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Celebrity Drug Busts in Texas

Did you know Willie Nelson is a toker? This much becomes obvious when reading an article in High Times magazine by Rick Cusick, he does an interview with Nelson featured here. Nelson was traveling through the small town of Sierra Blanca in West Texas, and when all was said and done, he was found to have less than 2 ounces on his person.

Nelson pleaded no contest and was fined 500 dollars by the county sheriff. He could have easily gone to the county jail for 180 days. If he had, sheriff, Arvin West, publicly stated he would have made him cook and clean and wear those black and white striped outfits like the rest of them. Read more about Celebrity Drug Busts in Texas

Cigarette Smoking Has Significantly Higher Drawbacks Than Marijuana Use

Moderate marijuana use was found not to have any significant effect on pumonary health.

Although teachers and parents always cautioned their kids to the harms of drinking, medical science has held up that moderate drinking may actually have some health benefits (one 12 oz. glass of red wine, or one pint of beer a day). The same will never be said for cigarettes, whose harmful effects are widely researched and publicly acknowledged. However, new research shows that marijuana cigarettes (joints) may actually improve certain health factors in moderation, over the same frequency of use with cigarettes.

Researchers with the National Institute of Health recently completed a 20-year descriptive study that attempted to measure the effects of marijuana use over tobacco use on pulmonary and respiratory health. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that the moderate use of medical grade marijuana is significantly better for an individual than an equally moderate use of tobacco. The research, with studied the effects of smoking in over 5,000 adults aged 18 to 30, found significant deterioration of air flow within individual tobacco smokers; and the more they smoked, the worse their air flow performed. Read more about Cigarette Smoking Has Significantly Higher Drawbacks Than Marijuana Use

Benefits of THC Tincture

Queen Victoria, monarch of Great Britain at the turn of the century used cannabis tincture to help soothe aching joints. Who knew?

Legalizing Marijuana May Lead to Fewer Traffic Accidents

Study suggests more pot equals less death

In a superficially ironic twist of events, it would appear as though legalizing marijuana, rather than causing the youth to run out, murder toddlers, and fornicate with one another in the name of Satan, actually leads to a more peaceful, less catastrophic society. At least, that's what one study conducted by professors in Montana and Colorado now claims. It looks as though states who have given the go-ahead to medical marijuana use have also seen a welcome decrease in traffic deaths. More pot equals fewer car crashes, say the numbers.

D. Mark Anderson and Daniel Rees crunched some numbers and discovered that states who had legalized medical marijuana saw a 9 percent decrease in car-related deaths from the time of legalization. Even the researchers were surprised by their own findings. Rees has conjectured that greater accessibility of marijuana could result in more teens smoking up rather than drinking heavily. While it's not necessarily the best idea to get behind the wheel of a car with a head full of smoke, it probably is at least less dangerous than speeding while hammered on booze. Marijuana doesn't lead you to the same kind of overconfidence that alcohol does, nor does it impair your motor skills quite so severely. So it's possible that stoned drivers are killing fewer people than drunk drivers.

Medical Patient Sues Wal-Mart

Joseph Casias worked as a Wal-Mart employee in Michigan for five years. He was named the store’s Associate of the Year, back in 2008. He was a hard worker and received much acclaim from fellow co-workers and respect from his superiors within the company. In 2009, just three days before Thanksgiving, Casias was terminated from his position with the mega super store. He was given a mandatory drug test after he sprained his knee. This occurred on the job, when he was attempting to unload merchandise from a severely overloaded, top heavy cart.

Origin of 420

So what does 420 stand for, anyway? Apparently all sorts of things...

Teatime in Holland, the date of the Columbine high school shootings in Colorado, the amount of clocks found in the movie Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarrantino, Hitler’s Birthday… the list goes on.

A common myth is that 420 is the police radio code for marijuana smoking in progress. This is false… if you hear a cop mention over radio after pulling you over “We’ve got a 11357”, this means they are notifying dispatch for possession of marijuana. Read more about Origin of 420

The Politics of Pot

Oy, so tell me… what are two subjects you never thought you’d imagine being combined?

What about politics and pot? Yep, you read correctly. What about hearing former presidents and presidential candidates admitting to trying pot?

I don’t know about you, but the idea of that might make some people cringe-big time. The idea is just a little too confrontational. Perhaps this is why you may witness these former officials’ make an awkward mutter or two when questioned on something, where the truthful answer that may make them seem hypocritical. The aptly titled: The Politics of Pot may even make you shudder.

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People with High IQs More Likely to Use Drugs

After following thousands of people over several decades, British scientists have discovered that adults who scored high on IQ tests as children are more likely to use drugs than adults who tested with lower scores when they were kids.

When I heard about this study, I wasn’t surprised. I doubt that anyone really is; in fact, why wouldn’t people with high IQs use drugs? I’ve always heard that people with the highest IQ levels are eccentric, often depressed, and live lifestyles that wouldn’t ever be considered “normal.” These aren’t necessarily bad things, of course—save for instances where these people harmed themselves or others—but drug use seems to easily fit within this picture. Read more about People with High IQs More Likely to Use Drugs

Legalize Marijuana

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New Laws Criminalize Overseas Drug Use

US citizens may soon find it even harder to escape domestic drug policy

Those of you who might be considering a "medicinal" vacation to Amsterdam might want to reconsider the city's reputation as a smoke-blowing free-for-all. New legal measures in both the United States and the Netherlands will make it increasingly difficult for Americans to get away with enjoying the foreign country's more lenient drug legislation. So much for that stereotype.