Snoop Dogg rolls out a weed-friendly lifestyle website: Merry Jane
Snoop Dogg has a new weed-centric business venture: the Merry Jane media platform, which will cover the cannabis lifestyle and marijuana news.
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Snoop Dogg rolls out a weed-friendly lifestyle website: Merry Jane
Snoop Dogg’s latest weed-centric business venture may sound familiar to those who visit The Cannabist. The rap mogul is teaming up with entrepreneur Ted Chung to launch the Merry Jane media platform, which will feature original videos and “a cross-section of cultural and lifestyle features, along with the latest cannabis policy,…
Exclusive: Snoop Dogg wishes Colorado a happy pot tax holiday
Even Snoop Dogg knows about the one-day Colorado marijuana tax holiday — and he has a message for shoppers in the first state to have recreational weed sales.
Photos: Miley Cyrus reveals that she still enjoys weed at MTV VMAs
Miley Cyrus flashed one of her breasts, traded words with Nicki Minaj and closed the show with a performance of a new song about marijuana at the MTV VMAs.
Guess who made the list? The top 50 most influential marijuana consumers
One of the largest marijuana advocacy organizations in the United States released a 2015 list that ranks who it thinks are the most successful and influential Americans to ever ingest cannabis.
Durban Poison (marijuana review)
Review: Durban Poison is a landrace sativa marijuana strain that provides a big, uplifting energy boost, with a raciness that makes it a daytime hit.
‘Miss Cannabis’ Melanie Griffith movie gets incentive from Colorado
The producers of a proposed film called “Miss Cannabis” won approval from the Colorado Economic Development Commission on Wednesday for $600,000 in rebates on any spending in the state.
Denver ABC affiliate to run pot ad before Jimmy Kimmel
Denver ABC affiliate KMGH will run its first advertisement for a legal marijuana company in the next week, the station confirmed to The Cannabist on Thursday.
How the Library of Congress just gave Earth’s top stoner the Gershwin Prize
That just happened: The Library of Congress just awarded the respected Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to one of the planet’s biggest stoners.
Modest Mouse singer rips Portland, worries about his drug-dealer friends
Watch: Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock rips his hometown of Portland, Oregon, and explains his concern for his drug-dealing friends amid legal marijuana.
How Brian Wilson heard ‘Rubber Soul,’ got baked and wrote ‘God Only Knows’
The short story, as told by Beach Boys singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, of hearing the Beatles ‘Rubber Soul,’ getting really stoned and writing one of the most beloved rock songs of all time.
Kim Kardashian thinks brother Rob ‘smokes weed, drinks beer’ all day long
Kim Kardashian says her reclusive brother Rob Kardashian “smokes weed, drinks beer, hangs out and plays video games with his friends all day long.”
Denver’s new pot radio station blazes a trail, but will it run into legal issues?
Pot radio KBUD, a.k.a. ‘Smokin 94.1,’ is off to a fiery start. But will the Denver station run into advertising issues with federal law?
Blissed Out on Owl Farm: At NORML’s party on Hunter S. Thompson’s land
We take you inside NORML’s annual party at Owl Farm, Hunter S. Thompson’s beloved land outside of Aspen, Colo., to talk about pot legalization and more. Sitting down in the kitchen they shared, his widow Anita Thompson asks: ‘Could you imagine Hunter Thompson in a dispensary? Sometimes it breaks my heart when I go into one and that he’s not here.’
Paul McCartney gave up weed to ‘set an example to my kids and grandkids’
Paul McCartney gave up ganja to set a better example for his grandkids. But by replacing pot with ‘a nice margarita,’ did he choose a more deadly substance?
Fine art: Denver exhibits honor cannabis revolution
Denver art shows assess the marijuana revolution: The Colorado Photographic Arts Center has a trio of artists in an exhibit that looks at the intersection of marijuana culture and commerce (through June 27).
Weed etiquette: Emily Post’s great-granddaughter on marijuana manners
The unspoken rules of the “puff, puff, pass” ritual — including all of the steps it takes to toke up — are obvious to those who already partake. But for those just now starting to explore the world of weed, there’s a lot to learn. Consider this your intro to weed etiquette — Marijuana Manners 101.
Why banks still want nothing to do with marijuana as legalization spreads
While the U.S. Treasury has offered a pot banking workaround and a number of small banks now accept cannabis cash, larger firms remain wary and the pot industry is looking to Congress for answers.
Praying for Texas marijuana: Boots on the ground in pot’s biggest battlefield
It’s been a mammoth month for Texas marijuana. “In a business where it’s slow to do anything,” one state legislator told us, “we’ve gone light years in the last few months.” But will any of the Lone Star State’s cannabis legislation pan out in 2015? Cannabist columnist Neal Pollack reports from Austin.
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is running for President of the United States
While stoners all over the country were celebrating the national weed holiday, Waka Flocka Flame was in a high-level meeting with Rolling Stone to declare his candidacy for President of the United States.
Doug Benson ripped, ready for Denver 4/20 comedy special (interview)
Comic Doug Benson shares his thoughts about being sober (sort of) this April, his Denver Comedy Works 4/20 shows, his stoner Mount Rushmore, what’s going on with his latest documentary and much more.
The Week in Weed: Snoop roasts one at Bieber’s roast and 14 more pot pics
Snoop Dogg shares a pic of himself in a haze at Justin Bieber’s Comedy Central roast in this compilation of favorite weed photos seen on Instagram.
One Direction must pay ‘weed bond’ before Philippines concert
The Philippines is imposing a “weed bond” on One Direction. The Bureau of Immigration has asked Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson to post bonds worth nearly $5,000 each, which will be forfeited if they are caught using or making any implied promotion of illegal drugs during a concert in Manila.
Bio-Diesel (marijuana review)
Bio-Diesel usually has two distinct waves for me: Holy $%*# I’m feeling it, followed by a more attentive high and heavy body stone. The former can be a shock, as if it shakes your head like a giant Magic 8 Ball with the singular answer “Reply hazy try again.” The latter is ideal for poker, so I usually smoke 30 minutes prior to our 8 p.m. game.
Neal Pollack’s Reefer Roadtrip from Texas to Free America (aka Colorado)
Acclaimed author and Austin resident Neal Pollack traverses 800-plus miles to the nearest pot-peddling town in Colorado to find the meaning of life and legalization as America heads into 2015.
