CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana activists agree that marijuana should be legal, but from there things get hazy. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Candidates for Leadership of the NDP were unanimous this week in their support for ending the drug war, according to a survey released by Vancouver based End Prohibition: NDP Against the Drug War. full story
MEPs of 21 EU states, including the UK, have signed off on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement full story
Dani, a 21-year-old from Wichita, suffers with depression, anxiety and stomach problems. full story
A broad coalition of California advocates has filed a statewide medical marijuana regulation initiative aimed at ending the years-long confusion over what is and what is not allowed under state law by explicitly allowing sales and legalizing dispensaries statewide absent affirmative local popular votes to ban them. full story
As of 7pm Pacific, I checked the YouTube.com / WhiteHouse page to see how many votes our question received in President Obama’s latest YouTube Forum. full story
San Francisco city officials indefinitely suspended the city's medical marijuana dispensary permitting program on Wednesday, according to the Department of Public Health. full story
In a neighborhood full of luxurious homes with three-car garages and large lots, the sight of the SWAT members was an early morning shock for neighbors like Gordon Lange. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cameron Diaz is the latest ganja-smoking girl of the Golden Globes after lighting up at the award show afterparty. full story
CC News & Feature Articles
CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cameron Diaz is the latest ganja-smoking girl of the Golden Globes after lighting up at the award show afterparty. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana activists agree that marijuana should be legal, but from there things get hazy. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Candidates for Leadership of the NDP were unanimous this week in their support for ending the drug war, according to a survey released by Vancouver based End Prohibition: NDP Against the Drug War. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE – Dr. Lester Grinspoon, renowned Harvard psychiatry professor and marijuana movement icon, is lending his support to the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine ballot initiative to legalize cannabis in California in 2012. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Get high and talk pot with with Marijuana Man and friends LIVE every Wednesday at 4PM Pacific on From Under the Influence. In this episode: Last week the show blew a 100-amp fuse, let's see how many we can fry today. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - January 23, 2012 marks the 100th birthday of the first international drug control treaty, the International Opium Convention, signed at the Hague in 1912. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cannabis activist and BC Marijuana Party candidate Mik Mann (also known as Opus) presents his LIVE show on the Pot TV Network. In this episode: Pot smoking, stories in the news, pot smoking, events calendar, pot smoking, videos, pot smoking, recommended reading, pot smoking, grow tips and tricks, did we mention pot smoking? full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - It's the Cannabis Culture News LIVE Marijuana SmokeDown special! Matt Mernagh - known in the ring as Mernahuana - will be joining the show to take on CC Editor Jeremiah Vandermeer for the title of Cannabis Champion of the World. Tune in today at 4PM Pacific. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - For the latest news on Marc Emery, CCHQ, and Canada's cannabis community, watch new episodes of The Jodie Emery Show each week on Cannabis Culture. In this episode: Show your support for politicians on both sides of the US/Canada border who will legalize marijuana! full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - An article by John Ingold of The Denver Post published on January 5 is titled, "Colorado Effort to Legalize Marijuana Turns in Signatures, Tackles Skepticism From Female Voters." full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - SOPA And PIPA could take the marijuana legalization movement back to the Dark Ages. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Get high and talk pot with with Marijuana Man and friends LIVE every Wednesday at 4PM Pacific on From Under the Influence. In this episode: Show was cancelled by a power outage at the Pot TV studios. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Barbados-born singing sensation Rihanna was caught twice by the pot-parazzi in Hawaii smoking what looked like a blunt. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: Marius Soska, assistant editor of Cannabis Culture, gets high and reviews the marijuana news highlights. full story
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CANNABIS CULTURE - The next generation of handhelds is finally here: Vapir's NO2 is the future of portable digital vaporizing. full story
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CC Blogs
David Malmo-Levine 3 days 16 hours ago "There are three viable initiatives for cannabis legalization that are bidding to make the ballot in California, and the honest truth is that we cannot afford to split the effort for legalization into three camps, all fighting for resources and energy..."
Ed Rosenthal 2 weeks 4 days ago For only $2 million a year we could buy Jim Lehrer’s favor.
Matt Mernagh 4 weeks 1 day ago It's that time of year again, when every journalist and blogger is creating their own best of lists. I'm no different. Compiling a best marijuana strains of 2011 is one of the easiest blogs to write. During the busy holiday season when your pressed for time copying and pasting can be done quickly. At least that's what you think.
Marc Emery 4 weeks 6 days ago I chose that title for today's Christmas blog because I do believe it is a wonderful life, and it's much too short. The Frank Capra Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" was a reminder to: 1) never underestimate the good you have done and the good you can do in the world, 2) be grateful for the love you have, and 3) be grateful for whatever you do have, it could be much worse!
Jeremiah Vandermeer 5 weeks 2 days ago I had a lot of Christmas fun, ate a lot of Christmas food, and smoked a lot of Christmas trees at the CCHQ holiday staff party last weekend, and on the LIVE broadcast of A Cannabis Culture Christmas on Pot TV yesterday.
Breaking News
Jan 26 2012 Study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows "gang-related deaths typically aren’t the product of fights over drugs — as many assume — but rather result from grudges between rival gangs that erupt into violence."
Jan 26 2012 The Drug War: a great excuse for the government to steal land and property from citizens.
Jan 26 2012 "Carl Anderson, the former operator of the Canadian Safe Cannabis Society in Kamloops, asked council on Tuesday, Jan. 24, to consider allowing himself and a group of others with medical pot licences to lease a piece of property to grow the plant."
Jan 26 2012 National Post editorial: "There are many logistical hurdles to overcome, but I tend to think one of the many alcohol and cigarette distribution systems we use could be adapted to marijuana. Once a mechanism is settled on and border issues with the Americans are worked out, the benefits are obvious."
Jan 26 2012 "RCMP and border officials shed more light Thursday on what they say is a scheme to repeatedly import drugs into Canada, with cocaine-stuffed pineapples intercepted at a port in New Brunswick and marijuana packaged around watermelons seized from trucks in Ontario."
Jan 26 2012 Information from Health Canada on personal medical marijuana growing operations as part of the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations.
Jan 26 2012 "Publicly supporting politicians who publicly support marijuana reform is a necessary step towards demonstrating the political viability of the issue on a larger scale, so that future candidates for any elected office will have more reason to consider including this position in their platform."
Jan 24 2012 AP: "A 79-year-old longtime member of the Iowa Senate who serves on several corrections-related committees is calling on lawmakers to consider legalizing medical marijuana."
Jan 19 2012 This should make for some interesting coleslaw.
Jan 17 2012 One of the many reasons DEA agents shouldn't be educating our kids.
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Free Marc Emery
CANNABIS CULTURE - My wife Jodie Emery and I both receive thousands of letters and inquiries with impassioned pleas that read: "I want to do something to make a difference. I want to legalize marijuana. What can I do? Can you advise or help me start? Where do I begin?" full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - The White House has finally issued a response to the "Pardon Marc Emery" petition signed by 8,249 people calling for Obama to pardon Marc and send him home to Canada. Not surprisingly, the answer is mostly a disappointing non-response: the White House has "declined to comment". full story
CC's Recommended Websites
Nov 17 2011 Vancouver Medicinal Cannabis DIspensary Society. Serving all of Canada by mail-order. Confirmation of diagnosis required.
Nov 17 2011 Join with thousands of Canadians to fight Harper's vicious new Crime Bill! Let's make Canada safer, not meaner!
Nov 16 2011 New initiative in California to legalize and regulate marijuana like wine.
Nov 16 2011 The secret history of cannabis and religion. Cannabis christians, pot-smoking pagans, plus sex, drugs and violence in the Bible!
Nov 16 2011 Coalition of BC law enforcement, health and academic experts calling for marijuana legalization and regulation to reduce gang violence.
Nov 16 2011 New Democrats working to end Canada's war on drugs. Join the NDP and join End Prohibition!
Nov 2 2011 "Combining two of life's sweetest pleasures" - Learn how to make delicious ganja goodies at Good and Baked.
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