Purple Kush - Apps Of The Week

We've scouted the Android and iPhone marketplace this week to find you the best marijuana apps for your cellphone. Here are our weekly top 3.

Mary Jane Live Wallpaper

Great free wallpaper with an interactive element to it. Not much to it but a beautifully crafted live wallpaper. We've installed and tested and found it a must for any discerning weed head!

Price: Free
Our Rating:  
5/5

★★★★★

Download Android App Here 

Weedmaps

A must for any medical marijuana user.This app is a compliment to the fantastic site legalmarijuanadispensary.com

A very easy to use  app that gives names and addresses of marijuana dispensaries close to the users location. 

Based on Google maps it comes across great with pin point accuracy on dispensary listings. Also includes up  to the minute dispensary deals,  a  freebies section, "What are you smoking on"- a user based interactive forum and Weedmaps.tv (various videos from the Weedmaps crew). Also added but not shown on these screenshots is a Doctors Directory, again using google maps technology this will show you where MMJ reefer-ring Doctors practices are. 

Another great section of the app is the A-Z, this gives you an in-depth look at dispensaries with customer reviews, marijuana menus, opening times, basically everything you know for you to get your hands on your MMJ.

Price: Free

Our Rating :

5/5

★★★★★

Download iPhone App Here

Download Android App Here

The Grow App

The Grow App is  medical marijuana app that gives you  tutorial and walkthru's on growing MMJ at home. It includes

• 5 "How To" manuals from setting up to harvesting, all text based with decent pictures to help you along the way.
• A problem solver - by selecting  pre-selected questions it returns a probable source of problems with your plant.
• A searchable cannabis dictionary - An A-Z of every term used in marijuana cultivation.
• A grow journal and more.

We found this a great app, easy to navigate and full of information for any weed cultivator. It comes free but there is an option of a paid upgrade that will give you more in-depth info on growing marijuana, but we found the free app was more than enough to keep us happy.
Price: Free with option to upgrade
Our Rating:

4/5

★★★★☆

Download Android App Here

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Purple Kush Weedly news Round-Up 08/29/11

West Michigan officials target medical marijuana dispensaries after court ... Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com By The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS — Across West Michigan, medical marijuana dispensaries began to emerge two years ago after state voters approved an initiative to allow marijuana as medicine. Most dispensaries opened with little public attention ... See all stories on this topic »

Police: Woman asked for ID pulls out marijuana MiamiHerald.com They say she pulled out a bag of marijuana. They threw her in jail. Clearwater police say the woman was sitting in a car in a hotel parking lot at 3 am Saturday when an officer approached and asked what she was doing. She told them she was talking to ... See all stories on this topic »

Latest developments on Gov. Rick Snyder's job performance, marijuana ... MLive.com Republicans argue the proposal is an alternative to raising taxes or laying off employees. The end result, they say: more teachers in classrooms and more police on the street. AP File PhotoAn employee places marijuana in a container for a client at a ... See all stories on this topic »

Loophole closed for marijuana smoking devices in Victoria Herald Sun Source: HWT Image Library BONGS will be banned from next year as the State Government stamps out contradictory laws that allow the sale of the marijuana-smoking devices across the state. Businesses - including many displaying bongs visible from ... See all stories on this topic »

Marijuana-growing operation may have cause pollution WHBL Sheboygan UNDATED (WSAU) A remote marijuana-growing operation might have polluted rivers-and-streams in Ashland County. Six men were charged last week with planting and distributing over 9000 marijuana plants in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest near Clam ... See all stories on this topic »

Two men detained after shots fired near marijuana grow area Sacramento Bee (blog) Ramos said officers were also examining a marijuana growing operation on the property and were talking to the two detained men. Bradshaw Road was closed between Florin and Elder Creek roads. Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, ... See all stories on this topic »

Medical marijuana seminar blowing into town 0 Edmonton Sun Don Schultz, a Kelowna man who will be holding a “medical marijuana educational seminar” in Edmonton next month, says he is only looking for those who are serious about helping patients suffering from immense pain by growing and supplying them with ... See all stories on this topic »

Building's listing endangers pot shop Aspen Daily News by Dorothy M. Atkins, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Aspen LEAF is moving out of its current location at 100 S. Spring St., partly because of the landlord's opinion that the medical marijuana dispensary is affecting the marketability of the building. ... See all stories on this topic »

One charged with intention of selling marijuana Rome News Tribune A Rome man remained in jail Sunday after being arrested early Sunday morning when police found him with two baggies of marijuana, reports state. Police answered a call to a suspicious male on Shorter Avenue and found Tommy Marquis Spencer, 27, ... See all stories on this topic »

Purple Kush Weedly News Round-Up 08/28/11

Ft. Bragg leader killed while investigating marijuana operation Los Angeles Times A Northern California city councilman was shot and killed while investigating a marijuana-growing operation, authorities said, and a SWAT team was scouring the remote woods for a suspect Sunday night. Jere Melo, a member of the Fort Bragg City Council ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Mich. appeals court: Sale of medical marijuana through dispensaries is illegal Washington Post By AP, DETROIT — Medical marijuana cannot be sold through private shops, the Michigan appeals court said Wednesday in a major decision that strikes at businesses trying to cash in on pot and cuts off a source for people with chronic ailments. ... See all stories on this topic »

Doctors group exhort Chafee to OK marijuana dispensaries Providence Journal By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Medical Society, an early supporter of the state's medical-marijuana program, is urging Governor Chafee to issue operating licenses to the three marijuana dispensaries that the Health Department ... See all stories on this topic »

Are social networking sites turning teens into substance abusers? CBS News Teens who use Facebook and other social networking sites on a daily basis are three times as likely to drink alcohol, twice as likely to use marijuana, and five times more likely to smoke tobacco than teens who don't frequent the sites. ... See all stories on this topic »

Police search NBA star Zach Randolph's Oregon home following beating of ... Washington Post A man who went to the Oregon home of Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph to sell marijuana said he was beaten with a pool cue in a dispute over the price of pot. The man told sheriff's deputies at least three men assaulted him but Randolph was not ... See all stories on this topic »

Rodney King charged with DUI stemming from July arrest in Southern California Washington Post District attorney spokesman John Hall says King was charged with two misdemeanor counts Wednesday alleging he was driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana and that his blood-alcohol level was higher than the legal limit when he was pulled ... See all stories on this topic »

Colo. bank to close medical marijuana accounts, leaving dispensaries scrambling Daily Camera By Mitchell Byars Camera Staff Writer Geoff Gorman, "bud tender," refills jars of medical marijuana at Boulder Kind Care earlier this month. The dispensary's bank accounts have been closed seven times since it opened in October 2009. ... See all stories on this topic »

Kucinich equates marijuana legalization push to Arab Spring The Hill (blog) Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) spoke this weekend at Seattle's “Hempfest,” invoking the Civil Rights Movement and democratic uprisings in the Middle East while encouraging political participation, including the push for marijuana legalization. “Open America! ... See all stories on this topic »

Cy Waits: Will a plea deal end his Paris Hilton hangover? Los Angeles Times Cy Waits appears to have reached a plea deal on charges stemming from his marijuana-related arrest last summer on the Las Vegas Strip -- which brings him that much closer to finally slamming the door on the Paris Hilton chapter of his life. ... See all stories on this topic »

Montana PBS Investigates The Science Of Cannabis, Medical Marijuana Huffington Post Medical marijuana has seen an erratic history of late: An appeals court in Michigan recently restricted access to medical marijuana there; Montana voters legalized medical marijuana in 2004 but have also had access stymied; Colorado voters, meanwhile, ... See all stories on this topic »