Dear Stoner: I’ve been smoking pot for a few years, but in the last six months I’ve started smoking more as I drink less (I’m 25). My parents have always been against marijuana, but I want to be honest with them if I continue to partake. How should I break…
Dear Stoner: I’ve had a vaporizer for almost a year now and have a buttload of golden-brown vaped weed saved up. Is there anything I can do with it, or have I been wasting my energy? Nicholas Dear Nicholas: If your vaporizer isn’t turning your flower black, it might eventually…
Dear Stoner: Why are all you potheads so gung-ho about the benefits of smoking weed? I smoke it from time to time, but I don’t tell my friends to light up a joint instead of visiting the doctor. It’s pot, not magic beans. Grinding Gary Dear Gary: Magic buds, maybe…
Dear Stoner: Why does smoking weed make you hungry? Like, does science know why? Stewie Dear Stewie: The munchies are real, man. Although no one could definitively point to a brain reaction and say “There it is” for a long time, by 2015 marijuana’s ability to increase appetite was already…
Dear Stoner: Does marijuana help with depression? Searching Dear Searching: Unfortunately, the answer is not a simple yes or no. There’s such a wide range of studies on the subject that trying to wrap your head around it can make your hair fall out — or leave you more depressed…
Dear Stoner: I have a metal pipe that I can unscrew and clean, and the other day I had a great idea: What if I put a nug in there to get nice and sticky after smoking a few bowls? Will it be more potent? JustBlaze Dear Blaze: Now I…
Dear Stoner: What is Thai stick? Is it just an old strain of chronic from the ’70s? The Berg Dear Berg: Be ready to take notes if an old-timer ever tells you about the time he smoked a Thai stick, because it was probably crazier than any blunt you’ve ever…
Dear Stoner: I just got some pot brownies, and I’m not planning to ingest them for two weeks. Do you think the potency will still be the same, and if they’ll be okay to eat? Can I heat them up if they go hard?Tasnim Dear Tasnim: We’ve talked to multiple…
Dear Stoner: How long have people been getting high off of marijuana? Sean in Lakewood Dear Sean: Recorded cultivation of cannabis for fiber goes back as far as 7,000 years in some parts of the world — that much we know. As for how long humans have been getting stoned,…
Attitudes toward medical marijuana are shifting as more and more states pass legislation recognizing it as a form of treatment—not a way to get high. But as Floridians gear up this November to vote on a constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana across the state, it seems that the…
Two years ago, a cloud threatened to cast a shadow over the Sunshine State: a cloud of medical marijuana, which would have become legal if Floridians had voted to ratify Amendment 2. Although the measure narrowly failed to clear the 60 percent threshold needed to become law in 2014, Amendment…
The man on the corner of North Miami Avenue and 24th Street in Miami didn’t say much. But he didn’t have to. His sign did the talking. “Legal Medical Cannabis,” it said, and pointed straight to NugBrand, a weed-themed apparel shop in Wynwood. Inside, employee Kevin Machin let curious passersby…
In ten months, Florida voters can decide whether or not to legalize medical marijuana in the state. A group called United for Care has drafted a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would make it legal. For months, its volunteers and workers have circulated petitions. They gathered one million…
For the last two years, there has been a campaign to legalize medical marijuana in Florida. A proposed constitutional amendment that would have legalized it nearly passed in 2014, when 58 percent of voters supported the amendment, just two points shy of the 60 percent threshold. It was a devastating…
The Florida Supreme has made a final approval on the 2016 version of United for Care’s medial marijuana petition. This means that getting legalized medical weed on next November’s ballot is nearly a done deal. Back in July, United for Care shipped more than 100,000 petitions to Florida Supervisors of Elections…
Palm Beach County Commissioners will be holding a public hearing today to decriminalize marijuana possession. Specifically, the discussion will center around an ordinance that would make the possession of 20 grams or less of pot a civil offense rather than a criminal one, as it currently stands. The county has…
The Florida Health Department has announced via official letters that five nurseries can grow and distribute a medicinal form of cannabis known as Charlotte’s Web. The nurseries, which were required to have been in business for at least 30 years and have at least 400,000 plants, will cover specific regions…
The Florida Supreme Court has canceled the December 8 oral arguments on medical marijuana after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that her office would not be challenging the constitutional amendment. After coming two percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November’s election, United for Care renewed their efforts to get…
Besides the big question of who will be president, marijuana legalization may be the most hotly debated issue in Florida going into the 2016 election cycle. United for Care is working to get a medical marijuana measure onto the November ballot, while two other groups are looking to get recreational…
On Tuesday, Palm Beach County commissioners are expected to give a final approval for an ordinance that will decriminalize marijuana in that county, joining Broward, Hallandale Beach, Miami-Dade and Key West as areas in South Florida where those caught with a certain amount of pot will be fined rather than…
John Morgan, the Chairman for United for Care, is once again pulling out his hefty checkbook for the ongoing push to get medical marijuana legalized in Florida. On Thursday, Morgan, who works as an attorney in Orlando, announced that he will be matching all future donations to United For Care…
On Tuesday, Broward County commissioners gave preliminary approval for an ordinance that would allow police officers to issue civil citations to anyone caught with 20 grams of pot, rather than filing criminal charges. The commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with a final hearing next month to decriminalize marijuana like…
