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Farmer Offers 10 Acres of Pot for Malia Obama's Hand in Marriage
A Jamaican farmer has offered President Obama 10 acres of marijuana for Malia Obama to become his daughter-in-law. According to Kenya Today, Roy Chambers of St. James Jamaica believes that Malia and his 17-year-old son would be the "perfect couple," and to prove it, he is willing to give up his "most valuable possession"—his marijuana farm.
Is the Drug War a Well Polished Lie?
A leading Mexican journalist with deep knowledge of the drug war, claims that government corruption and back alley deals with the DEA carry a heavy load of responsibility for facilitating and encouraging the war.
Is the United Kingdom on the Verge of a Cannabis Revolution?
Despite the report stating that cannabis use is down in the U.K., it seems to me the country is on the verge of a green revolution. David Nutt, a leading drug expert in the United Kingdom and professor at Imperial College London, issued a report comparing cannabis to other drugs.
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Oregon Is Celebrating Marijuana Legalization With Free Weed
Not only are people free to smoke weed—the weed is free. As of July 1, new Oregon laws go into effect making it legal for adults ages 21 and up to possess and use recreational marijuana. It’s legal to grow marijuana in the state—up to four plants per residence, out of public view—and share it with other of-age adults too.
Wealthy Family Donates Over $30 Million to Cannabis Research
A very wealthy family from Australia donated a cool 33.7 million dollars to the University of Sydney. This money, dubbed the Lambert Initiative, is to be expressly used for cannabis research.
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New Study: Honeybees Will Replace Drug-Sniffing Dogs
Researchers at the University of Cologne in Germany recently published a study in the journal Plos One, entitled “Detection of Illicit Drugs by Trained Honeybees,” which details their success at pinpointing how insects will replace the drug-sniffing hounds of the world.
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Feds Paying for Sewer Analysis of Pot Usage in Washington
The federal government is chipping in money for a three-year pilot study using sewage samples to determine levels of marijuana use in two Washington cities — research that could help answer some key questions about pot legalization, according to the University of Puget Sound.
National Cannabis Bar Association Unites Attorneys
Shabnam Malek founded the National Cannabis Bar Association. The mission of the NCBA is to be, "a specialty bar association dedicated to providing attorneys in the cannabis industry with educational and networking opportunities to help them better serve cannabis businesses."
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The Obama Administration Just Made Medical Marijuana Research Easier
A long-standing bureaucratic obstacle to privately-funded medical marijuana research has just been removed, effective immediately. The Department of Health and Human Services determined that the PHS review process is redundant with the FDA review, and that...
Israel, Canada Want a Piece of New York's Medical Marijuana
For years the United States worried about drugs crossing our borders from other countries, now it seems other countries are crossing our border to get into drugs. Namely – cannabis. While most believe that the U.S. is conservative in its approach to marijuana, the recent push for legalization has suddenly thrust...
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Employers May Fire MMJ Patients for Private Use
The disconnect between the classification of state-sanctioned cannabis and the federal prohibition of cannabis has created another impossible situation for the law to resolve. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on June 15th that companies can legally fire employees who use cannabis.
Cannabis May Temper Opioid Use
A recent collaborative study done by researchers from San Francisco, Los Angeles and Denver took a look at cannabis use amongst opiate users, and reached some interesting conclusions that could help the case for statewide and nationwide legalization.
Skyrocketing Cannabis Use in Children Under 6? Not Quite
A study recently came out touting an increase in pot use among children under six. What they don't mention until the fine print further down the page is the increase amounts to roughly four children.
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Companies Can Fire Workers for Marijuana Use, Colorado Court Rules
Even in one of the country’s most marijuana-friendly states, smoking pot off the job and away from work can still get an employee fired. That was the unanimous conclusion of the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday, in a closely watched workplace lawsuit involving ...
New DEA Chief May Mean the End of the Reefer Madness Era
This will mark the first newly appointed DEA director in the era of legal weed. Rosenberg is rumored to want to shift the focus of the DEA away from cannabis and onto harder drugs, and is even open to considering a rescheduling of cannabis all together.
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Senate Committee Approves Protections for State Medical Marijuana Programs
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a provision Thursday that would protect medical marijuana operations from federal crackdown in states where the substance is legal. The committee passed the measure, by a vote of 22-8, as an amendment to the Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016.
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Marijuana Legalization: Bill Clinton And Tom Vilsack Note High Value of Weed As Cash Crop
If the legal marijuana industry is looking for accidental boosters, it may have just found two: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and former President Bill Clinton. In remarks to the Clinton Global Initiative in Denver, Vilsack noted that cannabis has become one of the most valuable commodities in American agriculture.