Weed Makes Kids Better Drivers, According to Kids
One-third of surveyed teenagers said smoking marijuana made them a better driver, while 41 percent said it had no effect.
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Marijuana: the Gateway Drug (to Nicotine)
New research suggests that smoking pot promotes an even more dangerous addiction.
Smoking Pot May Not Make You Dumber After All
Long-term users of marijuana, for purposes medicinal or mundane, take heart: though a recent study in the Proceedings…
Marijuana Machine Maker’s Stock Price Goes Up in Smoke
It sure seems like investors in the burgeoning quasi-legal marijuana industry are enthusiastic consumers of the product, too.…
750,000 Arrested for Marijuana – Though Most Americans Want It Legalized
Here are a few numbers that don’t add up. Just-released stats from the FBI show that about three-quarters…
The Biblical Case for Pot Legalization?
There are lots of arguments for legalizing marijuana. Like, um, for instance, this one: [Cannabis prohibition] unnecessarily proscribe[s]…
California’s Medical Marijuana Morass
In Northern California, where the drug laws can change with the mile markers, a supplier of medical marijuana risks going one toke over the (county) line.
U.S. Crackdown Highlights Mixed-Up World of Medical Marijuana
A federal effort to shut down state-legalized marijuana dispensaries in California is the latest example of the topsy-turvy habitat that growers, users and cops live in with medical marijuana.
The Dutch Can Handle Their Pot
A researcher who compared the Netherlands' marijuana use with that of other European countries and the U.S. finds the Dutch regime of tolerated small sales of cannabis does not lead to a drug free-for-all.
Fighting Drug War Creates Drug War
When the United States starts talking about illicit drugs, why does the word "war" always makes its way into the conversation?