Marijuana
The weed rush is on. A new report says the marijuana industry will create at least a quarter-million jobs in the next three years.
Weed smokers hopes of the Feds legalizing marijuana have been put out once again. The Drug Enforcement Administration announced it will keep marijuana illegal for any purpose.
Marijuana use amongst NFL players is nothing new. But while Aldon Smith enters rehab to save his NFL career and Josh Gordon prepares his comeback after being suspended for partaking in Mary Jane’s lovin‘, some former NFL players are trying to get to get the NFL to embrace marijuana’s medical benefits.
You would think Lil Wayne, or at least his crew, would take it easy this week on the partying considering the Young Money boss had some concerning health issues. However, it’s being rumored that Weezy’s crew took the term “hotboxing” to another level at a fancy Los Angeles hotel.
Twista and a few of his associates faced charges in Indiana after they were nabbed by authorities back in March for possessing a half-ounce of marijuana. It was announced Tuesday that the charges would be dropped after the driver of the vehicle claimed responsibility for possession of the drug.
While all the super cool people are lighting up to honor 4/20, Snapchat is stuck in a cloud of slander for introducing a Bob Marley “blackface filter.” Like Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, Marley was vocal about loving greenery, but the man who dared us to emancipate ourselves mental slavery, was actually more than a weed smoker.
Wiz Khalifa now has his very own exclusive weed-related products line courtesy of a new partnership with Colorado-based RiverRock Cannabis. This is the Pittsburgh rapper’s first foray into the regulated cannabis industry and his line will include his own strains of the leaf and other connected items.
Bill Furay, head of the Beaumont,Texas Drug Enforcement Agency, must’ve inspired his teenage daughter to get into the business. After busting tons of traffickers in his day, Furay may have been surprised to find out that his own chid is a young drug lord.
Authorities seized 12 tons of marijuana and arrested 21 people Wednesday (Oct. 21) in connection with an elaborate drug tunnel on the U.S.-Mexico border. The tunnel fronted in a warehouse near San Diego was equipped with a ventilation, and rail system.
Late last month, a church in Indiana that promotes marijuana smoking and culture was given tax-exempt status as a religious organization. The state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act was established to allow for religious freedom in the state and has given way to alternative styles of churches to flourish.
FREE ADVICE: Don’t confront two women with the audacity to smoke weed in public in broad daylight. Case in point, a New York City man caught the fade when he asked a pair of wily women to stop smoking in front of his building.
A 17-year-old Bronx boy fell from a building rooftop while trying to evade police investigating a call of teens reportedly smoking marijuana. Hakeem Kuta died Saturday morning (April 4) from injuries after the six-story fall.