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The Bay Area businessmen featured in the new reality series, “Weed Wars,” want you to know that they’re not bad guys. Nor are they “kooks.”
“We’re like most American families,” says Steve DeAngelo. “We say grace before dinner, we celebrate birthdays, a…

Airing and online 9:00pm (eastern) on July 26th on PBS
The Pot Republic
FRONTLINE’s primetime monthly newsmagazine returns with three new stories, leading with a timely report from the frontlines of marijuana legalization in California. The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the United States used to come across the border from Mexico, Canada and elsewhere. Now, [...]

With marijuana sold openly at retail stores throughout California, some advocates, pot growers and even city officials believed authorized commercial cultivation could be next. But the Obama administration dashed that notion this week, making clear it …

Join us on the NORML Network at http://live.norml.org for our exclusive live stream of the HIGH TIMES Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco.
In addition to our mobile studio we’re displaying the first copies of the NORML Big Book of Marijuana Facts, and they’re getting great reviews.  We’re set up for streaming and recording the expert [...]

As soon as today, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to release a letter clarifying the Justice Department’s policy toward the 15 states that have approved medical marijuana laws.
Of particular importance to California is whether federal autho…

We’ve all been there.  With the best of intentions, we do something and then discover our actions were a bad idea.  It takes courage, maturity and humility to admit one’s mistakes and try to correct the situation. That’s what Reddin…

Feds Threaten to Extinguish California's Pot BoomCalifornia ReportReporter: Michael Montgomery With demand for medical marijuana surging around the country, some cities and states are looking to license commercial growing, including in California. …

For years, there have been regular pushes in the Legislature and at the ballot box to legalize or decriminalize marijuana consumption, possession and cultivation. This year was no exception: Earlier this month, legislation aimed at allowing local autho…

Montel Williams Opens High-End Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Former talk show host Montel Williams lent his star power to the grand opening of a high-end medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, California, that aims to "set a new standard&qu…

We get many comments on our stories about K2/Spice, the chemical “JWH-018″ and others like it that the media have dubbed “fake pot” or “synthetic marijuana.” The reason there is even such a chemical is that the scientist who invented it, John W. Huffman, could not get access to natural cannabis to study cannabinoids. [...]