December 28, 2012
12/28/2012
Piece of the Week | Chillum Pipe

Piece of the Week | Chillum Pipe

The chillum pipe is the evolutionary cousin of the steamroller pipe we looked at a few weeks back. A simple tube packed with weed on one end...
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December 28, 2012
12/28/2012
German Court Allows Patients to Grow Own Pot

German Court Allows Patients to Grow Own Pot

A German court has ruled in favor of allowing seriously ill patients to grow their own cannabis for medical treatment. But the ruling, with certain stipulations, could...
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December 28, 2012
12/28/2012
Connecticut Gold Coast Slow to Embrace Medical Marijuana Industry

Connecticut Gold Coast Slow to Embrace Medical Marijuana Industry

Champions of the Connecticut medical marijuana movement are wary that municipalities in Fairfield County’s Gold Coast, where Republicans hold most of the top offices, won’t nurture the...
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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
The High Scientist: End of the Mesozoic

The High Scientist: End of the Mesozoic

I recently obtained a box full of science documentaries and lectures. As someone with a curious interest in most science, I thought it would be wild so...
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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
Edibles Review: Honest Abe’s Cocoa

Edibles Review: Honest Abe’s Cocoa

Honest Abe’s products have been a favorite of mine for a while – their “Mint Dream” cookie is like a Girl Scout thin mint, and their “kool...
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