California has more electric vehicles per capita than any other state in the nation, in part because policymakers seem to love them. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a whole sheaf of bills intended to hasten their adoption, and the city of Palo Alto — home to Tesla Motors — will require every new home toRead More …

WHAKAMANA: The grand opening of New Zealand’s first Cannabis Museum will be held at midday on Sunday October 6 in Dunedin. The Cannabis Museum of Aotearoa will open with an exhibit on the history of cannabis law reform activism at the University of Otago dating back to the 1970s, including the “420 protests” that have beenRead More …

On Tuesday September 24th 2013, Weed Seed Shop will introduce three new feminized strains on www.weedseedshop.com . The Weed Seed Shop range is enriched and extended with the arrival of Super Cheese , K -Train and Super Silver Cheese . These easy to grow cannabis seeds combine the positive qualities of Skunk and Cheese; TrainwreckRead More …

The school is America’s first “cannabis college” for pot business, science and politics. As marijuana continues to be legalized in increasing capacities across America, Oaksterdam University in Oakland, Calif. has a question: Do you take us seriously yet? Founded in 2007 by medical marijuana activist Richard Lee, Oaksterdam University is an unaccredited trade school thatRead More …

MANILA, Philippines – Bureau of Immigration agents have arrested a Briton wanted for drug trafficking in the United States, acting Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison said Saturday. Mison said Gypsy Nirvana, 53, was apprehended after the US Embassy sought his arrest for allegedly manufacturing, exporting, and importing marijuana, and money laundering. “There will be no letupRead More …

Muralist Brian “TAZROC” Garcia has completed his latest public art installation, a mural depicting Marijuana activist Jack Herer, which can now be seen on the side of the Nile Collective building at 1501 Pacific Ave. Herer, known as the “Emperor of Hemp”, wrote “The Emperor wears no clothes” a book used in efforts to decriminalizeRead More …

This was the 2013 Hanfparade (Hemp Parade). According to the organisers, 6,500 people came together in Berlin last weekend to demonstrate for the legalisation of cannabis . Their motto: “My choice – legal cannabis!” All participants – some of them in fancy costumes, others with self-made posters and banners – had the same ambition. TheyRead More …

Anti-drug laws are blocking the progress of far-reaching research that can show the therapeutic uses of Psilocybe mushrooms, plants like cannabis and other psychedelia like MDMA. That is what Professor David Nutt contends, after he first sounded the alarm bell on 12 June 2013 in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. The world-wide drug repression, also called theRead More …

The German university city of Göttingen is being taken over by marijuana plants. Behind the phenomenon is a group of pro-pot activists who planted seeds around town to stir debate over the plant’s illegal status. City authorities are not amused. The university town of Göttingen is getting greener and greener. But not everyone is pleased:Read More …

Organ transplants have saved thousands of lives, but getting them right isn’t easy. The problem is the body’s immune system, which is programmed to fight off intruders. Often, this includes outside organs. But new research out of Temple University suggests that THC – the main chemical in marijuana – may be able to help.  TheRead More …