Friday, January 10, 2014
Toke Signals TV with Steve Elliott (Toke TV 23)
• Americans Want Legal Weed: CNN Poll!
• NY Gov. Cuomo's Medical Marijuana Plan a Dud!
• Legalization Drive In Alaska!
Toke Signals TV with Steve Elliott (Toke TV 23)
• Americans Want Legal Weed: CNN Poll!
• NY Gov. Cuomo's Medical Marijuana Plan a Dud!
• Legalization Drive In Alaska!
Friday, January 3, 2014
Toke Signals Radio 22: Legal In Colorado! Alabama Jails Activists! Medical Marijuana In Illinois!
The 22nd episode of Toke Signals Radio with host Steve Elliott takes a look at some of the biggest marijuana news stories of the week.
Find out what you need to know about the week in cannabis/marijuana news, in 30 minutes!
Don’t forget to subscribe to the Toke TV channel on YouTube.
Toke Signals Radio Bud Pick of the Week
Toke Signals Radio Top Stories of the Week
Colorado: Long Lines For Smooth Rollout of Legal Marijuana Sales
(Hemp News)
At 8 a.m. on January 1, an ex-Marine named Sean Azzariti became the first person in Colorado to legally buy a bag of recreational marijuana under legalization measure Amendment 64, approved by state voters last year.
Child Welfare Check Leads To Arrest of Alabama Medical Marijuana Activists
(Hemp News and Toke Signals)
A so-called "child welfare check" led to the arrest of a prominent Alabama medical marijuana activist after deputies discovered a cannabis growing operation in Cullman County.
Illinois Medical Marijuana Law Goes Into Effect January 1
(Hemp News)
Legislation adopted this year to establish a state-regulated medical marijuana program in Illinois will go into effect Wednesday. Licensed medical marijuana cultivation and distribution facilities are expected to begin producing medical marijuana and providing it to patients in late 2014.
Michigan 'Pharmaceutical Grade' Marijuana Law Needs Federal Approval
(Hemp News)
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Monday signed a new law that would allow the state to certify "pharmaceutical-grade cannabis," but the law can't take effect unless and until the federal government reclassifies marijuana as a Schedule II drug, suitable for medicinal use.
California Attorney General Says Marijuana Legalization Could Mean 'Hundreds of Millions'
(Hemp News)
A California ballot initiative to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana got a positive review from state Attorney General Kamala Harris, who last week released a summary saying legalization could save the state "hundreds of millions of dollars."
Washington State Wants Medical Marijuana Shops To Pay Taxes; Attorney Says Not So Fast
(Toke Signals)
Washington State last week reminded medical marijuana dispensary operators that they “must pay taxes,” and the state Department of Revenue plans to collect back taxes from about 300 dispensaries that seem not to have paid any. But Seattle-based activist/attorney Douglas Hiatt says he’s “hopping mad” about the announcement, and he’s advising shop owners to contact him before paying anything.
Alabama Family Relocates To Colorado To Treat Epileptic Daughter With Marijuana
(Hemp News)
An Alabama family is celebrating their first New Year in Colorado after relocating to treat their epileptic daughter with medical marijuana.
Toke TV Must Read of the Week
Worth Repeating: Medical Marijuana Doesn't Fit On Present Drug Schedule
By Ron Marczyk
“The DEA had ignored accumulating evidence of marijuana’s benefits, and so acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” in rejecting the rescheduling petition last year. Federal law requires the agency to take such evidence into account, accusing the Department of Health and Human Services of creating a Catch-22 for medical marijuana advocates by strictly limiting researchers’ access to marijuana, then arguing there is insufficient scientific evidence to merit rescheduling it.”
Toke TV is a joint production
of Toke Signals and Indie Media Weekly
Monday, December 16, 2013
Toke Signals Radio 21: MMJ Home Grow In WA? UN Loathes Legalization! Pot Returns To Pharmacopeia!
The 21st episode of Toke Signals Radio with host Steve Elliott takes a look at some of the biggest marijuana news stories of the week.
Find out what you need to know about the week in cannabis/marijuana news, in 30 minutes!
Don’t forget to subscribe to the Toke TV channel on YouTube.
Toke Signals Radio Bud Pick of the Week
Toke Signals Radio Stories of the Week
Washington Liquor Board Reverses Itself; Recommends Medical Marijuana Patients Can Grow At Home
(Hemp News)
In a major victory for the medical marijuana community, the Washington State Liquor Control Board, under heavy patient pressure, on Wednesday reversed itself, signaling they will recommend to lawmakers that medical marijuana patients continue to be allowed to grow cannabis in their homes.
Uruguay Marijuana Legalization Challenged By UN's International Narcotics Control Board
(Hemp News)
The celebration is in full swing in Uruguay, which became the first nation in modern times to legalize marijuana, but a drug agency overseen by the United Nations on Wednesday claimed that the move violates an international treaty on controlled substances.
Experts Issue Standards On Cannabis, Restore Classification As A Botanical Medicine
(Hemp News)
The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP), in a historic move, on Wednesday released the first installation of a two-part Cannabis monograph that classifies cannabis (marijuana) as a botanical medicine, alongside many other widely accepted complementary and alternative medicines.
It's Legal To Smoke Marijuana On Your Front Porch, Says Denver City Council
(Hemp News)
The Denver City Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved allowing adults to smoke marijuana on their front porches and private property, even if it's in clear public view.
Seattle City Council Approves $27 Fine For Smoking Marijuana In Public
(Hemp News)
Smoking marijuana in public is still against the law in Washington state, even under legalization measure I-502, but it won't cost you very much, at least in Seattle.
Study: Marijuana Doesn't Cause Schizophrenia
(Hemp News)
Claims of a causal link between marijuana use and the development of schizophrenia have been some of the (literal) Reefer Madness claims hardest to extinguish, partly because of insistent coverage in the British tabloid press which actually led to the Brits re-criminalizing cannabis after briefly relaxing the laws. But yet another study, this one from Harvard Medical School, has found no association between smoking cannabis and going crazy.
Toke TV Must Reads of the Week
The Undergreen Railroad: Helping Marijuana Refugees Find Freedom
(Toke Signals)
A new nonprofit organization, The Undergreen Railroad, has formed to help marijuana refugees relocate from states with unfriendly cannabis laws to more compassionate states.
Studies Spanning 12 Years: Medical Cannabis Works
(Toke Signals)
A historic experiment in medical marijuana research spanning a dozen years, which brought new science to the debate on the place of cannabis in medicine, has found that the herb offers broad benefits for pain control from injuries, HIV, strokes and other conditions.
Toke TV and Radio is a joint production
of Toke Signals and Indie Media Weekly
Friday, November 1, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Hempstalk 2013: Steve Elliott
Here I am reading a brief excerpt at Hempstalk from the book Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do: By Peter McWilliams
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Toke Signals TV with Steve Elliott (Toke TV #9)
Attorney General Holder Expands Reform!
Washington Supreme Court Upholds Medical Defense!
Legalization Drive In Oregon!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Toke Signals TV with Steve Elliott: Cannabis News (Episode 8)
The seventh episode of Toke Signals TV, the video blog of Steve Elliott's TokeSignals.com, takes a look at some of the biggest marijuana news stories of the past week.
Toke TV is a joint production of Toke Signals and http://awopradio.com/
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
You happened to me.
You happened to me. I was happened to
like an abandoned building by a bull-
dozer, like the van that missed my skull
happened a two-inch gash across my chin.
You were as deep down as I've ever been.
You were inside me like my pulse. A new-
born flailing toward maternal heartbeat through
the shock of cold and glare: when you were gone,
swaddled in strange air I was that alone
again, inventing life left after you.
I don't want to remember you as that
four o'clock in the morning eight months long
after you happened to me like a wrong
number at midnight that blew up the phone
bill to an astronomical unknown
quantity in a foreign currency.
The U.S. dollar dived since you happened to me.
You've grown into your skin since then; you've grown
into the space you measure with someone
you can love back without a caveat.
While I love somebody I learn to live
with through the downpulled winter days' routine
wakings and sleepings, half-and-half caffeine-
assisted mornings, laundry, stock-pots, dust-
balls in the hallway, lists instead of longing, trust
that what comes next comes after what came first.
She'll never be a story I make up.
You were the one I didn't know where to stop.
If I had blamed you, now I could forgive
you, but what made my cold hand, back in prox-
imity to your hair, your mouth, your mind,
want where it no way ought to be, defined
by where it was, and was and was until
the whole globed swelling liquefied and spilled
through one cheek's nap, a syllable, a tear,
was never blame, whatever I wished it were.
You were the weather in my neighborhood.
You were the epic in the episode.
You were the year poised on the equinox.
like an abandoned building by a bull-
dozer, like the van that missed my skull
happened a two-inch gash across my chin.
You were as deep down as I've ever been.
You were inside me like my pulse. A new-
born flailing toward maternal heartbeat through
the shock of cold and glare: when you were gone,
swaddled in strange air I was that alone
again, inventing life left after you.
I don't want to remember you as that
four o'clock in the morning eight months long
after you happened to me like a wrong
number at midnight that blew up the phone
bill to an astronomical unknown
quantity in a foreign currency.
The U.S. dollar dived since you happened to me.
You've grown into your skin since then; you've grown
into the space you measure with someone
you can love back without a caveat.
While I love somebody I learn to live
with through the downpulled winter days' routine
wakings and sleepings, half-and-half caffeine-
assisted mornings, laundry, stock-pots, dust-
balls in the hallway, lists instead of longing, trust
that what comes next comes after what came first.
She'll never be a story I make up.
You were the one I didn't know where to stop.
If I had blamed you, now I could forgive
you, but what made my cold hand, back in prox-
imity to your hair, your mouth, your mind,
want where it no way ought to be, defined
by where it was, and was and was until
the whole globed swelling liquefied and spilled
through one cheek's nap, a syllable, a tear,
was never blame, whatever I wished it were.
You were the weather in my neighborhood.
You were the epic in the episode.
You were the year poised on the equinox.
~ Marilyn Hacker
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Stop Apologizing For Who You Are
Stop apologizing for the things that you enjoy smoking.
Stop apologizing for the things you enjoy eating.
Stop apologizing for the things you enjoy wearing.
Stop apologizing for the things you enjoy watching.
Stop apologizing for the things you enjoy hearing.
Stop apologizing for how you prefer to spend your day.
Stop apologizing for the things that make you happy.
Stop apologizing for loving the things you love.
Stop apologizing for who you are...
Monday, August 5, 2013
Toke Signals TV with Steve Elliott (Episode 2)
The top cannabis stories of the week from Steve Elliott at TokeSignals.com -- Your source for uncut, uncensored, no-holds-barred, non-corporate-controlled cannabis news!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Menace Demarco ~ Addicted
I'm your ex-boyfriend
I'm the one that you call
When the new dude ain't doin' it right or not at all
~ Menace Demarco
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