Marijuana

Being Straight Edge in Drug-laced College Culture

10th Annual Medicinal Marijuana Benefit

Marijuana fuels career longevity

Big Sexy's Sinful Sweets

Tons of Weed and Nobody to Smoke It

First the Seed, Then the Weed

South Florida's NORML chapter gets an infusion of new blood and a renewed commitment to keep lawmakers from kicking the cannabis

The Need for Weed

It's a unique source of fiber, a natural painkiller, a valuable fuel source. So when Jack Herer talks about legalization, there's a method to his reefer madness.

Smoke Weed Every Day

Nate Dogg would approve of this message.

Puff, Puff, or Perish

For some, ganja is nothing to giggle about.

Marijuana Goes Upstate

Florida moves into the number two spot when it comes to grow houses

The Tokin' Few

Meet the "magnificent" Irvin Rosenfeld

Stop Bustin’ Our Hemp

Meet the "magnificent" Irvin Rosenfeld

The Ultimate Herbal Remedy

The chronic cause

It’s Medicinally Delicious

The chronic cause

Weed Warriors

Hydroponic marijuana production is growing up

Bong-Hit Benefit

Hydroponic marijuana production is growing up

Smoke for Life

The sixth annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert raises funds for patients' rights

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The sixth annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert raises funds for patients' rights

Healthy Puff

Celebrate the medicinal benefits of Mary Jane

Cashed

Labors to legalize bud in Florida have gone sour as week-old bong water

The Preppie Pot Papers

J. Crew models? Or young Cuban dope dealers?

Best CD Cover Art

The Kind

Reefer Science

Uncle Sam is looking for a few good potheads to cure, and treatment is yours for the toking

Letters

Uncle Sam is looking for a few good potheads to cure, and treatment is yours for the toking

Bud Men

Despite the risks, local pot farmers have taken homegrown high-tech

Hydroponic Pot Bust Nets 6,000 Plants, 142 Arrests Statewide

It's no secret that Florida's got quite the greenhouse-grown marijuana industry. Our own Francisco Alvarado wrote about Florida's pot-growin' ways back in 2007, when the Sunshine State officially became the second-leading pot producer in the nation.Today, federal prosecutors announced the end of a s ... More >>

Free Cheetos!

It's no secret that Florida's got quite the greenhouse-grown marijuana industry. Our own Francisco Alvarado wrote about Florida's pot-growin' ways back in 2007, when the Sunshine State officially became the second-leading pot producer in the nation.Today, federal prosecutors announced the end of a s ... More >>

Letters from the issue of March 25, 2010

It's no secret that Florida's got quite the greenhouse-grown marijuana industry. Our own Francisco Alvarado wrote about Florida's pot-growin' ways back in 2007, when the Sunshine State officially became the second-leading pot producer in the nation.Today, federal prosecutors announced the end of a s ... More >>

Legalizing Pot Will Fix the Economy

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

Luke's Gospel: Legalizing marijuana will fix the economy

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

Marijuana-Food Pairings: 10 Questions With Denver Pot Critic William Breathes

From Amsterdam​After recently writing a goofy post about imaginary pot-food pairings, I received an email from the pseudonymous William Breathes, one of two medical marijuana critics for our sister paper Westword, in Denver, Colorado. He expressed gratitude for being mentioned in the post and disa ... More >>

Weed history: A timeline

A chronological guide to the life and times of marijuana.

Famous marijuana users

From an Olympic champion to an honest-to-goodness queen, everybody has smoked pot.

Miami Beach's reefer revolution

SoBe is ground zero in the battle to decriminalize pot.

Legalize marijuana in Florida

The Sunshine State has the nation's stiffest pot penalties, but everyone seems to be lighting up.

South Miami Supports Medical Marijuana

Michael McElroy​On Monday night, the South Miami city commission took a giant leap forward in the pro-marijuana debate. Commissioners voted 3-1 to push the Florida Legislature and the federal government to authorize the medicinal use of marijuana making South Miami the first city in the state to r ... More >>

Rick Scott Should Follow Arizona's Lead In Favor of Medical Marijuana

​Considering our new governor loves Arizona's controversial immigration law so much he wants to create a similar one in Florida, we think Rick Scott should also consider the Grand Canyon state's acceptance of medical marijuana. By a slim margin, voters said yes to Proposition 203 on November 2, ma ... More >>

Joints for the Sick

​Considering our new governor loves Arizona's controversial immigration law so much he wants to create a similar one in Florida, we think Rick Scott should also consider the Grand Canyon state's acceptance of medical marijuana. By a slim margin, voters said yes to Proposition 203 on November 2, ma ... More >>

57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana

​With 14 states and the District of Colombia allowing the legal medical use of marijuana, acceptance of the issue is steadily growing in America. A new poll shows that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana as buzz grows that the issue could be placed on the ballot as s ... More >>

Democratic Rep. Pushes for Amendment to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Florida

​With a recent poll showing 57 percent of Floridians favoring legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, state Rep. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) has introduced a resolution to put an amendment on the 2012 ballot that would do just that. Clemens claims that the move could bring in $5 to $12 million ... More >>

Tallahassee Is America's Pot-Smoking Capital, Miami Isn't Even On the List

​Tallahassee is not only the political capital of Florida, but also apparently the pot-smoking capital of America. Surprisingly, Miami, most often associated with drugs, doesn't even make the Daily Beast's list of Mary Jane-loving cities. Then again, maybe it's not much of a surprise that college ... More >>

South Miami Commissioner Walter Harris Stood Outside Miami Beach City Hall With a Giant Marijuana Sign

​It's not often you see a commissioner from one Miami-Dade municipality protesting outside another's city hall. Yet that's exactly what South Miami Commissioner Walter Harris did when he recently carried a poster board depicting a giant marijuana leaf outside Miami Beach City Hall. Harri ... More >>

$7.6 Million Worth of Pot Seized at Port of Miami

​U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say they haven't made a huge pot bust at the Port of Miami for months, but sometimes you just have to wait. Authorities report they discovered 3,837 pounds of marijuana, nearly two tons, stuffed inside shipping containers at the port last Friday.

Obama's war on weed

In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

Medical Marijuana Amendment Gets Sponsor in Florida State Senate

​The first steps towards the possibility of legalizing medical marijuana in Florida are underway. Last month State Rep. Jeff Session, a Democrat from Lake Worth, introduced a resolution that would allow Floridians to vote on the matter in 2012. Now, state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, a Miami Democra ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In Florida Senate and House

​Miami-area State Sen. Larcenia Bullard has fired up a big ol' blunt of legislative reform this morning, as her proposal to give Florida voters a chance to legalize medical marijuana was introduced in the Senate. Bullard's bill joins a similar proposal by Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens in the House ... More >>

Medical Marijuana's Unlikely New Florida Savior Is 64-Year-Old Larcenia Bullard

via Florida SenateThe new face of Florida pot reform.​If you'd told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago - back when she was teaching school kids for a living -- that she'd one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the princ ... More >>

Medical marijuana's unlikely Florida hero is 64-year-old Larcenia Bullard

via Florida SenateThe new face of Florida pot reform.​If you'd told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago - back when she was teaching school kids for a living -- that she'd one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the princ ... More >>

Don't Set Up a Growhouse Next Door to a School Like These Three Kendall Men

​If you're going to take the risk of setting up an illegal marijuana growhouse, it's best to take just the littlest bit of caution and make sure that growhouse isn't directly next door to a school where kids as young as kindergarteners study.Three Miami men weren't so smart and set up shop right a ... More >>

Pot smuggler schools seniors on medical marijuana

​If you're going to take the risk of setting up an illegal marijuana growhouse, it's best to take just the littlest bit of caution and make sure that growhouse isn't directly next door to a school where kids as young as kindergarteners study.Three Miami men weren't so smart and set up shop right a ... More >>