PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says the legal door is open for the Legislature to use money from state’s medical cannabis program to pay for services to help people addicted to drugs. Arizona voters approved a …
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Pennsylvania’s youth more accepting of marijuana, but not using it more, report shows
A table from the report that shows strongly disapproving attitudes toward marijuana have dropped between 2013 and 2017. Credit: Drexel University With Pennsylvania now among the majority of states in legalizing medical marijuana, a new report shows that young people’s …
Read More »UC Irvine Medical School Will Study THC’s Effects on Adolescents’ Brain Development
By, Valli Herman Science may one day be able to answer a pressing question many parents have had about their adolescent children’s difficult behavior: Is it a passing teenage phase, or is it a result of using marijuana? And if …
Read More »This Weed in News April 13: Cannabis Cuts Crime, Receives Republicans’ Respect
Cannabis news occupied a dominant position in the headlines for the week of April 7-14, 2018 – for all the right reasons. A new study concluded adult-use legalization is directly linked to a reduction in crime and alcohol use; US …
Read More »Is New Mexico Too “Poor” to Legalize Weed? – News
“ He added that wealthier states, such as Colorado, could more easily handle the alleged detriment of legal weed. “ Instead, Pearce meant that wealthier states like Colorado have more resources “to pay for more drug addiction, more jails, and …
Read More »Even toddlers endangered by opioids, other addictive drugs
(HealthDay)—The youngest victims of America’s addiction crisis are not the teenagers tempted by tobacco, pot and pills. Rather, they are tens of thousands of toddlers and preschoolers who are accidentally poisoned when they get into the drug stash of a …
Read More »HotbAUX: Famous Dex’s Smoking Playlist
Welcome to the hotbAUX, where we pass the auxiliary cord to our special guests during the sesh to find out their go-to smoking songs. Light up and plug in. The only way to describe Chicago-born artist Famous Dex is “wild.” …
Read More »This Weed in Sports: Odom Will be Keeping up With Canna-Business
Two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom is the latest in long list of former professional athletes trying their hand at the cannabis industry after retirement. The 14-season NBA veteran and former Parade high school player of the year went through a …
Read More »The Arduous Path to Legalizing Cannabis
The Boggs Act of 1952 created severe mandatory sentences for a variety of drug-related offenses, including cannabis. The final death knell for cannabis came when Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. The act created individual schedules or categories …
Read More »Science Undermines Jeff Sessions Ridiculous Claim
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is infamous for his low-rent disdain for science, facts, and all things cannabis. Despite his unrelenting denials that medical marijuana helps mitigate America’s opioid epidemic, – two studies published Monday suggest that Sessions is factually …
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