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Medical Weed Growers in Canada Are Ready for a Fight

Mik Mann is the articulate hippie and Frank Zappa lookalike we interviewed for our documentary BC Bud. He lives out in Port Alberni, a pretty remote town on Vancouver Island where he grows medicinal weed from the comfort of his basement garden—or at least he used to. Under Canada's new marijuana law, Mik will be forced to purchase corporate dope. Full story

Californian Vintners Are Putting Weed in Their Wine

Weed wine is always found in an unlabeled bottle with a blank cork and I try not to get too excited or aggressively ask for more. My advice to wine enthusiasts who enjoy a decent marijuana high is to just stay cool and pray that some of this wine lands in your glass one day. Full story

The 40-Year-Old Pot Virgin

The Former Microsoft Executive Who Wants to Build America's First National Marijuana Brand Is Most Definitely High on His Own Supply

Jamen Shively only started smoking herb a-year-and a-half ago, but he's been making up for lost time ever since. Now an aspiring marijuana mogul, as well as a dedicated cannabis connoisseur, he even credits the very conception of his latest high-profile start-up venture to the en… Full story

The War on Weed: Still Expensive, Racist, and Failed

At a certain point, anti-drug-war advocates have to stop being subtle, which might be why the American Civil Liberties Union’s new study on the “war on marijuana” doesn’t fuck around: “Billions of Dollars Wasted on Racially Biased Arrests,” it announces in big, unambiguous letter… Full story

Motherboard

High Country

There are fortunes to be made in the Silicon Valley of weed. In part one of 'High Country,' Motherboard goes to Denver to check out next-gen, cannabis-extraction tech, size up weed crowdsourcing and the contradictory science of the plant, and smoke dabs. Full story

Rich Paul Is Appealing His 81-Year Prison Sentence for Selling Pot

A jury found Rich Paul guilty last month and sent him away for a long, long time for a nonviolent crime. But he's appealing—even though he admittedly sold weed to an FBI informant—on the grounds that that jury wasn't properly informed about their ability to acquit him. You can he… Full story

Motherboard

High Country - Trailer

Motherboard heads west to learn about America's green rush. Here's a trailer for their new documentary about the highs and lows of America's budding, tech-enabled cannabis industry. 'High Country' will air on Monday, June 3. Full story

Do Guns and Weed Mix?

It's probably the last place you'd expect a shooting. But deep in the heart of Denver's largest 4/20 rally, shots rang out. Full story

VICE News

BC Bud

With a reported value of over six billion dollars, it’s no secret that pot in British Columbia is big business. However, due to the recent legalization of weed in Washington and Colorado, the draconian laws pushed forward by the conservative Canadian government’s omnibus crime bi… Full story

VICE News

BC Bud - Trailer

With a reported value of over six billion dollars, it’s no secret that marijuana in British Columbia is big business. However, due to the recent legalization of weed in Washington and Colorado, the draconian crime laws pushed forward by the Canadian Conservative government’s omni… Full story