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The Rise of the ‘Super Weed’ Around the World
"Super weeds" are becoming increasingly common. According to the Weed Science Society of America, these herbicide-resistant weeds were first reported in the 1950s - soon after farmers began using the first major synthetic herbicides - and are on the rise.
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Berkeley will give free weed to homeless medical marijuana patients
Low-income and homeless medical marijuana patients who dwell in Berkeley, California, will soon have access to free weed. Berkeley’s city council unanimously passed a proposal this week that will...
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Rancher Finds $2M Marijuana Growing Operation on His Land
A Texas man who was just hoping to graze cattle on the land he recently acquired was surprised to discover $2 million worth of marijuana plants growing in a back-woods area.
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Pot 'farmers market' in Boyle Heights off to a roaring start
The line stretched hundreds of people long down an industrial stretch of Esperanza Street, as throngs of Angelenos endured the baking heat Saturday to get into a Boyle Heights warehouse.
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New York Becomes 23rd State To Allow Medical Marijuana
New York has become the 23rd state in the U.S. to authorize medical marijuana – though the state’s program is one of the nation’s most restrictive. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law Saturday and held a formal signing ceremony in New York City on Monday to highlight the new law.
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Obama turns down Rocky Mountain high
"Do you want to hit this?" a man asked President Barack Obama in a bar in Denver Tuesday night. The president laughed but didn't indulge. It wasn't the only time Obama was offered weed on his night out. That's apparently what happens in Colorado, which recently legalized recreational marijuana.
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Legal marijuana is for sale in Washington. Seattle’s city attorney celebrated by making his own purchase.
Marijuana officially — well, legally — is now for sale in the state of Washington. Legal sales began Tuesday, two years after voters approved the sale of marijuana. The photo above shows Pete Holmes, the Seattle city attorney, purchasing four grams of OG Pearl (for $80). “I’m here to mark this date by personally exercising this amazing new freedom,” Holmes said. (When legal marijuana sales started in Colorado this year, Denver’s city attorney opted not to make such a purchase.)
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Biohackers Are Engineering Yeast to Make THC
The THC will be delivered via a patch, a topical cream, or in vaporizer or e-cigarette form.
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Even Pot Dealers Need Insurance. The Problem Is, Where to Get It?
Pot dealers of yore never had to worry about this, but here it is: Even in states where selling marijuana is legal, pot retailers are finding they can’t get standard-issue business insurance.
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Why does marijuana cause paranoia?
The largest study of its kind now shows that the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis is associated with short-term paranoia in users. Scientists also determined those cognitive mechanisms responsible for initiating paranoia in subjects under the influence of marijuana.
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Why Washington state's legal bud is still stuck in the weeds
Sales of recreational marijuana finally began this month in the state of Washington, but things are off to a slow start. Only 25 retail licenses have been issued so far, and supply is already...
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Legal weed’s race problem: White men get rich, black men stay in prison
Ever since Colorado and Washington made the unprecedented move to legalize recreational pot last year, excitement and stories of unfettered success have billowed into the air. Colorado’s marijuana tax revenue far exceeded expectations, bringing a whopping $185 million to the state and tourists are lining up to taste the budding culture (pun intended). Several other states are now looking to follow suit and legalize.
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Inside Colorado’s flourishing, segregated black market for pot
The first months of legal marijuana have laid bare a socio-economic fault line.
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The Great Colorado Weed Experiment
In January, Colorado defied the federal government and stepped with both feet into the world of legal recreational marijuana, where no state had gone before.
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Marijuana Startup Leafly Takes Out Full-Page Ad In The New York Times
Hailed as the Yelp of weed, marijuana startup Leafly is running a full-age ad in the Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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WA State rakes in more than $1M in tax revenue in first month of legal pot sales
The numbers are in for pot sales down in Washington State, and it’s cashing in in a big way. Our neighbours across the border picked up more than $1 million in tax revenue in the first month of legal pot shops from less than 30 stores. “Those numbers are looking pretty good, when you consider that right now, we have 38 retailers, but maybe only 20, 25 of those are actually selling,” says Brian Smith with the Washington State Liquor Control Board.
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Marijuana’s Buzzkill DNA: Biotech Researcher Finds Medical Pot Laced With Feces
Months after her biotechnology company sold for $40 million, Jessica Tonani is on Seattle’s Highway 99, where Kurt Cobain in his final days shot heroin in cheap motels. She’s scoring a gram of Blueberry Kush.
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Canada's doctors decline to join anti-marijuana campaign
The main groups representing Canadian doctors have declared they will not participate in Health Canada's upcoming anti-drug campaign targeting young people. “The educational campaign has now become a political football on Canada's marijuana policy,” said a joint statement released Saturday by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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Magician Tries To Sell Weed To Cop
Magician Calen Morelli apparently had a lot of nerve, pranking a cop by asking if he'd like to buy a bag of weed then making the bag disappear.
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Jackie Chan's son arrested in Beijing drug bust
Jaycee Chan, the 32-year-old son of the martial arts movie star Jackie Chan, is arrested for possession of marijuana in Beijing
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