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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 have a pretty lax attitude toward drugs, so when my brother and I planned a two-week trip to the south of Spain, we expected some level of ease when it came to getting weed. That was not the… 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Is Colorado Planning to Tax Weed Higher Than Cigarettes?

Tax revenue is a standard refrain for weed advocates. Moving a black-market industry above ground, their thinking goes, means dollars for governments to do all sorts of cool stuff. But the whole situation in the Centennial State is kind of frustrating. Full story