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  • Get Rich or High Trying

    The Coming Age of Corporate Cannabis

    Now that the good guys finally won big, how long until the Denver Nuggets start offering an officially-licensed glass bong alongside the collectible beer mugs? The smart money is increasingly looking to marijuana as the nation's biggest new business boom since the internet. Full story

  • Weediquette

    T. Kid Versus Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

    For the avid pot smoker, planning a vacation always comes with the caveat of finding a place where trees will be plentiful and the laws regarding them lenient enough that you can avoid the hellish prospect of a third world prison. By and large, I’ve found most European countries… Full story

  • Exploring the Interior Designs of Los Angeles Weed Clinics

    If you own a store that looks great and people feel comfortable shopping there, nice work. If you’re operating that store under constant threat of raids and total shutdown, years of stressy politics, infighting, and a host of thug-life problems associated with selling a product t… Full story

  • Weediquette

    Visiting the Motherland

    Before the rise of the xenophobic pseudo-patriotism that's responsible for our decaying reputation abroad, there was a time when the American experience involved spending your earlier years in another country and then coming over to the US in a huddled mass. I lived this classic Full story

  • Good News! You Can’t Be Automatically Deported for Sharing Three Joints

    Well, here’s bit of good news from the Supreme Court, a group not generally considered friendly to criminal defendants or recreational drug users: you cannot, it turns out, be automatically deported for the kindhearted but nonetheless illegal act of bringing a few joints to a par… 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

  • Weediquette

    Postcard from Cannabis Cup

    In my mind, the Cannabis Cup never actually existed. It was a cliché, a staple phrase of high school stoner conversation, and it was held in Amsterdam, an equally mythical place. But this year, for the first time, the premier summit of marijuana users, purveyors, and entrepreneur… Full story

  • Eighty-One Years for Weed?

    Here’s how absurd the war on drugs has gotten: an activist from Keene, New Hampshire, is facing 81 years in prison for dealing marijuana, and while he's admitted to the crime, he’s still fighting the case in court today in hopes the jury will acquit him. Full story

  • Weediquette

    I Like to Stay Home

    Before I start sounding like a stereotypical pothead, let me fill you in on why I find myself most comfortable at home. Yes, weed probably has something to do with it, but it’s another substance entirely that has led me to this place. Alcohol. Full story