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Uruguay: Does a Nobel Peace Prize await?
Uruguay has perhaps the most beautiful tennis courts in the world, and they are made of red clay and not grass. That’s important to note about the second smallest country in South America that has emerged among the most talked about in the modern world when it became the first nation to fully legalize marijuana. But
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Study: Demand for marijuana higher than state officials estimated
Legalizing marijuana may not change the habits of people like Tyler Whitmire, a student at Western Washington University in Bellingham. But figuring out how many people smoke pot has been one of the trickiest questions facing the bureaucrats setting up Washington’s new legal marijuana system. Underestimate demand, and marijuana fans might stick with their black
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Fewer US teens see harm in marijuana
Fewer American teenagers consider marijuana to be dangerous, an influential survey has found, a fresh sign of growing public acceptance of a substance that US federal law considers on a par with ecstasy. Some 39.5 per cent of high-school seniors view marijuana as harmful – down from 44.1 per cent just a year ago –
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The rehabilitation of marijuana
(USA TODAY) — In 1979, U.S. taxpayers were helping to fund the eradication of marijuana fields in Mexico. Municipalities around the country were passing anti-paraphernalia laws prohibiting the sale of bongs and rolling papers. Only 27% of the nation favored legalizing marijuana, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll taken that year. Flash forward to
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Study Shows Youth Marijuana Use Has Gone Down – to the 8th Grade
A new survey conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows changing attitudes and perceptions about marijuana risks are responsible for the increasing number of 8th-graders who smoke pot, according to MSN News. The Obama administration expressed its concern last Wednesday, December 18, over the rising use of marijuana among teens. The new study
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Washington Residents Smoke Way More Weed Than Officials Thought
Knowing how much marijuana people consume is now a very important statistic for officials in Washington and Colorado. That number can help them make sound decisions about how to regulate the supply side of the country’s first recreational marijuana markets. And on Wednesday a non-profit think tank released a report showing that Washington residents consume far more weed
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Can Uruguay hash out a progressive model for cannabis reform?
If Uruguay’s cannabis policies succeed in curbing illegal drug trafficking and promoting responsible public use of the substance, other nations have no excuse not to experiment with alternative models of narcotics regulation. The small Latin American nation of Uruguay has taken the brave step of becoming the first country in the world to fully legalize
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Vt.’s 4th medical marijuana dispensary approved
BRATTLEBORO, VT. — Vermont’s fourth medical marijuana dispensary is a go for Brattleboro. The Development Review Board has approved a permit to operate the dispensary, which will be able to sell marijuana to patients on the state’s Medical Marijuana Registry. The Brattleboro Reformer reports (http://bit.ly/1bI41RH) owner Shayne Lynn hopes to open Southern Vermont Wellness on Putney
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Louisville OKs regulations for retail marijuana shops
Retail marijuana shops in Louisville won’t be allowed to give out free samples. That’s part of the new regulations the city council approved Tuesday, the Daily Camera reports. The city’s new ordinance allows the two existing medical marijuana dispensaries to seek permission for the retail sale of the drug. A moratorium already in place will prevent
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More students think marijuana is OK, study says
Most teens may be “Above the Influence” when it comes to cocaine and cigarettes, but marijuana use is growing among students. Sixty percent of U.S. high school seniors do not see regular marijuana use as harmful to their health, according to this year’s Monitoring the Future survey from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. More
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Study looks at marijuana demand in Washington
SEATTLE — Figuring out how much marijuana people use has been one of the trickiest, and most important, questions facing the bureaucrats who are setting up Washington state’s new legal pot system. Underestimate demand, and marijuana fans might stick with their black market dealers. Overestimate it, and the surplus legal production could wind up being
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Edmonton grower sees ‘huge opportunity’ in supplying medical marijuana
One Edmonton company is a step closer to being a licensed grower for the federal government’s new medical marijuana program. Vernon Devam, president of GrenEx Pharms, said Health Canada has approved his company’s proposal to be one of the producers that will supply nearly 40,000 medical marijuana users across the country. “I see a huge
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Pot plays big on TV in ‘Glee,’ ‘Parenthood,’ and ‘Mad Men’
The abundance of marijuana on television suggests that a long-subterranean appreciation for the plant is growing, even thriving, above ground. Whereas 2005′s “Weeds” famously featured Mary-Louise Parker as a suburban mom dealing pot to maintain her upscale lifestyle, and Dave Chappelle’s “Half-Baked” celebrated the subculture with comedy, pot is steadily making its way into more
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Seed-To-Sale Tracking Alone Won’t Stop Marijuana ‘Leakage’
As Washington moves to legalize recreational pot, preventing “leakage” to other states like Oregon and Idaho is a top priority of the U.S. Justice Department Barcodes will help the state track marijuana from “seed-to-sale,” but technology alone won’t keep Washington pot in Washington. Last August Governor Jay Inslee pledged to enact a “disciplined” and “regulated”
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FIVE COMMON MARIJUANA MYTHS, DEBUNKED
Stoners of the world, don’t kill the messenger: On Monday, a brand-new study emerged that links heavy marijuana use to schizophrenic-esque brain changes in young people. Published in Schizophrenia Bulletin, the research demonstrated that young teenagers who smoked pot heavily were more likely to see structural brain changes that, alarmingly, mirrored those in people with schizophrena. But hold on: while anti-marijuana activists could
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Is Cannabis Bad for Me? The Science… and How It Is Misinterpreted
A lot can be said for cannabis. And, as Uruguay approves the production and distribution of the plant, you can be sure you’ll be hearing a lot more on the issue. My own viewpoints on the herb were sculpted through work with a Californian client who, at the end of our second appointment, innocently asked
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Madison Rep. Melissa Sargent supports full marijuana legalization
Mike Crute and Dominic Salvia, co-hosts of The Devil’s Advocates radio show (92.1 FM-The Mic), regularly invite politicians to their studio to discuss a wide range of policy issues. But there is one question that every guest is expected to answer, no matter the news of the day: Do you support legalizing the recreational use
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Cop’s “Stupid Potheads” Remarks Spark Marijuana Legalization Debate Wednesday
Remember when that Missouri drug cop said that people who think marijuana should be legalized are a bunch of illiterate potheads who collect welfare checks? Well, that has resulted in a debate on marijuana legalization to be held this Wednesday at the Ethical Society of St. Louis. It all started because of a “Facebook
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Brain Scan Study Suggests ‘Pothead’ Stereotype Might Be Real
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Shrunken structures inside the brains of heavy marijuana users might explain the stereotype of the “pothead,” brain researchers report. Northwestern University scientists studying teens who were marijuana smokers or former smokers found that parts of the brain related to working memory appeared diminished in size — changes that
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Using Marijuana May Stimulate The Growth Of Male Breast
Plastic surgeon, Dr. Anthony Youn, wrote for CNN about the one of possible reasons for the growth of male breast. This phenomenon is known as gynecomastia, and about 40% of male population deals with it. Dr. Youn said that when he saw a boy in his early twenties, who had male breast and came to Dr
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