Four people were arrested yesterday for criminal possession of pot in Brooklyn. Police recovered approximately 125 lbs of marijuana in the Brownsville home where the four suspects all lived. As you can see above, they really took advantage of the 5 gallon "All-Purpose" buckets (which only go for $2.60 each).
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Cops Find 125 Lbs Of Marijuana in "Homer's All-Purpose Bucket" Of Weed
Photos: Cannabis March In Marijuana Arrest Capital Of The World
Marijuana enthusiasts, activists, and those who just feel like people of color shouldn't be persecuted for possessing a plant that does substantially less harm than many legal drugs marched from Washington Square Park to Union Square yesterday afternoon. According to photographer Jim Kiernan, rappers Immortal Technique (his second appearance in a week in Union Square) and King David performed and "Ganja Granny" Arlene Williams as well as a representative from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition spoke. We also spotted marijuana activist and John Lennon pal David Peel in the crowd.
Giant Elk Spotted Unironically Celebrating 4/20 In Central Park
While we were busy bemoaning the commercialization of Puff The Magic Dragon Passover, some people were out actually celebrating (*cough cough*) 4/20 around the city yesterday. And that included "Nappy," a 24-year-old man dressed as an elk who smoked bowls in Central Park Friday afternoon with a group of like-minded, painfully sincere pot connoisseurs. “You would have no overdoses because they would be controlled,” he responded when questioned why drugs should be legal. Nappy: your trusty spotter in New York City's futuristic lung gyms.
Celebrate 4/20 With These Sticky Icky Food Specials
Tomorrow is a major holiday for some (*cough*) people—it's the Stoner Easter, the Puff The Magic Dragon Passover, the Mary Jane Administrative Professionals Day. While we can't all be hanging out with Snoop Dogg for the occasion, there are at the very least a few tantalizing food deals available to sate your munchies.
Buzz Killed: Cuomo Puts Kibosh On Medical Marijuana
This morning we were stoked to see renewed momentum in Albany for medical marijuana legislation. Democratic State Senator Diane Savino expressed optimism that she could get the needed Republican votes to pass a bill in the Senate, and the Wall Street Journal speculated that the same political landscape that saw same-sex marriage pass could finally allow sick people to legally smoke grass, like they do in 16 other states. Then along came Governor Cuomo to harsh the mellow.
Medical Marijuana Getting Passed Around Albany Again
Medical marijuana is on the agenda in Albany once again, with a State Senator working hard to corral Republicans for a soon-to-be-introduced bill. Maybe we're burned out from all the non-medical marijuana, but haven't we seen this movie before? Dude, that's right: in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and probably a bunch of other years we can't remember. But according to the Wall Street Journal, this time could be different, because the same political landscape that saw same-sex marriage pass could finally allow sick people to legally smoke grass, like they do in 16 other states.
Tourist Marijuana Ban In The Netherlands May Be A Pipe Dream
A major phase of the Netherlands' ban on tourists patronizing coffee shops goes into effect in the country's southern provinces on May 1. Shops in Amsterdam are scheduled stop selling marijuana to foreigners on January 1, 2013. But enacting this ban may be harder than finding a 22-year-old who hasn't seen EuroTrip: the benign, psychotropic plant that grows naturally in the ground makes the country a lot of money.
We Smoked Illegal Fake Weed And Survived!
Yesterday, after tabloid pressure, New York State banned sales of synthetic weed. But before that could happen your hardworking Gothamist editors got ahold of a few packages of the bowel-wrecking "drug" for a blind taste test so we all might get a better idea of what all the fuss is about. The things we do for you!
Fake Weed Gets Banned In NY, Stoner Dreams Go Up In Smoke
Nothing like a little tabloid hysteria to go and get things banned. The Daily News, which has been on a weeklong war against synthetic marijuana is now happily crowing that the New York State Department of Health is getting ready to ban the stuff statewide. Like, today.
Does Rand Paul Have "Blood On His Hands" For Blocking Fake Weed Ban?
The Daily News continues its war on fake pot today. After running a front page story scare story that "EVERY PARENT SHOULD READ" (they shouldn't) the paper happily crowed that Councilman Peter Vallone now wants to ban the stuff in the city ("I guess we all assumed that the federal government was going to act on it, but we can’t wait because our kids are dying," he told them). And today they run an interview with a woman who says her son died after smoking the legal product. She also thinks that Senator Rand Paul has "blood on his hands" because he isn't rushing to ban the stuff on a federal level.
Jeremy Lin's Lawyers Move To Weed Out Linsanity Pot
Linsanity may have given way to Timsanity at this point, but Knicks breakout point guard Jeremy Lin has been playing very well lately on the court as the Knicks have gone on a five-game win streak—and he's still getting plenty of endorsement deals off the court, including Volvo and Coke. Now, he's also making sure to wrest control of his name back from the various moochers who have re-appropriated it. To that end, Lin's legal team has sent a series of cease-and-desist letters to medical marijuana dispensaries who are selling the "Linsanity" brand pot.
Fake Weed Terrifies Reporters! Senators! Lazy Parents!
Synthetic weed's demonization in the media continues—harsh! Already despised by Senator Schumer and blamed for everything from teen suicides to hospital visits, the totally legal "incense" today gets the front page treatment from the Daily News in a "STORY EVERY PARENT SHOULD READ." Oh noes! Just one puff and your spawn will turn into the (fictional) narrator in Go Ask Alice.
Marijuana Advocates On St. Patrick's Day: Pot Safer Than Drunken Vomiting
About a dozen demonstrators from Empire State NORML, the New York State chapter of the marijuana law reform group, gathered on the steps of City Hall yesterday in the spirit of a healthier St. Patrick's Day. Specifically, they wanted to highlight the importance of alternative forms of intoxication during the green beer-bathed festivities.
Reefer Linsanity: Jeremy Lin Now Comes In Marijuana Form
Things have not been very good for Jeremy Lin and the Knicks since coming back from the All-Star Break—it's gotten to the point that USA Today and Christian Post are saying Linsanity is over. Well not so for some entrepreneurial marijuana peddlers in LA, who have concocted a Linsanity strain of pot. And it's Rick Ross-approved!
Matt Taibbi Blasts Bank Of America For "Selling Oregano As Weed"
In the freezing rain a few yards away from Bank of America's New York headquarters on 42nd Street, the man who made America see Goldman Sachs as a "vampire squid" was describing his research on a forthcoming article. "I called up my source and told him that I wanted to highlight all the really bad things Bank of America has done, and he said, 'What, do you have 1,000 pages?'" Matt Taibbi was speaking to a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters about BoA's central role causing the still-reverberating mortgage crisis, and explained the bank's crimes thusly: "Mortgage backed securities are like banks selling oregano as weed. And that's exactly what Bank of America was doing."
Spitzer For Spliffs: Former Gov "In Favor Of Legalized Pot"
Perhaps it should come to no surprise that a guy who paid for (a lot of) sex is cool with legalizing harmless flora, but Eliot Spitzer did used to be the Governor of New York and all. After some gentle ribbing by host Bill Maher (who is no stranger to smoking dope and copulating with prostitutes) Spitzer says, "To spend prosecutorial resources on pot is ridiculous...I'd be in favor of legalized pot. Legalizing pot is the right way to go."
Duh: Smoking Pot And Driving Is A Bad Idea, Says Science
Of all the many, many duh "science" reports we've heard, this might be the duh-est: according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal, smoking pot within three hours of driving more than doubles your chance of getting into a car accident. Future reports from these researchers include, "Smoking Pot Increases Chance Of Hunger," "Smoking Pot Increases Insights, Man," and "Is Nicholas Cage Really A Civil War-Era Vampire?"
4-Year-Old Busts Out Dime Bags At Snack Time
Small children simulating the throes of alcoholism is guaranteed viral GOLD. But society is less kind to kids with kind, even if they have no idea what they'd do with it. A 4-year-old boy brought nine bags of marijuana, which according to CBS "appeared to be wrapped for sale," to his pre-kindergarten class in Meriden, Connecticut yesterday. "Our concern is for the 4-year-old student, who had no knowledge of what he was bringing to school," Superintendent Mark Benigni said. Oh really? Then why he'd pull them out at snack time?
Spray, Spray, Pass? Weed-based Mouth Spray Seeks FDA Approval
For one of the oldest drugs going, marijuana sure has room for innovation. While pot enthusiasts in states without legal weed have been turning to synthetic bud of late, researchers in England are hard at work on a weed-based mouth-spray that they hope will help cancer patients. And the FDA is taking it seriously. Like those chloraseptic sprays, but someone put their weed in there.
Judge Tells City To Lay Off "Weed Man" Of Times Square
Remember the "Weed Man?" No, not the NJ guy who tried to change his name to "NJWeedman.com"—the Times Square Weed Man who became ubiquitous around Midtown for carrying a sign reading "Help! I need money for weed." Last summer, he filed a lawsuit against the city complaining that his First, Fourth and 14th Amendment rights had been violated by repeated arrests. And now it seems that a judge has agreed with him.
It's Totally Cool For Your Dog And Cat To Smoke Pot, Brah (Says Vet, PETA)
You know how that d-bag you briefly dated while under the influence of Natural Light and JELL-O shots would totally get his dog high by exhaling his schwag weed into its face? That guy was such a jerk, why did you ever even date him? Anyway, today we came across this article that he probably wrote, saying it's totally chill for dogs to get high. According to one local vet sourced in the piece, "it’s perfectly ok for your dog to smoke marijuana. He can even take bong hits. He just can’t eat it.”
Study: Legalizing Medical Marijuana Would NOT Turn Teens Into Potheads!
According to a new study out of Brown University, legalizing medical marijuana would most likely not turn all of America's teenagers into potheads. The study compared rates of marijuana use in Massachusetts to those in Rhode Island—where medical marijuana was legalized in 2006—and found that it had no influence on teens’ drug habits. We guess this means alarmists will have to start blaming teen pot use on the return of Beavis and Butthead.
Tenant May Sue Landlord For Narcing Him Out Of Apartment
A Murray Hill resident facing eviction is threatening to file a class-action lawsuit against his landlord, who continues to complain about the "odor of marijuana" emanating from his apartment. Sebastian Rosario claims that he'll sue the owner of 340 E. 34th Street for harassment and threatening to kick him out. In court papers obtained by the Post, the landlord alleges that neighbors complain of "strong smoke odors, including the odor of marijuana" around Rosario's aparment. Wait, people smoke marijuana INSIDE their apartments?
Poll: Support For Legalized Marijuana Hits Record High
For the first time since Gallup started asking Americans about it in 1969 more people think weed should be legal than don't. That sound you hear? That's millions of Americans coughing their support. According to a Gallup poll released today 50 percent of Americans now support legalization, up from 46 percent last year. Not a bad increase for the "most commonly abused illicit drug" in the country!
Foodies Lapping Up Marijuana-Infused Alcohol
Ridiculous food trends come and go (eating Chia Pets, anyone?), but this is a new one: prepare to go "Beyond Pot Brownies" and onto pot soup, wine, and beer. Listen up:
Dummy Turnstile Jumper Caught With Loaded Gun, Weed
Pro Tip: if you're going to haul your pot stash AND a loaded gun around with you while you're traversing the city, you should probably go ahead and invest in a Metrocard. Turnstile freeloader Tyrell Thomas was nabbed in a Brooklyn subway station yesterday evening with those two items on him. Could the turnstile have had some "unexplainable" affect that blocked the oxygen to his brain?
Video: Brooklyn Rapper Waxes Poetic About Welfare Abuse
Conservatives have been up in arms all week over a rapper who seemingly glorifies the decadent lifestyle of food stamps and welfare. Stanley Lafleur, aka rapper Mr EBT (H-Man), watched as the video for his single "My EBT," which joyously depicts him using his government-issued Electronic Benefit Transfer card to pay for junk food, went viral this week after Drudge Report and other conservative bloggers held it up as The Reason This Country Is Going To Hell (not the champagne toasts). But Lafleur tells the News that conservatives just don't get his message: "I couldn't believe people are hating on me like I'm rubbing the benefit card in the face of taxpayers. They don't get it. My video is a parody."
Atlantic City Marijuana Bust Reveals Pet ALLIGATORS
Atlantic City police thought they were dealing with a normal marijuana bust when they raided an alleged drug dealer’s home Friday. They seized a pound of weed, a gun, hollow point bullets, and money which they believe is profit from the suspect's pot-dealing business. Oh, and they also found two pet alligators.
Weed Enthusiast Can't Change Name To "NJWeedman.com"
NJ-born Robert Edward Forchion is a staunch and dedicated marijuana activist who has participated in just about every weed-related activity there is: he's a practicing Rastafarian who has opened up his own temple, he's been a "marijuana smuggler," he's operated a medical marijuana dispensary, and he's run for political office several times unsuccessfully with pot platforms. More recently, he's been fighting to legally change his name to NJWeedman.com. But The Man won't let him!
How To Fight Obesity? Maybe Try Smoking Marijuana
The rapture is still right around the corner, but even if we somehow get past that cataclysmic event, America has other problems—like the fact that half the population will be obese by 2030. But there may be a solution: start smoking marijuana!
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