Blog entries by Jim Finnel
Posted in the blog: This Week In Marijuana History June 29-July 5
June 29, 1938: The Christian Century reports, "in some districts inhabited by Latino Americans, Filipinos, Spaniards, and Negroes, half the crimes are attributed to the marijuana craze."
June 29, 1967: Keith Richards was tried on a charge of allowing his house to be used for the illegal...
Posted in the blog: Martian Soil Fantastic For Growing Weed Says NASA
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0037.gif" align=left>Houston TX-- Red-eyed NASA scientists glowed with pride today when they announced the first results from the Phoenix Mars Lander. The lander was sent to test the Red Planet's soil and it arrived last month...
Posted in the blog: Marijuana Quotes
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1072/user0019.gif" align=left>"It's very hard for firefighters to get them under control because the vegetation up in Northern California, where the fires are, is about 40 percent marijuana plants." -- Craig Ferguson
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Drug use is a...
Posted in the blog: Marijuana Quote
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1072/user0019.gif" align=left>"It's the world upside down: In other countries they look for the marijuana in the cigarette. Here they look for the cigarette in the marijuana.'' -- Jason den Enting, manager of a coffee shop in the...
Posted in the blog: Officers say man took marijuana into police station
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0043.gif" align=left>Officers said they arrested a New Bern man Friday afternoon after he walked into the police station with marijuana in his pants pocket.
He is Marvin Eugene Sparrow, 57, of 922 Elm St.
Sparrow walked in...
Posted in the blog: The Bakersfield Blaze?
Is it just me or is there something subliminal going on with this Minor League team.....
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Posted in the blog: Conference allows police chiefs to see the future
TOP-SECRET surveillance devices and next generation crime scene investigation tools have gone on show to a select audience in Liverpool.
The International Police conference at the BT Conference Centre has attracted chief police officers from virtually every force in the country.
After a...
Posted in the blog: Local Radio Host Arrested for Marijuana Possession
Daniel Shane McBryde, host of Macon's WMAC News Talk 940 radio, was arrested Tuesday afternoon for possession of marijuana.
Macon police had been called to a Center Street residence for a weapons call which turned out to be false, according to the police report. The home owner gave permission...
Posted in the blog: Dreads Became An Occupational Hazard
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0018.gif" align=left>Nandor Tanczos has revealed the unique occupational hazards of being New Zealand's first Rastafarian MP having his dreadlocks pawed by admirers and being accosted by political junkies on the dance floor...
Posted in the blog: Remembering George Carlin
<p><img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0041.gif" align=left>George Carlin was the second greatest comedian ever to walk this Earth. He offended, he dazzled, and he inspired an almost cathartic response from his fans. He hosted the first episode of Saturday Night Live. He...
Posted in the blog: Weeds Cast Smoke Fake Pot
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1075/user0021.gif" align=left>Actress ELIZABETH PERKINS has blasted the myth the cast of drug comedy WEEDS smoke real marijuana on-set - insisting producers supply them with a harmless "stunt herb".
The star plays a suburban housewife...
Posted in the blog: George Carlin Dies
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0035.gif" align=left>Comedian George Carlin, best known for his scabrous, unflinching style and his rivetingly observant social satire, died of heart failure Sunday night in Los Angeles. Carlin was 71 years old.
In a career...
Posted in the blog: Scottish Residents are being Offered Thousands of Pounds to Give Up Sex
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0016.gif" align=left>People in the most poverty-stricken areas of Dundee are being offered thousands of pounds to give up sex.
Authorities are alarmed at the rising birth rate and the strain this is having on local health and...
Posted in the blog: Cannabis Smoke In Behind Section 306
The illusion of time travel is possible. In a sold-out concert Friday night at the Charter One Pavilion on Northerly Island, the bands Chicago and the Doobie Brothers created a vibe that transported middle-aged attendees back to their carefree youth.
When baby boomer fans are blissfully lost...
Posted in the blog: California Senate Asks Feds to Cease Harassing Law Abiding Dispensaries!
Urge Your Senator to Vote YES on SJR 20!
NORML is pleased to announce that SJR 20, a resolution stating the Senate's opposition to the federal government's crackdown on local medical cannabis providers, has been approved by the Senate Health Committee and is now awaiting action by the...
Posted in the blog: Prohibition Quotes
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<img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/user003.gif" align=left>"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot...
Posted in the blog: Nothing But A Hemp G-string
<p><img src="https://www.ogpaper.com/images/Jen-Moss.jpg" align=left>A woman who recently moved to Southern Oregon to exercise her right to appear naked in public intends to exercise that right in this city's annual Fourth of July Parade. But parade organizers say the family event is not the...
Posted in the blog: More Than A Ton Of Marijuana Seized In Rainbow Valley
<p><img src="https://www.abc15.com/media/news/8/c/e/8ce23b87-aca3-4568-b02c-aff62e683c2e/Story.jpg" align=left>Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies have seized more than a ton of marijuana during a traffic stop in Rainbow Valley.
Deputies seized 2,700 pounds of the drug Friday and say...
Posted in the blog: Can I Spit Out This Marijuana?
His mouth packed with marijuana, a teenager asked a deputy if he could spit the cannabis out before he was arrested on multiple drug charges, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Andrew Alexander Alvarez, of Merioneth Drive, Fort Walton Beach, is charged with tampering with...