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  • May 2008

    • Nickelodeon Show Draws Stoner Crowd

      ABC News  |  May 8, 08 10:40 PM CDT

      Nickelodeon Show Draws Stoner Crowd

      (Newser) - A Nickelodeon series aimed at preschoolers has garnered an unusual following—hipster parents and twenty-something potheads. The variety-show format of “Yo Gabba Gabba!”—celebs and indie rockers guest between animated shorts—attracts a generation weaned on “The Muppet Show,” reports ABC News. Add bright colors, trippy characters, and ironically funny life lessons and you have a recipe for stoner entertainment. More »

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      television  • YouTube  • marijuana  • Nickelodeon  • preschool  • television watching

    • Willie Bio an Epic of Whiskey, Weed, and Women

      Radar  |  May 4, 08 3:01 PM CDT

      Willie Bio an Epic of Whiskey, Weed, and Women

      (Newser) - Joe Nick Patoski hopped aboard Willie Nelson's tour bus more than 35 years ago, and despite the ever-present haze of marijuana smoke, appears to have emerged clear-eyed to write Willie Nelson: An Epic Life . The work is a "sprawling masterpiece" of the Texas hippie, John Clarke Jr. writes in Radar , chronicling a lifetime of drugs, music, and women. More »

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      music  • marijuana  • book reviews  • country music  • Willie Nelson

  • April 2008

    • Dude...Where's My Sponsor?

      MSNBC  |  Apr 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      Dude...Where's My Sponsor?

      (Newser) - Major corporations are trying to see dollar signs through the haze of pot smoke hovering over this year's 4/20 stonerpalooza, as the pseudo-holiday gains national attention with its large, (idly) devoted following on college campuses. This year, festivities will include stoner cinema debuts like "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo" and "Super High Me," MSNBC reports. More »

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      drugs  • college  • marijuana  • movies  • drug use  • marijuana legalization  • University of Colorado

    • In Video, Teens Force Toddler to Smoke Pot

      WCSH (Portland, Maine)  |  Apr 16, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      In Video, Teens Force Toddler to Smoke Pot

      (Newser) - Two Ohio teens have been arrested after police acquired a video in which they forced a toddler to smoke pot, NBC reports. The video, in which the smoking babysitters pass the pipe to the 18-month-old, was recovered after it was left inside a camcorder sold to a pawnshop. The teens face charges of child endangerment and distributing narcotics to a minor. More »

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      drugs  • Ohio  • smoking  • marijuana  • toddler  • recreational drugs

    • UK to Get Tough on Pot

      Independent (UK)  |  Apr 4, 08 9:14 AM CDT

      UK to Get Tough on Pot

      (Newser) - The British government is set to tighten the law on marijuana, reclassifying it as a more dangerous drug and imposing a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison for possession. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is determined to designate pot as a class B drug, only three years after Tony Blair downgraded it to class C.  More »

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      United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • marijuana  • cannabis

  • March 2008

    • I Used Cocaine: NY Governor

      NY1  |  Mar 25, 08 4:37 AM CDT

      I Used Cocaine: NY Governor

      (Newser) - One week after revealing he had extramarital affairs, New York Gov. David Paterson has also admitted using marijuana and cocaine. Patterson used drugs in the 70s when he was 23, he said in an interview on TV news channel New York 1. Paterson, the state's first black and first blind governor, succeeded Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in a call-girl scandal. More »

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      New York  • Eliot Spitzer  • cocaine  • marijuana  • budget  • David Paterson  • drug abuse  • Silda Wall Spitzer  • Albany  • Michelle Paterson

    • Mass. Rep Vows to Legalize Pot

      Politico  |  Mar 23, 08 4:44 PM CDT

      Mass. Rep Vows to Legalize Pot

      (Newser) - Rep. Barney Frank will move to legalize “small amounts” of marijuana, Politico reports, citing Americans who think use of the drug is no big deal. “It's time for the politicians to catch up to the public,” said the Massachusetts Democrat on "Real Time with Bill Maher." But it’ll be tough for him to get a vote on such legislation, the Crypt notes. More »

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      Congress  • drugs  • marijuana  • Massachusetts  • late night talk show  • medical marijuana  • Barney Frank  • marijuana legalization  • Bill Maher

    • Gilligan's Mary Ann Ducks Dope Charge

      Associated Press  |  Mar 11, 08 6:44 PM CDT

      Gilligan's Mary Ann Ducks Dope Charge

      (Newser) - Dawn Wells, better known as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island , has ducked a dope charge but will serve 6 months' probation for reckless driving, the AP reports. A sheriff's deputy pulled her over in Teton County, Idaho last year and smelled marijuana in the car; the former actress failed a sobriety test, but avoided a drug charge by pleading guilty to reckless driving. More »

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      drugs  • marijuana  • DUI  • drug possession

    • New 'University' Goes to Pot

      NPR  |  Mar 10, 08 3:21 PM CDT

      New 'University' Goes to Pot

      (Newser) - It's sort of a slacker's med school: An Oakland activist started Oaksterdam University to train students to work in the medical marijuana industry, reports NPR. Oaksterdam offers a single $75 course, which teaches students about pot's political and legal history as well as the botany of the much-loved herb. "You don't want seeds in your cannabis," says the founder. "It's like seedless grapes." More »

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      California  • marijuana  • medical marijuana  • cannabis  • Oakland  • botany

    • Feds Map Drug and Mental Problems by State

      Reuters  |  Mar 6, 08 8:25 AM CST

      Feds Map Drug and Mental Problems by State

      (Newser) - Vermonters smoke the most pot and Utah has the lowest drinking and marijuana rates among young people in the nation—but the highest rates of adults reporting mental health problems. Those are some of the nuggets uncovered in a fascinating new report by government researchers who made a state-by-state examination of substance abuse and mental health problems, Reuters reports. More »

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      cocaine  • marijuana  • mental illness  • alcohol abuse  • drug abuse  • binge drinking  • survey  • substance abuse  • underage drinking

  • February 2008

    • Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out

      New Yorker  |  Feb 19, 08 3:57 PM CST

      Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out

      (Newser) - The days when drug use could derail a Supreme Court nomination or make a hairsplitting presidential candidate look ridiculous are long gone, Hendrik Hertzberg writes in the New Yorker, and Barack Obama has broken yet another barrier: He is apparently "marginally less of a pothead than he has made himself out to be." More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • US Supreme Court  • marijuana  • New York Times

    • Major US Doctors' Group Backs Medical Marijuana

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 15, 08 3:15 AM CST

      Major US Doctors' Group Backs Medical Marijuana

      (Newser) - The second-largest physicians' organization in the nation is taking a stand supporting medical marijuana, declaring that science has proven the drug has therapeutic value. The American College of Physicians is asking federal lawmakers to drop marijuana from a category of drugs considered to have no medicinal value, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a position paper, the association also calls for the protection of doctors and patients in states with laws supporting pot use for health reasons. More »

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      drugs  • marijuana  • medical marijuana  • marijuana legalization

    • US Music Drunk on Booze and Drugs

      Reuters  |  Feb 7, 08 7:27 PM CST

      US Music Drunk on Booze and Drugs

      (Newser) - Turns out 2005's A-one songs aren't so AA-friendly. A study of the top 279 tunes of that year in the US found 30% of the lyrics referenced illicit substances, mostly positively, reports Reuters. The average 16-year-old racks up 2.4 listening hours a day, which funnels 30,000 alcohol- and marijuana-laced messages into impressionable ears each year, the report says. More »

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      drugs  • alcohol  • marijuana  • alcohol abuse  • rapper  • country music

    • Super-Strong 'Skunk' Pot Linked to Psychosis

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 6, 08 12:21 PM CST

      Super-Strong 'Skunk' Pot Linked to Psychosis

      (Newser) - Seizures of a super-strong strain of marijuana nicknamed "skunk" have risen sharply in the UK and experts say it could be causing an epidemic of cannabis-induced psychosis, the Daily Telegraph reports. Skunk is up to four times more potent than regular herbal cannabis, and now accounts for 80% of street seizures. British politicians are now debating reclassifying marijuana as a more dangerous drug. More »

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      United Kingdom  • drugs  • marijuana  • mental illness  • schizophrenia

    • Smoking Pot Rots Your Teeth

      The Age  |  Feb 6, 08 8:04 AM CST

      Smoking Pot Rots Your Teeth

      (Newser) - Smoking pot might give you the munchies—and then take away the pearly whites you need to satisfy them, a new study finds. New Zealand researchers have found that regularly smoking marijuana causes increasingly severe gum disease, with one in four heavy smokers with chronic periodontal disease by the age of 32, reports Australia's The Age. More »

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      drugs  • smoking  • marijuana  • tobacco  • cannabis  • teeth

  • January 2008

    • Only in LA: Pot Vending Machines

      Associated Press  |  Jan 30, 08 10:18 AM CST

      Only in LA: Pot Vending Machines

      (Newser) - Always on the leading edge, LA is now the first city to have 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. The bulky black boxes scan patrons' fingerprints and a prepaid card, dispensing neat green envelopes of pot. The machines provide "convenient access, lower prices, safety, anonymity," the inventor tells the AP. More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • marijuana  • medical marijuana  • DEA  • vending machine

    • Dutch Pharma Firm Preps Pot Pill

      Reuters  |  Jan 27, 08 1:31 PM CST

      Dutch Pharma Firm Preps Pot Pill

      (Newser) - Why smoke pot when you can pop a pill? Echo Pharmaceuticals is jumping into Phase II trials for a new cannabis pill that could snag 20%-30% of the booming medical marijuana market, Reuters reports. The Dutch firm plans to sell the pill within 5 years, giving medical marijuana users a healthier way to take the drug. More »

    • Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jan 18, 08 1:20 PM CST

      Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal

      (Newser) - One of the two brothers who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo told the father of the teen who died that all three had yelled and waved at the animal before the mauling, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The investigation had been inactive, but new police searches of the victims’ car and phones indicate that the men may be charged with taunting, a misdemeanor. More »

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      marijuana  • San Francisco Zoo  • tiger mauling  • vodka  • misdemeanor

    • Mexico Spiraling Out of Control

      Reuters  |  Jan 16, 08 5:56 PM CST

      Mexico Spiraling Out of Control

      (Newser) - The violent conflict between drug cartels and Mexico's government has the country perilously close to spinning out of control, writes Reuters' Bernd Debusmann. The battle for control of the drug trade that delivers the majority of the US’ cocaine and marijuana has produced a culture in which there is “widespread acceptance of insecurity as a way of life,” Debusmann says. More »

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      Mexico  • marijuana  • Felipe Calderon  • drug war

  • December 2007

    • Mischa Barton Busted in LA

      E! Online  |  Dec 28, 07 3:41 AM CST

      Mischa Barton Busted in LA

      (Newser) - Former " OC" star Mischa Barton was booked early yesterday on suspicion of driving under the influence, possessing an illegal narcotic and driving with an invalid license, E! News is reporting. Barton, 21, was pulled over in West Hollywood before dawn after deputies spotted the actress driving her Range Rover straddling two lanes of traffic and turning left without signaling, authorities said. More »

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      celebrity  • marijuana  • Fox  • celebrity trials  • DUI

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