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New Hampshire Makes a Little History on Marijuana

House becomes first legislative body to vote to legalize (but a veto awaits)

(Newser) - If the state House in New Hampshire had its way, residents would be able to legally indulge in a little recreational marijuana. The chamber voted 170-162 today in favor of legalizing up to 1 ounce of pot, reports the Concord Monitor . The measure also would make it legal to grow...

Colorado Airport Installing 'Marijuana Amnesty Boxes'

If you accidentally brought it to the airport, you put your weed in there

(Newser) - So excited about the legalization of marijuana in Colorado that you forgot it's still illegal to carry pot on a plane? Amnesty boxes are going up at the Colorado Springs airport for just that situation. Under the Colorado law legalizing recreational marijuana, it is legal to leave the drug...

Colorado's '420' Mile Marker Now Reads '419.99'

Sign kept getting stolen in state that legalized recreational pot

(Newser) - On Interstate 70 in Colorado, the sign marking mile 420 kept getting stolen by what the Denver Post calls "sticky-fingered stoners." Now, Colorado, which recently legalized recreational pot , has come up with what it calls an "innovative solution" to the problem: There's no more 420 sign...

New York Looks to Lighten Up Pot Laws

Cuomo will OK limited medical marijuana; 21st state to allow it

(Newser) - Not to be outdone by the kids out in Colorado , New York state is getting around to revisiting its draconian marijuana laws. As the New York Times reports, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to take executive action this week that would legalize medical marijuana. It being New York, the move...

Yes, We Smoked, but Legalization Is a Bad Idea
Yes, We Smoked, but Legalization Is a Bad Idea
OPINION
Jan 3, 2014 1:45 PM CST

Yes, We Smoked, but Legalization Is a Bad Idea

Brooks, Marcus think Colorado, Washington have the wrong idea

(Newser) - Two veteran columnists weigh in on the legalization of pot in Colorado and in Washington state, and neither is happy about it:
  • David Brooks: He smoked for a while as a teen. "It was fun," he writes in the New York Times . "I have some fond memories
...

First Day of Colo. Pot Sales Stays Mellow

World watches as recreational sales begin

(Newser) - America's first legal recreational marijuana went on sale in Colorado yesterday and "Green Wednesday" was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a pretty mellow affair. At least 24 pot stores in eight towns opened for business and police say there were no incidents, apart from one person being issued a summons for...

Light Bulb Ban Among 2014's 40K New Laws

Placentas, drones, pot also feature

(Newser) - Most of the 40,000 new state, federal, and local laws that took effect at midnight are pretty dull but there are some doozies in there—including the legalization of recreational pot in Colorado, where over-21s will be able to walk into stores and buy weed for recreational toking starting...

America's 1st Recreational Pot Licenses Issued

136 Colorado stores get green light

(Newser) - Colorado's government has issued the state's—and the country's—first licenses to operate businesses selling marijuana for recreational use. The state's Marijuana Enforcement Division has mailed out licenses to 136 marijuana stores, mostly in Denver, and they can start serving customers from January 1 if their...

Synthetic Pot Sickened Hundreds in Colorado

CDC finds at least 221 cases

(Newser) - Fake pot—which, unlike real pot, is illegal in Colorado—sickened at least 221 people in the state during an outbreak earlier this year, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report finds. The probe found two previously unknown strains of synthetic marijuana—dried plant material sprayed with chemicals—on...

Uruguayans Get New Pot Dealer: Their Government

Country is first to fully legalize marijuana

(Newser) - Marijuana legalization has been taken to the next level in Uruguay, where lawmakers have voted to make the government the first in the world to oversee the growing, distribution, and sale of the drug. The pioneering law, which takes effect in April, will allow registered users over 18 to buy...

Jamaica Launches First Medical Ganja Firm

Island eyes role as hub for medical pot tourism

(Newser) - A Jamaican scientist hopes the birthplace of Bob Marley can also spawn a thriving medical marijuana industry. Medicinal chemistry expert Henry Lowe has launched a venture called MediCanja, which aims to create and export health products derived from Jamaica's famous marijuana, which is illegal but widely consumed on the...

Marijuana Smokers, You're Inhaling Pesticides

And that smoke goes right to your bloodstream

(Newser) - If you like smoking weed, pay attention to the product you're buying—because you may be inhaling pesticides without realizing it, the Times-Standard reports. A chemistry PhD at Humboldt State University recently presented his study about the pesticide dangers faced by marijuana smokers: "I think that what's...

Lady Gaga: I&#39;m Addicted to Pot
 Lady Gaga: I'm Addicted to Pot 
Nov 12, 2013 10:24 AM CST

Lady Gaga: I'm Addicted to Pot

Says she used it to get through stresses of fame, injury

(Newser) - Lady Gaga is (or was) addicted to marijuana, she revealed in a radio interview recently, People reports. "It's ultimately related to anxiety coping and it's a form of self-medication," Gaga told Elvis Duran and the Z100 Morning Show . "I was smoking up to 15 to...

Voters OK Recreational Pot, Doom Astrodome
Voters OK Recreational Pot,
Doom Astrodome
BALLOT MEASURES
Nov 6, 2013 3:00 AM CST

Voters OK Recreational Pot, Doom Astrodome

Colorado backs marijuana tax

(Newser) - Portland, Maine—the Amsterdam of the East Coast? A measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use in the city has won in a landslide, reports the Portland Press Herald . The measure, which allows people over 21 to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana, is a win for legalization...

Denver Scraps Plan to Outlaw Pot-Smoking in Yards

Rule would have forbidden the smell of marijuana

(Newser) - Residents of Denver will be able to smoke pot in their backyards after all. The city has ditched a proposed rule that would have made even the smell of marijuana wafting from somebody's yard an arrestable offense punishable by up to a year in jail, reports the Denver Post...

Marijuana Milestone: Most Favor Legalization

In Gallup poll, 58% of Americans say pot should be legal

(Newser) - Congratulations, advocates of legal marijuana: You are now mainstream America. The latest poll from Gallup says that 58% of Americans favor legalization, the first time a clear majority has backed the idea. The drip-drip-drip of news stories about victories in states such as Colorado and Washington seems to have helped...

Cops Bust Pot Garden ... Using Google Earth

Guy was authorized to grow 30 plants; he had 94

(Newser) - Police say the view from space helped them bust a medical marijuana garden with too many plants in the state of Oregon. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports authorities received a tip that 50-year-old Curtis W. Croft was bragging about all the pot he was growing on his property outside...

Uruguay's Plan: Sell an Eighth of Pot for $3.50

That's enough to make a few marijuana cigarettes, explains its helpful drug czar

(Newser) - Uruguay's drug czar has announced how the country will stamp out drug trafficking: by getting into the business of selling pot—legally and dirt cheap. And as long as the plan can get through the Senate (which it's expected to, with President Jose Mujica's help), marijuana sales...

Prison Guards Bust Drug-Smuggling ... Cat

Feline was carrying marijuana in to prisoners

(Newser) - Prison guards in Moldova recently busted a drug smuggler ... a feline drug smuggler. Guards became suspicious about the cat, which routinely entered and left the prison through a hole in a fence, when they noticed its odd collar. On closer inspection, they found two packets of marijuana attached to it....

Scientists Find Way to Kill Pot Addiction—in Monkeys

Treatment blocked effects of THC

(Newser) - Scientists searching for ways to help people quit smoking pot have come up with an effective new buzz killer. The treatment involves a naturally occurring chemical that blocks marijuana's effect on the brain's pleasure centers, Smithsonian magazine explains. Researchers say the kynurenic acid treatment was able to block...

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