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The best cannabis posts from around the web

December 28, 2012
12/28/2012
Timeline: A History of Marijuana in California and the U.S.

Timeline: A History of Marijuana in California and the U.S.

This illustrated marijuana timeline runs from 1911, when Massachusetts became the first state to outlaw marijuana, to just this month, when President Obama said the recent legalization of recreational...
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December 28, 2012
12/28/2012
Marijuana Retail Shops May Be Few, Far Between in Seattle

Marijuana Retail Shops May Be Few, Far Between in Seattle

Ben Livingston, with the Center for Legal Cannabis, has created a map showing where marijuana retail stores will be outlawed within Seattle. According to the new law,...
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December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Civil Forfeiture Laws: State Sanctioned Theft

Civil Forfeiture Laws: State Sanctioned Theft

I have written before about how dangerous and corrupting Civil Forfeiture Laws are. The Institute for Justice reports Judge Dan Pelligrini in Pennsylvania has gone so far as to call them...
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December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Can You Smoke Like A Patient?

Can You Smoke Like A Patient?

In my travels across the planet and the Internet, I’ve run across any number of people who smoke marijuana regularly and get high, but are using cannabis for what...
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December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Over a Dozen NYC Maternity Wards Regularly Test New Mothers for Marijuana

Over a Dozen NYC Maternity Wards Regularly Test New Mothers for Marijuana

Over a dozen NYC maternity wards regularly test new mothers for drugs, then hand the results over to child-protection authorities if they test positive for marijuana. Surprise…...
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December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Does Marijuana Cause Psychosis in Kids? or Do Troubled Kids Seek the Drug Out?

Does Marijuana Cause Psychosis in Kids? or Do Troubled Kids Seek the Drug Out?

Pot use may be linked to the development of psychotic symptoms in teens – but the reverse could also be true: psychosis in adolescents may be linked...
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December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Marijuana Helps Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis

Marijuana Helps Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), are a challenge to treat. Among the potential treatment options is marijuana, and...
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December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Miss Universe Olivia Culpo: Medical Marijuana Is Good, but Recreational Pot Will Slow People Down

Miss Universe Olivia Culpo: Medical Marijuana Is Good, but Recreational Pot Will Slow People Down

Westword has a nice synopsis of the newly crowned Miss Universe (Olivia Culpo) thoughts on marijuana: “Medical marijuana is fine, she said in an interview, but recreational pot is...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
First Marijuana Growers in Washington D.C. Clear Regulatory Hurdles

First Marijuana Growers in Washington D.C. Clear Regulatory Hurdles

Fifteen years after voters gave the green-light to a medical marijuana program in the nation’s capital, a pair of locations approved to grow or sell the drug...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
PBS NewsHour: In Legal Showdown Over Marijuana, Oakland Dispensary Takes Leading Role

PBS NewsHour: In Legal Showdown Over Marijuana, Oakland Dispensary Takes Leading Role

In California, the battle between federal and state authorities over legal marijuana at Harborside Health Center is coming to a head in a high-profile legal challenge. Watch...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
Mendocino Files Motion to Quash Feds’ Marijuana Subpoena

Mendocino Files Motion to Quash Feds’ Marijuana Subpoena

Mendocino County officials filed a motion last Friday to try to quash a federal grand jury subpoena seeking records by Jan 8th about a now-canceled county program...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
Men Are Usually Top Medical and Recretional Marijuana Users

Men Are Usually Top Medical and Recretional Marijuana Users

Medical marijuana patients are overwhelmingly male in Arizona (73%) and Colorado (68%), the only states to provide patient data by gender. According to the annual National Survey on...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
2012: The Year In Review — NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

2012: The Year In Review — NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

#1 Colorado and Washington Vote To Legalize Marijuana Voters in Colorado and Washington made history by approving ballot measures allowing for the personal possession and consumption of cannabis by...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
World Marijuana Laws: Where To Smoke Weed

World Marijuana Laws: Where To Smoke Weed

Recreational marijuana use has long been the subject of heated debate, and laws regulating cannabis consumption vary greatly from country to country.
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
Michigan Court Strikes Marijuana Blood Test

Michigan Court Strikes Marijuana Blood Test

A Mason district judge has ruled blood tests on a motorist to determine marijuana presence cannot be used in a case because the head of the Michigan...
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December 24, 2012
12/24/2012
PTSD, Marijuana and Immature Experts

PTSD, Marijuana and Immature Experts

Dr. Phillip Leveque has used cannabis to successfully treat 1,000 soldiers with PTSD, never mind 1 million combat veterans say it works. He says the use of...
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December 24, 2012
12/24/2012
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom: Legalize Marijuana

Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom: Legalize Marijuana

California Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom said last Friday, “It’s shocking, from my perspective, the number of people that we all know who are recreational marijuana users. These...
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December 24, 2012
12/24/2012
Teen Marijuana Use May Show No Effect on Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study Finds

Teen Marijuana Use May Show No Effect on Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study Finds

A teen who consumes alcohol is likely to have reduced brain tissue health, but a teen who uses marijuana is not, according to a new 18-month UC...
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December 24, 2012
12/24/2012
Florida Attorney General ‘Just Says No’ to Medical Marijuana

Florida Attorney General ‘Just Says No’ to Medical Marijuana

Please find below a recent memo from Florida Attorney General’s office rejecting activist’s petition to reschedule marijuana for medical access. This is notable because Florida is a...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Piece of the Week | Honey Bear Bong

Piece of the Week | Honey Bear Bong

If you are reading this post, the Mayans were wrong… or at least we have no idea how to interpret their calendar. So carpe diem, celebrate the...
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