For Whom the Gong Tolls
by Ryan Kaye
(co-producer of How Weed Won the West, Klub Kush DVD Magazine, Etc. / New Media Entrepreneur)

When I opened a Facebook message from Jacky asking me to contribute a guest article for HSK’s “International Smokeout Day” honoring Bob Marley, I almost knocked over my new K.O. Glass bong (nothing happened, but it would’ve been cool because they’re one of my sponsors). This was truly an honor!! As a video and film producer, editor, and mixtape DJ, it’s not everyday that I’m asked by an underground Hip-Hop legend to be part of a Bob Marley birthday event on the West Coast’s #1 urban blog site. Needless to say, I wasn’t about to let down Jacky, Darrick, the HSK staff, and most of all… you, the reader who makes this all possible. (more…)

Klub Kush DVD Magazine, the premier urban lifestyle guide for todays cannabis community. Big Kush Jay gives you a history lesson like no other. Breaking down the conspiracies behind marijuana pro…

King Kush is a hybrid bud. From what I’m told, it’s tremendously good. My entire staff are smoking the stuff all day long, and I must say that it smells better than Nag Champa incense! If you’ve been following my bud chronicles, you’ll know that I allow nothing but productive-enabling KUSH into my office, and this strain has not let me down, in the least.

As I observe my staff, working around the clock to bring you the latest Hollywood news, I see hard working and dedicated human beings, researching and turning out stories, while sitting in front of their computers — Thanks KING KUSH!!!

My main editors, Sherri and Diana don’t hide the fact that they love to smoke kush. Guess what? Because they hold great passion for their jobs, here at HSK, my business partner and I had no quams when it came to hiring them. With these two King Kush smokin’ ladies on my team, my competition are (and will remain) beneath me.

My business partner loves this bud saying, “Jacky, write a good review…this grass kicks ass.” (more…)

Clay Tepel knew there were risks to setting up a medical marijuana shop: it could lose money, be robbed or be raided by authorities.

Still, he wasn’t expecting the phone call one August day when a voice said the police were outside and he needed to open up or they would bust down the door. His first thought, that it was a joke, turned to terror when he opened the door.

Heavily armed officers in helmets, bulletproof vests and, oddly enough, Bermuda shorts stormed his store, handcuffed him, disabled security cameras and seized his drugs before taking him to jail. When he asked why his shop was invaded, an officer responded, “We’re closing them all down.”

Those words could prove prescient after Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said last week he wants to shutter clinics that sell pot for profit. Cooley’s plan is the latest salvo in a prolonged conflict in California over whether medical marijuana is truly having its intended effect or is being abused by the larger population. (more…)

FED GOVERNMENT TO STOP PROSECUTING MARIJUANA CASES

Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.

Under the policy spelled out in a three-page legal memo, federal prosecutors are being told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.

The guidelines issued by the department do, however, make it clear that federal agents will go after people whose marijuana distribution goes beyond what is permitted under state law or use medical marijuana as a cover for other crimes.

The memo advises prosecutors they “should not focus federal resources in your states on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.” (more…)

HOLLYWOOD STREET KING IS FUELED BY KUSH

So we fully support the Boycott of Kellogg’s in the name of our right to stay lifted!!!

The Times Online Reports:

The decision of Kellogg’s to cancel their endorsement deal with Phelps has produced a wave of anger, with pro-cannabis campaigners taking the lead in urging a boycott over the company’s “hypocritical and disgusting” action.

Several mainstream newspapers including the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal have also published opinion columns questioning the rationale and effectiveness of America’s cannabis laws.

“Kellogg’s had no problem signing up Phelps when he had a conviction for drunk driving, an illegal act that could actually have killed someone,” said Rob Kampia, the executive director of Marijuana Policy Project. (more…)