Cannabis Capitalism Deserves Freedom to Profit

Let’s talk about profit. The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Dept. recently raided the local medical marijuana dispensary Helping Hands Wellness Center to confiscate a hundred pounds of pot, over a thousa...
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Prop 19 Puts the Pipe (and the Power) in Your Hands

ATTENTION: If you have changed houses since your last time voting, you must re-register today, or else it might be your fault if weed doesn’t become legal in two weeks.
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Regulators Find Escape In Prohibition Fantasy

What does it mean to be addicted? One definition is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences.
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Yes We Can: The Cannabis Chronicles

Last Thursday, Governor Schwarzenegger decriminalized marijuana.
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Curious Mind Probes Drug Hypocrisy

Drug is a funny word. On one hand, there are “good” pharmacy drugs that may kill you, but for the carefully prescribed dosages of an educated doctor.
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Historical Hemp Enthusiasts Disprove Lazy Stoner Theory

There is a common myth going around that cannabis makes a person less productive. People are affected by substances in different ways; to say that smoking pot lessens enthusiasm and vigor for life is ...
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Look to Old Traditions for a Trippy New Take on Christmas

Each time Christmas break ends, I feel more tired of the holiday. As a kid, I thought Christmas was great: Heavy Tahoe snow, tons of presents and rare family visitations made it a pretty magical time ...
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