Cannabis Corner
Reading the entrails: The latest marijuana polls
The latest marijuana legalization polls are out, and they contain bad news and good news.
First, the bad news.
Recent polls in both Massachusetts and Arizona...
The war to end the war on pot: Latest dispatches
Here are some of the latest dispatches in the war to end the war on marijuana.
The news from the eastern front is encouraging. New...
In a latter-day miracle, Israel’s election outcome may hinge on pot
Back in December, when Israel declared that it would hold a national election (scheduled for April 9), a political party named Zehut was so...
Pot studies edition: what’s hot, what’s not
The release of several recent studies shed light on a number of commonly held associations with marijuana use, such as lung health, crime rates...
Evolution in action in the Middle East
A week before Israelis went to the polls for the third time in less than a year — the previous two elections failed to produce...
The legislature comes through for pot
The just-concluded session of the Colorado legislature passed a clutch of marijuana reform bills that ensure the state will continue to be in the...
Social separating with Alice B. Toklas
The 420 festival has been cancelled, you’re social distancing until The Virus blows over or until the media quits hyperventilating, you’ve read Boccaccio’s The...
Canadian parliament just legalized marijuana
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made marijuana legalization a major plank in his successful 2015 campaign, and earlier this week he delivered on his...
The highest form of humor
The pun is the lowest form of humor.
Except when it’s a pun about marijuana.
Then it’s the highest form of humor.
But seriously, folks...
Let’s face it,...
The awesome potency of today’s pot
According to a story in the Orange County Register, today’s marijuana “is typically four times stronger than the marijuana of just a couple of...
Boulder County’s war on pot growing
In 2012, Boulder County electors voted 2 to 1 for legalizing recreational marijuana in Colorado. Amendment 64’s margin of victory in Boulder County was...
Gov. Hick gilds the lily sensi at Dem debate
OK, I’ve smoked a lot of pot over the years (I inhaled for the first time in 1965) but there is nothing wrong with...
