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Law

Can Sobriety Tests Weed Out Drivers Who've Smoked Too Much Weed?

Massachusetts' highest court is considering whether roadside sobriety tests for marijuana can be used as evidence of driving stoned in the same way they are used to determine if a driver is drunk.

Can Sobriety Tests Weed Out Drivers Who've Smoked Too Much Weed?

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Thursday

Marijuana's Health Effects? Top Scientists Weigh In

The highly rated variety of medical marijuana known as "Blue Dream" was displayed among other strains at a cannabis farmers market in Los Angeles in 2014. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Marijuana's Health Effects? Top Scientists Weigh In

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine sorted through 10,000 studies to determine the good and bad health effects of marijuana. Tight drug restrictions impede research, they say.

Marijuana's Health Effects? Top Scientists Weigh In

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Sunday

Monday

Doctors Say Parents Shouldn't Smoke Pot Around Kids

Researchers have found marijuana metabolites in the urine of babies who were exposed to adult marijuana use. deux/Corbis/Getty Images hide caption

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Doctors Say Parents Shouldn't Smoke Pot Around Kids

Babies exposed to marijuana smoke have metabolites of the drug in their urine, researchers say. They think that secondhand marijuana smoke will prove to be as dangerous as secondhand tobacco smoke.

Doctors Say Parents Shouldn't Smoke Pot Around Kids

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Monday

NFL Players Searching For Painkiller Choices Hope For Relaxed Marijuana Ban

Marijuana is now legal for recreational or medicinal use in more than half the country, but it's still banned in professional sports. Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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NFL Players Searching For Painkiller Choices Hope For Relaxed Marijuana Ban

Now that marijuana use is allowed in 28 states, it has opened up renewed questions about the drug as a pain reliever for people — including players in the National Football League.

NFL Players Searching For Painkiller Choices Hope For Relaxed Marijuana Ban

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Sunday

Trump's Choice For Top Law Enforcer Has Cannabis Proponents Fearing Future

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions at Trump Tower in New York City on Thursday. Many in the multibillion-dollar marijuana industry fear what his nomination for attorney general would spell for business. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Trump's Choice For Top Law Enforcer Has Cannabis Proponents Fearing Future

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general — and Sessions' prior comments have many people in the multibillion-dollar marijuana industry worried.

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Tuesday

City Of Oakland Considers Ways To Share In Pot Profits

A marijuana plant is displayed during the 2016 Cannabis Business Summit & Expo on Jun. 22 in Oakland, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

City Of Oakland Considers Ways To Share In Pot Profits

Oakland is rethinking how much medical marijuana dispensaries should pay the city to operate and who gets those licenses. It's also trying to promote diversity in an industry dominated by white men.

City Of Oakland Considers Ways To Share In Pot Profits

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Wednesday

How The 'Cannabis Catch-22' Keeps Marijuana Classified As A Harmful Drug

Marijuana grows in the home of two medical marijuana patients in Medford, Ore. Jeff Barnard/AP hide caption

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Law

How The 'Cannabis Catch-22' Keeps Marijuana Classified As A Harmful Drug

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Author John Hudak says federal law makes it hard to prove the medicinal value of marijuana. "As a Schedule 1 drug, it is very difficult to do research on the plant," he explains.

How The 'Cannabis Catch-22' Keeps Marijuana Classified As A Harmful Drug

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Friday

Saturday

NPR News Nuggets: All Love Lost, Tortoise Species Saved & Big Bucks In Texas

Diego, a tortoise of the endangered Chelonoidis hoodensis subspecies from Española Island, is seen in a breeding centre at the Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island. RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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NPR News Nuggets: All Love Lost, Tortoise Species Saved & Big Bucks In Texas

Here's a roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

High Schools In Texas Spend Big Bucks On Football Stadiums

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Thursday

Pot And Pregnancy: No Harm Seen At Birth, But Many Questions Remain

Since marijuana doesn't benefit mother or baby it should be avoided, researchers say. But there is stronger evidence for the harms of alcohol and tobacco. Roy Morsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Pot And Pregnancy: No Harm Seen At Birth, But Many Questions Remain

A review of studies on the effects of using marijuana while pregnant found no harms to newborns. But other studies have found an increased risk of thinking problems and ADHD in older children.