All Entries in the "Best Of The Best" Category
New Poll Says 74% Of Americans Oppose Jail For Marijuana Offenses
A new poll from Angus Reid of 1,011 U.S adults shows that 74% of poll respondents favor alternatives to jail when it comes to marijuana offenses. When Canadians were asked the same question that number rises to 78%. Only 41% of Americans said they favored alternative penalties for thing like credit card fraud, and even [...]
Reader Poll Results: Who Deserves The Most Blame For The Federal MMJ Crackdown?
Last month we ran a poll for our readers because we wanted to know who they thought deserved the most blame for the current medical marijuana crackdown. Half of the poll’s respondents said President Obama is to blame, by far the number 1 answer. Big Pharma came in second for most blame with 17% and [...]
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Condemns Medical Marijuana Crackdown In CA
Last month we told you about the San Francisco Democratic Party calling for an end to the federal medical marijuana crackdown in California, and now one of the state’s most powerful Democrat politicians is condemning the attacks against MMJ in her state. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has come out publicly against the crackdown [...]
DEA Leaves Student In Holding Cell For 5 Days With No Food Or Water
Late on the night of this past April 20th, 7 college students were arrested in San Diego by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The students were caught with marijuana, ecstasy, mushrooms, “bath salts” and prescription medications. Six of the students were released, but sadly Daniel Chong was not. Daniel was told he was going to be [...]
Book Review: “Heart Of Dankness” By Mark Haskell Smith
As many of our readers are aware, the word “dank” has taken on a special meaning in the cannabis community, on par with “chronic.” While your basement being dank or having a dank odor is not a good thing, the meaning of the word is different when it’s used to describe marijuana. The search for [...]
“Collateral Damage” From The War On Drugs
The DEA has immense power, and it seems they are answerable to no one. Take the case in this video for example. An elderly couple, fans of mountain climbing and backpacking, decided to make a simple product for fellow climbers to occupy their time in their twilight years. Little did they know that their simple [...]
“There Are No Good Reasons To Legalize Marijuana” – Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske
In the video below Gil Kerlikowske tries to explain his support of marijuana prohibition by citing all the people that die from legal prescription drugs. His point is why should we add another legal drug to the mix? This answer alone shows his complete lack of a grasp on this issue. Not only is it [...]
Amsterdam’s Marijuana Tourism In Danger
The Taiwanese animators at Next Media Animation have taken on (in their own unique way) recent attempts by Dutch authorities to suppress marijuana tourism in the Netherlands. Without marijuana Dutch tourism will collapse since few really want to spend money to have sex with listless women who have already been pretty well-ridden. What else is [...]
Attorney General Holder Admits President Wrong About Medical Marijuana
Jimmy Kimmel’s comments the other night at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner have gained widespread notoriety. But what should be even bigger news is what Attorney General Eric Holder said to a Huffington Post reporter that night, in reference to President Obama telling Rolling Stone Magazine that he couldn’t do anything about federal marijuana prohibition [...]
Are Vending Machines The Future Of Marijuana?
More and more places of business now have ATM’s for cash and they are everywhere out in public in anyplace that is even slightly urban. Unless they have a specific reason to interact with a bank teller, just about every bank customer uses an ATM. In fact, by 2004 there was 1 ATM for every [...]
New Marijuana Website Launching On 4/20
I know, a website launch isn’t really a big deal, even a marijuana website launch on the “High Holiday” of the cannabis community, April 20th. But it’s not every 4/20 that someone launches a marijuana website, and that person has over 300,000 followers on Twitter. Many of you may know who @stillblazingtho is, but there [...]
Book Review: “Pot Farm” By Matthew Gavin Frank
Before I started writing mainly about cannabis activism issues about 4 years ago, I spent the previous six years writing all sorts of fiction. A screenplay, a novel, poetry and dozens of short stories. And no, you can’t find my fiction work anywhere, hence the focus change in my career. But I was recently sent [...]
The 420 Times’ “Bob Marley” Documentary T-Shirt Winner #4
It’s time to give away a final t-shirt in this giveaway from the new documentary “Marley,” hitting theaters on 4/20. This week’s winner is @SereneC on Twitter. Thanks to everyone who RTs us on Twitter and shares our stories across the internet. Keep spreading the truth and tell your friends where they can get their marijuana news from. [...]
Friday Funnies: The Stoner Jesus Show Podcast Coming To The NORML Network
Our friends at The Stoner Jesus Show have some huge news. It seems the NORML Network is picking up the show and putting it in rotation starting April 3rd. “It’s an incredible opportunity for us,” Stoner Jesus told us. “A whole new audience will be exposed to the craziness we exude every week.” Here is [...]
The 420 Times’ “Bob Marley” Documentary T-Shirt Winner #3
It’s time to give away another t-shirt from the new documentary “Marley,” hitting theaters on 4/20. This week’s winner is @Dzmcnutz on Twitter. Keep RTing @the420times on Twitter for a chance to win your own t-shirt, and make sure you check out the new documentary. From Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald, “Marley” is a film on [...]
