Michigan Might Be The First State To Use Controversial Roadside Saliva Tests...
Lawmakers in Michigan are moving forward with legislation to implement roadside saliva tests for marijuana, despite word from researchers that the tests are far from perfect. According to The Detroit...
View ArticleHow The Legal Pot Industry Fuels Scientific Innovation
The legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado is turning an underground industry into a big business — and ushering in innovations in everything from genetics to growing methods.The...
View ArticleAlaska Will Vote On Pot Legalization This November
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - A ballot initiative that could make Alaska the third U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana will go before voters in a general election in November rather than in...
View ArticleTwo 10-Year-Olds Caught Selling Legal Pot At Colorado School
DENVER (Reuters) - Two 10-year-old boys in Colorado were caught selling and swapping marijuana that they pilfered from their grandparents' supplies of legally purchased pot in separate incidents at the...
View ArticleRetired Supreme Court Justice: Marijuana Should Be Legalized
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he thinks the federal government should legalize marijuana.The 94-year-old retired justice tells NPR that public opinion has...
View ArticleMarijuana Banking Scheme Passes First Test In Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that if enacted would lead to the first marijuana financial system in the United States, potentially granting legal cannabis businesses...
View ArticleA Congressman Had An Utterly Mesmerizing Exchange With A DEA Agent About Pot
A congressman and top Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official had a tense, five-minute exchange about marijuana legalization at a recent congressional hearing, the radio show "This American...
View ArticleColorado Lawsuit Challenges Employer Drug Tests Of Medical Marijuana Users —...
The lawsuit Brandon Coats filed against his former employer Dish Network stemmed from anger.Coats was angry because Dish Network fired him in 2010 after his random drug test came back positive for...
View ArticleMarijuana Is More Addictive These Days — Here's Why
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> One of the common misconceptions people have about marijuana is that it isn't addictive. Dr. Samuel Ball of the National Center on...
View ArticlePot Startups In Denver Now Have Their Own Co-Working Space
It could be Cheech and Chong‘s vision of what the future would look like if grownups ever got hold of marijuana.Next week, the first co-working space in the U.S. for grass-related technology and...
View ArticleMarco Rubio Won't Say If He's Smoked Pot
Senator Marco Rubio stonewalled ABC News' Jonathan Karl when the reporter asked if he has tried marijuana in an interview published Monday. "Here's the problem with that question in American politics....
View ArticleFBI Director Says He's Having Trouble Recruiting Techies Because They're All...
FBI Director James Comey is starting to think the law enforcement agency's zero tolerance policy on marijuana might be, like, a total bummer.According to the Wall Street Journal, Comey discussed how...
View ArticleHere's The One Big Problem With Legalizing Marijuana
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> All across the country, states are passing bills to legalize marijuana both for recreational and medicinal use. While support for...
View ArticleIt's Going To Get Harder To Buy Pot-Infused Stuff In Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed legislation on Wednesday to tighten controls on edible and concentrated forms of marijuana, as concerns mounted about safety issues after...
View ArticleParents Are Turning To Weed To Treat Their Kids' Seizures
Some parents of children with severe epilepsy say that cannabis helps prevent their children's seizures, but experts caution that it remains unproven whether using the drug to treat epilepsy is safe or...
View ArticleDelaware Might Be The Next State To Legalize Marijuana
Democratic lawmakers in Delaware have introduced a bill that would decriminalize possession of a small amount of marijuana, following the lead of nearly 20 U.S. states that have moved to loosen laws...
View Article19-Year-Old On Trial For Killing 4 People In His Car Has A Highly Unorthodox...
The last hope for a young man on trial for the deaths of four people may be convincing the court that he smokes a lot of marijuana.Joseph Beer, a 19-year-old Queens resident, is on trial for crashing...
View ArticleMaureen Dowd Got Way Too High And Freaked Out
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd was somewhere around Denver on the edge of the Rockies when the drugs began to take hold. "But then I felt a scary shudder go through my body and brain. I barely...
View ArticleREPORT: Maureen Dowd Went To The Mitt Romney Documentary After Buying Drugs
Have you ever seen the Mitt Romney documentary? Have you ever seen the Mitt Romney documentary on weed? According to a new report published on The Cannabist Wednesday, New York Times columnist Maureen...
View ArticleMaureen Dowd Reflects On Her 'Ill-Advised' Weed Trip
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd told Business Insider she was intent on having a good time before her terrifying experience with a marijuana candy bar. "I wrote in the column that I take...
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