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NEWS ABOUT: cannabis

cannabis stories: 18 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

 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

 AMA Mellows on 
 Medical Marijuana 

Doctors group nudges Feds toward reclassification, research

Nov 11, 09 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The American Medical Association has finally softened on marijuana, urging the government to give it a new classification that would open the door to serious research on its medical merits. Now a Schedule I drug, with no accepted medical uses, under the AMA proposal it would become a Schedule II... More »

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medical marijuana • smoking • physician • medical research • prescription drugs • cannabis • American Medical Association • doctors • Schedule I narcotic • Schedule II narcotic

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

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

Medical Marijuana Loophole Has LA Fuming

Overrun, city cracks down on dispensaries

Jul 8, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - After letting marijuana dispensaries multiply across the city, Los Angeles is getting tough on them, telling some to shut down while the city council works to close a loophole that allowed many to open. The city issued a moratorium on new dispensaries in 2007, but many people filed “hardship... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • medical marijuana • Los Angeles • public health • cannabis • loopholes

UK Cops Nab Pot Farmer Who Posted Crop
on YouTube

Using his real name likely hastened bust

Feb 24, 09 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Police taught aspiring drug lords everywhere a valuable lesson yesterday: If you’re going to grow pot, don’t put a video of yourself doing it on YouTube—and definitely don’t sign that video with your real name. But one 25-year-old Somerset man did just that, and was treated... More »

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YouTube • War on Drugs • England • marijuana • cannabis • Bill Maher Grid

 Study Links Cannabis 
 to Testicular Cancer 

THC may intercept cancer-fighting chemicals

Feb 9, 09 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Cannabis use has been linked to a significant increase in the risk of developing testicular cancer, the Independent reports. Those who light up have a 70% higher risk of getting nonseminoma cancer—found in younger men—and the odds worsen with frequency and duration of use, the research has found.... More »

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study • drug use • cannabis • testicular cancer • men's health

Amsterdam Weeds Out Pot Cafes Near Schools

Liberal city chokes on measure handed down by Dutch government

Nov 21, 08 6:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The city of Amsterdam will close some of its famous cannabis-selling coffee shops, AFP reports, targeting cafes that operate near schools in keeping with a new directive from the Dutch government. The law, which will shutter 43 of the city’s 228 such establishments, isn’t terribly popular with city... More »

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Netherlands • marijuana • cannabis • Amsterdam

 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

Dutch Smoking Ban Leaves Pot Users in a Fog

Cannabis in coffee houses is fine, but take that butt outside

Jun 30, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Effective tomorrow, the Netherlands bans smoking tobacco in public places, and the new law means big changes for Amsterdam's famously relaxed coffeehouses, reports USA Today. Because the law doesn't cover cannabis or hashish, users can continue to smoke them inside. But those who prefer their pot mixed with tobacco, as... More »

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smoking • tobacco • marijuana • cannabis • Amsterdam • smoking ban • Dutch government

Afghan Cops Blow Up Huge Hashish Stash

260 tons of narcotics destroyed after history's biggest drugs bust

Jun 12, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan police have made what is believed to be the biggest narcotics bust in history, the Guardian reports. Some 260 tons of hashish—worth $400 million—was found buried in trenches near the Pakistan border. The narcotics haul, which would have made as much as $14 million in profits for... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • drugs • drug trafficking • cannabis • Kandahar • counternarcotics

 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

UK to Get
Tough on Pot

Brown will reclassify marijuana, stiffen penalties just 3 years after Blair relaxed them

Apr 4, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(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... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • marijuana • cannabis

New 'University' Goes to Pot

Oaksterdam U. preps students for the medical marijuana industry

Mar 10, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(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. "... More »

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California • medical marijuana • marijuana • cannabis • Oakland • Oaksterdam University • botany

Smoking Pot Rots Your Teeth

On the plus side, you'll feel pretty mellow about it

Feb 6, 08 8:04 AM CST
(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... More »

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drugs • smoking • tobacco • marijuana • cannabis • teeth • gum disease • periodontal disease

Dutch Pharma Firm Preps
Pot Pill

Drug may hit shelves in 5 years for migraine, Parkinson's victims

Jan 27, 08 1:31 PM CST
(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... More »

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medical marijuana • migraines • Parkinson's disease • marijuana • cannabis • multiple sclerosis • pharmaceutical • clinical trials • Alzheimer's Disease

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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