By Jonah Bennett Published: December 8, 2014 A pair of preliminary studies involving veterans finds that both physicians and vets have a relatively positive attitude towards marijuana usage, saying that marijuana should be legalized, MedPage Today reports. The 31 veterans surveyed in one particular study were enrolled in a substance abuse program and engaged in face-to-face…
By Jonah Bennett Published: November 25, 2014 Medical marijuana may soon be allowed for veterans if a newly proposed bill allowing doctors to recommend marijuana for patients passes scrutiny, The Washington Post reports. The bill, termed the Veterans Equal Access Act, has been forwarded jointly by Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher from California and Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer from…
By Casey Harper Published: November 14, 2014 Even after nearly $8 billion spent fighting the drug war in Afghanistan, counter narcotics forces still don’t know if it’s working, according to a government report. The Inspector General report published Friday states that because of poor self-monitoring, the auditors cannot tell if the U.S. counter narcotics forces are making…
By Greg Campbell photo by: (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post) A peculiar campaign to keep kids from smoking pot in Denver — involving giant cages and the message for teens not to be “lab rats” by experimenting with marijuana — is getting mixed reactions.Some say the giant props are good for starting conversations with young…
By Greg Campbell Teen marijuana use has fallen in Colorado since the state legalized the drug in 2012, according to a new report, bucking a nationwide trend of overall increases in teen use. “Thirty-day marijuana use fell from 22 percent in 2011 to 20 percent in 2013, and lifetime use declined from 39 percent to 37…
By Jonah Bennett In reaction to a proposed amendment to block decriminalization of marijuana in D.C., the White House Office of Management and Budget took a strong stance in favor of states’ rights, the Washington Post reports. Republican Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland introduced an amendment which would prevent the D.C. Council from using any federal funds to…
By Greg Campbell Coloradans are smoking marijuana by the ton — an estimated 121 metric tons annually, to be more specific, a much higher demand than previously thought. The estimate was included in the first ever market study of marijuana consumption patterns in a legal market, conducted by the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division. The agency extrapolated the…
Minnesota Police are praising a 9-year-old girl for reporting her parents marijuana plants that were growing under their house. Officer Ryan Beattie stated that the little rat is a “very brave, very smart, very articulate little girl.” Police claim that the little girl said that pot smoke was making her sick and was worried…
By Greg Campbell If younger Coloradans are getting their hands on marijuana since the state allowed it to be sold to adults on Jan. 1, they’re apparently not getting it from state-licensed retail stores. Over the past six months, regulators from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division have sent underage customers into 20 marijuana retail stores…
The Libertarian Republic has been closely following the case of Jacob Lavoro, 19, since it first became public knowledge last May. Lavoro had a clean record before he was arrested for making brownies with hash oil and then selling them. The state used the sugar, cocoa, butter and other ingredients to determine the weight of…