Whoo! Let's all move to Jersey! Medical marijuana just passed the Assembly!

"The New Jersey Legislature approved a measure on Monday that would make the state the first in the region and the 14th in the nation to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons." [NYT]

Today's uncomfortable clip from The View happens in the midst of a discussion about the correlation between arrests for marijuana possession and race. Once Joy calls Whoopi out on her use of street slang, the slip-up was impossible to ignore.

Every year they add a new level to the Dantean inferno that is artistic living in Brooklyn. Now that the youth hostel of infinite microphone feedback, McKibbin flats, is so 00's, they're building an ironic trailer park for 2010.

An old lady has unearthed a home video she says depicts the original bombshell blazing with some girlfriends. It's most definitely Marilyn, and they're definitely smoking, but is it really pot?

After getting into Tulane, NYU, USC, Michigan State, an Ivy, a safety school, and whatever liberal arts school you threatened your Republican parents with actually attending, there's only one you really need to worry about: Cannabis College. Bongs away.

Some dude in Brooklyn has been arrested for selling weedheads some gross thing that would probably make you puke so much.

The American Medical Association—the doctor lobby—has fought health care reform tooth and nail throughout its entire existence. Until like last week! Maybe this explains their change of heart: they are all high on mary jane.

Sushi restaurant ads target medical marijuana users. When you'll eat anything, why not something expensive?

America's only state-licensed medical marijuana dealer is a non-profit dispensary working out of New Mexico. If you've ever experienced the purchasing of diesel-grade weed in a less-than-desirable situation, you can relate to Abby Goodnough's entirely fascinating New York Times report.

Mexican cartels still dominate the pot market, but "mom-and-pop" growers here in the states are harvesting almost half of the recession-resilient buds being smoked domestically, so the war on drugs is really a war on our economy! Trippy. [WaPo]

In this video, The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates asks his colleague Sullivan what he does for fun. Funny question, considering Sullivan was recently busted for pot possession on a federal beach, but charges were mysteriously dropped without explanation. Oh the laughs!

Man! The economy totally sucks. There are no jobs. There's no money. There's no hope. But, wait! There's always weed!

Are you out of work? Maybe you should consider dealing a little pot to get by. Thousands of Americans are now doing it to make ends meet, according to the AP, which reports that "demand for domestically grown marijuana is at a record high, in part because stricter border control has made it more difficult to import pot from Mexico." The economy isn't putting a damper on sales; on the contrary, "demand appears to be rising with the unemployment rate." Which makes perfect sense. What else are you going to do when you're unemployed and sitting on your couch watching TV all day? [AP via Daily Finance]

We already know that you cocaine will kill you dead, but at least we still have pot, right? Wrong! Well, that's according to the CDC, which tried, vainly, to link leafy greens to "foodborne" death.

The British government may soon outlaw "legal" highs, like chemical-laced synthetic "cannabinoids," which mimic the effects of good old fashioned marijuana. Well, doesn't that in and of itself tell you something? Nature beats man. [BBC]

Authorities say that the recent outbreak of California wildfires started in the cooking area of an illegal marijuana farm run by Mexican drug lords. The "La Brea fire" has already burned 75,000 acres in Santa Barbara County. [LA Times]

Brad Pitt went on Bill Maher's show last night for a fairly candid interview. Maher grilled Pitt on his joint rolling technique, his PR invincibility, his stances on gay marriage, and life at home with the kids.

Possession of a small amount of weed in New York is only punishable by a ticket and a small fine. So why do cops bring so many people to NYC jails for the same violation? They use tricknology.

With the inevitable recession-inspired legalization of marijuana in mind, Print magazine asked some design shops to propose packaging ideas for legal weed. And they agreed, because they love drugs! Click through for a good one, and a bad one.