Measure M Passes in Los Angeles

Measure M passes in Los Angeles | Collectives/Dispensaries Angry - Why? Because they're out $50 for every $1000 they "raise" - Who will pay for this in the end? Collectives and Dispensaries?? Nope, the answer is You, Medical Marijuana Patients of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, California - Local Lawmakers had been doing their level best to make life more difficult for their fellow Angelinos by trying to axe 439 MMJ Dispensaries/Collectives from the Los Angeles area. After multiple powerful lawsuits from MMJ advocacy groups, lawmakers have backed down and settled on taxing the Medical Marijuana Collectives/Dispensaries. We're guessing this is probably what they had in mind in the first place. Demand everything and settle for lots of cash in the end.

On Tuesday, (03/08/2011), the city voted to approve Measure M, which allows the city to collect $50 out of every $1000 the Dispensaries/Collectives "raise" from selling Medical Marijuana. Los Angeles area Collectives/Dispensaries already lobby and actively support keeping marijuana halfway illegal and 80% more expensive than it should be. Then the local Los Angeles Government gets involved and messes with the Collectives/Dispensaries profits.. It's a pretty big pile of money for the city... but again, the consumer will be the one that eventually gets punched in the stomach. This Measure will force many Los Angeles taxpayers to pay more for their medicine while their pay and opportunity are still decreasing.

Airtight Weed Jar with compartments

You Put Your Weed In It

Enjoy Jars were kind enough to send us a couple samples of their jars. The jars are cool and unique, in that they can hold up to 4 different kinds of marijuana in one canister, without having to mix your bud. The container is Made in the USA, Orange County more specifically. Like the marijuana you buy, it's always good to buy USA. Plus, if you're a Los Angeles Laker fan, Enjoy Jar's logo will bring you a Buddha/Phil Jackson type of peace.

The Enjoy Jars are entirely odor-proof, water resistant and airtight. Its compact, it can slide in to bags and backpacks or cargo shorts side pockets... or under your hat, if you're a cowboy or cowgirl. The Enjoy Jar comes with a mini-nug container and a drawstring bag, making it nice for travel and hiking and shit and shit. If you are a strain connoisseur and meticulous about how you store your weed, you should try out the Enjoy Jar.

Reefer Raciscm

Reefer Racism

The following is from the March 2011 issue of High Times, Pg.18

California may lead the nation in medical-marijuana culture, but simple possession arrests in the state are still escalating, and minorities continue to be busted for pot at a disproportionately higher rate than white people, according to a joint report issued in October 2010 by the NAACP and the Drug Policy Alliance entitled Arresting Blacks for Marijuana in California: Possession Arrests in 25 cities, 2006-08.

Despite the title, the study also includes pot arrests for Latinos. It found that in some parts of the state, minorities were arrested for weed up to 12 times more frequently than whites. As for California's two largest cities, blacks were arrested for pot possession at almost six times the rate of whites in San Diego, and at seven times the rate of whites in Los Angeles. Moreover, these racially unbalanced arrests occurred in every county and almost every police department in California. However, according to US Department of Health and Human Services stats for 2004 to 2007, whites of all ages report using marijuana more than either Latinos or African-Americans.

The study avoids accusing individual police officers of racism, but it does suggest an institutionalized racial bias in law enforcement.

Stephen Gutwillig of the Drug Policy Alliance clarifies: "[Officers] are assigned to certain neighborhoods, designated as 'high crime,' that are home to Blacks and Latinos. It's a self-perpetuating system in which cops primarily stop and search large numbers of young people in black and latino neighborhoods, find small amounts of marijuana, easily meet their arresst and citation quotas, and therefore justify continuing these practices."

The study indicates that over the last 20 years, 850,000 arrests for possession of less than an ounce were made in California; half a million of those took place in the last 10 years. Ironically, every category of actual serious crime has been declining in California since 1990.

Doesha Cannabis Cup Los Angeles December 4th 2010

Doesha Cup Performers | Junior Reid | Kurupt

Also Performing: Los Marijuanos, Rodney D & Joe Cooley, Derek Rusel and Jamelody to name a few.

DOESHA CUP | Los Angeles California | December 4 2010

DOESHA CUP | Los Angeles, California | December 4 2010

Premiered in 2004, DOESHA CUP is an unprecedented celebration for the legalization of Medical Marijuana. DOESHA CUP acknowledges the achievements of the community in support of the Compassionate Use Act also known as Prop 215. DOESHA CUP gives merit to those outstanding companies created in support of the medical marijuana movement.

     In past year's recognition of medical marijuana laws have been limited keeping potential patients uneducated. The DOESHA CUP is a one of a kind event to strengthen the medical movement exposing patients to new products and cultivating business for medical marijuana dispensaries and vendors. DOESHA CUP attracts a host of prime vendors catering to the Medical Marijuana community.

     Growing annually, DOESHA CUP has been enjoyed by over 2000 patients including many celebrities. This networking opportunity for patients, caregivers and vendors of the medical marijuana community was initially a night event . This celebration has grown to carry on throughout the duration of a day. 

Buddha Buddha Please Bless the Foodah

Who's Ready For Buddha Fest!! - Watch The Video Below. -  BUDDHA FEST is neither for nor against Prop 19 but has set out to raise awareness and rally to get out the vote. Believing that all adults 21 years of age should be free to choose what they like and dislike Buddha Fest is open to nboth sides of the argument and invites you to voice your humble opinion on Prop 19.

BUDDHA FEST On Oct. 23rd- come downtown to BUDDHA FEST with Musicians,DJ’S, the JACK HERER awards, roaming performance artists, sound healers, activists, politicians, International Art gallery, vendors selling hemp goods from around the world, Doctors to evaluate for Cannabis prescriptions, Los Angeles’s best food trucks and more with 10 areas of exploration at the giant private L.A. Center Studios located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. With Live streaming ~ all day and night under the perfect autumn full moon. 

Los Angeles County wants to Ban Unincorporated MMJ Dispensaries

Los Angeles County wants to altogether Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. MMJ Dispensaries are currently allowed in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, but you wouldn't know it if you lived there. There have never been any approved Marijuana Dispensaries because there probably isn't an inch of land that is not within 1,000 feet of a church, daycare center, library, playground, school or other ?!? "sensitive uses" ?!? - More Here.

The paranoia regarding areas involving children is understandable... not logical, but I could listen to an argument for that. But, churches and libraries? What are they worried about? It reminds me of some gun laws that sound like no brainers on the surface... ie. No guns allowed in churches. Sounds good at first. The problem is, if someone has intent to kill, that gun law won't stop them. You WANT good, responsible people to have guns in situations where a crazy cuts loose. The "No MMJ dispensaries near libraries or churches" is bogus. You worry about the drug dealer targeting kids ON the playground. You don't worry about the legitimate business selling wine or medicine. Even if its next door to a school.

And if the worry is about the crime that a MMJ Dispensary could bring to the area, if true, that is only the fault of lawmakers keeping marijuana "kind of" illegal. All these growing pains could have been avoided if marijuana had just been legalized. - Medical Marijuana Card

Welcome to the Hotel Marijuana... in California

From the Los Angeles Times | The aging Koreatown edifice called, The Hotel Normandie, has been rechristened Dennis Peron's Normandie Hotel. A late-night dedication event was timed for April 20, the annual day of celebration for cannabis worshippers worldwide.

Peron, a hero to the marijuana movement, started the first dispensary in San Francisco and led the state's medical marijuana initiative. Now, he and a team of weed-loving friends hope to turn the 106-room Normandie into America's first pot-friendly hotel. Read Whole Story.

A fitting kickoff to 2010's Four Twenty Day. Happy weed smoking day to everyone! 

Over 100 Los Angeles Dispensaries to be Shut Down

Described as the Wild Wild West for Weed, Los Angeles MMJ dispensaries have enjoyed a freedom not experienced in America for some time. But that's all over now. Los Angeles Councilman, Jose Huizar has been pushing for harder line regulations for dispensaries because of complaints in his district of the viral spread of MMJ.

Over a hundred medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles, California will soon be sent notifications by authorities that they must shut down starting June 2010.

On Friday, approval was awarded to the last piece of the ordinance by the City Council, which is the fees that the dispensaries would have to pay in order to stay operational, ending a long-drawn legislative process and a legal vacuum that had allowed such dispensaries to mushroom all over, completely unchecked. Read The Whole Article from TopNews.US

Giving Medical Marijuana 2 Beautiful Faces

Everything else is pretty beautiful too. Hugh Hefner's new twin "girlfirend's", Kristina and Karissa Shannon, were recently seen coming and going from a Los Angeles Medicinal Marijuana Dispensary. Two unbelievably beautiful examples of what marijuana can do for you. :)  More and Better Pictures Here.

I got this story from Potpotato.Com - a killer website I check in on daily. A ton of great stories and videos, and a really clean and streamlined setup.

LA Fees for Marijuana Dispensaries

L.A. officials propose fees for medical marijuana dispensaries | Filling in the last blank in the city's medical marijuana ordinance, Los Angeles officials Friday recommended a number of fees dispensaries would have to pay to operate. Although the City Council passed the law in January, it cannot take effect until the council approves the fees. Read The Whole Story in the LA Times | Jamaica Villas