Bud’s Blog: Social aspects of medical marijuana use may be overlooked

 Bud's Blog, Medical marijuana, Video
Jun 302010
 

I spoke with Kevin Jodrey, cultivation director at the Humboldt Patient Resource Center in Arcata, at the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco. The three clips below, less than a minute each, discuss public perceptions about medical marijuana, the potential impact of legalization, and how the Humboldt County collective was more interested in networking than in drumming up new business. The poor sound quality and concrete wall backdrop are offset in part by some great visuals of folks enjoying the Prop. 215 patio reserved for medical marijuana patients. Kevin makes some interesting points, [...]

Bud’s Blog: Is cannabis really medicine? Ask someone who uses it

 Advocates, Bud's Blog, Medical marijuana, Video
Jun 282010
 

The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup seemed like a great place to talk about medical marijuana, and as luck would have it I spied Chef Mike DeLao of Cannabis Planet TV fame. Chef Mike had me cracking up on a recent episode where he slathered a generous helping of cannabis-infused dressing over a salad. “Everybody loves more medicine,” he said with a sly grin. At least I think that’s what he said, and I think it was salad, but I was “medicated” at the time so I couldn’t swear to it. Having recently renewed my [...]

West Coast Cannabis publisher to appear at comedy benefit

 Marijuana News, Media, Medical marijuana, Video
Jun 282010
 
West Coast Cannabis publisher to appear at comedy benefit

Sacramento resident Ngaio Bealum says he loves to cut up on stage about “weed and sex.” But this stand-up comic-activist-journalist-entrepreneur says he also aims to change “the stoner paradigm.” “It’s not about sitting around and doing nothing,” says the editor and publisher of West Coast Cannabis, a monthly pot lifestyles publication that bills itself as the Sunset magazine of weed. “My thing is I like to smoke a joint and go do something.” And so Bealum, 42, a San Francisco native born in 1968 to Black Panther Party members, plays a multifaceted role in the [...]

Humboldt’s intensive pot farming raises environmental concerns

 Cultivation, Law Enforcement, Video
Jun 042010
 

Marijuana may be the renowned cash crop in Humboldt County. But two reports in recent months suggest it is bad medicine for the regional environment. In an article in the North Coast Journal, two research engineers at the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University took issue with excessive energy use of thriving indoor marijuana grow rooms. “There are environmental consequences of what we’re doing,” wrote Peter Lehman and Peter Johnstone. They suggested that Humboldt pot rooms use enough electricity to power “13,000 typical homes” and put “20,000 metric tons of CO2 into the [...]

Davidovich acquittal latest setback for San Diego DA’s medipot crackdown

 Advocates, Courts, Dispensaries, Medical marijuana, Video
Apr 052010
 

With a screaming red headine, “NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!,” San Diego County medical marijuana activist Eugene Davidovich recently announced on his website his acquittal on charges of illegally selling marijuana and possessing weed. Davidson, who operated a medical marijuana home delivery service, was the second high-profile defendant to be found not-guilty in a crackdown by San Diego authorities on medical marijuana providers they accused of conducting illegal retail sales. His March 26 acquittal follows a earlier courtroom loss for District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, “Weed Wars” blogger/reporter Peter Hecht writes for the Sacramento Bee. In [...]

Sacramento pot doc nears trial on drug charges in Mississippi

 Advocates, Courts, Medical marijuana, Video
Mar 192010
 

One of last times Dr. David Allen was seen in Sacramento, he had a packed waiting room of patients. They were paying $150 each to see the former Mississippi heart surgeon for medical marijuana recommendations, Peter Hecht reports in his “Weed Wars” blog. To anyone listening, Allen extolled the virtues of a “miracle drug” he said he started using at 17. He also told a reporter he was currently treating himself with pot for decades of accumulated stress as an cardiothoracic surgeon – and for more recent anxiety over his million dollar Mississippi ranch getting [...]

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