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Despite what the Trump administration tells you, marijuana can actually help put an end to America’s addiction to painkillers.

A new study has found that the rate of hospitalization related to opioid painkillers dropped at an average of 23 percent in states that allow medical marijuana, reports Reuters.
The study, which was published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence report, also observed a 13 percent drop in the average of opioid overdoses in said states.
In order to find their conclusions, researchers from the University of California San Diego analyzed hospitalization records from 27 states — nine of which

The upcoming Coachella Music and Arts Festival won’t be the only party filled with weed smoke in the desert next month.

Pot dispensary search engine Weedmaps is planning to hold a massive, fully legal “marijuana oasis” for VIP guest six miles outside of the Coachella festival grounds, reports TMZ.
The compound is said to include two grow houses, a greenhouse, and five dome-shaped enclosures to test top-shelf strains from GenX, Brass Knuckle and West Coast Cure.
Each dome station reportedly offers a different cannabis experience such as vaporizing, edibles, and good old fashioned smoking.

The Great White North is about to become even greater next summer.

A senior government official on Monday said that Canadians should be able to legally smoke and use marijuana by July 1, 2018, reports the Associated Press.
Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the liberal government is set to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana this week, which lawmakers say would put the bill on schedule to go into effect by the estimated date.
The government is expected to follow guidelines set by a marijuana task force that recommends adults should be allowed to carry up to 30 grams of

Fearing the recent anti-marijuana comments made by members of the Trump administration, a group of California lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sure state law enforcement doesn’t end up working against the will of voters by assisting feds crack down on legal cannabis, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Assembly Bill 1578 was presented this week by six Democratic legislators concerned with recent comments from newly minted Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who both hinted at greater federal interference in states that have legalized marijuana.
“Prohibiting our state and local law enforcement agencies

Opponents of marijuana legalization have long argued that it will only lead to increased use in teens, but a new study has proven that to be wrong.

The latest Washington State Healthy Youth Survey found that the 2016 rate of teen marijuana use has remained steady since the state voted to legalize the substance in 2012, reports the Washington Post.
The state-run survey of 37,000 middle and high school students found no measurable effect on the rate of teen marijuana use, either from the state’s 2012 decision to legalize recreational use, nor the 2014 implementation of retail dispensaries.

Chris Hayes may seem like a mild-mannered political commentator, but that hasn’t stopped him from bringing weed into a massive conservative political event.

The MSNBC host on Monday visited “Late Night with Seth Meyers” to discuss his new book, “A Colony in a Nation,” which is partly inspired by the time a Philadelphia police officer caught Hayes with marijuana at the 2000 Republican National Convention.
“We go through one checkpoint, and I think, ‘Oh my goodness, I’ve got $30 worth of weed in an eyeglass case,’” Hayes explains in the interview.