Former Mexican President Vicente Fox visited Seattle this Thursday to advocate for a "strategic partnership" between Mexico and states supporting marijuana legalization. Diego Pellicer Inc., a new company focused on marijuana issues founded by former Microsoft manager Jamen Shively, announced its new business plans to the support of the former Mexican president who advocated heavy government involvement to ...

Four years ago, Michelle Obama picked up a shovel and made a powerful symbolic statement about America's food and farm future: She turned a patch of White House lawn into a working organic garden. That was a great move, earning kudos from just about everyone this side of Monsanto and the pesticide lobby. But now, as she begins another four years in the people's mansion, the first lady is probably asking her ...

Since we recommended buying Medical Marijuana (MJNA.PK) it's up 89%. Other pot stocks are also doing well, such as Cannabis Science (CBIS.OB) up more than 2% today. There wasn't any news release today that would cause the stock to rise so sharply. We suspect that the company has been discovered as a profitable investment for reasons we've outlined before, as well as a growing interest in the budding Marijua ...

It appears that the US Department of Justice may indeed let Washington state proceed with marijuana legalization. 
 Washington Governor Jay Inslee met with US Attorney General Eric Holder this week to discuss marijuana legalization in the state. Inslee said the meeting was "very satisfying" and that he was "encouraged" that the Feds will respect the will of Washington voters. This past Election Day Washingt ...

Before you start growing your own hemp plants, it is worthwhile to read up on the history of hemp growing in the US. At one time it was legal. Not only was it legal, the law required the growing of it. 
 According to the book Healthy Oils, hemp is another word for the plant Cannabis sativa L. Marijuana comes from this same plant genus – as does cauliflower and broccoli. However, the strains used in consumer ...

Norwegian sociologist Ole Rogeberg of the Economic Research Center of Ragnar Frisch in Oslo questioned the conclusions of his American counterparts, who said that smoking "weed" in adolescence is fraught with mental decline by an average of 10.8 points during mature age. 
 According to Rogerberg, American scientists made a number of methodological errors. In particular, they did not take account of the soci ...

The Washington State Patrol announced Monday that they expect to continue their state-wide Marijuana Eradication Program, despite the November passage of I-502, which legalized the adult use of marijuana in Washington state. 
 Since the program began a decade ago, the Washington State Patrol has confiscated hundreds of thousands of cannabis plants and arrested dozens of illegal growers. Last year, an estima ...

We had polished off dinner, tucked the kids into bed and cracked open a bottle of wine. That’s when our guest pulled out a tiny change purse and took from it what my husband and I thought was a cigarette. It was actually a joint. “This is my nightcap,” she announced, lighting up and inhaling in matter of milliseconds. “I hope you don’t mind.” 
 My husband is not categorically opposed to marijuana. But he’s ...

This is a toxic world that we are living in today. It seems like everything we eat, breathe, or touch has the capacity to add toxins to our bodies. There are toxins in our foods and water (pesticides, herbicides, chemicals in processed foods), toxins in the air (pollution and environmental toxins), toxins in products we use around the house (chemical cleaning products, for example). 
 I’ve seen plenty of ad ...

Let’s get this straight. There is cannabis, and there is CANNABIS. One has relatively no THC levels, and the other does. It’s like two dogs – one a Chihuahua, the other a Great Dane. Same species, different breeds. The one with higher levels of THC is normally referred to as marijuana. That is the one that gets you high if heated. The other one, without high THC levels, is hemp. Smoke a pound of it and you’ ...