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Labor Unions Recruiting Marijuana Workers

One in San Jose is first in the nation to organize employees

(Newser) - Dude, that's not just any "bud tender" dispensing legal pot. It's a union bud tender. At least that's the case in San Jose, where a union local has become the first in the nation to organize workers in the ever-expanding field of legal marijuana, reports the San Francisco Chronicle...

Tea Party Candidate Thinks He's the Messiah
Tea Party Candidate
Thinks He's the Messiah
GOP Is not amused
May 25, 2010 7:34 AM CDT

Tea Party Candidate Thinks He's the Messiah

Tim D'Annunzio believes god will drop a pyramid on Greenland

(Newser) - Republican leaders have declared open war on Tim D'Annunzio, a Tea Party-backed North Carolina congressional candidate who they fear may be insane. They're publicizing documents from D'Annunzio's divorce, in which his wife testifies that he called himself the messiah, predicted God would drop a 1,000-mile high pyramid on Greenland,...

Toking Chefs Cook Up Smokin' 'Stoner Cuisine'

 Toking Chefs  Cook Up 
 'Haute Stoner Cuisine' 

WHAT TO EAT BAKED
May 19, 2010 4:44 AM CDT

Toking Chefs Cook Up 'Haute Stoner Cuisine'

Sensuous texture, deep flavors mark new dishes

(Newser) - A new "haute stoner cuisine" is being developed by chefs influenced by the weed with which they unwind, reports the New York Times . “Everybody smokes dope after work—people you would never imagine,” says author chef Anthony Bourdain. The inventive touch of a marijuana high has inspired...

Dirt-Cheap Calif. Pot Triggers Grower Panic

'Emerald Triangle' suffering amid glut

(Newser) - Moves towards legalizing marijuana are creating hard times for the marijuana farmers of northern California. The growers—who prospered when government crackdowns sent prices soaring—are suffering from increased competition and consumer preference for indoor-grown marijuana. Pot's wholesale price has plummeted, and many fear the 30-year-boom in California's "Emerald...

Medical Marijuana Shops Firebombed in Montana

'Not In Our Town' sprayed on businesses

(Newser) - Two Montana businesses legally providing medical marijuana in Billings have been firebombed in two days. The attackers—who could face up to 20 years in prison on felony arson charges if caught and convicted—also spray painted "Not In Our Town" across the front of the operations. Police have...

Holland Seeks Pot Ban for Tourists
 Holland Seeks 
 Pot Ban for Tourists 
in case you missed it
May 9, 2010 5:45 PM CDT

Holland Seeks Pot Ban for Tourists

Court told ban would violate free trade deals

(Newser) - Holland's famous cannabis cafes will only be open to Dutch smokers if government officials win a case at the European Court of Justice. Attorneys for the government—seeking to clamp down on cross-border drug tourism—say the nation has the right to ban foreigners from coffee shops that serve pot....

Dude Busted for Growing Pot in TV

Georgia man's unorthodox planter gets discovered

(Newser) - Wednesday was not a good day for Warren English: First, sheriff’s deputies came to his Georgia home to evict him, then they found pot growing in his TV. Six plants, to be exact, growing out of the back of a hollowed-out big screen, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Needless to...

Help! Texas Cops Stuck With 200,000 lbs of Pot

Tiny sheriff's department can't afford to destroy confiscated cannabis

(Newser) - Your local sheriff's department has a problem. Who wouldn't want help out? So when Brooks County, Texas, complains that it has 200,000 pounds of marijuana on its hands and no funding to dispose of it, civic-minded blog Toke of the Town naturally offers to come to the rescue. The...

Ariz. Cop Shot By Smugglers; Manhunt on
 Smugglers Shoot 
 Arizona Cop; 
 Manhunt On 
BORDER DEBATE INTENSIFIES
May 1, 2010 7:46 AM CDT

Smugglers Shoot Arizona Cop; Manhunt On

Local politicians demand feds help seal border

(Newser) - Law officers backed by helicopters came under fire as they hunted gunmen in Arizona's desert early today after a sheriff's deputy was wounded by suspected illegal immigrants believed to be smuggling marijuana. Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll exchanged fire yesterday afternoon with a band of five suspected smugglers in a...

Busted, Dude Chows Weed, Double Cheeseburger
Busted, Dude Chows Weed, Double Cheeseburger
A MOUTHFUL
Apr 27, 2010 10:11 AM CDT

Busted, Dude Chows Weed, Double Cheeseburger

Stupid people don't get smarter when they're high

(Newser) - Dude, you don't put your weed in there: The St. Petersburg Times has a chortler about one Samuel Collins, who was chewing furiously on a bag of pot early Saturday morning after being pulled over for tossing a McDonald's bag out the car window. As cops yelled for him to...

DC Council Approves Medical Marijuana

Distribution centers could be running within the year

(Newser) - Happy 4/20 day, America: Legal marijuana could be available in the nation's capital in a matter of months. The city council of Washington DC today approved the sale of medicinal pot from sanctioned distribution centers, the Post reports. People who have HIV, cancer, glaucoma and the ever-vague "chronic and...

America's Top Stoner Cities
 America's Top Stoner Cities 
Apr 20, 2010 1:50 PM CDT

America's Top Stoner Cities

Daily Beast ranks America's pot-loving locales

(Newser) - In honor of today's date, 4/20—and the pot-steeped lore of those numbers—the Daily Beast has ranked the nation's 40 "highest cities," where weed culture reigns supreme. To read the full list and see how it was compiled, click here . The top 10:
  1. Eureka, California
  2. Tallahassee, Florida
...

Sorry, Potheads: Majority Still Against Legalizing
 Sorry, Potheads: Majority 
 Still Against Legalizing  
happy 4/20 anyway
Apr 20, 2010 7:48 AM CDT

Sorry, Potheads: Majority Still Against Legalizing

But majority back medicinal use

(Newser) - Enjoy your 4/20, stoners, but the cold reality is that a majority of Americans believe only sick people should be allowed to smoke (or otherwise ingest) marijauna. In a new AP -CNBC poll, 55% of those surveyed oppose full legalization, while only 33% are in favor. Some 60% favor allowing...

Willie Smokes Pot Before Show, Shocks Larry

'You can arrest me,' he offers talk show host

(Newser) - What could be better than two old guys discussing marijuana on national television…especially when said old guys are Larry King and Willie Nelson? Nelson, nearly as famous for his love of pot as he is for his singing, admitted (shocker alert!) he still smokes, but explained he has...

NYC Shops Busted for Peddling Weed
 NYC Shops Busted 
 for Peddling Weed 
POT DU JOUR
Apr 7, 2010 10:50 AM CDT

NYC Shops Busted for Peddling Weed

Six stores raided, employees arrested for 'drug bazaar'

(Newser) - Cops raided six Brooklyn businesses yesterday and say they found something not exactly on the specials list: marijuana. “At lunch it turned into a veritable pot-luck event,” the police commissioner says of one restaurant. “You could go in and get drugs in the food itself or go...

GOPer Backs Legalizing Pot— on Fox News

'GOP Mom' Jessica Corry says it's about more than marijuana

(Newser) - The Easter bunny brought a little treat to advocates of legalizing marijuana yesterday: a Republican who is pushing her party to support the movement spouted her stuff on...Fox News. Introduced as "GOP Mom," mother-of-two/attorney/political consultant Jessica Corry explains that "this really about more than pot,"...

World's Top Pot Source: Afghanistan

Country slides into first place with 'astonishing' crop yields

(Newser) - The country that supplies the lion's share of the world's opium has become the top cannabis producer as well, according to report from the UN's drug agency. Other countries have more land devoted to marijuana, UNDOC chief Antonio Maria Costa says, but Afghan farmers achieve "astonishingly high" yields, producing...

If California Legalizes Marijuana...
If California Legalizes Marijuana...
behind the ballot
Mar 25, 2010 8:35 AM CDT

If California Legalizes Marijuana...

...you'll be able to carry an ounce, grow 25 square feet of it

(Newser) - California's ballot initiative to be considered this November would legalize use and sale of marijuana—but exactly how much pot are we talking? If the initiative passes, adults over 21 will be allowed to possess up to an ounce for personal use, and each residence would be able to grow...

Teens High on Scary 'Man-Made Marijuana'

Mystery ingredients give health officials the willies

(Newser) - A new synthetic substance that mimics the high of marijuana—and is legal—has American teenagers buzzing. But the herb-based substance, known as K2 or Spice, is giving health authorities the willies because its ingredients and effects are largely unknown. It's made in Asia and sold online and in some...

Wal-Mart Fires Sick Worker Over Medical Pot

Employee with brain tumor won't be rehired

(Newser) - A rule's a rule, says Wal-Mart, and a little inoperable brain tumor isn't going to change its mind. The company fired a 29-year-old employee (he also has sinus cancer) who tested positive for pot—that is, the medical marijuana he legally uses for the pain. "We're sympathetic," said...

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