Marijuana, Boom and Bust by Alexander Cockburn: Syndicated piece by the CounterPunch writer traces some local history and responds in part to Kym Kemp’s recent Journal story, “Welcome to Pot
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America’s Most Stoned City
enough.America’s Most Stoned City: Today’s Daily Beast – the 4-20 edition – includes a survey of “America’s Most Stoned Cities.” Guess who’s No. 1. No, it’s not Arcata. Criteria? Regular Users: 11.3% Pot Culture: 10 out of 10 Arrests per 100,000 residents: 431 NORML chapter?:
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Cashed Out Already?
The common wisdom these days goes like this: Legalization of marijuana will likely reduce Humboldt County’s cash crop industry to ashes (unless we get creative ). Well, according to a story today from The California Report , the bottom may be falling out of the pot market regardless of its legal status. A glut of […]
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Your Daily Bong Hit Of News
The Anderson Valley Advertiser’s Tim Stelloh sends along a promotional video from a Willits crew attempting to compensate for their substandard Mendo product by serving up a healthy dose of cheesecake. You’re trying too hard, guys! (Side note: Stelloh follows up last fall’s epic tale of dope, guns and Republican blood lust in the coming […]
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Cockburn on Legalization
Alexander Cockburn — Petrolia resident, Nation columnist and pinch-hitting Town Dandy — this week takes a trip down memory lane, reliving 30 years of Humboldt County marijuana economy and culture. If you’re a subscriber, you can see that Cockburn is skeptical of the Journal‘s “somewhat silly” recent thoughts on how to salvage a bit of post-legalization trade for […]
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Pot o’ Green Gold
Where do the arguments for and against legalization peacefully cohabit? Why, in the morally phlegmatic realm of Internet capitalism, of course. Step right up! Are you a grower concerned about your children’s future (and those monthly Escalade payments)? Buy a bumper sticker: Are you a socially permissive budget hound (or utopian hippy)? Buy a bumper sticker: […]
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Buy American Pot
As addressed in Kym Kemp’s cover story and Hank’s latest Town Dandy , many locals are fretting about legalization summoning economic ruin upon Humboldt County. Could very well happen. But what are the implications of this argument ? The comedic minds behind Reason TV imagine an honest campaign from the American Marijuana Growers Association:
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The 99 Plant Rule
The 99 Plant Rule: Friend o’ Journal Tim Stelloh writes about the wackadoodle new regulations that Mendo County is about to lay down on its medical marijuana growers. From the Anderson Valley Advertiser
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Humboldt?
USA…” Interesting thread on the Rollitup.org website, a collection of forums on topics including General Marijuana Growing, Seed and Strain Reviews and Cooking With Cannabis. Someone calling himself “KongoBam” posts in a forum called “Toke N Talk,” although it would seem another forum, “The Black Briefcase” (business discussion, stock advice, financial management) might have been […]
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Could L.A. Weed Ruling Hurt Local Economy?
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance that will limit the number of licensed marijuana dispensaries in the city to 70. Currently they have about 1,000 of ’em, according to Reuters . The measure also will prohibit dispensaries from locating less than 1,000 feet from schools, public parks, libraries or churches or across […]
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Arrest in Reetpaul Singh Rana Case
Remember the case of Reetpaul Signh Rana, the San Francisco man killed in Humboldt County in late 2008? They found his body in Alderpoint and his torched car in Big Lagoon. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest yesterday: A suspect has been arrested for the 2008 murder of Reepaul Singh Rana whose body […]
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Legalization Set For Nov. 2010
cocaine. So says the Los Angeles Times: Supporters of an initiative that would legalize marijuana in California say they have collected enough signatures to ensure that it will be on the November 2010 ballot. The petition drive, which was run by a professional signature-gathering firm, collected more than 680,000 signatures, 57% more than the 433,971 […]