Tag: Weed
To the sure delight of pot-smoking, Bach-loving Coloradans, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra is hosting “Classically Cannabis,” a series of concerts that invites attendees to bring weed to the performance. “This partnership is part of an overall effort to reach out to every segment of our community,” said Jerome Kern, CEO of the symphony. “These businesses have […]
A new review of studies from the American Academy of Neurology confirms what many medical cannabis patients already know: that weed can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis like pain, stiffness, and overactive bladder. The study also looked at weed’s ability to treat other brain diseases, finding inconclusive evidence for whether pot could effectively treat […]
April 15, 2014 may go down in history as the day that ended the debate on pot legalization. On that date, the Dayton City Paper published an installment of its “Debate Forum” column that focused on the issue, with the intent that one staff writer would argue in support of legalization and another would argue against it. […]
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson — who said he would stop prosecuting small-time pot possession offenses during his campaign — is making good on that promise. According to a memo published in the Post, anyone with a clean criminal record who is arrested for possession of up to two ounces of weed or smoking in public in […]
New York artist Matthew Spiegelman has recently self-published Officioné, a book of large-format photographs and other gorgeous images of weed, weed paraphernalia, weed-inspired aesthetics, clouds of weed behind exhaled and more weed. Like this: Aperture reviews: Clean and precise, the photos do not attempt to get to the essence of what the drug is, but rather take a […]
A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience that’s been making the rounds lately purports that smoking weed, even casually, damages your brain in serious ways. Researchers at Northwestern University studied 40 people, half of whom smoked pot and half of whom didn’t, and the smokers brains exhibited abnormalities not present in the non-smokers’. In conclusion, lead […]
The bros at BroBible spotted this supercut of cannabis in cinema, music, and pop culture, from the master of the musical re-edit, Eclectic Method. Cheech and Chong, Half Baked, and Richard Nixon all make appearances, and the whole thing’s set to Dusty Springfield’s stone-cold classic “Son of a Preacher Man.” Watch it above. […]
Weed is fully, recreationally legal in two states now, and the U.S. government’s highest law enforcement official doesn’t totally hate it. “I think, so far, I’m cautiously optimistic,” Attorney General Eric Holder told HuffPo recently of legalization in Washington and Colorado. “But as I indicated to both governors, we will be monitoring the progress of those […]
Maryland will soon be the latest state to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of cannabis, joining nation’s capital in a move towards decriminalization. Yesterday, the state’s senate voted 34 to 8 for legislation that would reduce the penalty for carrying up to 10 grams of weed to a civil fine, and Governor Mark O’Malley has […]
The above ad, for the medical marijuana-reviewing site Weedmaps, was supposed to begin playing on a Times Square video billboard Tuesday. Weedmaps had approval from Neutron Media, the company that owns and operates the space, but when representatives went to see the looping advertisement this week, it wasn’t playing. CBS, whose logo appears on the billboard, […]
