New Yorker Blames Pot Smoke for Ruining Her Life
Enter Jennifer Garam, stage left. She recently penned an article that Time published called "I Don’t Want to Smell Your Pot Smoke and I Don’t Think it Should Be Legalized."
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Cannabis Consumption Helps With Brain Trauma
UCLA researchers have taken a big stride toward proving what your average stoner has known for ages: weed is good for your brain. No, that's not a blanket statement that can be applied to any permutation of that sentiment, but the study found that marijuana users had a markedly higher survival rate from brain trauma.
Flock of UK Sheep Feast on Cannabis
A flock of sheep in a the rural Merstham region of England were found to be feasting on almost $6,400 worth of cannabis.
Cannabis Decriminalization Does Not Increase Teen Risk Behaviors
Since decriminalization, have any of these apocalyptic divinations come to fruition? Nope. Not a single one has come true. Not only are teen arrest, dropout and overdose rates not increasing, they have actually declined since the reform passed.
Man Texts His Probation Officer for Weed, Gets Sent Back to Jail
Another example of the silly things that can happen when people misuse technology comes in the form of Alvin Cross Jr. of Albany, who text his probation officer while trying to find a weed connect. “You have some weed?” was the simple message that got Cross sent back to prison.
Sabet's Snake Oil Show Heads to Oregon
It looks like my favorite punching bag and one of the most vocal shit-peddlers, Kevin Sabet, took his stinky train of bullshit to Oregon earlier this month to spread the horrors of cannabis.
Jamaican Movement to Decriminalize Ganja in the Works
Many people across the world associate Jamaica and Rastafarian culture with the blessed green herb, but cannabis is still illegal in Jamaica. However, that may soon change.
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Recklessness Compared: Legalization vs. Prohibition
At a televised debate between Gov. John Hickenlooper and his Republican challenger Bob Beauprez on October 6th, Hickenlooper repeatedly used the word “reckless” to describe the passage of Colorado’s pioneering legalization initiative, apparently forgetting...
Resin: The Stoner's Dark Secret
So you're sitting there after a long day of work, just staring at your pipe and you realize, "...there's an awful lot of resin in that bowl."
Is Spice Nice? A Look at Synthetic Cannabis
Before heading out on a Friday night, a friend stopped by my place to see if I was interested in smoking "a bowl". What he didn't reveal until after we had partaken was that this was a bowl of spice, not my familiar friend cannabis.
Employers Still Discriminating Against Colorado Cannabis Users
The backward logic of cannabis prohibition continues to create problems for fully functioning, responsible employees who are discriminated against by employers just because they partake of cannabis in their free time.
Help End Marijuana Prohibition in Rhode Island
Rhode Island's next legislative session begins in January, so it's important that we continue to build support for taxing and regulating marijuana like alcohol. If you are a Rhode Island resident, please join us at these upcoming events to learn how you can help end marijuana prohibition in 2015.
Cannabis and Alzheimer's: The Good and Bad
Recent evidence espoused by the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute in Florida suggests that relatively small amounts of THC may slow or even halt Alzheimer's disease.
NFL's Goodell Thinks Substance Abuse Worse Than Domestic Abuse
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell proves once again that he cares more about substance abuse than domestic violence.
NY Times Peddled Reefer Madness in the Past
While the NY Times is doing some good work in rationally addressing the veil of bullshit and mystique that has clouded marijuana's history in America, they conveniently overlooked the portions of their own history where they helped to fan the prohibition flames.
Al Olson, Senior NBC News Editor, To Head Marijuana News Site
Yesterday, I believe, we got another morsel of evidence illustrating the reach of the pro-cannabis movement. Al Olson, veteran journalist and a Senior Editor at NBC news left his post to become the managing editor of a Marijuana news site.
Public Funds Paying for "Educational Tour" Against Oregon Marijuana Initiative
Proponents of Measure 91, which would make marijuana legal for adults in Oregon and regulate cultivation and retail sales, are up in arms at the discovery that federal funds are being used to bring drug warrior Kevin Sabet and company to their state to fight against the initiative.
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Massachusetts: In Halls of Academia, Medical Marijuana an Unwelcome Guest
Although medical marijuana has been legal in Massachusetts for nearly two years, many local colleges are putting out the message to students as the fall semester nears: You still can’t use it on campus, even if a doctor says it’s medicinal.