Here’s your weekly dose of DMV weed news, my bouncing babies! Washington, DC Alright, the headline to today’s article is scandalous on purpose. I mean, it’s totally true. I just got a bad case of headline envy after reading “Feds: D.C. Man Arrested on Drug Charges Turned Out to Be…
Women Grow held their Leadership Summit in Washington, DC this year at the Washington Court Hotel. Your Gentleman scored an invite despite my Y chromosome cuz I’m hip like pinstripes and tail fins, daddyo. Plus I’ve been playing Chun Li since middle school. So let’s Lightning Kick this thing off…
RECOGNITION! Washingtonian Magazine has named yours truly one of the “Best of DC” for my keen canna-reporting. “Best Local Weed Columnist” wasn’t even a thing before me, but I’m so good, they made me a category. HOT DAMN, BABY! Now I’m the “Award-Winning” Gentleman Toker. Hahahaha! Here’s some other NEWS…
WOMEN GROW 2019 LEADERSHIP SUMMIT COMES TO WASHINGTON, D.C. ON JUNE 7-8, 2019 Capitol Hill Plays Host to the Largest Woman-Focused Cannabis Industry Event Of Its Kind in the World! NEW YORK, NY — Celebrating its sixth year “connecting, educating and empowering” leaders in the cannabis and hemp industry, Women…
Above is the site on N Bond St where the first social cannabis club in Baltimore will open after the owners won their appeal to the Baltimore Municipal Zoning & Appeals Board today! The club, which is not yet named, will take up the 2nd and 3rd floors above Sir…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Washington DC Mayor Bowser has unveiled her long-rumored plan to move forward with legal recreational marijuana sales for the District despite Congressional interference. Lots of interesting details in the WTOP summary, including: five classes of licenses: cultivator, manufacturer, distributor, off-premise retailer and testing facility…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Maryland Last week, a neuroscientist’s Op-Ed was published in the Baltimore Sun warning against marijuana legalization while they continue to study it. She cited a recent study that found cannabis can cause paranoia, delusion, and schizophrenia in those genetically predisposed. This week, the Sun published a…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Virginia After Portsmouth prosecutors announced they were going to drop misdemeanor marijuana possession cases, district attorneys for Richmond & other counties announced their intention to keep the status quo. “I think it’s a complex issue and each locality has to do whatever reflects…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Maryland Maryland cracks me up, man. After all their “oh, we gotta hold off on implementing the law that voters approved so we can study other state’s programs” for years the Commission admits they were blindsided by the proliferation of management agreements between multi-state…
Cannabis Science Conference East 2019 just wrapped up at the Baltimore Convention Center and the Gentleman had a fantastic experience. Not only did I learn a lot, but the networking opportunity for the local industry was simply unparalleled. I found groups from many Maryland & DC medical dispensaries, cultivators, and…
National Cannabis Festival is the District’s biggest weed event, bar none. Now in its fourth year, the event is legit! What else are you gonna do on 4/20, baby? Paint your toenails? Well, alright, book me a pedi too. But then we’re going to NCF! You’ll get to meet and…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Maryland Maryland is granting more medical marijuana business licenses y’all!!! They’ve already given Harvest their own processing license and approved 6 more dispensaries. But they’re adding 4 more grower licenses and 10 more processor licenses! The deadline to apply is May 24th. “The…
This year the Cannabis Science Conference East is being held in Baltimore on April 9th and 10th! I’ll be attending, too! And I thought to my self, ‘Self, you know who’d like to hear about the Science thingy? The people and AIs that read your website, that’s who.’ By Jove,…
Hello, fellow Tokers! My name is Roger Boyd. Well, actually it isn’t, but that’s the pseudonym I use for the project I’ve been working on since October 2013, healthystoner.com. The fake name was given to me by an American journalist called Bart Blasengame in his article in the November 2014 edition…
This Saturday, 10/27, National Expungement Week is hosting two clinics in our area, one in DC and one in College Park. This is an excellent opportunity for those personally affected by America’s misguided, failed War on Drugs to get their record expunged for free, so please share this info! Here’s…
NEW YORK – NY A coalition of over 20 organizations working at the intersection of the cannabis industry, racial equity, and reparative justice, will join local and community groups across the country for the inaugural National Expungement Week (N.E.W.) October 20-27, 2018. Conceived to aid those disenfranchised by the war on drugs,…
So I waaaaaaas gonna write a third review in a row for my pretty duckies, but we have a more pressing concern, which is that METRC is doing an absolute shit job of maintaining their seed-to-sale tracking system in Maryland, which is required by law for medical marijuana dispensaries to…
It was a little after nine p.m. on Friday night when I was jostled out of sleep by a loud, insistent knock at my door. Half-awake, pantsless, wrapped up in the sheets of The Commander Hotel in Ocean City, I ran thru the options of who was on the other…
You’re a busy so and so, why should you have to dig through pages and pages and pages of Washington DC and Maryland dispensaries to find the best deals to celebrate 420? That’s my job. So I threw on the 80s station and got to it. Have you heard this…
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The National Cannabis Festival is back in 2018 and just around the corner! The RFK Stadium grounds are going to be quite hazy on 4/21, baby. GT faves like Bulb Wellness and Phone Homie will have booths, King Weedy Collective is hosting the lounges, and Cypress freaking Hill, man! I’ve…
DCMJ, if you’re unfamiliar, was the driving force behind Initiative 71, the District law that allows for growing, possession, and sharing of ganja. In the post-I71 blissful chaosalypse, they continue their important work to advance the rights of cannabis enthusiasts and medical patients alike. DCCBA is one of the business…
Quick recap of the DC Board of Elections public hearing with regards to the Retail Cannabis Sales initiative today. This dude Assar Mustafa (probably spelled wrong, apologies) got an Initiative to the point of the BOE considering whether it could be on the ballot and from my understanding, it had…
EDIT: I’ve seen a screenshot circulating that states only two events were raided, no arrests were made, and the reason is that vendors had “in plain view, marijuana that was clearly in excess of two ounces, at both locations. The marijuana was confiscated.” Here’s the link. Pop-up events have continued…
In Maryland, children are able to qualify for the state’s medical marijuana program if they are accompanied by a parent/guardian for their visit and meet criteria for having failed other medications prior to seeking marijuana. Thankfully, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) realized the importance of medical marijuana for children…
How many days had passed? Weeks? Time was a meaningless concept locked away alone in a cold cell deep underneath the fabulous Mar-A-Lago Club at Trump National Golf Course. Lucky for me, I’m long used to talking to myself. If anything, the hallucinations I endured in solitary made the whole thing a…
Okay, so I got to take part in the big #Trump420 joint giveaway put on by DCMJ and it was amazing. You’ve probably seen it like, all over the news, weed news, everybody’s been talking about it. I didn’t get to chat with any reporters personally, but s’alright- I had…
I’m not really, um, good at Christmas. But I want to be. So we’re gonna start with gratitude. That’s why I want to thank you, my fellow Tokers. The response to my blog has been overwhelmingly positive. A lot of folks stop in just for some help navigating the unregulated…
The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has announced the companies that have been awarded Stage One license pre-approvals to run a medical marijuana dispensary (thanks for the heads up, Maryland NORML!). From here, the 102 dispensary entities enter Phase 2 and have to go through criminal background checks, financial verification, etc.…
Thanks very much to DCMJ who got GT the hot-off-the-presses release from the DC Council that a new dispensary has been approved that will have to be located in one of two predominantly black, lower-income Wards, 7 and 8. Ward 7 include the neighborhoods of Congress Heights, Barry Farm, and Fairlawn;…
Finally! An Initiative 71-compliant seed exchange has taken root in DC and folks now have a simple, straightforward way to obtain their cannabis garden-starters. DCSeedExchange.com was established to share top-quality genetics with our District’s ganjapreneurs, patients, & enthusiasts with a strong emphasis on the growing market of CBD-rich strains, but you’ll find plenty of good ole’ fashioned…
There is still no announced start date for when DC medical marijuana patients will have their medicine limit automatically increased to four ounces every 30 days, but the latest story about the process is featured on MarijuanaTimes.org and features the viewpoints and photos of yours truly on the crazy high…
That’s my favorite sign from Saturday’s March of the Clones protest, but the level of art production that went into this thing was really astounding, most especially the Carbonite version of artist Mike Flugennock’s Obama. You can find more on DCMJ’s Twitter feed, if you’re so inclined. I really should…
Alrighty then. After three days of of falling asleep before the sun set, I am wired for sound tonight so we’re gonna get to a segment I’ve really been looking forward to. Fellow insomniacs, let’s see what’s in the Mailbag! Novice Grower asks: “Where do you recommend I get seeds…
I had the most amazing night protesting with DCMJ the other night and I’ve been just dying to tell you all about it! Now, I don’t know if I’m a member of DCMJ or not. The very idea of what membership meant and required was bandied about in a series…
I’d like to personally thank and congratulate DCMJ for spearheading Initiative 71 and making the text of that legislation and this, the permanent social use ban, easily available to the public. If you’re interested in participating in DCMJ’s continuing fight for YOUR rights as a cannabis patient or enthusiast, check…
I’d like to personally thank and congratulate DCMJ for spearheading Initiative 71 and making the text easily available to the public. If you’re interested in participating in DCMJ’s continuing fight for YOUR rights as a cannabis patient or enthusiast, check out their website. INITIATIVE MEASURE #71 SHORT TITLE “Legalization of…
