Hemp Wins the Superbowl
An Inside Edition story reveals that 43-year-old quarterback Tom Brady's health regimen includes a daily blueberry breakfast shake with two key ingredients: hemp milk and hemp seeds. Hemp seeds (and...
View ArticleNew Film Explores Canada's 1970s Experiment with Women and Weed
"The Marijuana Conspiracy" cast Coming to the US on 4/20 is a Canadian film titled "The Marijuana Conspiracy" about a bizarre experiment that happened in 1972 in which 20 women were confined in a...
View ArticleThe United States vs. Billie Holiday: How The Drug War Can Silence Political...
The United States vs. Billie Holiday, now showing on Hulu, depicts how Holiday was targeted by the US government for her drug use due to her politics, in particular because of her refusal to stop...
View ArticleWomen to Celebrate this International Women's Day
More celebrated in other countries than in the US due to its socialist roots, International Women's Day is inspired by the 1909 ladies garment workers' strike and held on March 8 – the date of the 1917...
View ArticleRIP Ramsey Clark, Mary Jeanne Kreek and Jean Langenheim
Recently portrayed as the man of uncommon integrity he was by Michael Keaton in the Aaron Sorkin/Netflix movie "The Trial of the Chicago 7,” former US Attorney General and government official Ramsey...
View ArticleJocelyn Elders Co-Authors Oped Slamming AMA's Position on Marijuana
Elders depicted at the 2016 Oakland Museum "Altered State" exhibitFormer US Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders has co-authored an oped on CNN.com blasting the AMA's policy on marijuana as racist and out...
View ArticleWomen Surpass Men Supporting Marijuana Legalization in New Poll
A new national poll from Quinnipiac University found a record high 69% of Americans support marijuana legalization, and that 70% of women support it, with only 68% of men surveyed in support.This is...
View Article"The Marijuana Conspiracy" and The Research Dodge
The Canadian film "The Marijuana Conspiracy," released in the US on 4/20, illustrates in part the absurdity and politicization of research into marijuana's effects. The film, based on a study that...
View ArticleThe Immortality Key and the Goddess Connection
"My impression from your book is there was a big backlash at some point and a need to suppress feminine wisdom, and before that they were the keepers of the tradition, they were the priestesses," says...
View ArticleTokin' Woman Blog Turns 10, Makes 420th Post
It's been 10 years since I spun off my VeryImportantPotheads Blog into this Tokin' Woman blog. I've had nearly half a million views on its pages, thanks to you, my readers!The blog has covered...
View ArticleTokin' Woman Suspended from Twitter over "Cruella Coulter" Hashtag
Pot makes you retarded.https://t.co/e9Qan5AD7n— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) June 23, 2021As reported on in MarijuanaMoment, conservative columnist Ann Coulter tweeted this week, "Pot makes you retarded,"...
View ArticleREVIEW: "A Rainy Day in New York"
WARNING: SPOILERS HEREINElle Fanning puffing pot in "A Rainy Day in New York"With mixed feelings I watched the 2019 Woody Allen movie A Rainy Day in New York, which Amazon has now decided to run after...
View ArticleTrack Star Sha'Carri Richardson Banned from Olympic Race Over Marijuana Test
Send a message to WADA and USADA to tell them to revise their policies to be in compliance with the shifting legal and cultural standing of cannabis. This story has been updated. American sprinter...
View ArticleAmy Schumer Joins NAPW's Brief In Support of Arizona Mother's Use of Medical...
National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) has asked the Arizona Court of Appeals to accept their amicus brief on behalf of 45 leading health organizations, doctors, ethicists, scientific and medical...
View ArticleRita Marley at 75
Excerpted from Tokin' Women: A 4000-Year Herstory.Tokin' Woman Rita Marley turns 75 today. A tribute concert happening at 2 PM PDT will feature her fellow I Threes members Marcia Griffiths and Judy...
View ArticleJudy Chicago's "The Flowering"
Feminist artist Judy Chicago has been in the news lately, having published the latest installment of her autobiography, The Flowering at the age of 82. Chicago's 1979 work The Dinner Party turned the...
View ArticleDr. Susan Blackmore: 70 Years Conscious
Today is the 70th birthday of psychologist and meme queen Dr. Susan Blackmore, author of the bestselling book The Meme Machine, who has over 900,000 views on her TedTalk on "Memes and Temes." Blackmore...
View ArticleDid Frida Kahlo Use Marijuana?
Itzcuintli Dog with Me (detail)I have been for years trying to track down any reference to Frida Kahlo using marijuana. The closest I have is a reference (via Errol Flynn) that Kahlo's husband Diego...
View ArticleBezos, Musk and Branson Get High in More Ways Than One
Brothers in Space, and GreenBezos with McCormick in 2005Ian Rassman of LA NORML has informed me that activist & author Todd McCormick revealed on his Instagram account that Jeff Bezos indicated he...
View ArticleGive Us More Michael Moore
I just watched Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" which he has made available for free on his Facebook and Substack pages leading up to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks today. Drawing...
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