Guerrilla marijuana growing has its charms… Long hikes in the forest with an 80 pound pack of grow supplies, trying to deliver water without wrecking the environment, and of course, how to avoid getting busted or robbed. One sad fact is that cannabis outdoor flowering phase often coincides with hunting season, adding additional concerns especially […]
Author Archive | Alan Ruggles
Communist Cannabis: Is North Korea A Legal Marijuana State?
When you think of North Korea, you think of crazy dictators,family members in the government murdering each other, highly-disciplined marching troops, and that hilarious movie starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. But even though North Korea is a harsh dictatorship, marijuana plants grow by the roadside, and “plant drugs” like opium and cannabis are apparently legal in […]
Stoned Drivers Take A Driving Test — How Much Marijuana Is A DUI?
With marijuana legalization spreading throughout the country, the anti-marijuana people, and even some in the marijuana community, are worried about people being unsafe stoned drivers. A Washington state television news station set up a driving test for stoned drivers. The deal was, they get high, and are monitored by driving instructors and by police looking […]
Are the Biggest Hydroponics Companies Endangering Marijuana Growers & Users?
How did I find out that the biggest hydroponics companies are putting our health at risk? It started because I love popcorn. Not the buttery kind you get at movie theaters. I’m talking about popcorn cannabis buds. Hardened, chunky, sticky, gooey marijuana nugs packed with THC! Serious marijuana growers like you and me want to push […]
Four-Years of Stolen Life: Marijuana Seed Seller Marc Emery Freed
In 2005, United States government agents arrested one of the world’s most successful and effective marijuana activists. We’re talking about a Canadian marijuana seed seller named Marc Emery. He began his career as a book seller and free speech activist, moved to British Columbia, founded Cannabis Culture magazine as an alternative to High Times, created […]
How Marijuana People Change the World
Like you, I grow marijuana so I can get high, get others high, and because I love growing cannabis plants. But I also grow marijuana so I can rebel against people who think they have the right to tell us what plants we’re “allowed” to grow and use. My wife and friends say I’m not […]
Canadian Government Wants to Nark Out Marijuana Growers
The war on marijuana growers and medical marijuana patients isn’t over in North America, despite marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington. And one of the worst examples of this is in Canada. On April Fool’s Day (April 1st) the conservative Stephen Harper government was hoping to officially end the amazingly successful decade-plus program that allowed […]
Only One Hydroponics Nutrients Manufacturer Battles For Marijuana Growers’ Rights
Carol is a federally-licensed medical marijuana grower in Vancouver, Canada—one of nearly 30,000 Canadians given licenses to grow or possess medical marijuana. But now that’s all coming to an end. “I’m planting the seeds of my final legal marijuana garden,” Carol says sadly. “This is the last time I’ll be able to legally grow my […]