Poll: Younger Voters Say Marijuana Is Less Destructive Than Alcohol
Younger voters overwhelmingly agree that marijuana is less damaging than alcohol, according to the findings of a Rare.us/Gravis Marketing poll released yesterday.
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NFL And Players Union Agree On Drug Policy Changes
The NFL and the NFLPA have (tentatively) reached an agreement on a new drug policy for players. The league will still punish players who test positive for marijuana and, I feel, the new punishment guidelines are still too harsh.
Survey: 58 Percent of Americans Say Treat Cannabis Like Alcohol
Nearly 60 percent of Americans support regulating cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol, according to an analysis of over 450,000 online responses collected by the online polling data company CivicScience over a nearly two-year period.
NFL Player Poll: Pot Not as Dangerous
As part of a survey of 100-plus players conducted by ESPN.com's NFL Nation, 75 percent of the 82 players who answered said they agree with Obama's statement - that he does not think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol ...
Oregon Early Learning Council: Medical Marijuana Worse Than Booze, Pills and Guns
For a state sandwiched between the legal pot haven of Washington and the heavily-medical marijuana saturation in California, Oregon sure exhibits some backwater ways of thinking. Oregon has been more or less a stick in the mud, refusing to allow the flood of popular marijuana use budge them from the last century.
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Pharmaceuticals, Alcohol Industry Among Biggest Opponents of Legal Weed
The biggest opponents of legal weed are pharmaceutical, alcohol and beer companies, private prison corporations and police unions. Among the largest donors to Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, a New York City-based nonprofit, are ...
Cracked.com a Bit Off on Legal Weed
I love Cracked.com. The articles are well researched, interesting and almost always hilarious. One article, titled, "5 Reasons Legalized Marijuana Might Be Bad for Pot Smokers," sort of misses the mark.
NY Times Calls on Feds to End Marijuana Ban
The New York Times editorial board put out a call for the federal government to end the ban on marijuana. Obviously, I agree and there is a good chance that you do as well, being a Weedist reader. As with any strong statement, there are a bevy of supporters and denouncers alike.
Cannabis and Child Abuse: The Proximity Dilemma
For many medical marijuana patients, simply having cannabis in a house where children reside could result in claims of child abuse. No one runs the risk of being labeled an abuser of children for having aspirin, chardonnay, or peanuts in their home.
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Poll: Coloradans Say No to Pot in Bars and Clubs
A Quinnipiac University poll found two-thirds of Coloradans questioned say marijuana use should be legal at home or in members-only clubs, with an similar amount saying pot shouldn't be legal in bars and clubs were alcohol is served.
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World’s First Marijuana Commercial Introduced by Canadian Company
A Canadian company recently released a sneak peek into what the owners are calling "the world’s first marijuana commercial."
Sh%t The Feds Say: Weed Becomes More Dangerous When Legal
There is just something fundamentally unjust about demonizing a thing of which you have no experience. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, feels completely justified in vilifying legal cannabis.
The Bud Crawl: CannaBar Hopping
A world where you can go on a Bud Crawl with your friends, walking the streets of the city at night and stopping in at various cannabars to sample different flowers, dabs, oils, edibles, tinctures, hashes and more.
5 Ways Cannabis Succeeds Where Alcohol Fails
It seems almost laughable to even compare cannabis and alcohol, but everyone can use a good laugh. So here are five ways that cannabis succeeds where alcohol fails.
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Magical Butter Machine MB2 Product Review
The Magical Butter Machine was developed for an easier way to make cannabutter than the relatively complex grind-decarboxylate-cook-strain-separate routine that people have been using for decades.
UK Bans Khat (Herb Safer Than Tobacco)
The UK government recently scheduled khat as a class C controlled substance, making it illegal to possess, grow or use. For some background, khat, a plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, is a mild stimulant with a lesser physiological dependence rating than tobacco or alcohol.
Cannabis, My Son and Public Smoking
As we passed an elderly gentleman in a motorcycle jacket, sitting calmly by himself, openly smoking a joint, my son commented to us, "That's some stinky weed."
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Study: No Link Between Marijuana and Psychosis Risk
A four-year study , published in the journal Schizophrenia Research, followed 170 youth at high risk for psychosis and concluded that marijuana use had no effect on the development of the disorder.…