Roswell trying to ban medical marijuana sales within city (via Repost Video News)
roswell. but it sounds like some medical marijuana users want something different. “i have a lot of patients ask me when a store is going to open up in roswell.” MANDY denson owns a medical marijuana shop in ruidoso. the only one in the area. “a lot…
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Legality of Cannabis In Latin America: By Country (via QCostaRica)
The legality of cannabis for general or recreational use varies from country to country. Possession of cannabis is illegal in most countries, and has been since the beginning of widespread cannabis prohibition in the late 1930s. However, many countries…
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World drugs body calls Uruguay marijuana move ‘illegal’ (via AFP)
Uruguay’s move to legalise the production and sale of marijuana breaks international law, the world drugs body said Wednesday, warning it would encourage addiction. “Uruguay is breaking the international conventions on drug control with the cannabis…
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Study finds no link between teen pot use and schizophrenia risk (via Raw Story )
New research has found little link between marijuana use and schizophrenia, contrary to previous studies that suggested pot-smoking adolescents were at greater risk of developing the mental illness. A recent study conducted at Harvard Medical School…
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Hey, Denver: It’s OK to smoke weed in your front yard or on a balcony (via Raw Story )
Denver residents will be permitted to smoke pot in their front yard or on a balcony, even if they can be seen from a street or sidewalk. The City Council voted 10-3 on Monday to allow the use of marijuana in the open, as long as it’s on private property…
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Wendy’s employee fired and arrested for leaving marijuana ‘blunt’ in burger (via Raw Story )
A Georgia Wendy’s employee was fired and arrested for marijuana possession after she stowed a half-smoked marijuana “blunt” in a customer’s cheeseburger, wrapped it and served it. The Associated Press reported that Amy Elizabeth Seiber admitted…
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Uruguay to make marijuana legal in trailblazing gambleUruguay is to give a green light Tuesday to making marijuana legal, in a social experiment that countries plagued by drug-related crime worldwide will watch. The legal change in this largely rural and well-educated South American nation of just 3.3…
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FDA-approved medical marijuana clinical trial gets underway next month for kids with epilepsy (via NJ.com)
A nationally renowned pediatric neurologist at Saint Barnabas has gotten FDA approval to study whether a cannabis-based drug could prevent seizures in children diagnosed with severe forms of epilepsy. The development is sure to be watched closely in…
US states take jump as legal marijuana markets open (via AFP)
In a country known for its drug war and where Bill Clinton once caught hell for admitting to smoking pot, new ground is being broken: legal marijuana markets in two states. The pioneers of this sea change are out west, in Colorado and Washington, and…
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Stoner Mice Blamed for Missing Marijuana Evidence (via NewsLook)
Video News by NewsLook Police in Wichita say pot-loving mice are to blame for the disappearance of three bags of marijuana that were torn into at a storage facility.
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