marijuana

Tuesday January 10, 2012

Study: A Joint May Be Easier On Lungs Than A Cigarette

January 10, 2012 • Cigarettes are bad for lungs, but marijuana smoke so much at least for moderate pot smokers. That's the word from researchers to tracked the lung function of cigarette and marijuana smokers for 20 years. But the lungs of heavy pot smokers didn't fare so well.

Monday July 18, 2011

68,500 Marijuana Plants, Worth $205 Million, Found In California

July 18, 2011 • The operation in Ventura County's Los Padres National Forest was huge. But no suspects have been arrested.

Tuesday March 1, 2011

Despite the "not for consumption warning," the DEA has banned the sale of products like K2, which contain herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Kelley McCall/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

DEA Bans 'Fake Pot' Products

March 1, 2011 • The Drug Enforcement Agency has banned "fake pot" substances, which use chemicals that replicate the effects of marijuana. Those substances had been in a legal limbo, with many states lacking laws to deal with them. The DEA says the chemicals pose a threat to public health and safety.

Wednesday February 9, 2011

Researchers Link Marijuana And Earlier Onset Of Psychosis

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Opinion

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Researchers Link Marijuana And Earlier Onset Of Psychosis

February 9, 2011 • Australian researchers found that marijuana users who developed psychosis were 2.7 years younger than nonusers who became psychotic. Other sort of substance abuse sped up psychosis by two years, but alcohol alone showed no effect.

Tuesday October 19, 2010

Confessions Of A Mom (And Former Teen Pot Head)

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Confessions Of A Mom (And Former Teen Pot Head)

October 19, 2010 • A recent government survey suggests marijuana use is on the rise among teens. Guest blogger and mom Leslie Morgan Steiner experimented with the drug as a youngster and wonders if her kids will do the same.

Thursday May 20, 2010

Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!

Munchies, Now Satisfied With Foie Gras

May 20, 2010 • Stoners get pickier about what they munch on.

Wednesday January 27, 2010

Planet Money

An Economist Gets Stoned

January 27, 2010 • Would making drugs legal make them cheaper or more expensive?

An Economist Gets Stoned

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