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NEWS ABOUT: weed

weed stories: 16 news summaries

 Fla. Man to Smoke 
 115,000th Joint 

Feat earns him world record for cannabis consumption

Nov 20, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - He set the bar high and smoked the competition. Irvin Rosenfeld, a 56-year-old stockbroker from Fort Lauderdale, will toke his way into the record books today by smoking his 115,000th joint. The best part: It's completely legal. "Yep, provided by Uncle Sam," Rosenfeld told NBC Miami . "... More »

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Florida • medical marijuana • cannabis • marijuana legalization • Fort Lauderdale • weed

(Newser) - An illegal marijuana farm is responsible for a blaze that has charred more than 75,000 acres in Santa Barbara County, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities say a Mexican drug organization started the fire in the cooking area of a pot farm, and those behind it are likely... More »

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marijuana • farm • California wildfires • weed • Mexican drug cartel

Researchers Discover Why Pot Makes You Forget

Scientists identify pathway for cognitive impairment under the effects of cannabis

Aug 3, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have found the area in the mouse brain that marijuana acts upon to cause forgetfulness, AFP reports. Researchers in Barcelona used two groups of mice, each engineered to be missing one of the two concentrations of receptor neurons for cannabis (CB1) in the hippocampus, an area of the brain... More »

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marijuana • cannabis • neuroscience • Nature Neuroscience • amnesia • weed • biochemistry • brain chemistry • pot


 The New 
 Gourmet 
 Greens: 
 Weeds 

Experts tout health benefits; consumers pay top dollar

May 27, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - One man’s weeds are another man’s delicacy. The bane of American gardeners has a new home on gourmet dinner plates, the Wall Street Journal reports. “These are as good a yuppie green as you can get,” said one buyer who paid $9 a pound for dandelion... More »

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locally grown movement • organic • gourmet • weed • Jay-ZTV

 This Ain't Your  
 Dad's Weed:  
 Pot Potency Jumps 

THC concentration has been climbing for decades

May 14, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Marijuana’s average potency, as measured by the concentration of psychoactive component THC, has broken 10% for the first time after decades of steady increase, a government report says—and is expected to keep increasing, CNN notes. Potency will likely plateau at some 15% in the next 5-10 years, though... More »

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drugs • marijuana • weed • potency • THC

Hockey Team to Host 'Don't Be Like Mike' Night

Will give away weed wacker, shred fans' 'incriminating' pics

Feb 13, 09 3:39 PM CST
(Newser) - A Milwaukee hockey team will host a “Don’t Be Like Mike” night next week to discourage fans from following Michael Phelps’ dubious example, the Journal Sentinel reports. Graduates of the DARE program—as well anyone named Michael, Phelps, Mary Jane, Cheech, Chong, or Weed—will get a $2... More »

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Michael Phelps • Milwaukee • hockey • marijuana • weed

 Do Vast Lungs Equal 
 a Monster High? 

Phelps' super-size lungs help him absorb THC quickly

Feb 4, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Phelps' lungs—those that secured him enough Olympic gold to start a mint—are made for a stupendous high, reports Slate. They hold twice the smoke of an average human's, speeding up his THC absorption. But at his size (6-foot-4 and 195 pounds), Phelps needs a lot more weed... More »

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sports • Michael Phelps • drug use • marijuana • drugs in sports • weed • Olympics • THC

 Twilight's Bella 
 Gets High 

Tape shows Kristen Stewart smoking something out of a pipe on her front steps

Nov 27, 08 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Twilight is a huge hit, but star Kristen Stewart hasn’t gotten the message about dodging the paparazzi: TMZ caught her toking up on her front porch this week. Stewart, who plays the chaste Bella, was seen smoking something from a pipe outside her Los Angeles home—perhaps a remedy... More »

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Hollywood • drugs • paparazzi • marijuana • weed • Twilight • Robert Pattinson • Kristen Stewart

 Report to UN: 
 Dudes, Legalize Weed 

Drug less harmful than alcohol or smoking, report says

Oct 2, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(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... More »

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United Nations • marijuana • cannabis • marijuana legalization • Bill Maher • weed

Calif. Brewer Wins Fight
to Sell 'Legal Weed'

Feds reverse course on double-entendre bottle cap after 6 months of bad publicity

Sep 2, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(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... More »

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California • weird • marijuana • court cases • slogans • weed • Mt. Shasta • Weed, Calif.

Group Backs Preflight Toke

Allowing weed at airport would chill 'air rage,' pro-marijuana org in Denver says

Jun 26, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Stronger Weed Ignites Controversy

As potency grows, so does dispute over whether drug is harmful

Jun 23, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(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... More »

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drugs • marijuana • weed • potency

 Weed Potency Hits 30-Year High 

Study finds THC levels have doubled since 1983, raising mental health worries

Jun 12, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Dude! Harsh! Weed Shrinks Your Brain

Long-term smokers show abnormalities, damage to emotions

Jun 3, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(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... More »

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drugs • smoking • brain • marijuana • scientific study • weed

'Legal Weed' Beer Slogan
Has Feds Hopping Mad

Brewer in Weed, Calif., told to scrap his caps

May 28, 08 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The feds are cracking down on a small brewer in Weed, Calif., because they're very much unamused by the slogan on his bottle caps: "Try Legal Weed." A bureau of the Treasury Department says the phrase not only alludes to marijuana but misleads consumers about the ingredients of... More »

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California • beer • marijuana • slogans • microbrewing • weed • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau • Weed, Calif.

West Coast Breeds Weed Snobs, Too

Cannibus connoisseurs take their place next
to finicky wine lovers

Apr 23, 07 9:10 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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