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Calif. Pot Fire a Symptom
of Drug Farm Epidemic

Aug 19, 2009 9:36 AM CDT

Calif. Pot Fire a Symptom of Drug Farm Epidemic

(Newser) - The La Brea fire that’s scorched 90,000 acres of California is the most visible sign yet of the glut of Mexican-run drug farms lurking in the state’s forests, the LA Times reports. Authorities are all but certain the fire was started by drug traffickers at a large,...

Researchers Discover Why Pot Makes You Forget

Aug 3, 2009 2:55 PM CDT

Researchers Discover Why Pot Makes You Forget

Scientists identify pathway for cognitive impairment under the effects of cannabis

(Newser) - Scientists have found the area in the mouse brain that marijuana acts upon to cause forgetfulness, AFP reports. Researchers in Barcelona used two groups of mice, each engineered to be missing one of the two concentrations of receptor neurons for cannabis (CB1) in the hippocampus, an area of the brain...

Florida's New Boom Crop:
Potent Indoor Pot

Jul 29, 2009 7:35 PM CDT

Florida's New Boom Crop: Potent Indoor Pot

(Newser) - California gets most of the attention when it comes to marijuana headlines, but Florida leads the nation in indoor pot cultivation, reports Time. Last year, police raided more than 1,000 so-called grow houses, more than double the number in 2006. The trend has the attention of authorities because pot...

3 Teens Caught With
Half-Ton of Pot on Boat

Jul 28, 2009 5:44 PM CDT

3 Teens Caught With Half-Ton of Pot on Boat

(Newser) - Three US teenagers returned from Mexico from what they claimed was a fishing trip with quite a catch: more than half a ton of marijuana stuffed beneath the deck of their boat. The three—two males ages 18 and 19 and a 19-year-old female—were arrested when they docked their...

Pot Backlash
Grows in
Mendocino

Jul 27, 2009 4:09 AM CDT

Pot Backlash Grows in Mendocino

Culture is changing in a way that locals don't like

(Newser) - Hey, man, things aren't so cool anymore with marijuana farming in Mendocino County. Sure, it was great for years while "steel-haired" California hippies tended their crops, but things are getting out of hand, reports the Washington Post. Little kids started coming to school reeking of pot, while outsiders, some...