As is so often the case, some of the best coverage we’ve found concerning the Black Tuna gang comes from a weekly publication. Last month (June ‘08), the Miami New Times, covered Robert Platshorn’s release from prison with the article that actually inspired the Cannabis Chronicles’ in depth coverage/archiving of material on the Black [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>In addition to coverage in the mainstream media, the alternative media caught on to the Black Tuna Gang story too. High Times, the oldest and most well established marijuana magazine in North America, (sorry Marc - your Cannabis Culture is a relative newcomer,) also covered some of this fish tale.
The first High Times article [...]
In somewhat the same tradition as Howard Marks, there’s a website authored by the man who was tried and convicted on a variety of charges related to his marijuana smuggling operation known as the Black Tuna Gang. Also in the tradition of Mr Nice, the Black Tuna kingpin has authored a book about his [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>We were well known at Cannabis World for our tag line about learning and growing, “If you are learning as you grow, then you are growing too.” And, in all honesty, that’s much more than just rhetoric, it’s really the way we live. Despite being well into “middle age”, we still consider ourselves [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>3LB’s Homemade Greenhouse - The Inside Look!
Inside the structure I created a bench. it is some board that is film- covered to protect for and against dirt and diseases. The bench is supported by 2 five-gal pails filled with water and lidded to help keep balanced temps. Under is I store water jugs [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>This design was not my own but it was a design initially introduced to a bunch of rabbit breeders in constructing a shelter for a very low budget. Over time I have adapted it to raise and house Broiler chickens for the family freezer to quick storage and on more than one occasion as a [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>On more than one occasion we’ve expressed our love of smaller alternative media, so this posting should come as little surprise to folks who read the 3Lb’s Cannabis Chronicles. It’s just another in a long line of posts documenting coverage of marijuana issues by non-mainstream media.
Feds Cry Wolf (Again)
by Daniel McQuade
The pot [...]
In a ruling that should chill the hearts of privacy advocates and stoners alike, a court in the US has ordered Google to hand over the viewing logs of each and every individual U-Tube user.
Here’s the story as reported by the BBC . . .
Google must divulge YouTube log
Google must divulge the viewing habits [...]
We’re not sure whether to categorize this one as Cannabis related art, or under the Cannabis as Business category . . .
Read the rest of this entry >>Today is the day that tobacco smoking bans go into effect for coffee houses in the Netherlands, a somewhat controversial move that is actually very much in line with public smoking bans that are common in the E.U. and North America.
Here’s one look at the issue compliments of the Associated Press & BBC News [...]
