WHY THE ENTIRE MUSIC INDUSTRY SHOULD BOYCOTT THE STATE OF TEXAS (Except the Jonas Brothers, that’s your punishment Sheriff West)

Originally published at Toke of the Town Last week, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple’s tour bus passed through Hudspeth County West Texas where it was stopped by local law enforcement and searched for narcotics. The search turned up about an ounce and a half each of marijuana and hashish. Apple was taken into jail where she spent…

Paranoia and Pollution: Humboldt County and the Battle for Privacy in Post-Drone America.

Full article available in SKUNK Magazine, available early December. Humboldt County is probably the only place in the world where it’s just as likely to shop for groceries alongside a marijuana farmer than it is a corn farmer in Kansas. Marijuana is literally growing everywhere. “Look on Google Earth, they [marijuana gardens] are just there. You don’t have…

CHILD SNATCHERS: How a small Northern California County has manipulated medical marijuana laws and made a lucrative business out of kidnapping children

To make a tax-deductible donation to Daisy and Jayme’s defense visit Green Aid, please also support Daisy’s Lawyer, who is working the case pro-bono, Michael Levinsohn Story and Photographs by Angela Bacca for Skunk Magazine © 2012   “Don’t take my babies!” Daisy Bram wails. Her blood-curdling screams are countered by the Butte County Sherriff…