Samantha Chang

 
The Paleo diet is the most popular diet around today, with a huge celebrity following. Most people think it’s impossible to be vegan on the meat-heavy Paleo diet, but the authors of Paleo Vegan: Plant-Based Primal Recipes have proven otherwise.
 
Full Article:
http://www.examiner.com/article/paleo-vegan-cookbook-authors-say-you-can-eat-paleo-on-a-plant-based-diet

PBS Holdings announced a line of cannabis infused seasonings geared towards the Hispanic consumer.
In a release on March 18, the Company said that this will be the third addition to its cannabis edibles product line.
 
Full Article:
http://www.4-traders.com/PBS-HLDG-164208/news/PBS–to-Release-Cannabis-Infused-Seasonings-for-the-Hispanic-Market-18134736/

by: Joe Deshotel

 
 
On Thursday morning Kinky Friedman, Democratic candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, sat down for an interview with the Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith. Kinky is a well-known but polarizing figure finding himself in a run off with the unknown and plain named Jim Hogan who openly views himself as a protest vote after the party favorite failed to make it out of the first round. Kinky, who gained fame as a Texas outlaw, comedian, and entertainer, is finding that the most difficult part of landing his next big gig is having others take him seriously.
For all the right reasons Friedman wants to legalize pot and hemp which he has made the focus of his campaign but unfortunately doing so is not in the purview of the Texas Agricultural Commissioner. When pressed on this by Smith, he touted the economic and environmental benefits of farming hemp vs. Cotton, our state’s current largest cash crop. He said he spoke to many small farmers who were enthusiastic about the potential for a crop that used 50% less water without any of the pesticides.
He then went on the offensive asking why this Smith seem to be dismissing his policy position as if the “whole world wasn’t talking about this…Lots of candidates are talking about education, but I’m talking about how to fund It,” he said.
 
Full Article:
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14989/kinky-friedman-where-theres-a-weed-theres-a-way

By John Sajo
 
Last November I wrote an op-ed in the Oregonian where I seconded that newpaper’s call for the Oregon Legislature to refer a marijuana legalization measure to Oregon voters. The Oregonian, and other commentators, have argued that the legislature could write a better law than marijuana activists. Unfortunately, the Oregon Legislature has proved that idea completely wrong.
Last year the Legislature passed HB 3460 which would allow dispensaries and ordered OHA to create rules for the program. OHA began accepting dispensary license applications on March 3. Less than a week after 289 people paid a $4000 application fee, the Legislature partially reversed itself and passed SB 1531 which allows cities or counties to ban dispensaries for one year. SB 1531 also forbids medical marijuana products “packaged in a manner attractive to children” and now OHA has proposed rules that would effectively ban almost all medibles.
Way to go Oregon Legislature. First allow dispensaries. Then, right after people invest their life savings in new businesses, allow cities to ban them. Then make sure that no patients can obtain medibles in any form that is appealing. I guess they want to make sure that patients can only smoke marijuana, and not eat it. God forbid we let patients and their doctors decide what is the best way to use medical marijuana.
Thank god we have the initiative process. And the ability to vote out incompetent politicians.

Posted by David Hoppe

• COURTESY OF VOTEHEMP.COM

 
State legislators didn’t just write in an allowance for beer and wine at the State Fair during their most recent session. They also passed Indiana Senate Bill 357, legalizing the production of industrial hemp. Hemp, of course, is marijuana, albeit with an inconsequential ration of THC. Hemp is good for making all kinds of stuff, from clothing to soap. It was once a significant cash crop in Indiana, until, that is, the state caught reefer madness along with the rest of the country and drove it underground.
 
Full Article:
http://www.nuvo.net/Hoppe/archives/2014/03/21/pot-at-the-state-fair

By Arturo Garcia

A December 2013 video that has been picking up attention in medical marijuana advocacy circles points out the benefits of the drug’s active ingredient in cancer treatments.
 
Full Article:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/20/watch-biologist-explains-how-marijuana-drives-tumor-cells-to-suicide/

Spencer Lubitz

 
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — The decision to allow dispensaries and growth facilities in Clark County is creating a new marijuana industry, expected to bring in new jobs and money across the valley.
The creation of this new trade category is expected to have a positive ripple effect on several other established industries, now that commissioners have cleared the way for industrial sized grow facilities.
 
Full Article:
http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/Medical-marijuana-means-big-business-in-unexpected-places-251334221.html

By Eric Pfeiffer

 
 

Marijuana culture has gone so mainstream it now has its own talk show.

And some very famous people are turning up not only to say they smoke pot, but that they’re happy to do it live in front of anyone with an Internet connection.

“People shouldn’t feel shame for enjoying marijuana,” comedian and “Getting Doug With High” host Doug Benson told Yahoo News. “I like having guests on my show who are happy to smoke on camera and show the world that you can get high and have fun and nothing terrible is going to happen.”

 
Full Article:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/behind-the-scenes-with-doug-benson-on-the-first-talk-show-for-celebrity-pot-smokers-191832737.html

By Conor Shine (contact)
 
Medical marijuana dispensaries are coming to Las Vegas after the City Council directed staff today to begin drafting final regulations for approval.
The decision clears the way for dispensaries, cultivation facilities and other medical marijuana businesses to open within the city’s boundaries once state regulations are finalized later this year.
 
Full Article:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/mar/19/las-vegas-allow-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/