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Drug Task
Force Agent
Arrested in
$2M Drug Bust

Jan 5, 2016 1:57 PM CST

Drug Task Force Agent Arrested in $2M Drug Bust

He was on vacation at the time

(Newser) - A drug task force agent from California was arrested Dec. 29 in Pennsylvania while allegedly transporting nearly 250 pounds of marijuana, ABC 27 reports. According to the Patriot-News , authorities say a traffic stop in York County turned up $2 million worth of pot, $11,000 in cash, and sheriff's...

Pesticides Lead to
Biggest Marijuana
Recall Yet in Colorado

Dec 31, 2015 10:30 AM CST

Pesticides Lead to Biggest Marijuana Recall Yet in Colorado

Nearly 100K packages of edibles present threat to public health

(Newser) - It was a dark day in Denver for edibles and the people who love them. More than 99,500 packages of Mountain High Suckers—marijuana-infused candy—were recalled on Wednesday, the Cannabist reports. It was Denver's largest recall of marijuana or marijuana products yet and the 15th such recall...

Why It's Unwise to
Grow 734 Pot Plants
Near Drug Dogs

Dec 6, 2015 9:39 AM CST

Why It's Unwise to Grow 734 Pot Plants Near Drug Dogs

It turns out they smell these things

(Newser) - Vienna police say they have discovered a plantation with more than 700 marijuana plants at a warehouse close to a police dog center. Police say one of their dogs caught a whiff of the plants in the Austrian capital's Floridsdorf district on Friday morning. Officers then saw a man...

Mom Says Hospital
Won't Let Her See Baby
Because She Smoked Pot

Nov 27, 2015 6:36 PM CST

Mom Says Hospital Won't Let Her See Baby Because She Smoked Pot

'They have violated my rights as a mother'

(Newser) - A mother in Chile claims a local hospital is keeping her away from her newborn daughter simply because she smoked marijuana a few days before giving birth, the AP reports. "They have violated my rights as a mother," the BBC quotes Sindy Ortiz. "I use this drug...

Here's What
Potent Pot Does
to Your Brain

NEW STUDY

Nov 27, 2015 6:40 AM CST

Here's What Potent Pot Does to Your Brain

Study finds damage in white matter used to send signals

(Newser) - A new study raises concerns for those who indulge in potent forms of marijuana. Researchers out of King’s College London and Rome's Sapienza University studied brain scans of 56 patients who had reported an episode of psychosis and 43 healthy volunteers. They found that those who regularly smoked...

DEA Chief in
Hot Water After
Calling Medical
Pot a 'Joke'

Nov 20, 2015 4:17 PM CST

DEA Chief in Hot Water After Calling Medical Pot a 'Joke'

7 lawmakers and 100K signatures call for his removal

(Newser) - Medical marijuana supporters aren't joking; they want new DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg replaced now, Extract reports. Rosenberg has been in hot water with cannabis fans since calling medical marijuana a "joke" earlier this month. He also hedged on whether pot is safer than heroin. On Friday, Marijuana Majority...

Colorado Orders
Destruction of
Tainted Pot

Nov 14, 2015 7:40 AM CST

Colorado Orders Destruction of Tainted Pot

Oregon isn't far behind

(Newser) - It's a new front for states dealing with legal marijuana: potentially dangerous pesticides used to grow the stuff. Colorado's governor on Nov. 12 ordered state and local agencies to destroy any marijuana or marijuana products tainted by unapproved pesticides, the Denver Post reports. And Oregon won't be...

New Pot Tax
Will Fund
College
Scholarships

Nov 8, 2015 7:34 PM CST

New Pot Tax Will Fund College Scholarships

Voters approved this one by 60% to 40% margin

(Newser) - Pot lovers in one Colorado county will soon be getting high for higher education. With a 60% majority, voters in Pueblo County voted on Tuesday to phase in a tax on marijuana growers that will support college scholarships and other endeavors, WTKR reports. The tax will begin in 2017, hit...

Mexico Legalizes
Marijuana ... for 4 People

Nov 5, 2015 5:43 AM CST

Mexico Legalizes Marijuana ... for 4 People

Landmark ruling opens the door for nationwide change

(Newser) - A landmark Supreme Court ruling in Mexico has legalized recreational marijuana for four people, a decision that could open the door to legal pot for another 122 million Mexicans. The court's 4-1 decision found that banning marijuana violated the constitutional right "to the free development of personality" of...

Bernie Sanders
Introduces
Senate Bill to
Legalize Pot

Nov 4, 2015 6:02 PM CST

Bernie Sanders Introduces Senate Bill to Legalize Pot

It's the first such bill ever introduced in the senate

(Newser) - The first Senate bill to legalize recreational marijuana across the US was introduced Wednesday, courtesy of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the Hill reports. The senator's Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act would let states legalize recreational pot without government interference while still allowing individual states to ban it. According...

Ohio Says No to
'Marijuana Monopoly'

Nov 4, 2015 6:52 AM CST

Ohio Says No to 'Marijuana Monopoly'

'I can't believe I voted no when it was finally on the ballot'

(Newser) - Ohio voters have resoundingly rejected a measure that would have turned Nick Lachey into a marijuana tycoon . Issue 3 on the state's ballot on Tuesday would have legalized both medical and recreational marijuana for Ohioans over 21, but it also would have given a small number of businessmen, including...

Ohio Pot Vote
Could Make
Nick Lachey
Very Rich

Nov 2, 2015 9:33 AM CST

Ohio Pot Vote Could Make Nick Lachey Very Rich

But critics of legalization amendment say it would create a growers' monopoly

(Newser) - Ohio pot advocate Don Wirtshafter has been an enthusiastic smoker for nearly 50 years. But as his state heads to the polls Tuesday to vote on Issue 3, a constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana for both medical and recreational use, he says he won't vote for it, the New ...

Bernie Sanders Pushes
Major Shift in Pot Law

Oct 29, 2015 2:02 AM CDT

Bernie Sanders Pushes Major Shift in Pot Law

He'll take it off the feds' list of banned substances

(Newser) - If Bernie Sanders becomes president, the federal government will stop trying to get between people and the marijuana that their state says is legal. At a town hall event in Virginia on Wednesday, Sanders told an approving audience of college students that he would remove marijuana from a list of...

Marijuana Having Big Impact
on Denver Real Estate

Marijuana Having Big Impact on Denver Real Estate

'It's a new and disruptive industry'

(Newser) - Legal marijuana is having a dramatic effect on real estate in Denver, leading to the reinvigoration of the city's industrial areas while potentially making the rest of the city unaffordable for longtime residents. Commercial real estate firm CBRE tells the Denver Post marijuana "kick-started the recovery of the...

Study: Marijuana
Use and Abuse
Has Doubled

Oct 21, 2015 6:41 PM CDT

Study: Marijuana Use and Abuse Has Doubled

Nearly 10% of Americans reported using pot in 2013, says study

(Newser) - The number of people using marijuana has more than doubled since 2001, according to a report published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry, which found the number of people reporting addiction or abuse of pot nearly doubled as well. The study—based on National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions interviews...

Fla. Man Picks Absolute Worst Time to Hit Deputy's Car

Oct 12, 2015 1:32 PM CDT

Fla. Man Picks Absolute Worst Time to Hit Deputy's Car

While allegedly drunk, at a pot bust

(Newser) - Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and in the wrong state of mind. Deputies and aviation unit members from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office had just made a head-turning find in a mangrove patch near Tampa, Fla., Sunday night when a second head-turning thing...

Runners and Potheads
Have Similar Highs

NEW STUDY

Oct 8, 2015 7:19 AM CDT

Runners and Potheads Have Similar Highs

The euphoric feeling is linked to the brain’s cannabinoid receptors

(Newser) - It's known that a runner's high isn't actually the result of endorphins, which are too large to cross the blood-brain barrier, but scientists have long sought the elusive cause of the much-talked-about sense of euphoria and calm that can accompany the end of a workout. Now researchers...

Man Allegedly Calls Police to
Report Being 'Too High'

Oct 6, 2015 7:00 PM CDT

Man Allegedly Calls Police to Report Being 'Too High'

They found him surrounded by chips and cookies

(Newser) - Ohio police didn't need CSI to figure out what happened when they responded to an emergency call from an Austintown home last Friday evening to find a 22-year-old man curled in the fetal position on the floor "surrounded by a plethora of Doritos, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, and Chips...

Pot Is Now Legal,
Tax-Free in Oregon

Oct 1, 2015 1:00 AM CDT

Pot Is Now Legal, Tax-Free in Oregon

Dispensaries opened doors at midnight

(Newser) - Oregon marijuana shops began selling marijuana Thursday for the first time to recreational users, marking a big day for the budding pot industry. Some of the more than 250 dispensaries that already offer medical marijuana in Oregon opened their doors soon after midnight—just moments after it became legal to...

Police Arrested
620K People for
Pot Possession
Last Year

Sep 30, 2015 3:02 PM CDT

Police Arrested 620K People for Pot Possession Last Year

That's an arrest every 51 seconds

(Newser) - Someone was arrested for marijuana possession every 51 seconds last year, according to the Huffington Post and new stats released by the FBI Monday. In 2014, there were more than 1.5 million arrests for drug-related offenses, and 40% of those were for simple marijuana possession, Vocativ reports. That's...