...Comes courtesy of the Seattle P-I: "Crowds mellow at Hempfest, authorities say" Hmm, we wonder why that was. Still, considering there was a shooting at a festival celebrating Folk music and arts and crafts this spring in Seattle, that 100,000+ folks can get together on the hottest days of the year in a tiny cramped little park and have no major incidents or arrests is actually pretty impressive. We imagine the fact that Hempfest is......

The state Supreme Court unanimously overturned a 30 year-old precedent which allowed Washington State Police to arrest an entire car-load of people if the officer even smelled marijuana. Now, if a police officer pulls you over and approaches you because they smell chronic, they have the right to search your car for proof of the drugs. But, they can no longer just arrest you based on a cop's sensitive sniffer. Considering the continued aggression the......

Welcome to Oregon by Flickr User goatopolis Add this to the list of "another reason to consider moving to Portland." A statewide initiative is being launched in Oregon this week to legalize marijuana and to sell it as a taxable, controlled substance at Oregon stores, similar to alcohol. The initiative needs over 80,000 signatures to make the cut for a statewide vote in 2010. If the ballot measure passed and Oregon were somehow able to......