Growing Killer Weed: Ed Rosenthal’s Tips from ‘The Art of Doing’
New book, “The Art of Doing: How Superachievers Do What They Do And Do It So Well” contains koans of wisdom from the likes of 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin, tennis icon Martina Navratilova, Jeopardy! champ...
View ArticlePen Vaporizer Review: Atmos Raw Wins Over ‘High Times’
The fast-evolving world of pen-sized cannabis vaporizers has left the average consumer behind. Leave it to the iconic weed mag High Times to assemble a Consumer Reports-style run-down on the best out...
View ArticleWeed Helping Crack Addicts Detox in Bogota and Beyond
Hard drug users continue to kick their habits with the help of marijuana, this time in Bogota, Colombia. Public health officials in the South American cocaine capital have started a pilot program to...
View ArticleWatch: The Colbert Report on America’s Pot-astrophe
“Stoners will soon demand the civil right to marry their Mary Jane, and Republicans surrender their values for the youth vote,” Stephen Colbert reports in last night’s episode. Zinger: “If those...
View ArticleBay Area 420 Events Guide 2013: Marijuana, Music, and (limited short-term)...
America’s annual pot holiday arrives this Saturday, and in the epicenter of weed culture, the Bay Area’s calendar is stacked. Below, Smell the Truth presents a smattering of some of our best picks for...
View ArticleHigh Times Cannabis Cup Winners: Denver 2013
Legendary cannabis publication High Times finished up their first ever recreational Cannabis Cup in the U.S. last night, awarding a slew of trophies in several categories related to the best buds,...
View ArticleMarijuana Deportation Overturned by Supreme Court Justices
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that long-time legal residents of America shouldn’t automatically be deported if caught with small amounts of marijuana. It’s insane they could have been. The...
View ArticleMarijuana Apps: Cheech and Chong Update Fatty App on iOS and Android
Enjoying yet another renaissance, Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are parlaying their newfound buzz into digital ducats. The ’70s improvisational comedians from Los Angeles...
View ArticleHigh Times Cannabis Cup San Francisco returns to Craneway Pavilion June...
Preeminent weed contest, the High Times Cannabis Cup returns to the Bay Area this June to throw their fourth-annual regional marijuana competition. The High Times Cannabis Cup – San Francisco takes...
View ArticleSeven S.F. Marijuana Dispensaries Targeted by D.E.A.
We received word Wednesday that seven medical marijuana dispensaries permitted by the City of San Francisco are being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. In Sept. 2012, D.E.A. agent...
View ArticleCartels in 1,200 American Cities; U.S. has a $2 billion Mexican marijuana habit
The U.S. sends about $2 billion per year to Mexican drug trafficking organizations for supplies of Mexican marijuana moved north across the border and sold primarily in the Midwest and East Coast,...
View ArticleTommy Chong Prostate Cancer-Free, Comedian Reports
Activist and comedian Tommy Chong claims he is cancer-free today on website Celebstoner.com. “I brought my PSA numbers down drastically and eliminated the cancer threat… That’s right, I kicked cancer’s...
View ArticleWatch: ‘Bill Rosendahl My Cancer is in Remission’ (or Why It’s Messed Up to...
“Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl announced today the news he received from his oncologist, Dr Melani Shaum, that his cancer is officially in remission,” according to YouTube May 1. Watch...
View Article‘Marijuana habit not linked to lung cancer’, Oncology Practice Reports
OncologyPractice.com reports today that, “Regular cannabis smokers are no more likely to develop lung cancer than are people who indulge occasionally.” The cancer news site relates the findings of Dr....
View ArticleGrowing Marijuana: California Medical Cannabis Gardening Tips from Jorge...
Monday’s California Supreme Court ruling that cities like Riverside can ban medical cannabis dispensaries re-emphasizes the importance of personal cultivation for the state’s estimated 750,000...
View ArticleMarijuana Concentrate ‘Clear’ Debuts at Harborside Health Center in Oakland
“The cleanest, purest extract on the market,” is on the shelves of Harborside Health Center, the Oakland dispensary writes Wednesday on Facebook. Harborside’s stocks of “Clear Concentrate” are...
View ArticleWashington Plans Hash Ban: I-502 draft rules bar concentrates
Adults over 21 buying marijuana legally in Washington next year may not be able to find any hash in stores. Last year, voters in Colorado and Washington legalized pot for adults over 21, and ordered...
View ArticleMarijuana May Help Cure PTSD
A Yale associate professor of psychiatry is giving American veterans with intractable post traumatic stress disorder the main active ingredient in marijuana as part of search for a better PTSD cure....
View ArticleTrendiest Vaporizer of the Year Debuts: Ploom’s Pax Now in Pantone Color of...
San Francisco company Ploom reports pre-sales have begun for the highly coveted Emerald-colored Pax personal vaporizer. Emerald (Pantone 17-5641) is Pantone’s Color of 2013, so it’s only fitting that...
View ArticleWu-Tang Clan’s GZA, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah will headline SF High Times...
Wu-Tang Clan alumns Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and GZA are set to headline the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup San Francisco June 22-23. Organizers at the venerated marijuana magazine announced the...
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