TODAY'S BEST MIX » weed http://mix108.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:52:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Free Pot with Donation to Marijuana Dispensary Has Stoners Giving Back http://mix108.com/free-pot-donation-granny-purps-marijuana-dispensary/ http://mix108.com/free-pot-donation-granny-purps-marijuana-dispensary/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:07:29 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=65488 Like most medical marijuana dispensaries, Granny Purps in Soquel, CA sometimes struggles with an image problem. While it genuinely believes it’s helping people, pot remains illegal at the federal level and the “stoner” culture often stigmatizes what is otherwise a legitimate operation.

However, Granny Purps is trying to redeem itself in the eyes of the public. For the second year in a row, it’s feeding the less-fortunate by offering an unusual trade — one free joint for every six cans of donated food.

]]> http://mix108.com/free-pot-donation-granny-purps-marijuana-dispensary/feed/ 0 Granny Purps, Facebook / John Moore, Getty Images Growing Marijuana Indoors Accounts for One Percent of U.S. Electricity Use http://mix108.com/growing-marijuana-indoors-accounts-for-one-percent-of-u-s-electricity-use/ http://mix108.com/growing-marijuana-indoors-accounts-for-one-percent-of-u-s-electricity-use/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:41:34 +0000 Tony Hart http://mix108.com/?p=4674 The quasi-legalization of marijuana has produced quite an unintended side effect: Now one percent of all electricity used in the United States is spent on growing cannabis indoors.

Analysis from Evan Mills at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory also found that in California, where marijuana can be grown legally for medicinal purposes, the state's 400,000 authorized growers consume an amazing three percent of all the state's electricity while conducting their business.

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