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Roadside breathalyzer tests that can detect whether drivers have smoked marijuana within the past three hours may be available by next year. According to Newsweek, earlier this year, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety published the results of a survey which indicated that nearly 15 million Americans had gotten behind …

Strangers came to help an Oklahoma mother who was sentenced to prison over $30 worth of weed. Back in 2011, Patricia Spottedcrow was sentenced to 12 years in prison over $31 worth of marijuana. When news broke, her story sent Americans into national outrage, prompting Governor Mary Fallin to sign …

On June 17, 2019, Curtis B. Simmons was preparing for a flight with JetBlue Airlines at Fort Lauderdale International Airport when two unarmed, plainclothes detectives approached him. The 32-year-old from Maryland had just purchased a ticket for a 7:15 p.m. non-stop flight to Los Angeles.  “I had missed my flight …

Back in 2017, Nevada legalized marijuana for recreational use, eliminating the negative stigma attached to the natural drug. But now, just two years later, state officials are looking to take the legalization one step further, in an attempt to protect the working-class stoner.  As part of a new law, signed …

There are so many uses for marijuana, and the NFL is looking into its powers to heal pain, for players in the league. The NFL reportedly is discussing a new collective bargaining agreement, and in doing so the league and NFL Players Association have agreed to form two new joint …

The entire country just might get 420-friendly pretty soon by the efforts of Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer who proposed a bill that would regulate marijuana the same way the government regulates alcohol. The new bill named, H.R. 420, would completely remove marijuana from the list of illegal narcotics under the …

These are high times for smokers. It is officially legal to fly out of LAX with marijuana. Los Angeles International Airport has just upgraded its public marijuana policy to allow flyers to travel with legal amounts of cannabis. LAX’s new policy was posted on its website and reads: While federal …

While some of the U.S. has rejoiced in the legalization of #marijuana in many parts, there are others who are out to do (or say) anything to keep it away from citizens. The Marijuana Policy Coordination Committee, a secret committee of federal agencies from across the government, has the sole …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is working towards eliminating arrests for publicly smoking marijuana. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Over the weekend, de Blasio told the NYPD to instead issue summons as opposed to arresting people who are publicly smoking marijuana. Smoking publicly in New York currently can get you arrested. …

Synthetic weed is causing Chicago residents to experience severe bleeding after use, according to the Illinois Department of Health. Health officials have linked 22 cases of severe bleeding to synthetic weed; they are now warning residents about the new symptom. The cases have been coming mainly out of Chicago since …

A 100-foot-long joint filled with more than 1,000 grams of weed was a hit at a Massachusetts pot fest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Saturday, a group of smokers at Harvest Cup, a marijuana festival in Worcester, made a joint that was said to the size of one-third of a football field. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ …