Article by Associated Press via Civilized Los Angeles police have made a “HOLLYWeeD” bust. Zachary Cole Fernandez, 30, was arrested Monday, just over a week after a prankster used white tarps to make the “HOLLYWOOD” sign read “HOLLYWeeD,” the LAPD said in a statement. Fernandez turned himself in with his attorney and was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing, police ...

Article by Chris Moore, Merry Jane On New Years Day 2017, Los Angeles residents awoke to find that the iconic Hollywood sign had been altered to read “HOLLYWeeD.” The sign was not damaged in the prank, as the two 45-foot tall O’s were changed to e’s by hanging tarps. The prank is a recreation of a 1976 one, when California ...

Article by Eric Talmadge, Associated Press via Times Colonist North Korea has been getting some pretty high praise lately from the stoner world. Marijuana news outlets including High Times, Merry Jane and Green Rush — along with British tabloids, which always love a good yarn — are hailing the North as a pothead paradise and maybe even the next Amsterdam ...

Article by Damon Martin, Fox Sports The Nevada State Athletic Commission will hold a hearing on Friday to discuss possible changes to the administrative code that could potentially remove marijuana as a banned substance. Nevada voted to legalize marijuana in the state during the last election cycle in November and that decision could affect how the athletic commission polices athletes ...

Article by Emily Gray Brosious, Extract MJ Freeway, a software platform used widely by state-legal marijuana businesses, crashed over the weekend due to an apparent cyberattack, forcing a number of medical dispensaries and recreational pot shops across the country to close Sunday, Marijuana Business Daily reports. Marijuana businesses use MJ Freeway to facilitate sales transactions, manage patient records, track inventory ...

Article by Tom Angell, Marijuana.com Less than a month after making headlines by suddenly endorsing marijuana legalization, the Republican governor of Guam is now actively writing legislation to end cannabis prohibition in the U.S. territory. In a Facebook post late last week, Gov. Eddie Calvo shared a screenshot of the draft legislation: “In the interest of promoting the efficient use of ...

Article by Alex McCandless, High Times Japan’s reputation as having some of the harshest marijuana laws in the developed world is well deserved. Less than a gram of pot can get you five years with hard labor. But it is important to understand that the Japanese don’t single out cannabis as being particularly loathsome. In fact, it has an important ...

Article by Mike Adams, Merry Jane If hundreds of marijuana activists spark up during President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address (which is their plan), it is unlikely that they will be arrested, according to a report from the Associated Press. At a recent new conference, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters that law enforcement would not give much attention to those peaceful ...

Article by Chris Roberts, High Times 2017 was always going to be a weird year for the states that legalized marijuana on Election Day in November. Cannabis is now legal for adults 21 and over in Massachusetts, California and Nevada—and on Jan. 30, Maine—but only if you can find any lying around.  Retail sales in licensed stores won’t start until 2018, ...

Article by Jim Haddadin, Daily Staff News. FOXBOROUGH – At Harvest Moon Hydroponics, a shiny tent in the window holds everything a budding indoor gardener might need. Dangling from the top, a fluorescent light fixture shines down on a collection of young plants. An instrument lying on the floor measures the temperature and humidity. A small fan whirs away in ...