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Rob is proud to have voted for California Proposition 215 in 1996 and is now enjoying the fruits (or flowers) of the medical marijuana movement. He would happily give up alcohol in exchange for recreational cannabis and encourages people to read real peer-reviewed science and make informed decisions for themselves. We have only begun to understand the human endocannabinoid system.
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Marijuana prohibition now costs state and federal government up to $20 billion a year, and legalization efforts are only beginning to chip away at that.
Mr. Erb has been crushing 15 joints a day since the 70's, now he’s smoking them as a multi-millionaire. He won a $25-million jackpot last November and began doling money to a cause very close to his heart: the legalization of marijuana.
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 placed marijuana in the most restrictive use category, Schedule I, deeming it a drug with no medicinal value and high potential for abuse. To do clinical research with marijuana, you need a DEA license, and you need to get your study approved by the FDA.
Adam Scorgie, director of The Culture High, recently interviewed Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
President Barack Obama’s drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, toed a strict line on marijuana Wednesday, saying federal laws will prevail regardless of state-level efforts to legalize pot.
There's a new congressional push to end the federal War on Pot in the states – and it's being spearheaded by some of the most conservative members of the Republican conference.
Respect State Marijuana Laws Act: amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to respect state marijuana laws above all else.
British soap opera Coronation Street character Sylvia Goodwin (Stephanie Cole) has turned to cannabis to help ease her arthritis in the latest storyline.
Hawaii Senate judiciary committee Chairman Clayton Hee has shot down two resolutions asking federal authorities to release Roger Christie from federal prison on bail.
The number of marijuana plants eradicated by law enforcement has plummeted from a record high of over 10 million plants in 2009 to under 4 million plants in 2012.
People who plan to sell legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado will be spared the hassle and expense of having to grow it themselves, thanks to the suggestion of an ad hoc committee of state lawmakers hammering together a workable bill for regulating legal pot.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that Cheech & Chong's animated movie will hit theaters for the 4/20 weekend.
What could be better than Stephen Colbert’s head on your pipe? On May 8, 2011 Stephen Colbert had his bust scanned with a 3D laser so that “everyone can have their own…
Legislation aimed at prohibiting the sale of glass and other pipes, commonly called "bongs," sailed through the House Business and Professional Regulation subcommittee on Wednesday.
How many could we save by switching our treatment strategy away from psychotropic drugs and towards medical marijuana for ptsd? It’s worth finding out.
A measure to allow medical marijuana in Maryland moved forward in the House of Delegates on Saturday.
Aurora, Colorado could regulate marijuana retailers like liquor stores, which are required to be about 2,000 feet apart from any rival. That would give Aurora room for about 80 pot shops, and generate an estimated $2.5 million a year in sales tax revenues.
