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In the 1980s, Congress passed a series of laws that aimed to counter the widespread use of crack cocaine with tougher sentencing guidelines. Three decades later, lawmakers are once again considering legislation aimed
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The world of pop culture is full of depictions of people consuming weed. Some of them are fair and accurate, while others are overly exaggerated to the point of becoming ludicrous. While the archives of weed-related pop culture...
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A cloud of smoke hung over Cal Expo Friday afternoon as thousands gathered for the High Times Cannabis Cup, the first permitted event in California to allow recreational use of marijuana.
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It's no secret that opioid addiction is a nation wide problem. Opioids are drugs that act on the nervous system to relieve pain. Continued use and abuse can lead
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More and more politicians are revising their earlier stance on cannabis in favor of legalizing the drug. But some, like former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, are sticking to their views that marijuana has no place in polite society....
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Marijuana doctors were 2.8 times as likely as other doctors to have been disciplined by the Board of Medicine, and 2.4 times as likely to have been charged with a crime.
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Kanye West takes a guest verse on a new Travis Scott track, in which he raps about his recently revealed addiction to opioids. In a live interview with TMZ on Tuesday,
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A qualified physician places potential patients on the state's medical marijuana use registry, so they can apply for the state identification card. Potential patients, or their caregivers, must submit an application
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Though still in its infancy, new research shows some promising results when it comes to cannabinoids’ effect on sleep apnea. A study published in the medical journal Sleep this year confirms that a synthetic cannabinoid can lessen the...
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You don’t have to like smoking weed to advocate for its legalization, a point the governor of New Jersey made in more or less certain terms when a reporter popped the question after a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday. But...
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“We also know that expanding access expands usage, so expanding access to marijuana will likely increase the number of people addicted to marijuana,” he said. “I know that
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