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Why I changed my mind on weed
Over the last year, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been working on a new documentary called "Weed." The title "Weed" may sound cavalier, but the content is not.
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Government Has Misled Americans on Medical Marijuana, Says Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, has changed his mind and now supports medical marijuana. His shift from con to pro came with a lengthy apology. "We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that,"
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In Switzerland, Marijuana Use Helps Keep Prisons Calm and Safe
The Swiss prison guards agree that marijuana use among inmates is a good thing.
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Europe’s marijuana capital isn’t Amsterdam
An outlaw Albanian village has built a fortune from the cultivation of cannabis worth as much as half the country’s GDP, and it’s off-limits to the police.
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Oprah Marijuana: 1982 Last Time She Smoked Weed
Oprah Winfrey said that the last time that she smoked pot was 1982. She was answering a question during an interview on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live.
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Christie seeks changes in New Jersey medical marijuana bill.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday said he'd accept a medical marijuana bill that would expand options for patients - including allowing qualified children to consume edible forms - but only if certain changes are made.
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Mellow mood at first Seattle Hempfest since pot legalization.
Pot smoke wafted over thousands of revelers gathered at Seattle's downtown waterfront to kick off the first Hempfest rally since Washington state and Colorado passed initiatives to legalize marijuana for recreational use last November.
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Ohio man finds 285 pounds of pot delivered in new gun safe
Nearly two months after an Ohio man opened his Mexican-made, mail-order gun safe to discover about 300 pounds of pot crammed inside, investigators are still stumped over the drugs’ origins, as well as the fate of the still-missing U.S. citizen who trucked the product across the border.
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Man arrested for allegedly trying to SCUBA marijuana across river between Ontario and Michigan
Border agents recovered a waterproof canister containing the drugs, after the man surfaced near Marine City, Michigan, on the American side of the St.Clair River.
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Canada's police chiefs suggest tickets, not charges, for pot possession
Canada's top cops say handing out tickets for illegal possession of small amounts of marijuana could be more efficient than laying criminal charges.
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Canada Liberal leader Trudeau admits marijuana use as MP
The leader of the Canadian Liberal Party has admitted smoking marijuana while a sitting member of parliament.
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The High Hurdles Of Running A Medical Marijuana Business
The medical marijuana legalization effort has real for-profit potential. But navigating the legal and financial hurdles is not easy.
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Over 100 Medical Dispensaries Apply For Mass Medical Marijuana Permits At $30,000 Per Application Fee
With a maximum of only 35 licenses, Massachusetts health groups are all competing for medical marijuana licenses, health officials have said.
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How to regulate pot when it's legal
It's becoming a cliché: The tide is turning in the debate over cannabis. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, publicly reversed his position and now supports medical cannabis.
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Marijuana Farm May Have Caused Yosemite Rim Fire
Todd McNeal, fire chief in Twain Harte, a town affected by the Rim Fire that is still burning in California, told a community meeting: “We don’t know the exact cause. … [It is] highly suspect that there might have been some sort of illicit grove, a marijuana-grow-type thing.”
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Marijuana Ruling Could Signal End of Prohibition on Pot
It's legal to light up in Colorado and Washington, and soon smoking pot could be legalized across the country following a decision Thursday by the federal government.
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More Americans are using marijuana
Nearly 24 million Americans, about 9.2% of the population, use illicit drugs, and marijuana use is steadily increasing.
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New Federal Guidelines Help Medical Marijuana Providers Avoid Prosecution - The Epoch Times
Medical marijuana businesses worried that federal agents will close them down now have a roadmap to avoid prosecution, courtesy of the Justice Department’s decision to allow legal pot in Colorado and Washington state.
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NFL players are not allowed to smoke marijuana, but one group hopes to change that
It’s not often that people feel sorry for NFL players. With even the lowest-paid rookies earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, they live a life that most fans could only dream of. But in the states of Colorado and Washington, the general public enjoy at least one privilege that NFL players do not. As long as they are 21 or older, those fans can smoke marijuana.
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Washington state unveils recreational pot rules
SEATTLE — Recreational pot users in Washington state would have as many as 334 stores where they would be able to buy marijuana for their smoking pleasure, and the first could open as early as next spring under new regulations released this week.
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