Steve Bloom

Uruguayan Vote Good for Marijuana Legalization

Former Uruguay president Tabaré Vázquez is back. He won the run-off election on Nov. 30 by a 52% margin, succeeding Jose Mujica. The country's program to grow and sell marijuana will move ahead as planned.

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What the Vape, Cannabist?

The Denver Post's Cannabist website is one of the big stories of the year in marijuana media, but sometimes they're off the mark, such as the latest article, "Vaping is the Dumbest Thing Ever."

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Bill Maher Finishes Season on High Note

HBO talk-show host Bill Maher continued to make marijuana news with the final episode of the fall season of "Real Time," which featured fellow Top CelebStoner Seth Rogen.

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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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