marijuana

Don't Hotbox Your Car if Your Two-Year-Old Is in the Backseat

Max Read · 12/02/11 02:53PM

There are a lot of parenting books out there, but not all of them answer the very pertinent question, "Is it okay to hotbox my car with my two-year-old son in the backseat?" So allow us to answer: No. No, it is not okay.

Medical Marijuana Industry Discovers Foolproof Legal Strategy

Hamilton Nolan · 11/15/11 09:38AM

Medical marijuana is a very controversial issue for cities across America, pitting individual freedoms against municipal concerns with a backdrop of blah blah, [boilerplate "on the one hand, on the other hand" here]. The real question is: how can medical marijuana win, forever? A foolproof legal strategy is now emerging.

Oh, Weed Spots Don't Actually Reduce Crime

Hamilton Nolan · 10/25/11 08:18AM

What if I told you that having a medical marijuana dispensary near you could actually reduce crime in your neighborhood? You'd probably be like "duuuude," or some other stereotypically "stoner" thing, because your "glaucoma treatment" has been particularly good lately. Well, snap out of it, man: I'm here to tell you that a medical marijuana dispensary does not reduce crime in your neighborhood after all!

Why Isn't Chris Christie Getting His Marijuana in the Mail?

Max Read · 10/20/11 01:52AM

It's been bad year for awesome dude Edward Forchion. Not only did his request to change his name to "NJWeedMan.com" get denied (thanks, Obama), but the packages of weed he sends to NJ Governor Chris Christie aren't getting through!

Never Have Kids, If You Value Your Health

Hamilton Nolan · 10/17/11 04:30PM

Candy medicine! Preemie autism! Medical marijuana! Shy teens! Sick Americans! Aggressive kids! Down's fetus! Coyote cloning! And kids these days can't seem to do a god damn thing healthily! It's your Monday Health Watch, where we watch your health—nurturingly!

Cops Accused of Eating Evidence in Pot Brownies Case

Maureen O'Connor · 09/26/11 03:48PM

A pair of Houston police officers are being investigated for eating from a tray of pot brownies they confiscated from a teenage stoner, then chatting about getting "so HIGH...good munchies" on their in-car computer. KTRK reports:

Forest Pot Patrol Arrested for Allegedly Growing Pot

Lauri Apple · 09/24/11 01:14PM

As the resident watchwoman of the Cook County Forest Preserve in Chicagoland, USA, Cynthia Wojtanowski was supposed to make sure that nobody ever used forest lands to grow their deadly devil weed. The County's definition of "nobody" included "Cook County Forest Preserve watchwomen named Cynthia Wojtanowski."

Woman Forced to Remove Pothead T-Shirt at Pothead's Concert

Lauri Apple · 09/18/11 05:46PM

A Nebraska Cannabis Coalition activist who was attending Willie Nelson's concert at the Nebraska State Fair was told by state troopers that she couldn't wear her "Don't Panic, It's Organic" t-shirt because of a vague "fair policy" that doesn't even prohibit pot-themed t-shirts. Or pot-themed musicians, apparently!

Pot Smokers Less Likely to Be Obese

Max Read · 09/06/11 09:57PM

Scientists examining surveys of health and drug use have found that people who smoke pot regularly are less likely to be obese—a shocking rejection of a series of experiments I performed over the course of my junior year of college.

California Politician Killed After Finding a Secret Opium Farm

Ryan Tate · 08/30/11 03:32PM

A city councilman and former mayor of Fort Bragg, California was gunned down while investigating a report of an illegal drug farm there. This won't help Mendocino County's reputation as among the mellowest of narco-hubs.