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Uruguay to Give Medicinal Marijuana to Prisoners
Uruguay's drug czar told The Associated Press that prisoners with doctors' orders will be prescribed marijuana to their improve physical or mental health.
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Study: Enactment of Medical Cannabis Laws Not Associated With Higher Crime Rates
Enactment of medicinal cannabis laws do not equate a rise in crime and may even reduce violent crime, according to a study published in the journal PLoS ONE
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Mexican Marijuana Farmers Make Switch to Heroin as Pot Prices Fall
Mexican marijuana farmers in the remote valleys of the northern Sierra Madre have began to harvest opium poppies instead and distribute cheap $4 heroin to many rural areas in America.
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Is It Possible to Be Allergic to Marijuana? Science Says Yes
Anyone who is allergic to pollen, grasses and ragweed, there is another culprit the sneezing and wheezing stoners may have failed to consider: marijuana.
Maine House and Senate to Vote on Putting Marijuana Legalization Before State Voters
Recently, Gov. LePage introduced a bill, LD 1811, that would address many of the hard-drug addiction issues Maine faces, while putting marijuana legalization on the ballot before Maine voters.
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Medical Marijuana Advocates Descend on Capitol Hill
Medical marijuana supporters went to Capitol Hill pushing for legislation prohibiting the federal government from restricting state medical marijuana laws.
Maryland House Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana in Surprise Turnaround
Maryland House of Delegates approved an amended version of the decriminalization bill, 78-55, calling for civil fines for possessing less than 10 grams.
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Can Cannabis Cut Car Crashes?
A study published by PLOS One suggests that the substitution of marijuana for alcohol, assuming it happens, could affect crime rates as well as car crashes.
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Scramble for Medical Marijuana Business Begins in Florida
Would-be investors and entrepreneurs are already lining up to get into the medical marijuana business should it become legal in Florida. More than..
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Medical Marijuana Still Scares Most High Profile Pennsylvania Politicians
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry last month became the highest-ranking elected Pennsylvania Republican to support the once-controversial position to legalize medical marijuana,
City Ban on Pot Gardens Upheld in Wash. State
Medical marijuana is still illegal in Washington state, an appeals court ruled as it upheld the City of Kent's ban on medical marijuana collective gardens.
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California Wants to Bust Sober Stoners for DUI
California wants to bust users for DUI, making it illegal to operate a motor vehicle with even a trace of marijuana in their blood even when not stoned,
WebMD Poll: Medical Community Backs Legalizing Cannabis
About 70 percent of physicians admit to therapeutic qualities of cannabis; over half say it should also be legal for non-medical use, says WebMD /Medscape.
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Eric Holder Would Be 'Glad to Work With Congress' to Reschedule Marijuana
Attorney General Eric Holder said the administration would work with Congress if lawmakers want to take marijuana off the list of the most dangerous drugs.
Here’s the Weed Ad That May Come to Times Square
The ad for the medical marijuana-reviewing site Weedmaps, was supposed to begin playing on a Times Square video billboard Tuesday.
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What’s Up With the Multi Level Marketing of Hemp-Derived CBD?
Ladybud raises concerns about how the marketing of Hemp-Derived CBD is being conducted with many pertinent questions hotly debated and largely unanswered.
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Piece of the Week | Los Muertos Pipe
This piece from glass artist PB Torcher is a nod to Dia de los Muertos.
Pew Poll: Three-Quarters of US Adults Say That Marijuana Legalization Is Inevitable
A Pew Research Center poll shows Seventy-five percent of Americans believe that the sale and use of cannabis will eventually be legal.