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Weed Island: Is Washington's Vashon the Proving Ground for Legal, Local Pot?
Washington’s Vashon Island is at an unusual crossroads. This rural community of 10,000, located just west of Seattle, has long been the closest the city has had to a farm corridor. With several hundred acres of land used for farming, most Vashon residents don’t just know their neighbors, they buy food from them. And, as island lore has it, this locavore spirit has also applied to marijuana since the 1970s.
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DC on fast track to decriminalizing pot possession
It took nearly 15 years after voters approved medical marijuana for it to become available in the District of Columbia, but the next major change to pot laws in the nation's capital is on the fast track.
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Lady Gaga says went "cold turkey" to break marijuana habit
Lady Gaga was smoking as many as 15 joints a day to help relieve the pain of a hip injury before a friend made her abruptly quit marijuana, the flamboyant pop singer says in an interview in British gay magazine Attitude.
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Miley Cyrus 'smokes a joint' ON STAGE at the MTV EMA awards
When it comes to shocking her fans, there are few things Miley Cyrus hasn't tried. But the shock-pop princess took things to a whole new level on Sunday night when she lit up a suspicious-looking cigarette ONSTAGE at the EMA awards at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome.
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Denver Police Are Using a Nose Telescope to Sniff Out People's Weed
Can you smell the sweet, pungent perfume of legalized marijuana over the horizon? On November 6, 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed Amendment 64 and Initiative 502, respectively, which allowed marijuana to be produced, sold, and consumed by adults 21 and older, regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
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Pot’s Black Market Backlash
How prohibitionists and nanny staters are trying to keep marijuana illegal—or at least inconvenient.
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Americans are smoking more weed, but testing positive less often
The percentage of US workers testing positive for marijuana has fallen below 2%, according to an analysis released by American medical testing company Quest Diagnostics. The study, based on a scan of millions of patients tested as part of the company’s drug monitoring service, shows a marked decline in positive testing over the past 10 years—back in 2002, just under 3% of US workers tested positive for marijuana.
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Feds raid Denver-area marijuana dispensaries and grow operations
Seven weeks before the nation's first retail marijuana shops open in Colorado, federal authorities on Thursday raided more than a dozen Denver metro area marijuana facilities and two homes.
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Painkillers May Ease Marijuana Side Effects
People using medical marijuana could benefit from taking common pain relievers, which may prevent some of the learning and memory problems often experienced, a new study suggests.
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Amsterdam sees closure of 'pot-cafes' as next step to prohibition
The Netherlands is unique in its policy on marijuana possession. While it is considered an illegal drug, having 5 grams or less on your person is not a criminal offense. Visitors to Amsterdam's coffee shops may find this law doesn't apply to them anymore.
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Prescribing Pot for Pet Pain
As acceptance of medical marijuana grows, pet owners increasingly are using the drug to ease the suffering of their furry friends.
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Berlin plans Germany's first cannabis cafe
Councillors in Berlin have voted to launch the country's first cannabis cafe in their district. But some hurdles remain, it's reported.
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"Miracle" Cannabis Oil: May Treat Cancer, But Money and the Law Stand in the Way of Finding Out
First it was a cough. Then it was bronchitis. Then it was time to say goodbye to Michelle Aldrich. The year 2011 was supposed to be a good one for the 66-year-old. That June, she and her husband, Mic...
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Do doobies make boobies for men?
Does smoking pot cause man boobs? While the subject is till up for debate, many people — especially plastic surgeons — say there is indeed some link.
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The Top 5 reasons to Legalize Cannabis For Medical Use
Nearly all medicines have toxic, potentially lethal effects. But marijuana is not such a substance. There is no record in the extensive medical literature describing a proven, documented cannabis-induced fatality.
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Nigerian farmers ‘abandon food crops for cannabis’
Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said on Saturday.
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NY approved medical marijuana law 33 years ago
Here’s a little-known fact to give sick folks high hopes — New York already has a law on the books to dispense marijuana to cancer patients. The medical-marijuana law was approved by the state Legislature and then-Gov. Hugh Carey in 1980 following an emotional appeal from brain-cancer patient Antonio Olivieri, a former state Assembly member and City Council member from Manhattan who lobbied legislators from his hospital bed.
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Snoop Dogg Gives Conan A Vaporizer
Just in time for the holidays, Snoop's gift lets Conan enjoy his favorite, uh, "herbal oils."
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Uruguay to make marijuana legal in trailblazing gamble
Uruguay is to give a green light Tuesday to making marijuana legal, in a social experiment that countries plagued by drug-related crime worldwide will watch. The legal change in this largely rural and well-educated South American nation of just 3.3 million, looms large with a vote in the Senate.
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Uruguay has become the first country to fully legalize marijuana trade
Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization.
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