A number of California winemakers are secretly producing wines laced with cannabis, with Cabernet Sauvignon the grape variety of choice for the blend. “Pot wine is increasingly fashionable in wine country – much of the marijuana used for the wine comes from California’s weed capital Humboldt County,” Crane Carter, president of the Napa Valley Marijuana … Read more »

In 1992, Jim Gray, a conservative judge in conservative Orange County, California, held a press conference during which he recommended that we rethink our drug laws. Back then, it took a great deal of courage to suggest that the war on drugs was a failed policy.

Retired Superior Court Judge James P. Gray testifies in favor of a marijuana legalization bill in the California Assembly on October 28, 2009. Judge Gray is a member of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).

In December 2011, Discovery Channel aired the first episode of their new documentary-reality series Weed Wars. The show takes a look behind the scenes at California’s largest marijuana dispensary, the Harborside Health Center. The first episode sets the scene and introduces the characters in the city of Oakland, where the Harbor Side Health Center is … Read more »

On November 5th 1996, the State of California enacted Proposition 215, otherwise known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. The law came into being as a ballot initiative, meaning that it was part of the ballot paper for the state election, whereby residents of California to voted ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the proposition. The … Read more »