23 Jul 2012

Pot-smoking Moms Defend Their Habit

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Which parent is worse: The one who smokes pot or the one who knocks back wine? Some pot-smoking mothers are defending their habit and say they’re tired of being judged by other moms who religiously drink glasses of wine.  “Any hypocrisy is hard to swallow.  A drunk mother is pathetic and I often leave parties when I experience other mothers tying one on,” Margaret, a mother of two boys, told Today Moms. And she’s not the only mom who feels … Read More
23 Jul 2012

Experts Warn On Impact Of Legal Pot

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Legalizing marijuana in even a single state could drive down prices dramatically across the country, encouraging more people to smoke the drug, a panel of experts said at a briefing Tuesday. Last week, Oregon became the third state that will vote this November on a ballot measure to legalize marijuana, joining Colorado and Washington. “Legalization is unprecedented – not even the Netherlands has done it – – it is entirely possible it will happen this year,” said Jonathan Caulkins, co-author … Read More

18 Jul 2012

3 States Mull MJ Legalization Experts Warn: Beware

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Legalizing marijuana in even a single state could drive down prices dramatically across the country, encouraging more people to smoke the drug, a panel of experts said at a briefing Tuesday. Last week, Oregon became the third state that will vote this November on a ballot measure to legalize marijuana, joining Colorado and Washington. “Legalization is unprecedented – not even the Netherlands has done it – it is entirely possible it will happen this year,” said Jonathan Caulkins, co-author of … Read More
16 Jul 2012

1 in 8 with Fibromyalgia Uses Medicinal Cannabis

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One in eight people with the painful condition fibromyalgia self-medicate with pot and other cannabis products, according to a new Canadian study. “That is not unusual behavior, in general, for people with chronic medical illnesses for which we don’t have great treatments,” said Dr. Igor Grant, who heads the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California and was not involved in the study. “People start looking around, they look for other types of remedies, because they need … Read More

13 Jul 2012

Alcohol Not Marijuana Triggers Drug Abuse in Teenagers

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If you want your kids to stay away from drugs, then you might want to keep teenagers off alcohol because a new study says that long term drug abuse is likely to occur due to alcohol, not marijuana, use. The present study included data on more than 14,500 high-school students from 120 schools across U.S. The data was obtained from Monitoring the Future study. Researchers analyzed the data to find out what substances were being tried by students. They checked for … Read More

10 Jul 2012

Medical Marijuana Users Oppose Home Grow-Op Ruling

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Saskatchewan’s exempted medical marijuana users and growers are criticizing a decision by the federal government to stop individuals from growing the plant. “I will be forced to purchase it from the government and that restricts me because I cannot produce the type that I like and that helps (dull the pain),” said Jason Hiltz, a medicinal marijuana advocate in Saskatoon who received an exemption in 2008 to grow the plants and take the drug. Health Canada will no longer allow … Read More

10 Jul 2012

Pot Prohibition Benefits No One

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You can’t visit a winery established in the 19th century without hearing about the heroic efforts made to preserve the ancient vines that provide the grapes, which with time and care, produce wine. From 1920 until 1933, the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol within the USA was prohibited. So called “Prohibition” was an effort to control the use of alcohol, especially among the working classes. Its roots stretch even earlier in our history. Before Prohibition began, the brewing, wine-making … Read More

8 Jul 2012

‘Savages’ Boss Oliver Stone Knows Good Weed

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Oliver Stone has smoked great marijuana all over the world, from Vietnam and Thailand to Jamaica and South Sudan. But the filmmaker says the best weed is made in the USA and that pot could be a huge growth industry for taxpayers if it were legalized. Stone, whose drug-war thriller “Savages” opens Friday, has been a regular toker since his days as an infantryman in Vietnam in the late 1960s and knows a good herb when he inhales one. He … Read More

7 Jul 2012

Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the much-publicized Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and then vetoed a law that actually provides "solutions" to reduce emissions and not just new mandates. The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, a bipartisan effort co-authored by Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Chuck Devore (R-Irvine), would have lifted the ban on industrial hemp, creating a licensing procedure for researchers and farmers that would allow one of the world's most useful agricultural crops back in California. The … Read More

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