Steve Bloom

New York City's New Marijuana Policy Began Nov. 19

The long fight to end New York's discriminatory and abusive marijuana-arrest crusade is finally over. Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced a new decrim policy went into effect Nov. 19.

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Going Dutch: High Times Cannabis Cup Memories

Thanksgiving week used to be reserved for the original High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. Those early Cups set the stage for future events and included tributes to Bob Marley and Jack Herer.

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'Vape' Is the International Word of the Year

The clueless Oxford Dictionary thinks vaping started with the invention of the e-cig in 2003. Fact is vaporization has been a common term in the marijuana world for the last two decades or more.

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Review: 'Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty'

Angus Macqueen and Guillermo Galdos went to Mexico in search of Shorty - the country's notorious drug cartel leader, "El Chapo" Guzman. They didn't quite find him, but the government did.

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Anthony Bourdain's Smokey Trip to Jamaica

For the final "Parts Unknown" episode of Season 4, Anthony Bourdain visits Port Antonio in Jamaica, the area on the Northeast part of the island that time forgot.

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'Free at Last': Woody Harrelson Hosts Stony 'SNL'

Woody Harrelson hosted "Saturday Night Live" last night. It was the sketch-comedy show celebrating its 40th season's most weed-oriented episode in years. One skit zeroed in on New York's new pot policy, with Harrelson exclaiming, "Free at last!"

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