In just a few hours the doors to the Los Angeles Convention Center will swing open for the biggest Medical Marijuana event in Southern California, HempCon 2010 Los Angeles, happening today until Sunday February 21st! HempCon is a premiere event held at the where exhibitors from all over California and across the United States come showcase their products, educate about their services and promote awareness about the Medical Marijuana community.

This year’s show will feature Keynote addresses from two of the top Medical Marijuana activists in Southern California and the US, Cheryl Shuman and Frederic Rhoades from Beverly Hills NORML. Cheryl is the Executive Director of Beverly Hills NORML (National Organization for the Reform Of Marijuana Laws) and Frederic is the Director of Operations, both of whom are widely recognized and respected voices in the Marijuana community. Along with Cheryl and Fred, there will be a list of events all day long, every day consisting of guest speakers to educate and guest entertainers to elevate your spirits while taking in the show. This year’s lineup of speakers speakers, entertainers and exhibitors guarantees that HempCon 2010 will be the most fun you’ll have at an event all year.

Now here’s a weed if there ever was one that surpasses it’s mystique and lives up to it’s legend. What I love most about this cannabis strain is that it’s more often than not grown outdoor because of it’s reputation as a hearty breed, fond of the long California summers. In more recent times, with the world gone mad for whole foods and paranoid of chemicals, rightfully so, this durable strain is often grown organically. When primo Afghani Bullrider buds find there way to your grinder be grateful and give thanks to the Cannabis Gods, for you have in your hands one of the most exotic weed strains on earth.

The Bullrider Legend: In the same issue of High Times Magazine as Toker Poker there was a story called “The Bull Rider’s Journey” in which the author Jef Tek tells the myth of an African-American dude who was a professional Bull Rider that was passionate about growing weed. As the story goes, this Bullrider traveled allot and knew at least one serious grower from overseas who bestowed the seeds upon him, after which he arrived in California and grew the plant to full-strength and cured it, then the bull-rider and some friends smoked some of the bud, after which one of the friends remarked that he felt like he’d just been riding a bull – bam!

The Afghani Bullrider name stuck and ever since the late ’80’s the strain found it’s way all over California in clone form. At one point someone even created Hats and T-shirts to commemorate the great strain. Growers as far away as Oregon and Vancouver managed to get their hands on either the seeds or the clones as the Afghani Bullrider strain made it’s way far and wide. However, it’s Southern California where the climate provides an endless budding season, all you need to do is place a clone outside and it will begin to produce buds. As with most indica-dominant strains the Afghani Bullrider will reach maturity within 8 weeks or less and deliver an impressive harvest.

Dr. Lester Grinspoon may very well be the most influential marijuana activist of all time. If there were an award for achievement in changing the way people think about smoking marijuana Dr. Grinspoon would win hands down. During his more than 4 decades of honest intellectual contributions and recommendation for re-thinking the use of cannabis and the laws related to marijuana Dr. Grinspoon founded the Harvard Mental Health Letter, and was its editor for fifteen years, which among other qualifications, put him in a better position than any contemporary American physician to tell the truth about drugs.

Dr. Grinspoon is Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the author or co-author of over 160 journal articles, including his 1995 commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled “Marihuana as Medicine: A Plea for Reconsideration.” His first book, Marihuana Reconsidered, originally published in 1971 by Harvard University Press, was recently republished as a classic. His latest book, Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine, co-authored with James B. Bakalar, was published by Yale University Press in 1993 (revised and expanded edition, 1997) and has now been translated into ten languages. Dr. Grinspoon was also a reviewer of the 1999 Institute of Medicine report, “Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base.”

Dr. Grinspoon appeared in the Canadian documentary The Union: The Business of Behind Getting High ~ Also, he has two very good websites that I recommend, plus that you visit and join his Facebook Fan Page.

• Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine – Dr. Grinspoon’s official website
• Uses of Marijuana – A website about the potential of medical cannabis

Reefer Love is the name of the newest event at Reefer Poker where players are awarded with a free coupon to a 0 added Reefer Love tournament by winning a poker hand with a heart flush.

Details: From Saturday, Feb 13 through midnight on Sunday Feb 14 any player that wins a cash (ring) game hand with a heart flush, using both of their hole cards, will earn a free coupon to a + .50 tournament with 0 added that will be held on Monday Feb 15th. Only games of Texas Holdem will qualify for this promotion, and both SnG and multi-table tournaments will be excluded. Players that have the qualifying hands must email love@reeferpoker.com with the winning hand number. After verifying that the hand qualifies, players will be awarded their coupons on Monday, February 15 at least 2 hours prior to the start of the tournament.

So don’t be shy, whip-out that big sticky cola, roll it up and show some love, enjoy it with your sweet hearts….

With the Winter Olympics firing-up in Vancouver, British Columbia, February 12, the most marijuana-friendly host city in Olympic history, a place where restrictions on pot are loose enough to allow “consumption lounges,” some of which are extending their hours to accommodate a wave of jet-lagged international visitors, partly explains why this has been nicknamed the “Pot Olympics”. Many of the winter sports enthusiasts attending are also ganja lovers who will be pining to score some of the legendary BC Bud, to take with them to the slopes. Since I’m somewhat of an expert at scoring weed in Vancouver, my city of birth, I felt it only hospitable and kind to offer a few suggestions and tips.

If you’re heading to Whistler, where most of the Alpine action is, don’t take the risk of being able to find a steady supply of weed there, also because you won’t want to drive the “Sea to Sky” highway without blowing a nice fatty along the way, preferably as you drive out of the city limits but also because the chances of finding some bud to smoke at Whistler is not always a sure thing, however if your stash runs out cruise the outside area of Moguls Cafe, around the liquor store and the little grocery store, just ask people sitting around and most of the time you’ll be able to find some dank BC Bud.

One thing to remember about buying good herb in Vancouver is to look in the right places, discreetly ask the right people and you’ll be hooked up with BC Bud at it’s best because there is so much good grass grown locally that the street market always has fresh crop at fair prices and even a small sack of pot from the back of a bar parking lot, rolled into nice reefers, will keep you pleasantly buzzed and the stash last for days of watching winter sports, skiing, snowboarding and/or whatever other recreation. To get some ideas where to look for BC Bud just start by heading for W. Hastings Street and walk around, to get a feel for the city. Just relax and walk around the city and feel comfortable about your rights related to weed, follow your instincts and ask for advice. There are many people who will point you in the right direction, even the cab drivers.

If Hunter S. Thompson were still alive he’d have been the “Master of Ceremony” and I’ll wager that if he hadn’t of thought of the idea he would have thought it was an outstanding concept but none-the-less, the smart folks from “High Country Caregivers” probably got really high one day and dream’t up this clever idea. I mean really, is there a better place in continental USA to host such an event? How high do you want to get?

Already the Western Slope Cannabis Crown, held April 17-18, will include as many as 400 strains of weed, live music, guest speakers, and information about medical marijuana. The event is open to the public, but only registered medical users can buy weed or get their hands on “golden tickets” to let them sample all the entries.

“We’re really almost sold out already,” said Joe McVicker of High Country Caregivers, a Glenwood Springs dispensary helping organize the event. “There were, like, 1,500 tickets and we probably have, like, 40 now.”

Luckily, for those of us too stoned and lazy to go all the way to Glenwood Springs for a ticket, McVicker said there’s another 80 or so on Craigslist. Oh, and some place in Denver called Green Thumb has them, too, but he wasn’t sure where it is. (No joke.)

“We’re going to have Hunter S. Thompson’s wife here for a chat, and the editor of High Times will be here, too,” McVicker said. “We’re gonna help people get [medical marijuana] cards, and it’s just going to be a good time.”

Cannabis strains will be judged based on THC levels and how well they treat different medical problems. Golden ticket holders will help choose a people’s choice, but expert judges will select the winner, and McVicker thinks the grower will win a trip to Amsterdam. For more information, you could visit the website, but it’s, you know, still in the works. For more information visit www.cannabiscrown.com.

A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges Los Angeles’s crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, claiming that it would force nearly all of them to close.

Los Angeles authorities have gone after 21 medical marijuana dispensaries, arresting one owner and filing lawsuits and eviction orders against outlets. The actions on Thursday involved alleged violations of state and federal marijuana laws. Prosecutors filed lawsuits against three dispensaries and sent eviction notices to business and property owners involving 18 others.

The Los Angeles City Council voted to shutter roughly 80 percent of the city’s dispensaries and restrict their hours.

Former child star Brian Bonsall is in a lot of legal trouble after violating the terms of his probation by openly using marijuana.

The “Family Ties” actor was arrested in Boulder, Colorado and appeared in court on Friday, February 19.

His defense attorney told the court the actor needs marijuana for headaches and has applied for a medical marijuana card.

Bonsall, 28, also pleaded not guilty to an assault charge and a failure to report charge involving another case.

He is accused of hitting a friend in the head with a broken stool in December 2009 and of missing a court hearing in 2007 in another assault case.

Bail was set at $10,000, according to news show The Insider.

Mirella is sexy as fuck.

By: $@bs

Now I know what inspired Ronald McDonald’s playhouse. ​Iowa City Police arrested Ronald McDonald (or some poor schmuck that shares his name) for possession of marijuana and allowing others to use pot at his residence (The Ronald McDonald House? No)! Officers showed up at Ronny’s house after receiving complaints of a “suspicious odor“.  At the scene, officers reported that they could smell the strong (sweet) odor of marijuana coming from the house. The search that followed yielded a stash of (green) McNuggets, paraphernalia, and a jar containing marijuana residue from McDonald’s room. McDonald was charged with possession of marijuana and “permitting a gathering for the use of drugs.”

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If Hunter S. Thompson were still alive he’d have been the “Master of Ceremony” and I’ll wager that if he hadn’t of thought of the idea he would have thought it was an outstanding concept but none-the-less, the smart folks from “High Country Caregivers” probably got really high one day and dream’t up this clever idea. I mean really, is there a better place in continental USA to host such an event? How high do you want to get?

Already the Western Slope Cannabis Crown, held April 17-18, will include as many as 400 strains of weed, live music, guest speakers, and information about medical marijuana. The event is open to the public, but only registered medical users can buy weed or get their hands on “golden tickets” to let them sample all the entries.

“We’re really almost sold out already,” said Joe McVicker of High Country Caregivers, a Glenwood Springs dispensary helping organize the event. “There were, like, 1,500 tickets and we probably have, like, 40 now.”

Luckily, for those of us too stoned and lazy to go all the way to Glenwood Springs for a ticket, McVicker said there’s another 80 or so on Craigslist. Oh, and some place in Denver called Green Thumb has them, too, but he wasn’t sure where it is. (No joke.)

“We’re going to have Hunter S. Thompson’s wife here for a chat, and the editor of High Times will be here, too,” McVicker said. “We’re gonna help people get [medical marijuana] cards, and it’s just going to be a good time.”

Cannabis strains will be judged based on THC levels and how well they treat different medical problems. Golden ticket holders will help choose a people’s choice, but expert judges will select the winner, and McVicker thinks the grower will win a trip to Amsterdam. For more information, you could visit the website, but it’s, you know, still in the works. For more information visit www.cannabiscrown.com.