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Questions About Marijuana: Is Pot Good For You?
I never smoked pot in junior high because I was convinced it would shrivel my incipient manhood. This was the 1980s, and those stark this-is-your-brain-on-drugs ads already had me vaguely worried about memory loss and psychosis
A Complex Link Between Marijuana and Schizophrenia
Since the days of Reefer Madness, scientists have sought to understand the complex connection between marijuana and psychosis. Cannabis can cause short-term psychotic experiences, such as hallucinations and paranoia, even in healthy people, but researchers have also long noted a link between marijuana use and the chronic psychotic disorder, schizophrenia.
The Nation: Concerning Pot and Man at The National Review
It came as something of a surprise last week when the Consumer Union, an independent, nonprofit organization, published a 623-page study that advocated complete legalization of marijuana as well as a nationwide methadone program . “Marijuana is here to stay,” said the report
Medicine: Pot and Sex
Is pot good for sex?
The Nation: Carter’s Grass-Roots Appeal
Can 35 million Americans be wrong about pot? Penalties against the possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.” So said Jimmy Carter in urging Congress last week to reduce federal penalties for possession of up to 1 oz.
Where the Grass is Greener
Snow still caps the fir-covered mountains of southwest Oregon despite the warm spring sun that has lured burly loggers from their hibernation and drawn orchardmen back to their pear trees.
How Marijuana Got Mainstreamed
I’ve always been passionate about food,” says Jenelise Robinson.
California Reduces Its Penalty for Marijuana
California Reduces Its Penalty for Marijuana A month before California voters decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that essentially puts those caught possessing small amounts of the drug on the same level as those caught speeding on the freeway. The governor — who […]
Let’s Bail Out the Pot Dealers!
Some dude outside my supermarket just asked me to sign a petition to legalize marijuana. Apparently he was so high that he forgot he’s in California, where pot is already more legal than budget-balancing.