Stoney Baloney

A term not associated with any single biographical figure or legal case. As of April 2026, "Stoney Baloney" functions as a rhyming slang compound attached to several cannabis-culture properties: the narrated cannabis editorial podcast/column Stoney Baloney hosted by Mike Ricker (launched 2020, distributed via Libsyn, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Leaf Magazines); a wholesale THCa hemp brand, Stoney Baloney Hemp Co.; an infused pre-roll SKU from Canadian brand Handy Dandies; and a cannabis strain of the same name catalogued on Seedfinder (Tangerine × [C99 × Kalimist], attributed to breeder "Juan Moore"). The phrase is a comic rhyme pairing "stoney" (the adjectival form of stoned, attested in U.S. slang by the 1950s) with "baloney" (American English for nonsense, from the sausage, in use by the 1920s). Diligent searches of Last Prisoner Project, NORML, NACDL, and major-news archives return no cannabis prisoner, drug-war defendant, or patient-activist of this name or pseudonym. The term is best understood as a cultural in-joke and branding surface, not a biographical entry — a minor illustration of how cannabis slang accumulates affectionate, self-deprecating compounds during the legalization era.