All Entries in the "Magazine Stories" Category
An Introduction To Vaporizers
A dummies’ guide about how vaporizers work and the various benefits of using them
A Look At L.A.’s Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance
Over 400 LA medical marijuana dispensaries are being shut down – but an important question remains: why?
Richard Lee Wants Your Vote!
“We had a great week, last week – we raised $42,000 last week,” said Oaksterdam University founder Rich Lee – and the man behind the initiative to legalize cannabis–in a telephone conversation on April 21st.
The Faces of Medical Marijuana: An Interview With Breezy
Breezy is a 30-year-old artist, writer, medical marijuana activist, and business owner. Ever since she was an infant, she has suffered from chronic body pain; unfortunately, doctors couldn’t figure out what was causing her aches for many years. In 2007, she was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a condition she manages through the use of medical marijuana.
Framing The Issue
An historic event took place March 24th in California, when the Secretary of State’s office decided, shortly before 6 p.m., that the initiative to legalize cannabis was indeed qualified to be on the November ballot. But history will not stop there.
Well, Did You Ever?
We all know how the Los Angeles City Council feels about medical cannabis; it voted 9-3 back in January to approve an ordinance that will ultimately decimate the ranks of dispensaries around the city, and closely regulate the activities of those that remain. Los Angeles County District Attorney Stephen Cooley hasn’t exactly been hands-off where medical cannabis is concerned, either, despite focusing his wrath on dispensaries–the increasingly convenient scapegoat.
Greenerfest Returns Hemp Activism To Its Roots
While the medical marijuana movement is feeling good about how far it’s come in the last decade, another segment of the green movement is waiting for its time in the sun. Weather permitting, that time may come May 15th at the Venice Beach Boardwalk, Windward Recreation Center.
Grow Your Own Green
Growing your own marijuana doesn’t have to be hard – that is, with the right direction. While we can’t provide an exhaustive guide to growing your own marijuana, we can give you a useful outline of the process that just might convince you that it’s not so hard after all.
Growth Industry
Perhaps it’s just woolgathering — as an otherwise historic year in marijuana history unfolds — but longtime advocate and author Ed Rosenthal wonders darkly what will become of medical cannabis, if California voters really legalize it this November.
The Faces of Medical Marijuana: An Interview With Mark Pedersen
Due to the contamination caused by a lead-smelting factory located in Herculaneum, Missouri, Mark Pedersen fell ill and was diagnosed with “fibromyalgia with severe migraines,” a debilitating condition whose symptoms Mark manages through the use of medical marijuana. Although Mark is incapable of working a full-time job on account of his illness, he has managed to become a dedicated medical marijuana advocate—he founded not only the Cannabis Patient Network, a substantial collection of interviews featuring medical marijuana patients, but also Sensible Missouri, a statewide patient union of medical cannabis users.
How Legal Is Your Garden?
We’re a quarter of the way through what virtually everyone agrees is one of the most exciting years in recent cannabis history–and agrees, and agrees. But what some of us may not be so quick to acknowledge is that, while we do have ringside seats for the possible legalization this November of a muchmaligned, long-criminalized substance, it’s rarely a good idea to get that close to history being made.
Marijuana Users Leave Shadows Behind: THC Exposé shines light on changing attitudes
Though he didn’t know it at the time, Hugo could have been talking about the marijuana legalization movement in the United States–and increasingly, Los Angeles is at its epicenter. Once a marker of fringe associations and counterculture ties, marijuana use has a new face, which is proudly on display at public events, such as this weekend’s second annual THC Exposé.
Where did 420 really come from?
The term “420″ first appeared in the early ‘70s. And yet its origin remains cloaked in mystery, legend, urban myth, misinformation, occasionally even outright weirdness. Literally thousands of articles, celebrity anecdotes, blog entries, media commentaries – even books – have dealt with the issue. And still the myths persist! Yes, it refers to reefers and marijuana.
2nd Annual THC Exposé To Be Held April 23rd-25th At The Los Angeles Convention Center
The 2nd Annual THC Exposé, a three-day cannabis and pop culture-related tradeshow open to the public, will be held in Los Angeles, California from April 23rd through April 25th at the Los Angeles Convention Center
The Faces Of Medical Marijuana
Despite having a secure job as a consultant at Ernst & Young, Sarah felt a calling to get involved in the marijuana law reform movement. In spite of a significant pay cut, she took a job at the Marijuana Policy Project, and hasn’t looked back since. Sarah is also a user of medical marijuana. After being disappointed with various prescribed antibiotics to treat her MRSA, a serious skin condition, she began to use topically applied cannabis, which provided her with much more effective relief.
