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This week: a new study further demonstrates cannabis’ efficacy in treating disease and a recent nationwide polling data shows about 3/4ths of Americans want the federal government out of state-approved medical marijuana programs.

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HIGH TIMES is heading back to the Bay Area for the third year in a row! The HT Medical Cannabis Cup will be held in Richmond, CA June 23-24!

This two-day expo highlights the best of the Bay’s medical marijuana industry.

Don’t miss out on grow seminars with HIGH TIMES’ cultivation editors Nico Escondido and Danny Danko, and other experts in the field who know how to grow great ganja.

There will also be seminars featuring doctors, patients, researchers, dispensary owners, canna-business owners, and activists.

Plus, a special Saturday night VIP party featuring Del The Funky Homosapien, Smoke DZA, Harry Fraud, and many more! HIGH TIMES will also honor Richard Lee with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit MedCanCup.com.

Chalk one up for the good guys. On Tuesday, Ellen F. Rosenblum, a retired appellate court judge and the candidate backed by medical marijuana patients and activists, trounced her opponent, ex-federal prosecutor Dwight Holton, in the Oregon Democratic primary for state attorney general. 
 
According to katu.com, Rosenblum had 184,410 votes – 64 percent – with only 103,784 ballots cast for Holton, a meager 36 percent.
 
Rosenblum, 61, a former Oregon Court of …More

A sitting judge who is still hearing cases made his support for marijuana as medicine public in a moving op-ed piece in the New York Times. Gustin L. Reichbach, a justice of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three and a half years ago. He has survived far longer than his doctors anticipated. And on Wednesday, he further demonstrated his strength of character and conviction by publicly endorsing medical cannabis.
 
Judge Reichbach explains …More

El Nino – Green House Seeds
 
1st Place Cannabis Cup, Bio (Organic), 1998
 
Another elite member of the White family (think White Widow, White Rhino, etc.) from juggernaut Green House Seeds, El Nino caused quite a stir at the 1998 Cannabis Cup, winning first place in the “Bio” (or organic) category and cementing its place in pot-genetics history. Great resin production, versatility in growing conditions, and a strong taste and high ensure that El Nino will grow …More

Yesterday on the Sunset Strip in the heart of Los Angeles, Chang Weisberg announced Guerilla Union’s 2012 lineup for Rock the Bells at the House of Blues.
 
Special guests included RZA, Yo Gabba Gabba! DJ Lance Rock, Dan the Automator, Murs, all five members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Supernatural who announced the lineup in a freestyle joined by fellow panelist DJ Quik, who beatboxed along.
 
Lineup:
2 Chainz*
ASAP Rocky*
Atmosphere
Big Daddy Kane
Bone …More

In times past, most people didn’t associate marijuana with the wholesome all-American holiday of Mother’s Day, annually celebrated on the second Sunday in May. But the advocates of Yes on 64, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, are challenging that notion by running a subtle yet effective TV ad today entitled “Dear Mom.”
 
In the 30-second spot, a woman in her mid- to late-twenties is seen in a park typing on her laptop, composing a letter to her …More

For the sixth time in a decade, the U.S. House of Representatives last week defeated an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have prohibited the federal Dept of Justice from raiding medical marijuana dispensaries in those states with legal medicinal cannabis laws.
 
The bipartisan amendment was co-sponsored, as it has been each of the six times it’s been introduced, by Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), and this year they were joined by Tom McClintock …More

The number of Americans who use marijuana continues to increase annually. Never has it been clearer that the failed and destructive War on Pot must come to an immediate end.
 
By Jon Gettman
 
Marijuana is as popular in the US as it’s ever been. A look back over the last 25 years places the War on Pot in perspective: It really hasn’t changed a thing. Marijuana is still widely used, and efforts to enforce its prohibition are a wasteful, ineffective drain …More

Wavy Gravy, psychedelic prankster, activist and, of course, clown, was born May 15, 1936 (as Hugh Romney). Today he turns 76-years-old.
 
Wavy crossed paths with many of the luminaries of the 1960s counterculture – including Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead (he was the band’s official clown), Ken Kesey, and, early on, Lenny Bruce. Wavy even Emceed Woodstock. Eventually he would lend his name to a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor. Wavy was also the subject of a full-length …More

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NORML Advisory board member, and long time cannabis law reform advocate, Willie Nelson recently filmed a new PSA for NORML. Check it out below or on NORMLtv.

“Let’s get the government out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let’s take a stand for personal freedom.” – Willie Nelson

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