Patient Discrimination to be Standard Policy by Event Organizers APR 25, 2017 – Coachella organizers have banned medical marijuana patients from bringing their medicine to the event in Indio, California. Even though cannabis is legal in California now, the organizers have decided to take a stance that clearly discriminates against patient’s medical rights, and JTMP…
DEC 22, 2016 – Snoop Dogg dropped by a Christmas party at a local non-profit medical marijuana marketplace today before heading to Detroit to perform. Read more on MLive.com at the link below: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/12/hip-hop_artist_snoop_dogg_visi.html
“I Use Medical Cannabis and I am a Good Person” Meme Campaign Springs Up to Send Message to Sessions and to Defend Freedom and Dispensaries NOV 21, 2016 – Medical marijuana patients across America are alarmed at the appointment of US Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-GA) to US Attorney General by President-Elect Trump, for Sessions is very…
Musician Battled Disease for Years July 7, 2016 – Dana Parish has a good piece up on HuffPo about Kris Kristofferson’s battle with his undiagnosed lyme disease. He like many people suffering from chronic pain and fatigue put his illness down as “fibromyalgia”. It wasn’t until years into treatment where he discovered “integrative medicine” and…
420 Event Brings Music, Education, Advocacy and Entrepreneurs Together APR 24, 2016 – JTMP attended the first annual National Cannabis Festival here in DC that brought cannabis activists and entrepreneurs together for a day of music, education, advocacy, munchies and 420 fun. It was held in DC, for DC is setting the tone for the East…
Event to Highlight DC as the East Coast Cannabis Capital MAR 22, 2016 – The musical lineup for the HUGE National Cannabis Festival on April 23 in DC has been announced. The bands and musicians that will be performing are Del La Soul, Jesse Royal, Backyard Band, Congo Sanchez Band, and Nappy Riddem. The…
Musical-activist Gives Interview to KSAT and Talks Music & Politics MAR 8, 2016 – Willie Nelson, who is never shy to delve into issues and politics such as small farms being gobbled up by Big Food to even cannabis, once again dives right into politics in an interview to KSAT at his Luck Ranch in…
Fiery Socialist Told Las Vegas Crowd, “It Wasn’t For Me” DEC 28, 2015 – Vermont US Senator was stumping in Las Vegas at the Canyon Springs High School tonight, and he told the millennial-rich crowd, “I tried marijuana twice, I coughed real bad. It wasn’t for me.” Sanders then added jokingly, “I understand it has had…
Musical-Activist Wants to Protect Cannabis from “Big Pot” NOV 2, 2015 – Avid cannabis smoker and musical-activist Willie Nelson told NYMag.com, “I’ve smoked enough and I want to give back”, in a great behind-the-scenes interview of Willie’s cannabis strain “Willie’s Resereve” and how it all came about. Here is an excerpt: “The first thing you…
Local Coalition of Cannabis Activist Groups Award Leading Cannabis Activists from D.C., Maryland & Virginia MAY 14, 2015 – JTMP is part of the coalition of the local D.C., Maryland and Virginia organizations working to lift the prohibition on cannabis at the local level, and we gathered last night in Crystal City, Virginia to not only…