

David Bienenstock
20 posts
Trump’s War on Weed Will Boost Big Pharma, Private Prisons and Mexican Drug Cartels
In a press briefing yesterday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the Trump administration believes there’s “a…
February 24, 2017
Comedian Greg Proops On The Best Cities for Weed Gifts
Best known for his quick wit and sharp rejoinders on the beloved improv-driven television show Who’s Line is…
February 20, 2017
Trump’s Choice: Create American Jobs or Enrich Mexican Cartels
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump expressed “100% support” for medical marijuana and told the Washington Post “in…
January 24, 2017
Watch: Nonna Marijuana Makes Medicated Latkes
Best known for her cannabis-infused Italian cuisine, internet sensation Nonna Marijuana goes cross-cultural in her new recipe video,…
December 23, 2016
5 Lessons All Progressives Can Learn from the Pot Movement
Excerpted from: How to Smoke Pot (Properly): A Highbrow Guide to Getting High (Penguin / Random House –…
November 30, 2016
If You’re Pro Weed, You Must Be Against Injustice (Of All Kinds)
The morning after Election Day, I went on Headline News and tried to gift the host an ounce…
November 22, 2016
You’re Not Against Cannabis Legalization, You’re Against Corporate Weed (And That’s Cool, But…)
When it comes to the cannabis industry, it’s time for the weed heads to band together to keep…
October 25, 2016
HIGH TIMES Treats the Stars of High Maintenance to a $420 Cannabis Shopping Spree
In honor of the cult favorite web series making its HBO premiere this Friday night, HIGH TIMES decided…
September 13, 2016
Misinformation: Marijuana vs. Your Brain
A new study from the University of Texas’ Center for Brain Health and the Albuquerque-based Mind Research Network…
November 18, 2014
High School Seniors Favor Ending the War on Weed
Marijuana legalization won big at the polls this week, with separate voters initiatives passing in Alaska, Oregon and…
November 7, 2014
Marijuana Doesn’t Lower IQ, Except in the Media
Back in 2012, when a Duke University study purported to find a link between chronic marijuana use and…
October 24, 2014
The Clinic: PA. Senate Approves Medical Marijuana, Gov. Readies Veto
Every Democrat in the Pennsylvania State Senate, and 20 out of 27 Republicans, voted last week in support…
September 29, 2014
The Clinic: Colorado Rejects New Limits on Cannabis Caregivers
After hearing testimony from marijuana caregivers who specialize in growing cannabis strains specifically bred for pediatric use on…
September 19, 2014
The Clinic: Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma?
Prior to the 2012 election, when Colorado and Washington state voters approved legalizing marijuana by wide margins, longtime…
August 25, 2014
The Clinic: Can Marijuana Save the NFL?
Earlier this year, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School and author of Marijuana Reconsidered and…
August 8, 2014
The Clinic: Get Drunk, Get High and Take a Test Drive (for Science!)
By almost every imaginable metric, marijuana legalization appears to have been given the green light in America, from…
July 29, 2014
The Clinic: Arizona Adds PTSD to MedCan Conditions
Just a week after University of Arizona researcher Sue Sisley was fired from her job, effectively shutting down…
July 26, 2014
The Clinic: Conn. Pharmacists Go To Marijuana School
When Connecticut’s medical marijuana dispensaries finally open their doors, likely sometime this summer or fall, they’ll each have…
July 18, 2014
The Clinic: The Feds Burn Money Studying Weed-Friendly Twitter Feeds
The federal government has been blocking vital research into marijuana’s medicinal benefits for decades — an anti-science crusade…
July 9, 2014
The Clinic: Researcher Fired for Studying Marijuana and PTSD
While the past two years have seen the legalization of marijuana for all adults in two states, the…
July 4, 2014