Marijuana
Meet the Einstein Who Got Arrested After Posting His Pot Plants on Instagram
We see lots of candidates for World’s Dumbest (Alleged) Criminals here at Philadelphia magazine, but this week’s winner has got to be 20-year-old Connor Kennedy […]
3 Pro-Weed Events in Philly This Week
Mayor Nutter may have signed a marijuana decriminalization bill in October, but Philly still has a long way to go to legalization. Part of that journey involves […]
Amazon Picks Up Local-Made Board Game for Stoners, Pass the Grass
In the 1970s, Paul Greenwald of Huntingdon Valley developed a board game for folks to play at home when they’re toking with friends. It wasn’t until […]
BizFeed: Companies Can Fire Over Medical Marijuana Use, Court Says
Court: Worker Can Be Fired for Medical Pot Use The News: The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that companies have the right to terminate employees that […]
Pennsylvania Has Some of the Most Expensive Weed in the U.S.
If you want to smoke up in Pennsylvania, it’s going to cost you. I mean, obviously. Drugs aren’t free. But according to a recent report […]
Gov. Wolf Wants to Decriminalize Marijuana
Good news for N.A. Poe: Gov. Tom Wolf says he is in favor of decriminalizing pot. “I believe, for a number of reasons, that we […]
Why Pot Activists Really, Really Don’t Like Pa.’s Medical Marijuana Bill
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a medical marijuana bill 40-7 this week. The GOP-controlled Senate … in Pennsylvania … gave a thumbs-up to medical marijuana. Such a freak occurrence should […]
Pa. Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would legalize medical marijuana by a vote of 40-7. The legislation, which was championed by Sen. Daylin Leach and Sen. […]
Pa. Senate Committee to Vote on Medical Marijuana Today
A Pennsylvania Senate committee is expected to approve a bill legalizing medical marijuana today; the bill then goes to the full Senate, where it is […]
Weed Cookies: My Fully Baked Ambien Alternative
The last time I took an Ambien was a little more than two years ago. I was a couple weeks into the prescription and woke […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week
Politicians aren’t known for brilliance. Philly pols, especially, aren’t known for brilliance. But at a panel discussion at Temple on Tuesday, newly announced mayoral candidate […]
Jim Kenney: Pa. Could Sell Legal Pot in State Stores
A day before he was scheduled to formally announce his candidacy for mayor, Jim Kenney spoke about pot decriminalization to dozens of students at Temple University. Kenney, a former City Councilman, appeared […]
Medical Marijuana Back in Play in Pennsylvania?
State Sens. Daylin Leach and Mike Folmer are try, trying again. The bipartisan duo — Leach is a Democrat, Folmer a Republican — have reintroduced […]
Proposal: Test Pa. Legislature for Drugs
State Rep. John Lawrence of Chester County is proposing that all of his colleagues in the Pennsylvania General Assembly be tested for drug use. “I […]
Cherry Hill Cops Find 250 Pounds of Pot
Cherry Hill Police today announced a drug bust where police seized 250 pounds of marijuana from a truck and a storage unit. Police said narc […]