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The Big Hurt: This week in image problems

Bieber's adulthood, Manson and Trent's arson, Snoop's weed, Adele's weight, and Jay-Z and Beyoncé's baby
Poor Biebs. He just wants to be the wholesome kid next door, but with his 18th birthday creeping up, America's youth-stealing culture just can't wait to liquor him up and lay him.
By DAVID THORPE | January 17, 2012

Medical marijuana 2.0

In a tough political environment, the movement weighs a tricky reinvention
The medical marijuana movement has always had to be nimble.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | January 11, 2012

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Barfield and the bong

Failure
Any resemblance to real cartoon cats, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
By KARL STEVENS | December 28, 2011

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How To Grow Pot In Your Dorm Room

Time to make the nuggets
First things first: If you follow the instructions below, you are an idiot who is risking fines, imprisonment, getting kicked out of school, and worse.
By ROY BLUNT JR. | September 26, 2011

The Adventures of Captain Hub

Failure
And his adorable fuzzy sidekick, Super Quill.
By KARL STEVENS | September 28, 2011

Photos: Freedom Rally 2011 at Boston Common

Mass Cann/NORML's annual Freedom Rally | September 17, 2011
Mass Cann/NORML's annual Freedom Rally comes to the Boston Common on September 17, 2011.
By K. BONAMI | September 19, 2011

Photos: Tree play the 22nd Annual Freedom Rally

Boston Common | September 17, 2011
Tree play the Freedom Rally main stage on September 17, 2011.
By ARIEL SHEARER | September 19, 2011

Rolling Rally: Our guide to the 22nd Annual Freedom Rally

Make the most of your freedom
It would have been impossible — or at least boneheaded — to print this sort of treasure map a few years ago.
By CHRIS FARAONE | September 19, 2011

Green light for Maine’s biggest dispensary company

Marijuana Watch
It'll be a while before Portlanders with doctor's orders for medical marijuana have a local dispensary, but Northeast Patients Group may open its first facility in Thomaston in the next couple of weeks.
By JEFF INGLIS | August 31, 2011

Chafee’s number

Gubernatorial Scorecard
This week, we continue with a running feature, the Gubernatorial Scorecard. Every so often, we'll rate Lincoln Chafee from 1 to 10 on both the politics and substance of his most recent maneuverings.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | July 27, 2011

Portland’s medical-pot prognosis: Keep patients waiting

Stoned-walling
The bloom is off the buds, that's for sure.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | July 20, 2011

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Up in smoke?

Obama is threatening a medical marijuana crackdown in Rhode Island and across the country. Should Governor Chafee call his bluff?
Ten months after President Obama took office, his Justice Department issued a remarkable directive.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | July 19, 2011

Are Civil (Liberties) Unions America's Best Hope?

Freedom Watch
Ron Paul and Barney Frank make odd bedfellows, but one hopes theirs is more than a one-night-stand.
By HARVEY A. SILVERGLATE AND DANIEL R. SCHWARTZ | July 13, 2011

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Higher education, with joint enrollment

Summer school
When he's teaching pot-growing classes at places like the Ramada convention center in Saco, Ray Logan doesn't use actual marijuana plants for demonstration — he substitutes basil or pepper plants, whatever's available that day from High Tech Garden Supply.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 15, 2011

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Obama's medical marijuana crackdown

Weed Dept.
Rhode Island's medical marijuana community took another hit this week — only this time it didn't result in any healing.
By DANIEL MCGOWAN | May 04, 2011

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Weapons in the War for Drugs

Big Fat Whale
Weapons in the War for Drugs: A dispatch from the Marijuana Unit.
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | April 13, 2011

Estrogen influx for pot protesters

Tokin' females
For years, MassCann has been something of a gentleman's club, trying to legalize pot in Massachusetts with limited success. But the March 19 board election brought a dramatic change.
By ARIEL SHEARER | April 13, 2011

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Smoke Local

Where will marijuana fit into Maine's economy?
Lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, and . . . pot? As Maine's medical-marijuana program inches closer to business-as-usual, weed is on the verge of becoming a meaningful part of the state's economy — a budding piece of Maine's local, sustainable, pro-agriculture aesthetic.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | February 16, 2011

Reefer medness

For five years, Rhode Island's medical marijuana movement has been a grassroots affair. For better or worse, it's about to go mainstream
In the five years since the General Assembly approved Rhode Island's medical marijuana law, licensed smokers have operated in a sort of smoke-filled netherworld.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | February 10, 2011

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The Four Loko Club: Stuff That Was Banned in 2010

Let's all shed a tear for Four Loko, Marlboros, K2 — and freedom
In early November, Sarah Palin passed out 200 sugar cookies at a school fundraiser in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
By CHRIS FARAONE | December 22, 2010

The Last Weed Defendant

Why is John Rockett still in court for holding half an ounce?
John Rockett was cruising to Twin River Casino in Rhode Island when an Attleboro cop stopped his dark blue Dodge Caravan for having one headlight out.
By CHRIS FARAONE | December 16, 2010