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Couples Who
Smoke Pot
Together
Stay ... Chill

Couples Who Smoke Pot Together Stay ... Chill

Researchers say it's especially true when both spouses partake

(Newser) - It isn't called a peace pipe for nothing. New research backs up what most people would have probably guessed—that married couples who smoke pot tend to be less violent than those who don't, and that this is especially true when both partners toke up. In a study...

Cops: Man, 85, Tried to Sneak Pot to Jailed Grandson

Aug 27, 2014 1:17 PM CDT

Cops: Man, 85, Tried to Sneak Pot to Jailed Grandson

Grandpa faces 7 years in prison himself

(Newser) - You've got your high-tech methods of smuggling drugs into prison: via drones . You've got your imaginative methods: via a tossed football . And now you've allegedly got this: via grandpa. Police in Ohio arrested an 85-year-old man and charged him with trying to smuggle pot into the Warren...

Guess Why Paul Stoner
Got Arrested

Aug 21, 2014 11:10 AM CDT

Guess Why Paul Stoner Got Arrested

Yes, you're correct

(Newser) - The jokes are only going to get worse for the Stoner clan of Virginia. Police arrested 42-year-old Paul Stoner on, yes, marijuana charges, reports NBC 29 . Investigators say they seized $10,500 worth of pot plants from his home in Orange County, along with "loose marijuana, drug paraphernalia, prescription...

Breastfeeding Mom Refuses to Stop Smoking Pot

She says doctors made her sign a waiver acknowledging the risks

(Newser) - Breastfeeding rates are higher in Oregon than any other state in the US, with the Portland area leading the pack at more than 90%, reports the USDA . But it was in Portland that a woman recently had to sign a waiver before being allowed to breastfeed her newborn—because she...

Marijuana Implicated in Two Fatal Heart Failures

Marijuana Implicated in
2 Fatal Heart Failures

Aug 5, 2014 2:00 AM CDT

Marijuana Implicated in 2 Fatal Heart Failures

Pair of young men in Germany both suffered arrhythmias

(Newser) - Marijuana has a reputation for being a safe drug, but some researchers say there is mounting evidence that the drug is associated with adverse heart complications. In two new case studies, two young men in Germany—ages 23 and 28—with no drugs other than THC in their systems and...

Legalized Pot
Becomes
Food-Safety
Headache

Aug 1, 2014 6:45 PM CDT

Legalized Pot Becomes Food-Safety Headache

Colorado, Washington state try to forge smart regulations

(Newser) - In Colorado, regulators sat down with marijuana makers and critics today to tackle a complex issue: pot and food safety, the AP reports. Their goal: make pot-infused products clearly labeled for the general public. They agreed that it's easy for some products, like candies and pot cookies, but what...

One Cop Wrote
80% of Seattle's
Pot Tickets

Jul 31, 2014 12:33 PM CDT

One Cop Wrote 80% of Seattle's Pot Tickets

Internal investigation by city police reveals one officer's anti-marijuana mission

(Newser) - Pot makes some people paranoid , but Seattle residents weren't imagining that one particular cop was handing out more than his fair share of marijuana citations. A notice posted by the chief of police on the police department's website yesterday said an officer was reassigned after an internal review...

New York Times:
Legalize Pot,
America

OPINION

Jul 27, 2014 8:43 AM CDT

New York Times: Legalize Pot, America

It's no worse than booze or tobacco, and it's time to repeal the law

(Newser) - The Grey Lady is high on the idea of marijuana legalization: The New York Times' editorial board today comes out decidedly in favor of decriminalizing pot in an editorial headlined "Repeal Prohibition, Again ." In it, the board likens the 40-year-old ban on marijuana to America's ill-fated ban...

DC's New
Pot Penalty:
$25 Ticket

Jul 18, 2014 12:57 AM CDT

DC's New Pot Penalty: $25 Ticket

But penalties on federal land are harsher

(Newser) - Possessing a joint on the street outside the White House or in most other places in Washington, DC, is now punishable by a $25 ticket under a marijuana law that went into effect yesterday. The new law, one of the nation's loosest, treats possession of under an ounce of...

Yes, Pot Actually Can
Make You Paranoid

study says

Jul 17, 2014 4:45 PM CDT

Yes, Pot Actually Can Make You Paranoid

Researchers find marijuana can also have other negative mental effects

(Newser) - There has long been a known association between marijuana and paranoia, but UK researchers wanted to find out if cannabis actually causes paranoia in some people—and the answer is a resounding yes, write researchers Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman in the Guardian . They studied 121 people who had taken...

Toker Fired
After Legally
Smoking Pot Has
His Job Back

Jul 11, 2014 6:23 AM CDT

Toker Fired After Legally Smoking Pot Has His Job Back

Agency says the incident with Michael Boyer was just a misunderstanding

(Newser) - Some parts of the story are still in dispute, but all parties seem to agree on one fact: Michael Boyer, the first man in Spokane, Wash., to legally purchase recreational marijuana on Tuesday, has his job back. According to NBC News , TrueBlue Labor Ready, Boyer's former (and once-again present)...

Berkeley to Dispensaries:
Give Free Pot to the Poor

Jul 10, 2014 2:27 AM CDT

Berkeley to Dispensaries: Give Free Pot to the Poor

City council votes for 2% giveaway

(Newser) - It might sound like a slogan from the student radicals the city was famous for in the '60s, but Berkeley, Calif., really is giving free pot to the poor. The city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to order medical marijuana dispensaries to give at least 2% of their pot...

Legal Pot Hits
Washington, With
a Lot of 'Buts'

Jul 7, 2014 9:04 AM CDT

Legal Pot Hits Washington, With a Lot of 'Buts'

Sales expected to start tomorrow

(Newser) - Twenty months after Washington voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the first licenses for legal sales will be issued today, and sales will start tomorrow, as early as 8am. Seattle will have just one pot shop to start; Vancouver will have as many as three; Tacoma could have four....

Texan Discovers
$2M Pot Farm
on His Land

Jul 3, 2014 8:31 AM CDT

Texan Discovers $2M Pot Farm on His Land

Someone was secretly growing 5,500 marijuana plants

(Newser) - A Texas rancher noticing suspicious activity on a remote section of his property has discovered that he was housing more than just squatters. After calling the local sheriff for help on Tuesday, the two hiked three-quarters of a mile through dense woods to get to an area inaccessible by vehicle,...

Cops: Cuffed Woman Steals Her Pot Back, Eats It, Forgets Crumbs

Jun 25, 2014 12:05 AM CDT

Cops: Cuffed Woman Steals Her Pot Back, Eats It, Forgets Crumbs

Yes. Florida.

(Newser) - Tavish Smith was having quite the night by the time she landed in the back of the cop car: Florida police say she was driving her truck the wrong way down a highway, crashed it, continued on, then crashed again—all while allegedly more than a little tipsy. But as...

Schizophrenia,
Pot Smoking
Genetically
Linked

study says

Jun 24, 2014 12:48 PM CDT

Schizophrenia, Pot Smoking Genetically Linked

Predisposition to illness may boost odds of drug use

(Newser) - The exact nature of the relationship between schizophrenia and cannabis still isn't clear to scientists, but a new study offers additional clues. Researchers studied genetic data on 2,082 people, about half of whom had used cannabis, Reuters reports; they focused on the number of schizophrenia-linked genes in the...

Albania Goes to War
With Pot Farmers

Jun 19, 2014 12:15 AM CDT

Albania Goes to War With Pot Farmers

Hundreds of cops descend on lawless village

(Newser) - There's a new war in the Balkans: Albanian police versus the farmers who have made the country Europe's biggest producer of illegal marijuana. After years of turning a blind eye to the trade that rakes in billions of dollars a year—almost half the country's GDP—hundreds...

Cops: 450-Pound Man Stashed Pot in Stomach Fat

Jun 16, 2014 3:08 AM CDT

Cops: 450-Pound Man Stashed Pot in Stomach Fat

Florida man was too big to wear seat belt

(Newser) - A Florida man's cunning plan to smuggle drugs in his ample stomach fat was foiled because he was too big to fasten his seat belt. Police say that after 450-pound suspect Christopher Mitchell—whose aliases include "Fat Boy" and "Biggie"—appeared nervous during a traffic stop,...

Feds Haul in $2M of Pot
Dumped in Ocean

Jun 14, 2014 1:07 PM CDT

Feds Haul in $2M of Pot Dumped in Ocean

Smuggling boats took off for Mexico once spotted

(Newser) - Federal officials say nearly $2 million worth of marijuana that was tossed into the ocean from two suspected smuggling boats has been recovered about 160 miles off the coast of San Diego. A spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection tells the Union-Tribune that more than 130 bales of pot,...

Jamaica Loosens Ganja Laws

Jun 13, 2014 2:15 AM CDT

Jamaica Loosens Ganja Laws

Possessing a spliff will no longer be a crime

(Newser) - Nearly 40 years after reggae great Peter Tosh sang "Legalize It," the Jamaican government is beginning to take his advice. Justice Minister Mark Golding has unveiled sweeping reforms to the country's drug laws, including allowing possession of up to two ounces of marijuana, known on the island...