Tag: Weed
When Andrew Cuomo unveiled his plan for legalizing cannabis for medical use in New York State, one element activists were quick to criticize was the method of distribution. Under Cuomo’s proposal, hospitals, as opposed to dispensaries, would be called on to distribute weed. Because hospitals are federally regulated, and cannabis remains illegal on the federal […]
Like all politicians presidents, Barack Obama lies. It’s a time-honored tradition dating back to the founding of this republic. However, within this sea of lies, these same rulers of men are permitted to say true things every once in a while. And that day has come. In an interview with David Remnick, editor of the […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan to bring medical cannabis to 20 hospitals around New York, announced this week, has been criticized by activists for being too narrow and too reliant on federal government approval to do any good. Now, Patricia Lynch, a powerful Albany lobbyist, says a more powerful piece of legislation could be enacted in […]
Though Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan for medical cannabis legalization is a step in the right direction, it isn’t enough to get suffering New Yorkers the treatment they need, according to the weed advocacy group Marijuana Policy Project. Cuomo’s plan, which he will announce in his State of the State address this afternoon, calls for weed […]
What do David Brooks, Tina Brown, Joe Scarborough, and Pat Buchanan* have in common, besides their lily whiteness and comfy careers nurtured in the ivory halls of corporate media? Answer: They’re all baby boomers– a historically wavering demographic on all weed related issues — who spoke out against the recent legalization of cannabis in Colorado. Not […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, after years of tiptoeing around the issue, plans to authorize 20 hospitals around the state to dispense cannabis for medical uses. It’s a long way from Colorado–or even State Senator Liz Krueger’s plan for legalization in New York–but it’s a good start, and means that countless suffering New Yorkers will […]
Andrea Sanderlin, the Westchester mom who was arrested earlier this year for running a pot grow operation out of a Maspeth, Queens warehouse, pled guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Monday. “I operated a facility in which I, together with others, grew at least 1,000 marijuana plants and sold the marijuana product from the plants,” she […]
What a way to go. An unidentified man died instantly after crashing his car in Brazil, but the force of the impact wasn’t what killed him; it was the 500 kg (1,100 lbs) of weed he had in the car with him, falling onto and crushing him. The man was reportedly trafficking the cannabis from […]
To create Pot Shots, their aptly-titled photo zine, Ryan Mungia and Jim Heimann simply drove around with their iPhones. Whenever they saw a cannabis dispensary, they’d snap a cell phone pic from the car, then keep driving. The photos are sparse and strictly documentarian, showing the dispensaries as they’d appear on any normal day. To hear Mungia tell it, […]
A little over a year ago, two of my cousins started Weedist–no relation to Gothamist LLC–an aptly named website committed to covering all matters weed related, like the best dabs to smoke while playing Grand Theft Auto V. And now in addition to making Internet, they’re making IRL stuff too. Today, they released “Celebrity Weedists,” […]
