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Shooting at 4/20 Pro-Pot Rally Injures 3

Denver event saw record crowds, police were concerned about security

(Newser) - A pro-pot rally celebrating unofficial 'Weed Day' 4/20 turned violent yesterday when shots rang out at the Denver event, injuring three. "It was peaceful; everybody was having fun," says one witness—and the air was thick with marijuana smoke. The gunfire started around 5pm, 40 minutes after...

How 4/20 Became &#39;National Weed Day&#39;
How 4/20 Became
'National Weed Day'
Apr 20, 2013 3:02 PM CDT

How 4/20 Became 'National Weed Day'

It all started as a high school in-joke in 1971

(Newser) - It's April 20, the day on which marijuana enthusiasts around the country celebrate their favorite smokable green herb at events like the Cannabis Cup in Denver and Snoop Lion's (nee-Dogg's) 420 Festival in LA. But why April 20? The tradition can be traced back to a group...

Police Chief Eats Daughter's Pot-Laced Cake

He ends up in hospital before she realizes what happened

(Newser) - Bad: Dad accidentally eats his kid's marijuana-laced cake. Worse: Dad gets sick. Worst of all: Dad just happens to be the local police chief. That's the strange tale from Laurelville, Ohio, courtesy of the Logan Daily News . Chief Mike Berkemeier is fine now, but he ended up in...

For First Time, Majority Backs Legal Marijuana

Pew survey finds 52% in favor

(Newser) - The Pew Research Center has a marijuana milestone to report: Most Americans support legalizing pot for the first time in the group's 40 years of polling on the issue. The final tally was 52% to 48%, with the pro-legalization total rising 11 points in just two years. Not surprisingly,...

Rand Paul: Pot Is Bad, but Jail Terms 'Ruin Lives'

Says drug use of Obama, Bush would have ruined them

(Newser) - Rand Paul is no fan of marijuana, but today he blasted American laws that stick nonviolent criminals such as potheads in jail for "37, 50, 45 years," calling them "a huge mistake" that have the effect of ruining lives over the harmless indiscretions of youth. Case in...

Woman: FedEx Gave Drug Dealer My Address

Says he came looking for marijuana delivery

(Newser) - A Massachusetts woman is suing FedEx, saying the company erroneously sent her a package containing seven pounds of marijuana ... and then gave her address to the intended recipients, who later showed up at her door. Maryangela Tobin of Plymouth says in the suit filed Feb. 12 that the company violated...

House Unveils Medical Pot Bill

Legalization bill gets feds out of 'never-never land,' sponsor says

(Newser) - A bipartisan bill to end the federal prohibition of medical marijuana—and close the ever-greater gap between state and federal policy—was unveiled by House lawmakers yesterday, Politico reports. Chief sponsor Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat, described the legislation as a way to clear up the current confusion around federal...

Why Pot Shops Need Unions
 Why Pot Shops Need Unions 
OPINION
Feb 21, 2013 1:59 PM CST

Why Pot Shops Need Unions

And unions need them right back, John Ford argues

(Newser) - When you think of unions, you probably think of blue-collar trucker types, auto workers, or maybe teachers. You probably don't imagine the hippy stoners currently employed by the country's semi-legal pot dispensaries. Believe it or not, the United Food and Commercial Workers union has been crucial in staffing...

Brothers Celebrate Lotto Win With Meth, Blow Up House
Brothers Celebrate Lotto Win With Meth, Blow Up House
ATTN: DARWIN AWARDS
Feb 17, 2013 9:31 AM CST

Brothers Celebrate Lotto Win With Meth, Blow Up House

Because who wants to celebrate with a cruise anymore?

(Newser) - Some people might celebrate a lottery win by, say, buying a new car or taking a vacation. But that is entirely too mundane for a pair of as-yet unnamed brothers in Wichita, who scored a $75,000 win and decided to truly live it up on Friday and go for...

NYC Won't Jail Those Caught With a Little Pot

They'll get a court appearance ticket instead, says mayor

(Newser) - New York City is loosening up on how it treats those picked up with a small amount of marijuana, reports Daily Intel . No longer will they have to spend the night in jail—instead, they'll get a desk appearance ticket to return to court at a later date. "...

Canadian Wins Super Bowl Trip, US Won't Let Him In

Myles Wilkinson was caught with 2 grams of pot in 1981

(Newser) - Myles Wilkinson is one unlucky contest winner. The British Columbia man beat nearly 4 million other fantasy football players to win an all-expenses trip to the Super Bowl, only to be turned back because of a decades-old pot conviction, the CBC reports. American customs agents told Wilkinson he was barred...

Washington Puts Out Call for Pot Consultants

And dozens of intrepid pot heads answer it

(Newser) - At least five years of regulatory experience. A law degree. Extensive expertise in every aspect of growing, selling, and smoking weed. It's not exactly the most commonplace list of job requirements, but it's the skill set Washington state is looking for in its new official marijuana consultant, the...

Tom Tancredo Reneges on Pot Bet, Blames Family

Says wife, grandkids livid he would smoke

(Newser) - Former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo has backed out of his promise to smoke some legal pot after losing a bet on whether Colorado voters would back legalization. Tancredo—who has never smoked marijuana but supported legalization—says he decided against having "just a puff" with filmmaker Adam Hartle after...

Conservative Tancredo Will Honor Bet, Smoke Pot

Ex-congressman in Colorado promised during referendum campaign

(Newser) - When Colorado voters approved legal marijuana in November, one of the surprise backers of the referendum was conservative former congressman Tom Tancredo. Not that Tancredo indulges himself—he just thinks the federal government wastes too much money trying to enforce pot laws. In his support of the referendum, Tancredo told...

Feds Make Biggest Pot Bust in History

$12M worth of marijuana confiscated on Mexican border

(Newser) - The good news: US border agents have seized some 14,151 pounds of marijuana—thought to be the biggest seizure in history, the Los Angeles Times reports. The humorously depressing news: The 26-year-old man busted with the pot was betting he could just drive some 600 bales of it across...

Teen Pot Use Kills IQ? New Study Says No

Socioeconomic differences may explain earlier findings: report

(Newser) - Justin Bieber might not be as dumb as you think he is : Over the summer, word was that teen marijuana use could reduce IQ —but a new investigation rejects that initial study. Duke scientists, among others, had reviewed the IQs and pot habits of some 1,000 people in...

RIP Mr. Teeth: Pot-Guarding Reptile Meets His End

He was a caiman, and a tribute to Tupac

(Newser) - Authorities in Northern California made an unusual discovery during a routine probation check: An alligator-like reptile named "Mr. Teeth," who was apparently protecting a stash of marijuana. When Alameda County Sheriff's deputies entered the Castro Valley home on Tuesday, they not only found 34 pounds of marijuana...

Patrick Kennedy: Just Say No to Pot

Kennedy son launching anti-marijuana group

(Newser) - When one hears of a member of an American political dynasty crusading against addictive substances, one does not immediately think "Kennedy." Yet here's Patrick Kennedy, son of Ted and a former Rhode Island congressman, who is launching an anti-pot group called Smart Approaches to Marijuana. Kennedy, who...

Oops: Bieber Caught Happy and High After Photog Killed

Pop star sort of apologizes on Twitter

(Newser) - Caught laughing away and getting high on the day after a paparazzo died trying to snap shots of him, Justin Bieber semi-apologized on Twitter: "Everyday growing and learning. Trying to be better. U get knocked down, u get up," he wrote today. "I see all of u....

Coming to Wash., Colo.: Pot Vending Machines?

Machine maker seeks to expand

(Newser) - Pot vending machines have been around for a few years now in medical marijuana states, but thanks to Colorado and Washington recently legalizing the drug , at least one such vending machine manufacturer is looking to bring the machines to those states, reports NBC News . "One day we envision these...

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