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Connecticut Decriminalizes Marijuana
 Connecticut 
 Decriminalizes 
 Marijuana 
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Jun 11, 2011 7:00 PM CDT

Connecticut Decriminalizes Marijuana

Possession of half-ounce or less now ticketing offense

(Newser) - Possessing a half-ounce or less of pot will soon no longer be a crime in Connecticut. After a spirited discussion, the state's House of Representatives has voted to make Connecticut the 14th state in the nation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, reports the Hartford Courant . Democratic...

Conn. Cracks Down on &#39;Fake Pot&#39;


 Connecticut 
 Cracks Down 
 on 'Fake Pot' 
AFTER DECRIMINALIZING POT
Jun 8, 2011 1:35 PM CDT

Connecticut Cracks Down on 'Fake Pot'

Twin bills cause confusion

(Newser) - Connecticut might've decriminalized marijuana, but it's going to criminalize fake pot: A bill passed this week would classify synthetic marijuana and the herb Salvia diviorum as a controlled substance that is illegal to possess. Synthetic products could be legally sold in stores until the federal government reclassified...

The "Walmart of Weed" opens its doors in Arizona
 'Walmart of Weed' 
 Opens in Arizona 
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Jun 4, 2011 1:04 PM CDT

'Walmart of Weed' Opens in Arizona

Superstore sells everything you need to grow medical marijuana

(Newser) - And you thought other big-box superstores were making an attempt to go green. A chain nicknamed the "Walmart of Weed" opened its third and largest outlet today in Phoenix, Arizona, where voters approved medical marijuana last fall. Although you can't buy pot in the first weGrow Store outside...

Kara: 'I Almost Died' After Pot Brownies at Paula's House

But, she notes, marijuana treats weren't actually Abdul's

(Newser) - Paula Abdul once put Kara DioGuardi—often seen as her rival on American Idol—in the hospital. DioGuardi told the story on Lopez Tonight yesterday, divulging that she stayed at Abdul's house for a while—and once made the mistake of eating six brownies a friend had left after...

Willie Nelson Retracts 'Teapot' Endorsement

He backed pro-legalization Gary Johnson but now likes Kucinich

(Newser) - After voicing support for pro-pot Gary Johnson as a presidential candidate , Willie Nelson has apparently changed his tune, notes the Daily Caller . It's "too early for me to endorse anyone,” the singer said in an email to a member of his marijuana-legalization activist group, the Teapot Party....

Why I Still Give My 11-Year-Old Marijuana

Marie Myung-Ok Lee calls experiment 'a qualified success'

(Newser) - Marie Myung-Ok Lee has been giving her autistic 11-year-old son medical marijuana for two years now, and judging from some of the responses she’s received from people who read her columns, “I will not be up for Mother of the Year any time soon,” she writes on...

Louisiana Man Gets Life for Marijuana

Repeat offender Cornell Hood gets long time in joint

(Newser) - A Louisiana man convicted of marijuana possession for the fourth time has been sentenced to life in prison. A judge threw the book at 35-year-old Cornell Hood, using the state's tough repeat-offender law. Hood had previously admitted to three earlier charges of distributing marijuana and possession with intent to...

Dad Says Marijuana Helped Cure Cancer-Stricken Tot

Montana pop credits pot to son's 'miracle recovery' from brain tumor

(Newser) - A desperate dad slipped pot to his cancer-stricken son, and now credits the drug with the toddler's surprising recovery. Cash Hyde was given little chance of survival from a Stage 4 brain tumor, and struggled with several bouts of chemo, a stroke, and septic shock. So panicked dad, Mike...

‘California Grannies’ Busted for Growing Weed

Two women, ages 65 and 72, arrested with 800 pot plants

(Newser) - Authorities have dubbed them the "marijuana grannies." Police in San Bruno, California, arrested Aleen Lam, 72, and Virginia Chan Pon, 65, after officers found 800 pot plants and a bypass to steal electricity from PG&E in the women's house, reports AP . The senior duo faces a...

Robert Watson, Anti-Drug Lawmaker, Caught Driving High
Anti-Drug
GOPer Caught
Driving High
Apr 25, 2011 1:14 PM CDT

Anti-Drug GOPer Caught Driving High

He once said Dems catered to gay, pot-loving immigrants

(Newser) - A Rhode Island Republican lawmaker who made a splash with some anti-drug comments a few months ago has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of marijuana and possessing drug paraphernalia, Raw Story reports. House Minority Leader Robert Watson drew gasps in February for saying that the state legislature...

DEA Cracks Down on 'Fake Weed'

Feds declare chemicals used to make K2 illegal

(Newser) - The DEA is moving to make "fake weed," commonly known as K2 or spice, much harder for people to get their hands on. The agency has made it illegal to possess or sell five chemicals used to make the drug, reports Live Science . The emergency designation will remain...

Pot Farms Eat Up 1% of Nation's Electricity

Smoking joint like leaving light on all day

(Newser) - Bad news for eco-conscious stoners: That joint you just smoked hurt the planet. Marijuana grown indoors accounts for 1% of America’s yearly electricity consumption, or $5 billion worth of energy, a study finds. That’s equivalent to the annual energy bills of 2 million homes. And in terms of...

Natalie Portman: I Used to Toke

Now 'I'm an old lady,' laments actress as she plugs stoner film

(Newser) - Pregnant actress Natalie Portman used to be "cool" and suck on marijuana spliffs, she reveals in an interview. "I smoked weed in college, but I haven't smoked in years," Portman tells Entertainment Weekly . "I'm too old. I wish I was that cool, but I'm like an...

Prom Cut Short Over Bad Pot Brownies

Four students got kind of a harsh buzz

(Newser) - The pot brownies that got passed around at a Massachusetts high school's junior prom did not agree with everyone. Four students got "violently ill" at the event last week, WCVB Boston reports, causing the dance to be cut short. Police don't know exactly how the students got their hands...

Pot Hastens Schizophrenia
 Pot Hastens Schizophrenia 
STUDY SAYS
Mar 27, 2011 8:29 AM CDT

Pot Hastens Schizophrenia

New study links marijuana use to the early onset of schizophrenia

(Newser) - Those at risk of mental illness are likely to hurry the onset of schizophrenia by 2.7 years simply by smoking pot, reports Miller-McCune . “The earlier the disease starts, the greater the social disruption it causes," says Michael Compton, one of the report's authors. "You’re less...

Marijuana Grew Like Weeds in 1950s Brooklyn

It sprouted all over, and city officials asked residents to report it

(Newser) - New York's Daily Intel blog takes note of more innocent times in Brooklyn, courtesy of a local librarian: Marijuana plants, and big ones at that, used to flourish in empty lots and backyards in the 1950s. Residents even got this official notice: “If you spot these leaves in your...

Middle-Schoolers Suspended for Oregano Possession

A 'travesty of justice,' argues one dad

(Newser) - Four Virginia middle-school boys have been suspended for passing around a plastic bag of oregano that looked like marijuana. "Maybe it was pizza day," chortled Gawker. The school called it an "imitation controlled substance," which is prohibited. But one of the boys' dads, the appropriately named...

Pot Triggers Psychosis: Study

 Pot Triggers 
 Psychosis: Study 
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Mar 5, 2011 12:21 PM CST

Pot Triggers Psychosis: Study

Young adults who used cannabis nearly twice as likely to suffer psychosis

(Newser) - Numerous studies have linked marijuana use and psychosis, but some researchers have wondered whether cannabis actually triggers psychotic episodes, or whether people suffering psychosis are using marijuana to treat their symptoms. A new study involving nearly 2,000 young people suggests marijuana may trigger episodes, reports the BBC . The subjects,...

Mom Gets 10-Year Sentence for Selling $31 of Pot

Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow's kids were involved, judge says

(Newser) - When Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow sold $31 worth of marijuana to a police informant, she never expected to find herself in prison at all—let alone for 10 years. Spottedcrow and her mother, Delita Starr, were caught selling to the same informant from Starr’s house on two separate occasions. Though...

Workers Accused of Stealing 48 Pounds of Pot—From Cops

They were installing a vent in the evidence room

(Newser) - They just couldn't resist: Two construction workers in Florence, Alabama, stole 48 pounds of marijuana from a police evidence room they were working on, authorities say. The men were hired to install a vent in the room (so drug fumes could escape) and allegedly stuffed the confiscated pot into their...

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