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High Times Writer Faces Charges in Major Pot Bust

Post author:Michael
Post published:03/19/2012
Post category:Uncategorized
Reading time:3 mins read

A senior writer at High Times magazine, the long-running marijuana advocacy journal, is about to face charges related being a member of one of New York’s largest marijuana rings.

High Times magazine is unique in its glorification of illegal activities including growing and using marijuana. The arrest of a High Times staffer seems to be a case of “where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” since this is not the first time in the magazine’s 40 year history that a staffer has been found to be involved in drug smuggling and distribution.…

Maker of Marijuana-Based Prescription Painkiller Seeking FDA Approval

Post author:Michael
Post published:01/24/2012
Post category:Uncategorized
Reading time:3 mins read

A British company named GW Pharma is seeking FDA approval to sell a marijuana-based prescription painkiller in the U.S. The drug, which is administered as an oral spray and is intended for cancer patients, is the world’s first prescription drug that contains raw marijuana. According to API reports, GW Pharma hopes to begin marketing the new drug, which it calls Sativex, in 2013.…

Feds Discover Elaborate Drug Tunnel and Seize 32 Tons of Pot

Post author:Michael
Post published:12/03/2011
Post category:Uncategorized
Reading time:3 mins read

The Drug Cartels have literally changed the face of Mexican Culture and the government has really gone to great lengths to fight back against the Mexican Drug Cartels.

This week, federal drug enforcement agents broke up a sophisticated Mexican drug smuggling operation that resulted in the seizure of 32 tons of marijuana. The smugglers used a tunnel to transport contraband from Tijuana to a warehouse in San Diego. The tunnel, which passed beneath a runway at Tijuana International Airport, included a wooden floor and walls, an elevator, electric lights and a railway system that carried marijuana along a track that stretched for a third of a mile. The street value of the confiscated drugs is estimated to be $65 million, making the seizure one of the largest in U.S. history.…

Reggae Music and Drug Crime – Seemingly Inseparable

Post author:Michael
Post published:10/24/2011
Post category:Uncategorized
Reading time:5 mins read

As we cover the news of drug addiction and arrests, we have noticed an inordinate amount of those arrests having to do with Reggae artists.

What is it about the music of Jamaica that tends to appeal to a rough and lawless crowd?

Particularly dancehall reggae artists themselves seem to be getting arrested in high profile criminal cases.…

420 Festival – More Ecstasy than Weed by a Longshot

Post author:Michael
Post published:04/22/2011
Post category:Uncategorized
Reading time:4 mins read

What do you think of when you read the below lineup. This is the lineup for a “420 festival” to be held on April 23rd in Silverado (Orange County, California). But, clearly times have changed because this is a hard core electronica lineup and we think the stoners in Marin County who coined the term “four twenty” (referring to a daily ritual – not a police code) probably sue for misrepresentation.

The drugs at this festival will be plentiful and they will include cocaine, meth, ecstasy, LSD, and probably – a ton of pot too.

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Prescription Drug Epidemic – Just Unbelievable

Post author:Michael
Post published:04/03/2011
Post category:Uncategorized
Reading time:2 mins read

We are working on a few items about the unbelievable prescription drug epidemic to be published soon. It is so noticeable that the drugs people are getting high with are manufactured legally…. and offer the same results as previous “illicit” or “hardcore street drugs.”

The question is, “Who’s minding the shop?” When it comes to the FDA in approving these drugs and the lack of coordination with law enforcement and regulation of the pharmacy industry, there has been a complete breakdown and failure in communication.…