Cannabytes: A Pot-umentary on NORML
Have you heard? Marijuana activism is all the rage these days. At least two shows explore the medical marijuana industry on cable TV. And last year, a documentary focusing on the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws was released. A NORML Life, from director Rod Pitman, takes a look at the world of anti-prohibition...
Cannabytes: Stoned Paddy’s Day
Ah, Saint Patrick’s Day–the day when we’re all a little Irish, when we celebrate Saint Patrick chasing the snakes out of Ireland or… Drinking, or something. Everyone’s excited to don “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” T-shirts and get sloshed on green beer today, but there’s a safer and naturally greener way to celebrate today. Remember that...
Cannabytes: New Series Explores Colorado MMJ
Not to be outdone by the Discovery Channel, National Geographic premiered their own weed-centric reality show this week. American Weed will be a 10-part series focusing on the medical marijuana debate here in Colorado. The series was filmed across the Front Range, where many places have banned dispensaries, and will touch on the controversy surrounding...
Cannabytes: Why It’s Safer Driving Stoned Than Drunk
For years, countless ads and government officials have warned us of the dangers of driving drunk. That campaign has increased in recent years, asserting that “buzzed driving is drunk driving” and just as dangerous. But you don’t hear much from public officials about the risks of stoned driving. Here in Colorado, legislators discuss what the...
Cannabytes: Is Medical Marijuana a Fraud?
It’s a claim that’s been made against the medical marijuana industry since before the laws were passed: the “medical” use of pot is just a front for selling drugs legally. Prohibitionists and others against cannabis have consistently joked or seriously suggested that dispensaries are the legal equivalents of street dealers. Earlier this month, though, the...
Cannabytes: Marijuana Doesn’t Harm Lungs
According to a new government-funded study, smoking weed–even for years on end–”does not impair lung function,” the New York Times reports. Researchers followed over 5,000 people through the course of twenty years and discovered that “regularly smoking marijuana–the equivalent of up to a joint a day over seven years–did not impair performance on a lung...
Cannabytes: Can Cannabis Cure Cancer?
Chemotheraphy, the standard treatment for most forms of cancer, is a rough process. It attacks cells that divide rapidly, which is how cancer cells behave. However, a side effect of this is the death of other rapidly-dividing cells like bone marrow and hair follicles. Still, it is regarded as one of the most effective treatments...
Cannabytes: 2011 Highs & Lows
For many of us, 2011 will end the same way it began: in a puff of green smoke. I’ve spent this year writing about medical marijuana and have seen changes to law, breakthroughs in knowledge about cannabis, and positive steps toward legalization. As we ring in the new year–one in which we will see legal...
Cannabytes Vaporizes with a WISPR
Vaporizers: They’re big, they’re noisy, and they often look like medical equipment for serious asthmatics. They’re great, sure, but wouldn’t it be nice to have one you could use discreetly? Try fitting a Volcano in your pocket on the way to hang with your buds; it’s an exercise in futility. The Iolite WISPR is nothing...
Cannabytes: To Reschedule or Not to Reschedule
Last Wednesday, the governors of Rhode Island and Washington asked the federal government to reclassify marijuana as a drug with medical uses, the New York Times reports. The proposed rescheduling would change marijuana from a Schedule I drug–a substance with “high potential for abuse” and “no accepted medical value”–to Schedule II, which would class it with...
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