Cannabis Chronicles

Breaking with the pattern of sophisticated indoor grow operations, here’s a story about an outdoor grow that was noted for it’s “sophistication” . . .
Record-size drug fields found in Dallas, Tex.
Dallas Morning News - 07/23/2007
DALLAS,Tex. — Acting on a tipster’s call to Grand Prairie police Friday, federal agents went looking for 200 [...]

The following story isn’t directly cannabis related, but it is a part of the drug war at large, and as such it impacts medical marijuana users. While we likely wouldn’t advocate legalization of harder drugs such as heroin and cocaine which have relatively high toxicity and abuse potential, we certainly would prefer a harm [...]

As we continue our series of articles on Arcata, the town where “plants live in the houses and people live in the streets”, it’s time to resume the coverage of the grow house fire that served to help focus community attention on some side issues surrounding the drug war. This is something we journaled [...]

We’ve been paying a lot of attention to the drug wars lately here at the Cannabis Chronicles. It’s our suspicion that the Bush administration has choosen to escalate their anti-marijuana efforts in the name of “Homeland Security”, and the recent spate of articles about the drug war is a symptom of that effort. [...]

We’re still looking for sources, so we can verify more of this story ourselves. The best we can tell, the following essay is a bit of original scholarship by the owner/author of the now defunct blog, OnMarijuana.com.
The real history of the bong
The bong is probably the most popular and beloved smoking [...]

The following article was originally found at Willamette Week Online. It’s a nice change of pace, the story of a festival that wasn’t impaired or obstructed by an oppressive police presence. That doesn’t mean nothing happened, and that there wasn’t at least some controversy, but hey, nothing’s perfect.
Hidden At Hempstalk
At Hempstalk, stoners [...]

There is certainly a lot of misinformation traded back and forth on all sides when it comes to the war on drugs, so it’s not always easy for observers to know which side to believe. One common message coming from law enforcement, everywhere from British Columbia to California, and Quebec to Texas, is that [...]

Today we are revisiting the topic of the increasing environmental destruction brought about by illicit guerrilla growers farming our public lands. In Canada such non-private places, whether federal or provincial, are often referred to simply as “Crown land”. In the U.S., such lands can fall under the administration of the U.S. Forest Service, and other [...]

By following a link from our new online friend at the Pot Head’s Guide to Self Improvement, we found a delightful blog called “Stupid Pothead Stories“. It’s a very personal blog, where a guy tells about his adventures, and misadventures, while under the influence.

first story on this site
October 28, 2005
Let me start from [...]

The following perspective, discussing the current state of the war on drugs, was originally sourced from the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

Why isn’t pot legal in U.S.?
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
By Gloria Baraquio
When I first moved here, I thought marijuana was illegal. And then after living here a few years, I realized that everyone and their mom either smokes [...]

In depth coverage of the cannabis culture by mainstream media is fairly rare.  Most newspapers and television news broadcasts use pot and stoners as fodder for laughs, rather than any kind of topic worthy of serious discussion.
Fortunately, that’s changing, at least to an extent.
In a previous posting here at the Cannabis Chronicles we brought our [...]

Today we have the distinct pleasure of introducing our first “Guest Entry” here at the Cannabis Chronicles, as well as introducing another cannabis related forum to the “link library”.  We feel quite fortunate that Mrs Fly agreed to give the Cannabis Chronicles a nice perspective on Grasscity’s forums, because it’s not a community we are familar with [...]