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Vermont is now poised to become the next state to allow recreational marijuana use.
The state’s House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill to legalize marijuana use for adults, reports the Burlington Free Press.
The bill has already been approved by the state’s Senate and now awaits the approval of Republican Gov.

(Vermont State House
Photo: Jared C. Benedict)


Vermont is now poised to become the next state to allow recreational marijuana use.
The state’s House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill to legalize marijuana use for adults, reports the Burlington Free Press.
The bill has already been approved by the state’s Senate and now awaits the approval of Republican Gov.

Summer trips to Las Vegas and Reno are about to get way more lit.

The Nevada Tax Commission on Monday voted to allow qualifying licensed medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling pot for recreational purposes as early as July 1, reports the Las Vegas Sun.
The commission has a Jan. 1 deadline to draft rules for recreational marijuana sales, but decided to issue early temporary licenses to qualifying shops in an effort to test regulations before the program goes into full effect in 2018.
Officials stressed the urge to adopt regulations early in order to meet Gov.

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Although the stereotype of the forgetful stoner persists, a new scientific study suggests that marijuana might actually help retain memories.
In a study published Monday in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Bonn, Germany found that marijuana’s psychoactive compound THC significantly benefits mature mice by improving cognitive functions such as memory, reports Newsweek.
Scientists studied the effects of THC by administering small doses to mice at three different life stages, with the latter two groups representing mature and old age.

Nate Diaz seems perfectly happy staying out of the Octagon and nearby a big jar of Ghost OG Kush.

The Stockton-bred fighter gave a rambling yet insightful interview with the MMA Hour on Wednesday to talk about life since losing a rematch to current UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor in August of 2016.
While speaking on how he spends his current free time, Diaz showed off a jar of cannabis labeled “Ghost OG Kush.”
“My point is, I don’t need to fight,” Diaz told interviewer Ariel Helwani in one of his clearer thoughts.
Diaz also pointed out that

Despite NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spending his offseason to denounce marijuana use, the league’s players association are now working to allow players to use medical cannabis.

In an appearance Tuesday on ESPN’s Outside the Lines, union executive director DeMaurice Smith said the NFLPA plans to discuss the current marijuana policy with league officials.
Smith said the NFLPA wants to pursue a “therapeutic approach” to players testing positive for pot use:
“We intended to present a proposal to the league that has probably more of a therapeutic approach to those who test positive for marijuana.

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A bipartisan group of House Democrats and Republicans recently hashed out a $1 trillion budget for government spending, but none of which will be used to crack down on legal pot.
A new government funding bill will block the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute law-abiding medical marijuana companies operating in legal states, reports the Orange County Register.
The budget’s full text of the marijuana provision is as follows:
None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States

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Building from a series of rapid marijuana law reform sweeping Mexico, the country’s lawmakers have now voted to approve marijuana use for medicinal purposes.
Mexico’s Lower House of Congress passed a bill on Friday to legalize cannabis for both medical and scientific needs, reports the Associated Press.
“The ruling eliminates the prohibition and criminalization of acts related to the medicinal use of marijuana and its scientific research, and those relating to the production and distribution of the plant for these purposes,” the Lower House stated on its website.
The bill passed with 374 votes

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In anticipation of his upcoming 15th studio album, Neva Left, Snoop Dogg just realized the mother of all stoner anthems, “Mount Kushmore.”
The legendary Doggfather brings it back to the ’90s G-Funk era with this laid-back posse cut featuring hip-hop’s top pot smokers Redman, Method Man, and B-Real of Cypress Hill.
All emcees show up in fine form with their best 420 rhymes, including the severely underrated Redman, who raps “I’m a dog off the collar, the marijuana globe trotter/You’s got bud?

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Next time you feel a stomach ache coming on, try treating it with some weed and spicy food.
Researchers have found that a compound in chili peppers can also produce an anti-inflammatory compound in the stomach similar to chemicals found in marijuana, reports Popular Science.
In a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the UConn Health School of Medicine found that capsaicin — the compound known for giving chili peppers their heat — targets a cannabis receptor in the stomach that releases a compound similar to those found