Here Are Colorado's First 'Don't Smoke Pot And Drive' Commercials
Colorado is rolling out a major ad campaign to remind residents that while recreational marijuana is legal, they're still not allowed to smoke and drive.The state's Department of Transportation...
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UN OFFICIAL: Legalization Won't Fix World's Drug Problem
VIENNA (Reuters) - Legalization will not solve the world's narcotics problem, the U.N. anti-drugs chief said on Monday, indicating disagreement with a decision by Uruguay to allow the growing, sale and...
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Colorado Made $3.5 Million In Taxes And Fees In First Month Of Marijuana Sales
Marijuana sales in Colorado brought in $3.5 million (£2.1 million) in tax revenues and fees in the first month retail pot outlets were allowed.The figure included $2.9 million in taxes for recreational...
View ArticleThis Infographic Shows The Illegal Drugs Americans Spend The Most Money On
Substance.com has put together an interesting infographic showing how Americans spent money on illegal drugs from 2000 to 2010.The data comes from a study by the RAND Corporation for the U.S. Office of...
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PotCoin And DopeCoin: Meet The Two New Bitcoin-Like Currencies For Buying...
PotCoin and DopeCoin are two new Bitcoin-like cryptocurrencies aimed specifically at buying drugs, reports the Huffington Post.PotCoin is targeting the legal recreational and medical marijuana industry...
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The Number Of People Who Like Colorado's Legal Marijuana Is Getting Higher...
According to a new survey from Public Policy Polling, Marijuana has become more popular in the two months the law legalizing recreational use of the drug has been in effect in Colorado. The poll found...
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Here's What Happens To Your Body When You're Both Stoned And Drunk
The intoxicating effects of alcohol and of marijuana have been widely studied, but their combined effect — getting "cross-faded"— is woefully underexplored scientific territory.Here's a look at what we...
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Washington, D.C., Decriminalizes Marijuana
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray on Monday signed a bill that decriminalizes possession of up to an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana in the U.S. capital, a spokeswoman...
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A Huge Number Of Americans Now See Pot Legalization As Inevitable
Three out of four Americans believe marijuana will one day be legal to buy and use anywhere in the United States, according to a public opinion poll released Wednesday.Fifty-four percent of respondents...
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Money Is Flowing To A New Social Network For Weed Smokers
Although Isaac Dietrich didn't win the top spot of The Peter Thiel Fellowship, he was among 40 finalists which was enough to encourage his dream to be an entrepreneur. While Thiel co-founded Paypal...
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Teen Faces Deportation After Selling Pot Brownies To Pay For Her Prom Dress
A California high schooler may be deported after she sold another student a pot brownie that landed them in the hospital, CBS reports.18-year-old Saira Munoz was selling her classmates at River Valley...
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Casual Pot Use Shown To Cause Brain Abnormalities In Youth
(Reuters) - Young, casual marijuana smokers experience potentially harmful changes to their brains, with the drug altering regions of the mind related to motivation and emotion, researchers found.The...
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These Roadblocks Are Killing Marijuana Advertising's Vibes
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Marijuana is a boon to advertising. Not only have marijuana legalization proponents utilized an effective public relations campaign to legalize the drug in Colorado and...
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Seth Rogen Slams Nancy Grace Over Her Anti-Marijuana Tweets
"Pineapple Express" actor Seth Rogen has made it no secret that he loves to smoke weed.So when HLN host Nancy Grace started blaming pot for a Denver man killing his wife, Rogen felt a need to step...
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Marijuana Really Is Safer Than Alcohol
The question of whether alcohol or marijuana is worse for health is being debated once again, this time, sparked by comments that President Barack Obama made in a recent interview with The New Yorker...
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9 Reasons Why Sanjay Gupta Changed His Mind About Marijuana
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, says he was wrong to ignore marijuana's medical potential when he wrote an opinion piece in 2009 called "Why I would Vote No on Pot."Gupta filmed a...
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What Marijuana Does To Your Body And Brain
It's 4/20. For those not in the know, "4/20" is the unofficial holiday for pot smokers and marijuana legalization activists around the world to celebrate by lighting up on April 20.The Huffington...
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It's Time To Legalize Marijuana On The Federal Level
"Not tenable". This is how western Washington US Attorney Jenny Durkan assessed the state’s poorly-regulated medical cannabis program in 2013. Igor Grant, director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis...
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23 Health Benefits Of Marijuana
States around the country — more than 20 in total — have been legalizing medical marijuana. Recently, CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta reversed his opinion on medical marijuana.While...
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Denver Police Arrest 22 At Massive 4/20 Marijuana Rally
An estimated 80,000 people packed into Denver's main square on Easter Sunday for what was billed as the "biggest marijuana rally in history".The annual event celebrating "world weed day" was the first...
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