Melvin Blevins Jailed For Forcing 18-Month Niece To Smoke Weed

Melvin Blevins, 19 years old, has been arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison for video taping himself forcing his 18 month old niece to smoke marijana. The video tape was found inside a camera at a pawn shop in Ohio. Blevins is shown giving the little girl a glass...

New US Study Affirms Smoked Marijuana Protects Against Cancer.

In 1974, University of Virginia researchers discovered something very unlikely. Cannabis, banned in the United States in 1937, and further demonized by the Nixon administration in 1968, had an...

Calling it Medical Marijuana sends the RIGHT message to kids.

  Children are not stupid. Indeed, they tend to be more aware than most adults, who, by the age of 30 have generally devolved into repetitive patterns of mind and behavior. We either engage in futile endeavors to preserve the status quo, or launch doomed attempts at...

$18.5 Million Worth of Pot Seized in Chicago

Chicago police have seized and estimated $18.5 million worth of pot during a month-long investigation. Along with the street valued $18.5 million in seizures four arrests were also made.Police arrested and charged Hector Alvarez Rojas, Henrietta Augusta Shores, and Juan...

Bill to Tax, Regulate Marijuana Introduced in California

by Bruce Mirken      California state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) today announced the introduction of legislation to tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcoholic...

Cannabis Use Lowers Injury Risk by Two-Thirds, Swiss Study Shows

Researches uncovered some surprising results in a cross-over study of accident victims in a Swiss hospital ER: Cannabis use is inversely proportional to injury risk. In other words, the more cannabis used, the less chance of accidental injury. This same study showed a...

Testicular cancer linked to marijuana use

"If a man has smoked marijuana on a weekly basis or has been exposed to hashish for an extended period of time, the chances of testicular cancer double compared to someone who has never smoked marijuana. The...

DEA Thumbs Nose at Obama With 4 More Medical Cannabis Raids

UPDATE: Obama responds to raids. See article here The DEA smashed surveillance cameras and computers and threw cannabis medicine in large trash bags at the Venice Alternative Healing Clinic at 421 Rose Avenue. This was followed by a raid at the Marina Caregivers at 730 W....

Michael Phelps Will Still Be Seen In His Speedo

Michael Phelps' sponsors are sticking by him.  Speedo and Omega have made statements to the press, announcing their support of the Olympic swimmer, in spite of the Bong picture last week. " Phelps is still...

Zero-tolerance on cannabis in Amsterdam

A symposium on Dutch Cannabis tolerance is being held this week which could spell the end of a liberal attitude towards cannabis.I don't think this would be a good idea for them, there tourism would talk a big...

Do you think Cannabis, Marijuana should be legalized?

There are good and bad to both. With it illegal fewer people will choose to use it, simply because it is illegal. But because it is illegal there are tons of people of ill-repute making billions off of its sale...

Mile High Mellow? Will Democrats take up Denver's 'weed over alcohol' option?

As Denver prepares for the Democrat orgy of politics some are wondering if this could be the first marijuana fueled convention under the city law that allows the carrying of small amounts of marijuana. However if...

Betting with Weed

Here's a story that's in the form of an online video made by California television news story.  The video is on YouTube and for right now, that seems to be the only of information other than the truckload of...

Sleep on It: How Snoozing Makes You Smarter

The latest research suggests that while we are peacefully asleep our brain is busily processing the day’s information. It combs through recently formed memories, stabilizing, copying and filing them, so that...

There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action

When do we finally accept our circumstances.  When is it clear that the choice is ours and ours alone to pick up the pieces or fade to black.When I was 29 my older brother was killed by a drunk driver, when I...

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