Buck with Velvet Antlers
Balancing his mossy crown, Fat with summer feed He bounds through burrs and bristles. Beautiful as a buck in velvet. If it isn’t a saying, it ought to be.
Read moreMonth: July 2010
Oaksterdam, Denver, LA, even Massachusetts are Drinking our Juice
With the latest polls showing 52% of Californians in support of Prop. 19 the Tax and Regulate Marijuana initiative and only 36% against,* Humboldt has got to be proactive or we will not survive economically. Hank Sims at the North Coast Journal took an in-depth look at Richard Lee and Oakland’s forward looking policy and concluded, “Oaksterdam is drinking our
Read moreSoHumBorn Talks About What the People Don't Talk About
“Look! Look at what those ugly pot growers are causing now.” SoHumborn explained to KHSU Through the Eyes of Women host, Kathy Srabian why she worries about writing about the bad aspects of the marijuana culture. She knows that any negative images can cause outsiders to proclaim its small mom and pop farmers as evil. Srabian encourages SHB with gentle
Read moreHumboldt Pot Growers Look towards the Future
Like so much about the North Coast, the marijuana was covert, implied rather than stated. The large sign at Saturday’s Cannabis Forum proclaimed Humboldt Medical Advisory Panel as the host of the event. Scattered across the background were marijuana leaves followed by the words “legal, sustainable, compassionate” but the designer had forgotten to include an important component—the sign should have
Read moreSoHumBorn Sunday: Interview with Local Celebrity on KHSU
Missing your favorite fiction writer? You can hear her talk tomorrow on KHSU. (Though her voice will be slightly disguised to keep her anonymity.) Former blogger, SoHumBorn whose tales of the outlaw world of marijuana growers have captivated an online audience will be interviewed by Kathy Srabian on the show Through the Eyes of Women at 1:30pm. Several consider SoHumBorn
Read more$40 Per Ounce
Will buds soon be worth less than leaves are now? One of the owners of the new mega marijuana factory farms just legalized in Oakland is looking forward to a day of being the Trader Joe’s of weed. Jeff Wilcox says, “The new Two Buck Chuck will be $40 an ounce pot.” I doubt with taxation that prices will drop
Read moreForced to Work on Pot?
The controversy over children and the marijuana industry continues. Here is the story from the Ukiah Daily Journal. A fly-over and a 14-year-old’s report of being forced to tend a marijuana garden led authorities to converge on a Robinson Creek Road home Friday, according to Robert Nishiyama, commander of the Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force. Authorities are seeking the home’s
Read moreVA Softens Stance on Medical Marijuana
In states where medical marijuana is legal,The Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs will begin next week allowing veterans to use the plant without fear of also losing access to their other prescriptions. Under current rules, former military personnel could face the loss of pain medications if found to be using any form of illegal drug. Because cannabis is against federal law
Read moreOut in the Open–Growers Converge for a Meeting in Arcata
Times change fast! Saturday’s meeting at the Bayshore Grange in Arcata will gather together in one room growers and people who have a wealth of information to share with them. Last year this could never have happened. Anna Hamilton, who garnered international attention with a meeting she put together last March entitled What’s After Pot, is organizing this new gathering
Read moreCannabis and Police Logs
Just in time for the big grower’s meeting at the Bayside Grange this Saturday, The Arcata Eye is putting out its second issue devoted largely to cannabis issues. I have a piece on the struggles of new cannabusinesses and county officials trying to navigate untested waters where no other business has gone before. I haven’t got my hands on a
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