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marijuana stories: 174 news summaries

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 This Bud's for You: 
 Pot Cafe Makes 
 the Grade 

Marijuana mist, croissants on tap in 1st legal establishment

17 hours, 35 minutes ago
(Newser) - A first peek into the the first legal "pot cafe" in America reveals well-behaved Oregon patrons "sipping" marijuana mist from vaporizers and chatting amiably on couches. Not just anyone can wander into the Portland spot, which also sells chocolate croissants, notes a Times of London reporter. Smokers must... More »

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medical marijuana • marijuana • Oregon • Portland • pot • pot cafe • Portland pot cafe

 LA Cops Bust 
 Pot Operation 
 Next Door 

Indoor marijuana farm sniffed out after 8 months

Nov 19, 09 1:42 AM CST
(Newser) - California's boldest—or dumbest—pot growers have been arrested after LAPD officers sniffed out their growing operation in a warehouse just 25 feet from a police station. The sophisticated enterprise was up and running for some 8 months before officers caught a whiff of the product in their parking lot... More »

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Los Angeles • marijuana • LAPD

 Boomers Enjoy 
 New 'Whatever' 
 'Tude on Pot 


Older tokers find they can be open about once-taboo habit

Nov 16, 09 1:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Aging baby boomers are not only boosting the ranks of older pot smokers, they're enjoying a kind of neo Age of Aquarius of relaxed attitudes toward one of their favorite habits. The number of marijuana smokers in the 50-59 age group has doubled over the past decade, according to statistics.... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • drug use • marijuana • pot

 Nation's First Marijuana 
 Cafe Opens in Portland 

It welcomes those licensed to smoke it legally

Nov 14, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A cafe in Portland, Oregon, made a little history yesterday when it became the first in the nation to legally open its doors to pot smokers. The Cannabis Cafe welcomes those who are licensed by the state to smoke marijuana for medical reasons. It doesn't sell pot to members—that's... More »

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marijuana • cannabis • marijuana legalization • Portland • NORML • Portland, Oregon • cafes

don't ask, don't inhale

 
 Admit It 
 Wolf, You 
 Smoked 
 Pot 

It's no big deal, so stop getting all secretive about it

Nov 10, 09 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Wolf Blitzer can stay calm and collected on nearly any subject—except when marijuana comes up. Yesterday, during a discussion of Barney Frank’s brush with pot, the anchor noted that he couldn’t recognize the plant but could recognize the smell, then got flummoxed when asked to elaborate. And... More »

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marijuana • CNN • Wolf Blitzer • anchor

dumb criminals

Drunk Driver Calls Cops to Report Stolen Weed

Man sought help in tracking down another intoxicant

Nov 6, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A 21-year-old Oregon man called police to report that ¾ of an ounce of marijuana had been stolen from his car while he was drinking in a bar. After waiting for deputies, he began driving—despite being drunk—and called 911 again to complain. Dispatchers found him difficult to understand,... More »

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crime • drunk driving • marijuana • Oregon • pot

 Mexican Gangs Move 
 Into US Indian Land 

Drug cartels take advantage of overworked cops

Nov 5, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexican drug gangs have been rapidly expanding their marijuana-growing operations in the US in recent years, especially on Indian reservations. The gangs take advantage of underfunded tribal police departments, large tracts of unused land, and overlapping jurisdictions to set up grows on reservations from California to South Dakota, authorities say.... More »

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marijuana • drug cartel • Native American • tribes • drug traffickers • reservation • Mexican drug cartel

 Hard-Up  
 Calif. Town 
 Out of Joint 
 Over Pot Influx 

Green gold rattles community

Nov 3, 09 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A hard-scrabble northern California town has been turned topsy-turvy since the folks with tokes moved in. Thousands of pungent marijuana plants pack fields and yards in tiny Hayfork, population 1,900, where a quarter of the residents are poor. The local Timberjacks football team recently moved its halftime huddle to... More »

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California • medical marijuana • marijuana • marijuana legalization • marijuana distribution • pot • Hayfork

 Calif. Holds Hearings on 
 Legalizing Pot 

Hopes high as 3 measures head for ballot next year

Oct 28, 09 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The push to legalize—and, especially appealing at the moment, tax—marijuana is picking up momentum in California, with legislators holding hearings today on what would be the first such law in the nation. Organizers are currently collecting signatures to put three separate pot legalization initiatives on the ballot next... More »

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California • law • Arnold Schwarzenegger • medical marijuana • legislation • marijuana • marijuana legalization • pot



 Truly Wacky Online Dating Sites 

From vampire lovers to geeks to punk rockers, a site for everyone

Oct 25, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the matches you’re finding on eHarmony are too vanilla, never fear: There’s a dating site out there for you, and Julie Gerstein of Lemondrop rounds up the quirkiest of the quirky:
  • If you wear a lot of black: Find your “own personal Satan” at
... More »

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Internet • marijuana • dating • punk music • online dating • Star Trek • geeks • Ayn Rand • farmers • trends

david sirota

Drug Policy Hypocrisy:
Hero Lance Is Selling Beer

And yet Phelps is vilified for smoking pot

Oct 24, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps smokes a bong at a private party and becomes Public Enemy No. 1. Lance Armstrong signs a deal to hawk beer for Anheuser-Busch and—nothing. Therein lies a lesson about our nation's "absurd drug policy," writes David Sirota. Alcohol is the demonstrably more dangerous drug, yet... More »

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Michael Phelps • alcohol • beer • marijuana • marijuana legalization • Lance Armstrong

 Bong Water Is a Drug: Court 

Minnesota Supreme Court overturns ruling that said drug water was paraphernalia

Oct 23, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Supreme Court has declared bong water an illegal drug. The decision overturns a lower court ruling that held bong water was paraphernalia. The decision means lazy users who leave water in their bongs could be hit with a first-degree drug possession charge—even if they have no other... More »

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drug trafficking • marijuana • Minnesota • Minnesota Supreme Court • illegal drugs

Kathleen parker

 Legalizing Pot 
 May Be Women's Work 

Today's users don't fit the stoner stereotype: Parker

Oct 21, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Good for AG Eric Holder for announcing that the Justice Department will let medical marijuana laws stand, writes Kathleen Parker—at last, the 14 states that give cannabis to the chronically ill won't face further raids by the feds. But it's not enough: 44% of Americans favor full legalization, and... More »

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medical marijuana • marijuana • cannabis • marijuana legalization • Eric Holder • Kathleen Parker • women's issues

OPINION

Obama Pot Policy a Victory for States' Rights

Administration takes long-overdue steps to end Bush-era excesses

Oct 19, 09 5:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s decision to respect state laws on medical marijuana is good policy—and not just because it demonstrates compassion toward cancer and AIDS patients, writes Glenn Greenwald. Despite his critics’ charges of “socialism” and “fascism,” President Obama is showing that his administration, unlike the... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • medical marijuana • marijuana • decriminalization • states' rights • Obama administration

 Feds Will 
 Back Off 
 Medical Pot 
 Operations 

No more crackdowns on outlets that comply with state law

Oct 19, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration will stop cracking down on medical marijuana centers operating legally under state law, according to a new policy expected to be released today. The move is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which continued to bust such operations for breaking federal law. Under the new strategy,... More »

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Barack Obama • drugs • medical marijuana • marijuana • George W. Bush • states' rights • Obama administration • pot • federal prosecutors

Life Not Groovy for Licensed
Pot Sellers

New Mexicans left fearing both feds
and criminals

Oct 10, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Mexico has started handing out licenses to nonprofit medical marijuana producers and distributors in an effort to avoid the kind of dispensary free-for-all seen in California—but that's not making those involved sleep any easier. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, meaning growers, distributors and users—fearing both... More »

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New Mexico • medical marijuana • marijuana • marijuana legalization

 US-Grown 
 Mom n' Pop Pot 
 Burns Mexican Cartels 

Economic forces more potent than law enforcement

Oct 7, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are facing an opponent more formidable than law enforcement: competition. The long-growing illicit US pot industry has gotten a shot in the arm from the new rules surrounding medical marijuana, the Washington Post reports. Whereas once Mexican and Colombian groups produced nearly all the pot consumed... More »

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War on Drugs • medical marijuana • marijuana • drug cartel • marijuana distribution • Mexican drug cartel

 Help Wanted: Pot Critic 

As pot grows semi-legal, connoisseurs wanted

Oct 5, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the midst of media layoffs, one Colorado newspaper is actually hiring: It’s looking for a pot critic. The number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver has exploded to more than 100 this year, and the alt-weekly Westword wants someone with a legit medical need to evaluate which are... More »

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newspaper • Denver • medical marijuana • marijuana • marijuana legalization • critic

 'I Killed Seth Rogen's 
 Career': Kevin Smith 

The director talks about growing out of slackerdom after Zack and Miri failed

Oct 5, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Believe it or not, Kevin Smith didn’t smoke weed until recently—and the drug helped him along to an epiphany after his Seth Rogen-driven Zack and Miri Make a Porno bombed. "It started as sort of a midlife crisis thing but it wasn't that,”... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • marijuana • Seth Rogen • movies • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Kevin Smith

 Bobby Brown 'Spit on Me,' 
 Houston Tells Oprah 

Singer enjoyed mixing pot, cocaine, she confides in interview

Sep 14, 09 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Emotional abuse and drug addiction marked Whitney Houston’s marriage to Bobby Brown, the singer says. “He spit on me,” Houston recalled in the first part of a tell-all interview with Oprah, broadcast today. She described their intense drug habits: Brown a full-blown, “mean” alcoholic, and Houston... More »

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entertainment • television • music • drugs • cocaine • alcoholism • Oprah Winfrey • marijuana • Whitney Houston • Bobby Brown • daytime television

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