February 12th, 2014
Uruguay’s President Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Not only is Uruguay the first country in the world to legalize marijuana, but its quirky, ex-guerilla president is now being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The Uruguayan president, Jose Mujica, pushed a bill into law that fully legalized marijuana. Recently, Jose has been nominated as a ...
February 11th, 2014
Ryan Clark Admits NFL Players use Marijuana
Marijuana and football are not typically buzz words that come up in the same conversation. However, pot jargon was thrown around as much as the pigskin during this year’s Super Bowl as, both teams – the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos – hail from states that recently legalized ...
February 10th, 2014
Uruguay Becomes First Country to Legalize Marijuana Trade
In a striking first move, the Uruguayan government passed a bill fully legalizing the sale and distribution of marijuana, both medical and recreational. Coming off the tail end of this year’s leaked U.N. report, which revealed a changing attitude on global drug policy, Uruguay’s bold action is ...
January 28th, 2014
Vermont Governor Attempts to Tackle Drug Addiction
This year, Vermont Governor Shumlin addressed his year-opening House and Senate with a State of the State message about a single topic: drug addiction. Though a concern to the country at large as well, Vermont has a particularly nasty stint with heroin and opiate addiction, consistently ranking ...
December 18th, 2013
Drinking Water Contaminated with Drugs
Suffering from high blood pressure? Instead of spending money on a drug prescription, you might want to consider drinking more tap water. New results from an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study on 50 major U.S. metropolitan water treatment plants indicates that our tap water is anything ...
December 16th, 2013
Over 200 Hospitalized in Colorado from Synthetic Marijuana
According to The Huffington Post, a joint investigation with state health officials began after observing an increase in synthetic cannabis-related emergency room visits in late August. In a federal report, 221 Colorado residents are believed to have been sickened by synthetic pot, also called ...
December 11th, 2013
Technology Addiction Gains Recognition in Australia
In Australia and Tasmania, doctors and mental health professionals are beginning to confront a new trend and serious concern. New technology- and delivery platforms for technology- is creating modern issues for today’s youth. Australia has a handful of clinical professionals examining the ...
December 10th, 2013
Mom Turns to Medical Marijuana to Treat Son’s Epilepsy
In a recent Huffington Post interview, a mother of an epileptic boy, Zaki, reports that a unique strain of medical marijuana known as “Charlotte’s Web,” sent her son’s severe symptoms of epilepsy almost directly into remission. Zaki’s mother, Heather Jackson, explained in the interview that her ...
December 9th, 2013
Hidden Meth Pipe Lands Woman in Hospital and Jail
26-year-old North Dakota resident, Jeana Marie Smart, was arrested on Monday after police uncovered a warrant for her arrest, revealing she had “failed to appear in court on a pending narcotics and drug paraphernalia case,” according to the police report. Once transported to the Cass County ...
December 5th, 2013
Meet the Denver Post’s New Marijuana Editor
In a bold “what’s next?” in Colorado’s legalization of marijuana, the Denver Post has appointed Ricardo Baca to the position of “Marijuana Editor.” Baca previously held the position of Entertainment Editor, covering a wide variety of topics from film to music. As he mentions in an interview, he ...
December 4th, 2013
Leaked UN Report Reveals Changing Attitudes on the Global War on Drugs
According to a leaked United Nations draft document, the prohibition-only style approach to the global War on Drugs may be nearing the end of its 52-year life. The document reveals that attitudes about the U.S.-led policy of abstinence-only education are increasingly divided, particularly among ...
December 2nd, 2013
License to Sell: World’s First Recreational Marijuana Retail License Granted in Colorado
The world’s first recreational marijuana retail license has been awarded to Annie’s- a dispensary currently operating as a medical marijuana center in Central City, Colorado (insert Rocky Mountain High joke here.) Although Annie’s still needs to obtain a state license, businesses throughout ...
November 19th, 2013
Sisa: The Drug Self-Medicating Greece’s Unemployed
Derived from the Persian word for glass, Sisa, is a destructive, cheap synthetic drug crawling through the poverty-stricken streets of Greece. While little is known about the drug, Open Democracy reports that it’s an enhanced form of crystal methamphetamine created by mixing amphetamines with a ...
November 18th, 2013
32 Charged with Large Meth Operation in Texas
Recently, federal prosecutors released an official statement announcing that 32 people have been charged with drug trafficking and conspiracy in relation to a methamphetamine distribution operation in Texas. Based in Stephenville, Texas, the meth operation named Brittany Barron Drug Trafficking ...
November 13th, 2013
Bottoms Up: Man Mistakes Liquid Meth for Health Drink
A 55-year-old British man recently died after drinking what he believed was just an awful tasting health drink, but was in fact a bottle of liquid methamphetamine — one of many bottles in the package with a cumulative value of $54,000. After taking the deadly dose, Romano Dias of ...
November 12th, 2013
Drinks in Disguise: Britain’s Safer Substitute
Imagine a world without hangovers, alcoholism, drunk driving, and the health risks of binge drinking. It sounds too good to be true, but it’s not. Scientists in Britain are designing a cocktail drug that mimics the effects of alcohol, but spares drinkers the dangerous and unpleasant side ...
