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5 Bad Habits That Could Save Your Life

Video games, Botox, coffee could all help more than they hurt

(Newser) - Bad habits are admittedly, well ... bad for you, unless you have an ailment that a bad habit might cure. Cracked sums up five:
  • Video Games That Cure PTSD. "No, this isn't taken from some press release from Activision"—it's the result of work by the Department
...

California Pot Shipment Traced to NFL Players: Feds

House was set up as part of a 'distribution' network: investigator

(Newser) - A 2.5-pound shipment of high-grade pot was traced from Northern California to the Kentucky home of a Cincinnati Bengals football player, according to investigators. Wide receiver Jerome Simpson and teammate/offensive lineman Anthony Collins were both at Simpson's home during the special delivery, said federal narcotics agents, who allegedly...

Pot Prevents PTSD in Rats

 Pot Prevents PTSD in Rats 
study says
Sep 21, 2011 10:32 AM CDT

Pot Prevents PTSD in Rats

If taken within 24 hours of trauma, rats show no PTSD symptoms: study

(Newser) - Should we start issuing marijuana to soldiers? It might not be the worst idea, based on a new study from Haifa University in Israel, which found that pot could prevent post-traumatic stress disorder in rats—provided it was administered within 24 hours of the trauma occurring. “There is a...

Car Kills Man at Home, Exposes Dope Operation

Neighbor's accelerator jammed as she backed out

(Newser) - A woman plowed her Mercury Grand Marquis into a neighbor's house outside Chicago yesterday, killing him and exposing his marijuana-growing operation, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The 63-year-old's accelerator apparently jammed as she was pulling out of the driveway. The victim, Zachary Isenberg, 28, walked to his window just...

Study Finds Marijuana Users Less Likely to Be Obese
 Pot Smokers 
 Less Likely 
 to Be Obese 
study says
Sep 7, 2011 7:46 AM CDT

Pot Smokers Less Likely to Be Obese

Maybe the munchies aren't so bad for you...

(Newser) - Marijuana users are less likely to be obese, according to a new study that would seem to fly in the face of the legendary munchies that are almost synonymous with pot. Researchers were so surprised by the results that they examined a second sample, only to come up with the...

Stoners Swarm Overturned Pot Truck
 Stoners Swarm 
 Overturned Pot Truck 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 4, 2011 7:03 PM CDT

Stoners Swarm Overturned Pot Truck

A lucky day for smokers in San Jose

(Newser) - It was like a Cheech & Chong dream come true: A truck carrying a huge load of marijuana overturned at a busy intersection in San Jose this week, spilling large bags of weed across the road. As the driver fled, motorists and pedestrians made off with most of the marijuana,...

Did Pot Ruin Kevin Smith's Career?

Everyone around him is 'concerned,' says one insider

(Newser) - The past couple of years have not been great for Kevin Smith: He has been in the news more for his rants (see here and here ) than for his film successes (see here and here ). Plus, he recently floated the idea of retirement. What's to blame? Perhaps...

Map Shows Pot Laws Don't Affect Price

Price of weed across US charted

(Newser) - The number crunchers at Floating Sheep , using data from thousands of reports on the Price of Weed website, have produced a map showing how the retail price of marijuana differs across the USA. Price are unsurprisingly low in pot-growing areas like northern California, but the map also shows that the...

Kucinich Invokes Gandhi, Tunisia at Marijuana Rally

Ohio Congressman encourages marijuana activists

(Newser) - On Saturday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich gave a rousing speech at … Hempfest. “Open up, America! Show yourself! Time for mass action! This is why, and how, recent movements for freedom in Tunisia and Egypt gained momentum,” he urged marijuana activists. “This is how Gandhi cast off the...

Scientists Sequence Genetic Code of Marijuana

Cannabis plant falls under the microscope

(Newser) - Marijuana is giving up its secrets: A Massachusetts company has sequenced the entire genome of the cannabis plant for the first time, reports the Nature news blog. The results from Medicinal Genomics have yet to be peer-reviewed and probably won't be published in full until next year. And the...

NYC Yanks Kids From Pothead Parents

Marijuana, cocaine, heroin given same treatment by child welfare agencies

(Newser) - Heroin, cocaine, and Mary Jane are all treated the same by child welfare authorities in New York City: even a legal amount of marijuana at home means your children can be taken away, even permanently, the New York Times reports. Several hundred of the city's casual dope smokers have...

Teens Face Charges in Pot Brownie Prank

Allegedly handed out laced treats at band camp

(Newser) - A trio of teens may be charged after they allegedly gave 23 fellow band campers pot brownies—without telling anyone the treats were laced, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. No ill effects were reported, but “we won't let this slide," says a police sergeant. "It could...

Cops Find Huge Pot Farm in National Forest —Again

Chequamegon-Nicolet in Wisconsin is popular with growers

(Newser) - Authorities near a remote national forest in Wisconsin have issued an unusual appeal to drivers to steer clear of hitchhikers—because they might be illegal pot farmers on the run. Police found a marijuana farm of several acres within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest whose plants (now destroyed) had an estimated...

'Regulate Marijuana Like Wine' Measure Circulating in Calif
New Pot Measure
Floating in Calif.
Jul 26, 2011 1:20 AM CDT

New Pot Measure Floating in Calif.

Initiative would treat weed like beer, wine

(Newser) - Voters in America's most populous state are likely to find the question of marijuana legalization on their ballots again next year. Supporters of the "Regulate Marijuana Like Wine" initiative have been given permission to start circulating petitions to get the measure on ballots next year, AP reports. The...

68K Pot Plants Found in California Mountains

Authorities call it a record seizure

(Newser) - Call it a pot bust with a capital "B." Authorities in California discovered the largest outdoor grow operation in Ventura County history last week: some 68,500 plants worth an estimated $205 million growing in the mountains of the Los Padres National Forest. That's not all investigators...

Amsterdam Will Ditch 'No Toking' Signs

Because technically smoking weed is illegal everywhere

(Newser) - After an only-in-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam says it will likely have to stub out the "no toking" signs it introduced in a crackdown on marijuana-smoking youth. The Dutch government's top legal adviser has ruled that the city had no right to establish official zones where...

Medical Marijuana: Why Is Washington Afraid of Weed?
 Why Is Washington 
 Afraid of Weed? 
OPINION
Jul 13, 2011 12:59 PM CDT

Why Is Washington Afraid of Weed?

Marijuana needs to be listed as a Schedule II drug, the LA Times argues

(Newser) - Last week, the DEA once again labeled marijuana as a Schedule I drug, which makes the LA Times to wonder in an editorial: “What makes marijuana more frightening to the federal government than cocaine or morphine?” Those drugs are considered Schedule II, meaning they have some medical value, whereas...

Feds Slam Door on Medical Marijuana

Advocates will appeal decision that keeps pot a schedule 1 narcotic

(Newser) - Medical marijuana may be gaining acceptance at the state level around the US, but the DEA remains as anti-pot as ever, ruling that the wacky tobacky has no medical use and is as dangerous as heroin, reports the LA Times . Marijuana advocates had asked the feds to reclassify the narcotic...

Philly DA Says He's Saved $2M Letting Potheads Walk

De facto decriminalization keeps costs down

(Newser) - If you want to see a money-saving drug policy in action, head to Philadelphia. There, District Attorney Seth Williams has set up a program that allows offenders found with small amounts of marijuana to pay $200, attend a class on drug abuse, and leave without a criminal record, an approving...

Overeating? Blame Your Body&#39;s Marijuana Chemicals
Overeating? Blame Your Body's Marijuana Chemicals
study says
Jul 5, 2011 11:14 AM CDT

Overeating? Blame Your Body's Marijuana Chemicals

Fatty foods trigger chemicals that tell us to eat more

(Newser) - Can't stop eating French fries? Blame the marijuana-like chemicals in your own body. A new study shows that eating fatty foods triggers the body to produce such chemicals, which in turn make you want to eat more fatty foods. Endocannabinoids, which are similar to the chemicals contained in marijuana,...

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