Study: How Pot Became An American Pastime
The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as the cannabis capital of the world. But a survey published this month in PLoS Medi...
The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as the cannabis capital of the world. But a survey published this month in PLoS Medi...
Reuters | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home
When a smoking ban comes into force in the Netherlands next Tuesday, it may kill the buzz for people who like to smoke their cannabis with tobacco. Bu...
Boston.com | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home
Police discovered a 10-foot-deep underground bunker Thursday afternoon in Carver that was allegedly used by a man for an extensive marijuana-growing o...
MyFox Colorado | Posted 06.24.2008 | Green
One pro-marijuana group is calling on the government to allow marijuana in smoking lounges at airports across the country. Cigarette smoking at Denve...
Paul Armentano | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
What possible advances in the treatment of cancer could have been achieved had U.S. government officials chosen to advance, not suppress, research into the anti-cancer effects of cannabis?
Paul Armentano | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
While the feds' latest "reefer rhetoric" may sound alarming, there's little substance behind the hype. The average THC in domestically grown marijuana has remained unchanged for nearly a decade.
Anthony Papa | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
A tenfold increase in marijuana arrests over the previous decade is a figure marked by startling racial and gender disparities, according to a report released by the New York Civil Liberties Union.
AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 06.13.2008 | Living
WASHINGTON — Marijuana potency increased last year to the highest level in more than 30 years, posing greater health risks to people who may vie...
LiveNews | Kelly Fedor | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business
Police have seized more than $3.5 million worth of cannabis in raids on another five homes in Sydney's west. Seven people have been arrested after ra...
Tony Newman | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
When one considers the experiences of veterans, it is understandable that many would suffer from PTSD and take drugs to deal with their mental and physical trauma.
Reuters | Will Dunham | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living
ong-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday. Brain scans showed the hip...
Tony Newman | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
The application of the government's zero-tolerance prohibition policies on drug use in public housing are overtly racist, classist, ineffective and inhumane.
Vince Beiser | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
Many currently incarcerated for drug use are no different than the young Barack Obama, or millions of other Americans like him -- curious kids experimenting with intoxicants for kicks.
Current | Phillip Eastman | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living
The 35-year-old son of a prominent cannabis rights activist goes back to school...to study pot (at Oaksterdam University in Oakland). So, what do ...
Reuters | Will Dunham | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living
Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke, U.S. government resea...
Tony Newman | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
Once convicted of a drug offense, one can lose college financial aid, food stamps, public housing and possibly even voting rights. Money wasted and lives ruined... and for what?
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.
AP | Posted 03.11.2008 | Entertainment
DRIGGS, Idaho — Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," is serving six months' unsupervised probation after allegedly being caug...
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
It's impossible to describe the relationship between politicians, lobbyists, corporations, and campaign cash -- and have it come out sounding different than what a prostitute does for a living.
AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 03.11.2008 | Living
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On Web sites touting the mind-blowing powers of Salvia divinorum, come-ons to buy the hallucinogenic herb are accompanied by...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
Tomorrow night may be the last debate in the Democratic primary race. This will be the twentieth debate so far, which has to be some kind of record. ...
Matt Simon | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home
Barack Obama's position on marijuana is more in line with Jimmy Carter's than Richard Nixon's. Let's hope he makes the most of this opportunity to differentiate himself from Hillary Clinton.
Washinton Times | Jen Haberkorn | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
Last fall during a nationally televised presidential debate, Sen. Barack Obama hesitantly raised his hand and joined with most of his Democratic rival...
AP | DAISY NGUYEN | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business
LOS ANGELES — The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. Patients suf...
ABC News | BOB ROSNER | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business
Dear WOUNDED: I work closely with a guy who I think is high all the time. I'm not trying to tell him how to live his life, but I'm scared that he'll ...
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
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Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
Time | Sarah N. Lynch | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living