Tag: Weed
Good news for Colorado: the state’s first pot tax day — a deadline for dispensaries and grow operations to turn hand over the government’s cut of their sales — indicates that tax revenue might exceed $100 million per year. Considering that figure doesn’t factor in sales of things like paraphernalia, farming implements, or tourism to the […]
A new Quinnipiac poll confirms we’re slowly catching up to our friends in Washington and Colorado, as 57 percent of New Yorkers now support legalizing weed for recreational use. The numbers for medical cannabis are even stronger, with 88 percent of state residents in support. Take heed, Andrew Cuomo. From the AP: Maurice Carroll, director of the […]
It’s a pillow. Well, technically, the part that looks like a bag of weed is a pillowcase, but I’m sure there’s a pillow inside it. It’s called the Giant Stash Pillowcase, and it’s currently funding on Kickstarter. Take a look. It’s also got a very clever pitch video. “Awhile back I decided to make a […]
Just wonderful: John Morales, an actor who played McGruff the Crime Dog in Galveston, Texas, was sentenced to 16 years in prison recently for possession of 1,000 pot plants, a grenade launcher, 26 other weapons, and 9,000 rounds of ammunition. During Morales’s sentencing, District Judge Vanessa Gilmore told him “Everything I read about you makes you […]
If you’re lucky enough to be a resident of Colorado, Washington, or any of the myriad states with legal medical cannabis, you may have difficulty buying your weed with a credit card. Because it’s still illegal federally, many banks and credit cards companies refuse to process purchases of the plant. At least one Washington dispensary […]
Recently, President Obama said something that we all knew was true despite decades of government propaganda and politicians claiming otherwise: namely that alcohol, a legal substance that’s widely available, is more dangerous than weed. Getting the Office of National Drug Control Policy to admit the same was a much harder prospect. (ANIMAL cut a 15 […]
Smoking weed onstage is pretty tame, as far as Action Bronson goes. I saw him toss what looked like dozens of dime bags into the crowd at a Brooklyn show in 2012 (he did the same thing but with steaks a few weeks later), and he’s also thrown fans from the stage and relegated hecklers […]
A friend of ANIMAL, who we shall not name, recently visited Los Angeles and brought our crew some very special treats from a weed dispensary. For journalism! It’s called Bhang Medicinal Chocolate and looks like chubby Kit Kat bars, but these confections come chock full of THC — precisely 30 mg per segment — and […]
Gemma Moss, a 31-year-old British woman, reportedly died this week of a cannabis overdose. This is notable because it’s widely understood that death from pot is virtually impossible. The only other dubious report also comes from Britain: in 2004, Lee Maisey was said to die of cannabis poisoning at age 36. A study cited in […]
The last time the Marijuana Policy Project ran its pro-weed billboards at a major sporting event, it cause quite the dustup, so it’s exciting that the advocacy group is targeting the Super Bowl as well. The MPP launched the billboards today in locations near the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the game […]
