The time pot was smuggled into Canada using vinyl records
Back in the day when vinyl ruled the planet, lots of people exchanged drugs by hiding them inside album jackets. But in this 1978 case, the smugglers took things up a notch. (Via
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A good question: Why does music sound better when you’re high?
The Great Canadian Social Experiment with Pot™ continues. I’ll be honest: it’s a bit surreal seeing government PSAs talking about responsible cannabis consumption. Even weirder is that my 82-year-old mother seems to be
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Going green and Gord: medical marijuana, brain cancer and the Hip
The Tragically Hip announced their partnership with Newstrike, a Brantford-based marijuana producer, in May 2017. It’s a partnership that makes sense for the band: brain cancer patients, like Gord Downie, are very interested
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How the legal weed industry will affect the music industry
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back in January, UP Cannabis, one of the country’s budding (sorry) legal marijuana producers, nailed down an agreement with The Feldman Agency, a major talent
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Why Does Music Sound Better When You’re Stoned?
Anyone who’s ever been high knows that music sounds so much better on weed. You hear notes that you didn’t know where there, sounds that you didn’t know existed and the lyrics revealed
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Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 147: Petty’s Stash AKA The Cannabis Show
Yes, this is the pot show. We look at the life of rocker Tom Petty. He and the Heartbreakers make it into the Top Ten Songs about weed. (Petty was an admitted pothead.) We’ll
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This Band Made a Music Video in the Middle of a Marijuana Plantation
Here’s a new one on me: a gig in the middle of a hemp farm–or, as the band describes it, “from the green room.” Say hello to Waxhead, a surf band from Byron
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“Can Legal Weed Save the Music Industry?”
That’s the headline in this story from California’s East Bay Express. The author may have a point. Maybe record stores should start selling weed to make up for falling record sales. Everyone knows
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It’s Here: Marley Weed
It’s just a matter of time before marijuana becomes legal in a big chunk of the Western world. It’s already started in the US in places like Colorado. Marley Natural, a New York-based
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Ed Sheeran Has Written a Love Song to Weed
We think it’s called “Sweet Mary Jane.” Spark it up below.
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The Problem with Bob Marley Being a Brand of Marijuana
Bob would certainly appreciate the fact that we’re moving towards a world with legal weed. However, as this story in the Sunday Toronto Star points out, not everyone is happy with the idea
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