With marijuana now legal in some form throughout 23 states, the number of Americans who fatally overdosed on the drug last year was significant. Read more »
Pot advocates settle on 2016 initiative
SACRAMENTO — The attorney general’s office has been so inundated with marijuana legalization measures that it’s been hard to separate the wheat from the chaff – or the stems from the buds, to use a more appropriate analogy. It costs less than the average price of an ounce of the stuff to file a statewide […]
High On The Highway: Scientists Try To Build A Marijuana Breath Test
A quartet of Western states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana, and voters in a half-dozen more states may vote on pot legalization in 2016. That’s leading law enforcement officials and entrepreneurs to try to come up with better ways of testing for driving while stoned. Read more »
Colombia’s president legalizes medical marijuana
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree on Tuesday legalizing the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes, a dramatic shift in a country long identified with US-backed policies to stamp out drug crops. Read more »