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A Retired DEA Agent’s Plea: Time to Reschedule Marijuana

TIME TO FREE ALL POT DEALERS – Dec. 2020 - In the 1960s, I was the first federal drug agent to arrest a student on a college campus for sale of marijuana. In the 1970s and ‘80s, as head of the Drug Enforcement ... Read More...

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Marijuana Shops Report Brisk Business Despite Pandemic

WATCH – High profits – Jan. 9, 2021 - “Despite all the market challenges, everything from COVID to supply chains and beyond, Maine has done a really good job getting this market up and running,” said Thomas Wi... Read More...

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COVID Is Killing the Cocaine Market, So People Are Smoking More Weed

Rolling joints, not hundreds – Jan. 4, 2021 - Aware of earlier findings that social isolation triggered spikes in drug use, researchers at New York University’s Langone Health Center wanted to quantify what soc... Read More...

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Serious Side Effects of Smoking Pot Every Day

Gray matter matters – Jan. 2, 2021 - “Make no mistake about it, smoking marijuana daily carries with it very real potential for addiction. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that between 9% and 30%... Read More...

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To Protect ‘Children’ From E-Cigarettes, Congress Imposes New Restrictions

Where there’s smoke, there’s money – Dec. 23, 2020 - Feinstein’s bill amends the Jenkins Act of 1949, which requires that vendors who sell cigarettes to customers in other states register with the tax administr... Read More...

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Man Serving Life Without Parole for $20 of Weed Freed

The dark ages are ending... – Dec. 25, 2020 - For most of his sentence, Winslow’s chances of getting out were virtually nil. He is guilty of the crime he was convicted of, so there was no path to getting his c... Read More...

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UN Removes Cannabis From Strictest Drug Category

The whole world is toking – Dec. 2, 2020 - The drugs that are on Schedule IV are a subset of those on Schedule I of the convention, which already requires the highest levels of international control. The agency... Read More...

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Man caught with 20 Burmese pythons and marijuana in his home

Don’t bogart that snake my friend – Oct. 12, 2020 - A Holladay man has been arrested and is facing charges after animal-control officers found 20 Burmese pythons roaming around his residence. According to a probab... Read More...

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Top 3 American Cities With Worst Drug Problems

No Prize Winners Here – Oct. 17, 2020 - Chicago, Illinois Chicago is known as The Windy City, but it’s also becoming known as a place where the drug issues of those that live there is getting out of ha... Read More...

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Is Marijuana Addictive?

Does a bear hibernate in the woods? – July 8, 2019 - A brain-imaging study last year found the brain’s neural circuitry is alteredin young adults with cannabis dependence, especially for those who start in adol... Read More...

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Marijuana use is on the rise in older adults

Act your age, not your THC level – August 31, 2020 - The researchers said one of the reasons they embarked on the study was a concern that the effects of cannabis in older adults might be different from what younger ... Read More...

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Marijuana vending machine launches in Colorado

WATCH – Don’t bogart that knob my friend – August 19, 2020 - In a world of contactless online shopping and buying groceries, you’ll now be able to purchase cannabis contactless in Colorado. The pot vending machines h... Read More...

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CA. Pot Tax Used to Boost Police Budgets

Get High - Support Local Police – July 23, 2020 - The organizations Youth Forward and Getting It Right From the Start co-produced a report on 28 Californian cities that legalized recreational marijuana sales s... Read More...

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Defendant Fell Asleep at In-N-Out Drive Thru – Marijuana, Heroin, and Meth Found in Car

Forgot the OUT part – June 02, 2020 - He found a money bag in his car containing two larger bags of heroin, six small bags of meth, pills that were later identified as Suboxone and $315 in cash. His defense couns... Read More...

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Children in the car? No curbside marijuana for you

Time to stop having children? – June 4, 2020 - Curbside sales of marijuana and alcohol are newly allowed in Massachusetts under emergency state coronavirus regulations meant to prop up local businesses without exposi... Read More...

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This Former NBA Star Wants You to Buy His Weed and End the War on Drugs

Weed Believe – May 3, 2020 - The 6-foot 9-inch forward was coming off surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee in 2012. It was his 14th season in what would ultimately prove to be a 16-year career, b... Read More...

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Seth Rogen on smoking weed during quarantine

Rehabs Get Ready for BONGERS – April 17, 2020 - Rogen turned 38 on April 15 and to celebrate the day, his wife Lauren Miller had some of Rogen’s pals drive by and wish happy birthday, which suited the “Superbad... Read More...

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Any smoke inhalation is a COVID-19 risk

Quitting Time? – April 10, 2020 -You’re already making your body fight off foreign particles before it even has to fight off the infection.” Dr. Mitchell Glass, a pulmonologist and spokesperson for the... Read More...

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DEA to review dozens of requests to grow marijuana for research

Anything Can Happen – Mar. 30, 2020 - Other countries, including Canada and Australia, have licensed growers for research cannabis without taking possession of the drug, Sisley says. “All of them have looked at the ... Read More...

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Coronavirus Crisis Shows Marijuana Is ‘Essential’ And Mainstream

America’s Medicine – March 23, 2020 - Advocacy groups have pushed governors and state officials to ensure that medical marijuana patients in particular can maintain access to the cannabis they need. But becaus... Read More...

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I’m a Marijuana Addict, and I’m Okay With It

Self Medicating Depression? – March 3, 2020 - In my younger days, I never imagined I’d ever touch the stuff, though I grew up with marijuana at home. My father has suffered all his life from demons he can’t se... Read More...

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Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles will be dismissed

Free at last...thank God almighty – February 13, 2020 - “The dismissal of tens of thousands of old cannabis-related convictions in Los Angeles County will bring much-needed relief to communities of color that dispr... Read More...

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Man lights joint in court while facing marijuana charge

The High Court? – January 29, 2020 - The courtroom erupted into laughter at Spencer’s action, disrupting the normal daily activity in the court. Spencer was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduc... Read More...

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Addiction psychiatrist accused of using cocaine, marijuana with patient

Who’s The Crazy One? – Jan. 28, 2020 - Officials say the video footage also showed Billing smoking what appeared to be marijuana from a glass bong, as well as white residue on a mirror next to a rolled-up bill.... Read More...

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