and it’s not even legal yet
Cannabis Culture September 18, 2018 0
Canadians consumed as much as C$6.2 billion ($4.8 billion) of marijuana in 2015, almost as much as they spent on wine, the federal statistics agency said Monday as it gears up to officially track weed when it becomes legal next year. The agency calculated the value by estimating 4.9... Read more
Marijuana is legal, but D.A.R.E. sticks to its old-school approach
Cannabis CultureMassachusetts September 18, 2018 0
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — The class had covered bullying, internet safety and good decision-making, and by February, Officer Thaxter could see that the sixth-graders were ready. The morning bell rang. The 11- and 12-year-olds scooted their chairs closer to their desks, looking up at a dry-erase board where their... Read more
