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  • October 2008

    • Report to UN: Dudes, Legalize Weed

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 2, 08 1:08 PM CDT

      Report to UN: Dudes, Legalize Weed

      (Newser) - Slick-suited diplomats are not the likeliest advocates for lifting worldwide marijuana bans, but a British scientific report targets the UN, saying a regulated marijuana market would remove most of the drug's harm, since it comes from prohibition itself, the Guardian reports. Legalizing it would also allow governments to tax the 160 million users, and set a minimum age and potency limits. More »

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      United Nations  • marijuana  • marijuana legalization  • cannabis  • weed

  • September 2008

    • Calif. Brewer Wins Fight to Sell 'Legal Weed'

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 2, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Calif. Brewer Wins Fight to Sell 'Legal Weed'

      (Newser) - Vaune Dillmann can market his beer from the small California town of Weed with the slogan "Try Legal Weed" after regulators backed off what could have been a drawn-out court battle, the Los Angeles Times reports. The feds tried to block Dillmann, citing a law prohibiting drug references on alcoholic beverages. "They said I was guilty of a thought crime," he said. More »

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      California  • marijuana  • weird  • court cases  • weed  • Weed, Calif.

  • June 2008

    • Group Backs Preflight Toke

      CW2 News  |  Jun 26, 08 5:00 PM CDT

      Group Backs Preflight Toke

      (Newser) - Denver has a pretty lax marijuana policy (small amounts are legal) and pro-pot advocates are wondering whether, after a recent rash of "air rage" incidents, such permissiveness shouldn’t extend to the city airport’s smoking lounge, CW2 News reports. “This madness has got to stop,” said a proponent. “And we're providing a very viable solution.” More »

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      air travel  • marijuana  • airport  • Denver  • marijuana legalization  • weed  • relaxation  • air rage

    • Stronger Weed Ignites Controversy

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 23, 08 4:11 PM CDT

      Stronger Weed Ignites Controversy

      (Newser) - Marijuana is getting stronger, but what exactly that means is open to interpretation. The Boston Globe looks at a dispute with clearly drawn sides but fuzzier facts. Is pot addictive and highly hazardous, or no more harmful than caffeine and perhaps medically beneficial? With minimal research to draw on, experts say, opponents and proponents of weed are cherry-picking their data. More »

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      drugs  • marijuana  • weed

    • Weed Potency Hits 30-Year High

      Associated Press  |  Jun 12, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Weed Potency Hits 30-Year High

      (Newser) - Today's marijuana is the strongest crop since the heyday of Cheech and Chong, a new study finds. University researchers who analyzed seized samples dating back to the '70s found the level of active ingredient THC hit an average of 9.6% last year, up almost 1% from the year before and more than double the 4% recorded for 1983, the AP reports. More »

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      drugs  • smoking  • marijuana  • drug use  • cannabis  • weed

    • Dude! Harsh! Weed Shrinks Your Brain

      Age (Aust.)  |  Jun 3, 08 9:09 PM CDT

      Dude! Harsh! Weed Shrinks Your Brain

      (Newser) - Heavy marijuana use over a number of years can cause significant brain abnormalities, damage memory and emotional processing, and even shrink parts of the brain, the Age reports. All cannabis smokers—not just high-risk groups such as the young and those susceptible to mental illness—can experience effects equivalent to those of a mild brain injury, Australian researchers found. More »

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      drugs  • smoking  • marijuana  • brain  • weed

  • May 2008
  • April 2007

    • West Coast Breeds Weed Snobs, Too

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 23, 07 9:10 AM CDT

      West Coast Breeds Weed Snobs, Too

      (Newser) - Cannabis is accruing its own class of sophistocates, particularly in California, where medical legalization and lax enforcement have made connoisseurship marginally acceptable. Advanced palates judge their weed on taste, smell and quality of high, reports the Chronicle— a far cry from the 70s, when users joked that there "were two kinds of pot, good and bad." More »

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      California  • drugs  • marijuana  • drug use  • medical marijuana  • cannabis  • weed

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