In a story we are calling “Let’s Go Blue Green!”, in honor of the University of Michigan’s famous sports cheer, it was reported that marijuana plants were discovered for the second time this year in that school’s botanical garden. The story was picked up by the Associated Press and reported pretty widely, [...]
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7 Jul, 2008
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 [...]
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6 Jul, 2008
We’re not sure whether to categorize this one as Cannabis related art, or under the Cannabis as Business category . . .
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2 Jul, 2008
A lady writes in to her local newspaper’s advice column:
‘Hi, I think that my son might have a marijuana plant growing in my kitchen. What should I do?’
The next day, the answer was posted in the paper:
‘Take some of the leaves, cut them up, mix them in with some tobacco, roll it into a cigarette [...]
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18 Jun, 2008
In a scene that could have been straight from the script of the classic movie “Animal House”, a New Zealand man learned a personal lesson about public intoxication the hard way.
Here’s the story as reported by the BBC . . .
Man arrested over barter mishap
A New Zealand man who tried to barter marijuana for snacks [...]
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20 May, 2008
It’s fairly well known that Geo W. Bush is a huge proponent of the death penalty, having gone so far as executing retarded persons while Governor of Texas.1
So it should come as little surprise that his “hand holding” buddies (we were going to call them kissing cousins but would prefer not to be [...]
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6 Feb, 2008
“You’re the worst character ever, Towelie,” says Cartman
“I know,” Towelie complacently replies . . .
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13 Jan, 2008
“This is a very real and widespread phenomenon. We have found that this obsession with looking at messages, if unchecked, will damage a worker’s performance by reducing their mental sharpness.”
Dr. Glenn Wilson, on a study that found that those who tried to juggle work and e-mail experienced an IQdrop more than twice that of marijuana [...]
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23 Dec, 2007
In a story that’s worthy of a Cheech and Chong skit, a guy calls in a complaint to the cops about his stolen wallet, only to have his stoned roommate answer the door when the police finally arrive . . .
Wow dude check out the joint I just rolled . . .
I thought [...]
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18 Dec, 2007
We’d never thought much about law enforcement officers having to be constantly on guard for tainted food, but it would appear that it’s something police must constantly be on guard against . . .
Man charged with putting pubic hair in officer’s taco
By Don Jacobs
Originally published 04:41 p.m., December 18, 2007
Updated 04:41 p.m., December 18, 2007
Hamblen [...]
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18 Dec, 2007
Here’s a bit of humor from the NY Times on the Clinton v. Obama drug comments made last week.
Sun, 16 Dec 2007
Source: New York Times (NY)
Author: Maureen Dowd
REEFER MADNESS IN IOWA
With the Iowa campaign in wild flux — and in the case of Hillary, acid reflux — The Des Moines Register decides to hold a [...]
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17 Dec, 2007
If you over fertilize your plants, and don’t tend to them properly, it’s not the end of the world. But believe it or not, there was a day and age when that wasn’t the case . . .
Monday, Jan. 14, 1935 - TIME MAGAZINE
Failure to Weed
In picturesque Tashkent last week, Farmer George Lomakin [...]
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15 Dec, 2007