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‘I smoked weed like it was crack’: The addiction crisis no one’s talking about

PUFF THE MAGIC DRAG ON – April 27, 2025 - It was fun in the beginning. As a high school student in San Diego, Zach would get high with his friends at an abandoned construction site next to his school. Afterward... Read More...

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D.C. Shuts 50th Weed Shop Amid Cannabis Crackdown

GET DRUNK INSTEAD? – April 24, 2025 - The city is moving aggressively to shut down the once-thriving gray market — a matter of public safety, and also essential for the legal medical cannabis industry to ... Read More...

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Can Legal Weed Make You Sick?

ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE – March 24, 2025 - Zarha Ruiz, branch chief of environmental compliance and manufacturing safety at the Department of Cannabis Control. For cannabis, unlike for brownie mix or Tylenol, th... Read More...

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Weed Use During Pregnancy Triples Risk Of Behavioral Problems In Kids

AUDIO – CREATE BAIL MONEY FUND? – March 13, 2025 -“Cannabinoid ingredients can cross the placenta and enter breast milk, potentially affecting brain development,” senior researcher Rosa Alati, head of population hea... Read More...

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Schizophrenia Cases Triple Due to Heavy Cannabis Use

WEEDS IN THE WIRING – Feb. 4, 2025 - Experts say the new study, which looked at more than 13.5 million medical records of all individuals aged 14 to 65 between 2006 and 2022, adds to growing evidence that heavy... Read More...

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Frequent Marijuana Use May F**k Up Your Memory

VIDEO – WHO AM I? – Jan. 28, 2025 - An example is checking your blind spot when driving down the road,” Gowin said. “When you look back in front of you, you need to remember what you saw in the blind spot before you... Read More...

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Allison Holker’s Daughter Breaks Silence

TALKING ADDICTION – Jan. 11, 2025 - In videos shared by The Shade Room from Weslie Fowler’s Instagram livestream, she speaks openly about everything, from the current state of her family after Stephen “tWitch” ... Read More...

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Elton John’s Broken Yellow Brick Road

SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING – Dec. 11, 2024 - “I maintain that it’s addictive. It leads to other drugs. And when you’re stoned — and I’ve been stoned — you don’t think normally,” he said. “Legalizing m... Read More...

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Marijuana Home Delivery Begins in Arizona

HOME SWEET HOME – Oct. 29, 2024 - Officials with the Arizona Dispensaries Association said the new delivery program is expected to expand access across the state. “We are thrilled that the department of health’s p... Read More...

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Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 50,272,624 views - June 17, 2022 - As featured in Netflix’s series Stranger Things, season 4. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsyUa63NM1E ... Read More...

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Can America’s Divide on Weed be Receding?

HOPE SO – Sept. 11, 2024 - Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia — representing 53% of the nation’s population — have legalized marijuana. The Justice Department in May proposed to reclassify marijuana from... Read More...

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Pete Davidson Back in Rehab Admitting He Still Can’t Kick Cannabis

AUDIO – He Should read HIGH Confessions of a Cannabis Addict – Sept. 2024 - The comedian was said to be teetering on the brink o... Read More...

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Weed and Liquor and Money

CALIFORNIA SOBER ALL OVER – Aug. 16, 2024 - If you have a sober living facility in your town and then add a medical marijuana dispensary are you creating a healing dichotomy? That’s the situation facing one sm... Read More...

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Cannabis Linked to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes

GUMMIES TOO? – June 21, 2024 - “What we found is that cannabis use is not harmless in the context of COVID-19. People who reported yes to current cannabis use, at any frequency, were more likely to require hos... Read More...

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175,000 Marylanders Get Pardons for Marijuana Convictions

VIDEO – FINALLY – June 17, 2024 - “We are taking actions that are intentional, that are sweeping and unapologetic, and this is the largest such action in our nation’s history,” Moore, a Democrat, said. Heather Warn... Read More...

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New Daily Weed Use Beats Booze Consumption

AMERICAN DREAMS – May 23, 2024 - Although alcohol overall remains more widely used, first-time daily marijuana use overtook drinking at the same frequency in 2022, with roughly 17.7 million cannabis users and ... Read More...

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United States to Reclassify Marijuana – Easing Restrictions

VIDEO – HALLELUJAH – April 30, 2024 - Since 1971, marijuana has been in the same category as heroin, methamphetamines and LSD. By rescheduling cannabis, the drug would now be studied and researched to identify conc... Read More...

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Reality of Teens and Weed

IT REALLY AIN’T THE SAME – May 11, 2024 - Frequency of use was another risk factor for psychosis, such as weekly or daily use, with those using the drug daily at elevated risk for serious psychiatric problems ... Read More...

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Stronger Marijuana Leads to Psychosis in Teens

VIDEO ONLY – THE BONGING OF AMERICA – April 4, 2024 - As legal cannabis becomes more available, doctors have noticed that more teens are suffering from psychotic events that they attribute to the increased potency ... Read More...

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Steve-O Asked Bill Maher Not to Smoke Weed During Interview, “NO WAY STEVE-O”

LIVING IN THE PAST – April 2, 2024 - Steve-O said on a recent episode of his “Wild Ride!” podcast that he had to turn down a request to appear on Bill Maher‘s podcast because the stoner refused not to smoke pot durin... Read More...

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Biden Moves to Relax Federal Weed Restrictions

TIME HAS COME TODAY – March 7, 2024 - President Joe Biden reiterated that nobody should go to prison for cannabis use, and touted his administration’s moves to evaluate whether federal marijuana restrictions s... Read More...

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Daily Cannabis Users 25% More Apt to Heart Attack

WEEKLY OK? – March 11, 2024 - Given that their findings link cannabis usage to cardiovascular disease, however, the researchers suggested that doctors screen patients for cannabis use and advise them to not smoke it,... Read More...

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Gangsters, Money & Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market

GREED and VICIOUSNESS – March 14, 2024 - It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters: a marijuana farm on the prairie in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. On a Sunday evening in late Novembe... Read More...

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Cannabis Use Yields Risk of Heart attack and Stroke

AND CANCER TOO? – Feb. 24, 2024 - For daily cannabis users, for example, odds of a heart attack were 25% higher compared to non-users and 42% higher for stroke. For now, the study “adds to the growing literatu... Read More...

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Cannabis May Be Gateway OUT of Drug Addiction

COULD BE, WHO KNOWS... – Feb. 19, 2024 - New research has found that daily users of crystal methamphetamine who turned to cannabis to manage their cravings used the stimulant drug less, especially female... Read More...

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Is Marijuana Bad for Health?

YOU’LL FIND OUT – March 2024 - In addition to minor side effects that many users joke about—such as short-term memory loss—recent studies have linked marijuana to adverse health outcomes involving the lungs, heart, b... Read More...

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Marijuana Use Increases Asthma Risk

VIDEO – WEED=WHEEZE – Feb. 2, 2024 - “In the first nationally representative study of cannabis use and asthma in the U.S., a consistent positive linear relationship (dose-response) was observed between frequency of... Read More...

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Snoop Doggy Dupes His Dope Fans & The Media

Nov. 20, 2023 - Yep, it was just a marketing stunt. : It was just revealed that he's partnering with the smoke-free fire pit brand Solo Stove. Snoop is now the brand's official "smokesman." Perfect for the ... Read More...

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Snoop Dogg Says He’s ‘Decided To Give Up Weed’

AMENDS TIME? – Nov. 16, 2023 - Many were shocked by Snoop Dogg’s announcement as the entertainer has been very vocal over the years about his love of cannabis. He even turned his passion into a business in 201... Read More...

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How Smoking Weed Affects Your Health

VIDEO – IT AIN’T GOOD – July 29, 2023 - Beyond the relief and euphoria that cannabis can offer, there’s pushback to the legalization trend: experts say there’s increasing evidence of long-term harms. Canna... Read More...

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