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Gov. Newsom Announces $227M to Combat Cannabis Activity & Protect California Communities

HE’S IN THE WEEDS – June 25, 2026 - California remains a national leader in implementing a comprehensive approach to cannabis legalization that prioritizes public safety, consumer protection, environmental stewardshi... Read More...

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7 Takeaways From Newest Research on Cannabis Brain

EXHALE ALREADY – June 18, 2026 - The question is becoming more urgent as cannabis use rises, particularly among younger adults, who tend to use it most heavily and are the most likely to experiment with increasingly ... Read More...

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Attorney General Objects To Trump Reclassifying Marijuana As Medicine

ME TOO! – June 4, 2026 - Days before President Donald Trump sparked the reorganization with an order late last year, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine published a study concluding that commercialization of ... Read More...

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5 Ways Daily Cannabis Use Affects Your Body and Mind?

POT LUCK – May 27, 2025 - Young adults 19 to 30 are nearly three times as likely to use cannabis daily than drink alcohol daily, while adults ages 35 to 50 use both about equally. And as daily cannabis use becomes mo... Read More...

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Four Ways Pot Rewires Teenagers’ Brains

ONE HIT AT A TIME – May 18, 2026 - Accumulating research on cannabis use among teenagers suggests it may alter their brain’s structure in measurable ways. Findings reported in June 2021 in JAMA Psychiatry suggest tha... Read More...

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Is Cannabis Safe After 65?

OR BEFORE 65? – May 15, 2026 - Experts warn the risks may be underestimated. Stanford Medicine specialists say modern cannabis can increase the chances of heart problems, falls, memory issues, dangerous drug interact... Read More...

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Medical Marijuana Gets Rescheduled; Recreational Use Treated Like Heroin Under Federal Law

SERIOUSLY CONFUSING? – April 23, 2026 - ‘Historic’ shift Moving a limited number of products from Schedule I, which includes drugs such as heroin and cocaine, to Schedule III, which includes highly regulated prescrip... Read More...

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22 Buddhist Monks Arrested After Record Drug Bust

BUSTED! – April 27, 2026 - Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested at the main international airport with a record 242 pounds of powerful cannabis. "Each carried about five kilos of the narc... Read More...

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Ways Cannabis May Affect Your Aging Brain

“Why did I come into this world?” – April 14, 2026 - Marijuana use seems to be more popular (or at least more openly talked about) than ever. Regardless of whether you’re on the gummy bandwagon, you might wonder how ... Read More...

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Cannabis is NOT an effective treatment for mental health conditions!

AIN’T MEDICINE – Mar. 16, 2026 - Researchers concluded there was “very little evidence for its efficacy” in treating anxiety, anorexia nervosa, psychotic disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder or opioid use disord... Read More...

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‘California Sober’ People Reaching Record HIGHS

ALPHA CENTAURI? – Mar. 7, 2026 - Those who don’t like to drink booze but still need a buzz at the end of a long week are increasingly embracing the “California sober” lifestyle, which shuns alcohol and embraces canna... Read More...

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How I Broke Free of Cannabis

ONE GUMMY AT A TIME? – Jan. 13, 2026 - By Susan Shapiro - Guest contributor - Some people have luck cutting down slowly. Since smoking the drug is the most toxic, according to Harvard Medical School, experts recommen... Read More...

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Marijuana Is Now a Less Dangerous in America

VIDEO – A MEDICAL MARVEL? – Dec. 18, 2025 - In an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that... Read More...

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Bombshell Weed Study Says Risks of Medical Marijuana Outweigh Benefits

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Dec. 13, 2025 - High hopes for medical cannabis are going up in smoke. “While many people turn to cannabis seeking relief, our review highlights significant gaps between public perception and ... Read More...

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Marijuana Can Decrease Alcohol Consumption

GO FOR IT – Dec. 4, 2025 - The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in November, is one of the first to isolate how an individual’s alcohol consumption is acutely affected by their consumption of ca... Read More...

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Smoke it! NEVER Vape Cannabis

Rasta Mon NOT Gimmick Man – Dec. 3, 2025 - Studies have indicated that the side effects and health risks from cannabis are different depending on whether you smoke or vape it. … vaping might sound like the safer opti... Read More...

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It’s possible to get addicted to pot?

HOOKA FOREVER – Nov. 22, 2025 - Dr. Smita Das often hears the same myth: You can’t get hooked on pot. “Cannabis is definitely something that someone can develop an addiction to,” said Das, an addiction psychiat... Read More...

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Recriminalizing Most Hemp Products

DE-LEGALIZE IT – Nov. 13, 2025 - Donald Trump has signed a spending bill that includes provisions to ban most consumable hemp products. Hemp advocates have said the ban will apply even to nonintoxicating CBD products... Read More...

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Why I Quit Smoking Weed

BECAUSE I COULD – Nov. 6, 2025 - I’ve always been good at quitting obligations (see: piano lessons, ballet classes, infinite sports teams, and, in one memorable instance, a babysitting job that would have required me... Read More...

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Those Who Use Weed Before 15 Will Have Trouble Later

UNLESS THEY QUIT – Oct. 29, 2025 - Teens are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood compared to their peers who did not use the drug in adolescence. Early, frequent cannabi... Read More...

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Cannabis Poisonings Rising Among Kids

NON-EDIBLES – Aug. 10, 2025 - As products like weed gummies proliferate, more children and teens are suffering symptoms including seizures and life-threatening breathing problems. Amy recalled hyperventilating that s... Read More...

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Grateful Dead SF Shows a Historic First for Legal Weed

AUDIO – FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN – July 22, 2025 - For the first time in history, fans at next month’s Dead and Company shows in Golden Gate Park will be able to purchase cannabis legally, according to Robby Saady, a vic... Read More...

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Cannabis Risks Spotlighted as Celebrities Push for Marijuana Reform

VIDEO – MIKE’S MANDATE – July 1, 2025 - Journalist and author Alex Berenson explains the dangers of cannabis as celebrity athletes call on President Donald Trump to reform marijuana laws. CONTINUE@Fox ... Read More...

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More Seniors Are Getting High

NOT HEALTHY – June 20, 2025 - Where are the calls for senior-focused prevention? This is no different, after all, from a near-50 percent jump in teen use over two years. The fact that these are in general older peopl... Read More...

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Cannabis Use Can Double Risk of Heart Deaths

NOT HIGH NOW – June 17, 2025 - Cannabis use may double the risk of dying from heart disease and increase the risk of stroke by 20%. While previous studies have linked cannabis use to cardiovascular pro... Read More...

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Marijuana Use By Older Adults Climbs to New Highs

STILL AT WOODSTOCK? – June 3, 2025 - In 2023, roughly 7 percent of adults 65 and older reported using the drug in the past month. Researchers found marijuana use among older adults who are college-educated, higher-in... Read More...

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Young People Aren’t Drinking Alcohol: They’re Sipping Cans of THC

NO LUNG CANCER – May 18, 2025 - Instead of ending a long day with a glass of wine, 26-year-old Bre Giglio pulls out her favorite THC drink, which contains a cannabis compound and gives her a soothing buzz... Read More...

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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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