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Smoking Pot And Driving Doubles Chances Of Car Accident [Study]

Smoking marijuana even a couple hours before you get behind the wheel of a vehicle can double your chances of getting into a car accident according to a recent study conducted by Associate Professor Mark Asbridge from Dalhousie ... continue

Man Caught Smoking Pot on Commercial Flight

A 42-year-old man was arrested and charged after being caught smoking pot on a JetBlue flight from Orlando, Fla., to Newark, N.J. Adam Blumenkranz reportedly sloped off to the plane's lavatory to smoke marijuana, but was interrupted by ... continue

FDA To Examine Marijuana Based Mouth Spray For Cancer Patients

British firm GW Pharma is hoping to have a marijuana-based mouth spray ready for FDA approval by 2013. Known as Sativex the company is already engaged in advanced clinical trials on the drug. According to the company ... continue

Smoking Marijuana Is Good For Your Lungs [Recent Study]

Another big victory for marijuana supporters this week after a study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association which found that smoking a moderate amount of pot can actually help your lung capacity. Researchers at University of ... continue

Gasp! Snoop Dogg Arrested For Marijuana Possession

In news that should surprise absolutely nobody rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend when drug-sniffing dogs in Texas discovered marijuana on his tour bus. Snoop Dogg and his entourage were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint ... continue

Top Marijuana Smoking Country Revealed, It Was Barely A Contest

A recent study has discovered that it's not people in North America enjoying the largest amounts of marijuana per capita but rather our friends down under. According to The Lancet Australians love to light up to the tune of 15% ... continue

Study: Cocaine Levels in the Air Connected to Crime and Cancer Rates

New technologies have always been able to help researchers learn more about our lives, our health and the way we interact with each other. This time, due to new technology, researchers have been able to detect different ... continue

Teenage Cigarette Smoking Down, Weed Smoking On The Rise

It seems as if the governments war on tobacco is paying dividends. After years of raising cigarette taxes, curtailing advertising, taking tobacco out of pro sports and stepped up enforcement on stores selling to minors the number ... continue

Tijuana Drug Tunnel, Complete With Elevator, Uncovered By Police [Video]

Federal Officials recently uncovered one of the most sophisticated drug tunnels they have ever seen. The drug tunnel, which was equipped with hydraulic doors, electric lighting, rail cars, and a working elevator, started in Tijuana, Mexico, and ... continue

Marijuana Plants Planted Outside Police Station

Police this weekend discovered marijuana plants growing outside a court in the NSW mid north coast of Australia. Deemed a "prank" by someone who wanted to poke fun at Australia's justice system the plants were quickly removed and ... continue

Medical Marijuana in California Targeted by the Feds

Federal and state laws on the medical use of marijuana vary greatly in California. While federal law states the possession and sale of marijuana is a serious crime, Californian voters approved medical use of the drug in ... continue

Nebraska Approves Marijuana License Plate Following ACLU Threats

Lawyer Frank Shoemaker will soon be the proud owner of a new license plate that shows his support for the legalization of marijuana. According to reports the ACLU threatened to sue the state of Nebraska on Shoemaker's ... continue

Children With High IQ Scores Get High Later In Life [Study]

If you're children score high on IQ tests or excel easily in school based learning activities there's a good chance they will smoke marijuana and possibly try other drugs later in life according to a new survey. The ... continue

Federal Government Sued By Medical Marijuana Supporters

A group that backs the full legalization of medical marijuana has filed suit against the US attorney general over their recent crackdown on California's decriminalized dispensaries and medical marijuana collectives. The lawsuit comes after California and other states ... continue

Want Legalized Marijuana? 50% Of Americans Do [Gallup Poll]

Medicinal marijuana is still a hot button topic for federal, state and local governments and now a recent Gallup poll says 50% of American's support the use of pot for medical purposes. According to the report the number ... continue

California Medical Association Backs Legalization Of Marijuana

The federal government last week warned medical marijuana dispensaries to shut down or face consequences and now those dispensaries have received the support of a powerful group, the California Medical Association. Members of the association believe that marijuana ... continue

Feds Send Threatening Letters To Marijuana Dispensaries In California

Owners of 16 California dispensaries received threatening letters from the Federal Government this week, letters that told them to shut down or be shut down. According to the letters sent by Federal officials: "Federal law takes precedence over state ... continue

IRS Tells Pot Shop To Pay $2.5 Million In Taxes, Uses 1982 Tax Code Rule

The Federal government has decided to attack legalized marijuana dispensaries where it will hurt the most, in their pocketbooks. Oakland marijuana dispensary Harborside which calls itself the world's largest was hit this week with a charge of $2.5 ... continue

ATF Memo Says Medical Marijuana Users Not Allowed to Buy Firearms

If you legally purchase, ingest, and enjoy marijuana, you are no longer allowed to purchase firearms. A recent ATF memo states that firearm dealers in states where medical marijuana is legal can no longer sell firearms or ... continue

Man Dies When Car Smashes Into His Home, Reveals Marijuana Growing Operation

A Chicago woman crashed her Mercury Grand Marquis into a neighbor's house just outside of Chicago on Saturday killing the man who lived inside the home. The story could have ended there but it turns out the ... continue

Marijuana Genome Project Sequences Plants Entire Genetic Code

Forget the human genome project, scientists at a Massachusetts company have sequenced the entire genome for marijuana, the first company to accomplish that goal. According to the Nature news blog, the results from Medicinal Genomics have yet to be ... continue

Marijuana Operation Found On National Park Land In Santa Monica Mountains

3,500 marijuana plants were discovered in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area this week, the discovery is the 14th of it's kind in the last two years with plants found in the Zuma/Trancas Canyon. State workers are ... continue