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Monthly Media Report
OVERVIEW
THE POTSHOTS NEWS TICKER ON VENTURA COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH’S HOW HIGH WEBSITE IS A REAL-TIME MEDIA
RECAP DESIGNED TO EDUCATE ANY INTERESTED ADULT
RESIDENTS, PARENTS AND COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT
THE TOPLINE NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ONGOING
MARIJUANA CULTURAL DIALOGUE.
WHAT IS THIS REPORT
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JUNE 2014
EACH MONTH, VENTURA COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNVEILS A POTSHOTS MONTHLY REPOR T, A COMPIL ATION OF
ALL NEWS STORIES AND NEWS TIDBITS FEATURED IN THE
PREVIOUS MONTH’S NEWS TICKER.
THIS BELOW “POTSHOTS” MONTHLY REPOR T, FOR THE
MONTH OF JUNE 2014 , IS A TOPLINE RECAP OF THE PERTINENT MEDIA STORIES, NEWS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ONGOING MARIJUANA DIALOGUE.
PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT
THIS REPOR T PRESENTS AND TRACKS RECENT TOPLINE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MARIJUANA
DIALOGUE IN A CENTRAL LOCATION. WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT NEWS AR TICLES OR
ADDITIONAL TYPES OF STORIES OR SOURCES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN THIS
REPOR T, PLEASE CONTACT US AT: [email protected].
PRIMARY SOURCES OF REPORT
THE HOW HIGH TEAM REVIEWS A NUMBER OF TOP
NATIONAL AND LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS ACROSS
TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO
TRACK DOWN THE L ATEST AND GREATEST NEWS IN
THE ONGOING MARIJUANA CULTURAL DIALOGUE.
SITES RESEARCHED AND QUERIED INCLUDE (BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO): LOS ANGELES TIMES, VENTURA COUNTY STAR, NEW YORK TIMES, WALL
STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, TIME, NPR, BUZZFEED, TMZ, DRUDGE REPOR T, SL ATE, FOX NEWS,
MSNBC, INSTAGRAM, SPOTIFY AND
MORE. IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC SITE YOU
WOULD LIKE ADDED, PLEASE LET US
KNOW AT: [email protected].
HOW HIGH VENTURA COUNTY. © POTSHOTS MONTHLY REPOR T. JUNE 2014.
FOR PARENTS AND ADULT RESIDENTS OF VENTURA COUNTY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE POTSHOTS NEWS TICKER AND POTSHOTS MONTHLY REPOR T ARE DESIGNED TO ORGANIZE MEDIA STORIES AND NEWS TIDBITS IN THE FOLLOWING TWELVE (12) CATEGORIES, TO
MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE END USER TO NAVIGATE:
HEALTH
HARM
POP
CULTURE
LOCAL
DEVELOPMENTS
(VENTURA
COUNTY)
NEIGHBORNG
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENTS
(L A + SB)
STATE POLICY
DEVELOPMENTS
(CALIFORNIA)
NATIONAL
POLICY
DEVELOPMENTS
(U.S.)
L AW
ENFORCEMENT/
ARRESTS
MARKETING/
BRANDING
EMERGING
ISSUES
TALKING TO
YOUR TEEN
MISCELL ANEOUS
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SECTION #1 OF 12: HEALTH
ARTICLE:
NOW YOUR DOG CAN GET HIGH
SOURCE:
MAIL ONLINE, JUNE 7, 2014
ABSTRACT:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE ACCEPTED AS A USEFUL
TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING PAIN, NAUSEA REL ATED TO CHEMOTHERAPY, EPILEPTIC CONVULSIONS AND HIV/AIDS IN THE U.S. NOW, PET OWNERS, VETS AND
ALTERNATIVE VETERINARY CAREERS ARE SAYING THAT THAT IT 'S HELPING PETS
MANAGE PAIN AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES. ONE OF THOSE IS LOS ANGELES VET DOUG
KRAMER, 36, KNOWN AS THE 'VET GURU' WHO TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT HE
FEELS OBLIGATED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE DRUG.
SECTION #2 OF 12: HARM
ARTICLE:
PENN MEDICINE STUDY FINDS MARIJUANA USE MAY IMPAIR SLEEP QUALITY
SOURCE:
PENN MEDICINE, JUNE 2, 2014
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ABSTRACT:
A NEW STUDY FROM RESEARCHERS AT THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SUGGESTS THAT MARIJUANA USE MAY BE ASSOCIATED
WITH IMPAIRED SLEEP QUALITY, ESPECIALLY IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN USING THE
DRUG SINCE THEIR TEENAGE YEARS. “THE MOST SURPRISING FINDING WAS THAT
THERE WAS A STRONG REL ATIONSHIP WITH AGE OF FIRST USE, NO MAT TER HOW
OFTEN PEOPLE WERE CURRENTLY USING MARIJUANA. PEOPLE WHO STAR TED USING
EARLY WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SLEEP PROBLEMS AS AN ADULT.”
ARTICLE:
MARIJUANA USE CAN BRING SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, STUDY FINDS
SOURCE:
TIME, JUNE 2, 201
ABSTRACT:
A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND HIGHER INCIDENCES OF RESTLESSNESS AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION AMONG MARIJUANA USERS, UPENDING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT IT
CAN HELP A USER REL AX INTO A GOOD NIGHT’S REST. RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SURVEYED THE SLEEP HABITS OF 1,811 FORMER AND CURRENT
MARIJUANA USERS. THE USERS REPOR TED HIGHER RATES OF SLEEPLESSNESS AND
DROWSINESS COMPARED WITH NONUSERS, AND THE MOST AFFECTED GROUP WERE
PAR TICIPANTS WHO STAR TED USING THE DRUG AT AN EARLY AGE. THOSE WHO EXPERIMENTED WITH MARIJUANA BEFORE THE AGE OF 15 WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO REPOR T
SEVERE SLEEP LOSS, EVEN IF THEY HAD CUT BACK ON THE DRUG ON L ATER IN LIFE, A
FINDING THAT SURPRISED RESEARCHERS.
ARTICLE:
NIDA REVIEW SUMMARIZES RESEARCH ON MARIJUANA’S NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS
SOURCE:
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, JUNE 4, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE CURRENT STATE OF SCIENCE ON THE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
USE LINKS THE DRUG TO SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS INCLUDING ADDICTION, A REVIEW REPOR TS. THE AR TICLE, PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE NEW ENGL AND
JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, IS AUTHORED BY SCIENTISTS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE
ON DRUG ABUSE (NIDA), PAR T OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. THE REVIEW
DESCRIBES THE SCIENCE ESTABLISHING THAT MARIJUANA CAN BE ADDICTIVE AND
THAT THIS RISK FOR ADDICTION INCREASES FOR DAILY OR YOUNG USERS. IT ALSO
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OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO RESEARCH ON THE GATEWAY THEORY INDICATING THAT MARIJUANA USE, SIMIL AR TO NICOTINE AND ALCOHOL USE, MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN
INCREASED VULNERABILITY TO OTHER DRUGS. THE AUTHORS REVIEW LITERATURE
SHOWING THAT MARIJUANA IMPAIRS DRIVING, INCREASING THE RISK OF BEING
INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND THAT THESE RISKS ARE FUR THER ENHANCED
WHEN COMBINING MARIJUANA WITH ALCOHOL. THE AUTHORS ALSO DISCUSS THE
IMPLICATIONS OF RISING MARIJUANA POTENCIES AND NOTE THAT, BECAUSE OLDER
STUDIES ARE BASED ON THE EFFECTS OF LOWER-POTENCY (LESS THC) MARIJUANA,
STRONGER ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS MAY OCCUR WITH TODAY’S MORE POTENT
MARIJUANA.
ARTICLE:
MARIJUANA ISN’T HARMLESS, TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL SAYS
SOURCE:
CBS NEWS, JUNE 5, 2014
ABSTRACT:
STATES JOINING THE MARCH TOWARD MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION NEED TO
TAKE A STEP BACK AND CONSIDER THE DRUG'S ADVERSE EFFECTS ON HEALTH,
THE U.S. DRUG "CZAR" ARGUES IN A NEW PAPER. MARIJUANA IS POTENTIALLY
ADDICTIVE, PROVEN TO CONTRIBUTE TO FATAL MOTOR-VEHICLE CRASHES,
AND CAN DISRUPT THE BRAIN FUNCTION AND LEARNING OF YOUNG USERS,
SAYS DR. NORA VOLKOW, DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG
ABUSE.
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ARTICLE:
MARIJUANA USE MAY AFFECT THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF MEN’S SPERM
SOURCE:
FOX NEWS, JUNE 5, 2014
ABSTRACT:
SMOKING MARIJUANA MAY AFFECT THE SHAPE AND QUALITY OF YOUNG MEN’S
SPERM, ULTIMATELY PUT TING THEIR FER TILITY AT RISK, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS. IN A
STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE MEDICAL JOURNAL HUMAN REPRODUCTION, RESEARCHERS
ANALYZED MANY DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE FACTORS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE AN
IMPACT ON MALE INFER TILITY. ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCHERS, MARIJUANA USE
WAS THE ONLY HABIT THEY STUDIED TO BE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH ABNORMAL
SPERM MORPHOLOGY.
ARTICLE:
ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA USE
SOURCE:
NEW ENGL AND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, JUNE 5, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE NEJM PUBLISHED A REPOR T OUTLINING THE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA USE, WHICH INCLUDE THE RISK OF ADDICTION AND AN INCREASED HARMFULNESS WHEN USED DURING ADOLESCENCE. THE FULL REPOR T IS AVAIL ABLE UPON PURCHASE.
ARTICLE:
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT HOW MARIJUANA AFFECTS HEALTH
SOURCE:
HUFFINGTON P OST, JUNE 5, 2014
ABSTRACT:
MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT SMOKING POT IS HARMLESS, BUT THERE'S GOOD EVIDENCE
THAT THE DRUG HAS AT LEAST SOME NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON HEALTH, A NEW REVIEW
SAYS. SOME PEOPLE WHO SMOKE MARIJUANA CAN BECOME ADDICTED, AND USE OF
THE DRUG IN THE TEEN YEARS HAS BEEN LINKED WITH ABNORMALITIES IN CER TAIN
BRAIN AREAS IMPOR TANT FOR LEARNING AND MEMORY, THE REVIEW SAID. AND
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EVEN THE IMMEDIATE SHOR T-TERM EFFECTS OF THE MARIJUANA, SUCH AS IMPAIRED
THINKING AND COORDINATION, CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING DIFFICULTY IN LEARNING IN SCHOOL AND AN INCREASED RISK OF CAR ACCIDENTS, THE
REVIEW SAID. REGUL AR MARIJUANA SMOKERS ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY THAN NONSMOKERS TO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, SUCH AS DAILY COUGH
AND PHLEGM PRODUCTION. THIS AR TICLE INCLUDES MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
REVIEW.
ARTICLE:
LEGAL POT MIGHT MAKE KIDS STUPIDER, SAY RESEARCHERS
SOURCE:
TIME, JUNE 5, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON THE NEGATIVE
HEALTH AFFECTS OF MARIJUANA PUBLISHED TODAY IN
THE NEW ENGL AND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE REPOR TS
THAT SMOKING POT AS A KID MAY HAVE L ASTING
IMPACTS ON INTELLIGENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT. FOR
STAR TERS, SMOKING POT REGUL ARLY FROM AN EARLY
AGE IS CORREL ATED WITH A LOWER IQ. THE MECHANISM IS NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD—EXPER TS ARE NOT
CL AIMING ONE NECESSARILY CAUSES THE OTHER—BUT SCIENTISTS SPECUL ATE THE DRUG CAN INTERFERE WITH A CRITICAL PERIOD FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT DURING THE TEEN YEARS. “ADULTS WHO
SMOKED REGUL ARLY DURING ADOLESCENCE”
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ACHAVE “IMPAIRED NEURAL CONNECTIVITY” IN PAR TS OF THE BRAIN INVOLVING
ALER TNESS AND SELF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, PROCESSING
OF HABITS AND ROUTINES, LEARNING, AND MEMORY.
ARTICLE:
MARIJUANA USE IN TEENS DECREASE IQ: STUDY
SOURCE:
SCIENCE WORLD REP OR T, JUNE 8, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THOUGH MANY HAVE WRIT TEN MARIJUANA OFF AS A REL ATIVELY HARMLESS DRUG,
A RECENT STUDY SHOWS THAT SMOKING THIS DRUG, PAR TICUL ARLY FOR TEENS,
COULD LOWER IQ. RESEARCHERS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE
(NIDA) FOUND THAT THE EFFECTS OF SMOKING THE DRUG TENDED TO PERSIST LONG
AFTER A USER STOPPED. FOR INSTANCE, THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF THE DRUG--SUCH
AS IMPAIRED CRITICAL THINKING AND MEMORY--COULD L AST FOR DAYS IN SOME
CASES.
ARTICLE:
MARIJUANA TIED TO ADDICTION, COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
SOURCE:
MEDSCAPE, JUNE 11, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A REVIEW AR TICLE BY INVESTIGATORS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG
ABUSE (NIDA) SHOWS THAT DURING INTOXICATION, MARIJUANA CAN INTERFERE
WITH MEMORY, PERCEPTION OF TIME, AND MOTOR FUNCTION, WHICH CAN LEAD TO
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. IN ADDITION,
REPEATED USE DURING ADOLESCENCE CAN RESULT IN LONG-TERM BRAIN FUNCTION
CHANGES.
ARTICLE:
STUDY TRACKS DRUGGED DRIVING TRENDS
SOURCE:
WOW T.COM, JUNE 23, 2014
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ABSTRACT:
A NEW UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER STUDY SHOWS MORE DRUGGED
DRIVERS ARE NOW TESTING POSITIVE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, MARIJUANA, AND
ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE OLDER THAN 50. RESEARCH FOUND THE PERCENTAGE OF
DRUGGED DRIVERS WITH THREE OR MORE DRUGS IN THEIR SYSTEM NEARLY DOUBLED
FROM 1993 TO 2010 - FROM 11.5 PERCENT TO 21.5 PERCENT. ABOUT 55% OF DRIVERS
WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA HAD ALCOHOL IN THEIR SYSTEM.
ARTICLE:
THE LINK BETWEEN WEED AND SCHIZOPHRENIA IS WAY MORE COMPLICATED THAN
WE THOUGHT
SOURCE:
THE VERGE, JUNE 24, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A NEW STUDY, PUBLISHED TODAY IN MOLECUL AR PSYCHIATRY, LENDS FUR THER SUPPOR T TO THE IDEA THAT SCHIZOPHRENIA PL AYS A ROLE IN AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIKELIHOOD OF SMOKING WEED, BY SHOWING THAT THE GENETIC VARIANTS PREDICTING
SCHIZOPHRENIA CAN ALSO BE USED TO PREDICT A PERSON'S TENDENCY TO SMOKE
POT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY. THIS, RESEARCHERS SAY,
DEMONSTRATES THAT THE CAUSAL REL ATIONSHIP BETWEEN CANNABIS USE AND
SCHIZOPHRENIA MIGHT NOT BE CLEAR-CUT, AND THAT AT LEAST A SMALL PAR T OF
THE ASSOCIATION MIGHT BE CAUSED BY GENETIC
OVERL AP, WHERE THE SAME GENES THAT PREDISPOSE
CER TAIN PEOPLE TO ENJOYING WEED MIGHT ALSO
PREDISPOSE OTHERS TO DEVELOPING SCHIZOPHRENIA
— OR BOTH.
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ARTICLE:
THE MY THS OF SMOKING POT
SOURCE:
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, JUNE 25, 2014
ABSTRACT:
FROM HER PERCH AS HEAD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE IN BETHESDA, NORA VOLKOW WATCHES ANXIOUSLY AS THE COUNTRY EMBARKS ON WHAT SHE
SEES AS A RISKY SOCIAL EXPERIMENT IN LEGALIZING MARIJUANA. VOLKOW SAID IN
AN INTERVIEW ON THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CAMPUS, “IT’S NOT SUBTLE
— IT’S HUGE. LEGAL DRUGS ARE THE MAIN PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTRY AS IT REL ATES TO MORBIDITY AND MOR TALITY. BY FAR. MANY MORE PEOPLE DIE
OF TOBACCO THAN ALL OF THE DRUGS TOGETHER...AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE THEY
ARE MORE DANGEROUS OR ADDICTIVE. NOT AT ALL — THEY ARE LESS DANGEROUS.
IT’S BECAUSE THEY ARE LEGAL. . . . THE LEGALIZATION PROCESS GENERATES A MUCH
GREATER EXPOSURE OF PEOPLE AND HENCE OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES THAT
WILL EMERGE.
SECTION #3 OF 12: POP CULTURE
ARTICLE:
ONE DIRECTION TICKETS DROP JUST 3% IN WAKE OF MARIJUANA SCANDAL
SOURCE:
FORBES, JUNE 4, 2014
ABSTRACT:
ONE DIRECTION WILL KEEP ROLLING AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO OF TWO OF
THE BAND’S MEMBERS SMOKING MARIJUANA WHILE ON TOUR IN PERU HIT THE INTERNET L AST WEEK. SINCE THE VIDEO MADE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE L AST THURSDAY FANS
HAVE TAKEN ACTION AGAINST THE BAND, GOING SO FAR AS TO RIP AND BURN CONCER T TICKETS TO UPCOMING SHOWS. STILL, THE OUTRAGE OF MANY FANS IS A REALITY, BUT THE AVERAGE TICKET PRICE ON THE SECONDARY MARKET HASN’T SUFFERED
QUITE AS MUCH AS THEIR REPUTATION THIS PAST WEEK.
ARTICLE:
LOUISVILLE WIDE RECEIVER AND KENTUCKY DEFENSIVE END CITED FOR MARIJUANA
POSSESSION
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SOURCE:
YAHOO! SP OR TS, JUNE 9, 2014
ABSTRACT:
TWO HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATES WHO PL AY COLLEGIATELY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WERE CITED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION ON MAY 26,ACCORDING TO THE
COURIER-JOURNAL. LOUISVILLE WIDE RECEIVER JAMES QUICK AND KENTUCKY
DEFENSIVE END JASON HATCHER, FORMER TEAMMATES AT TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL IN
LOUISVILLE, WERE REPOR TEDLY IN QUICK’S APAR TMENT CAMPUS APAR TMENT WHEN
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE POLICE “RESPONDED TO A COMPL AINT OF MARIJUANA
ODOR IN THE BUILDING.”
ARTICLE:
TOP TRACKS
SOURCE:
SP OTIFY, JUNE 19, 2014
ABSTRACT:
ACCORDING TO SPOTFIY, AN ONLINE MUSIC DATABASE, AMONG THE TOP TWENTY MOST POPUL AR
SONGS IN THE UNITED STATES THERE ARE TWO SONGS
THAT REFERENCES MARIJUANA. THE SONG, “TURN
DOWN FOR WHAT,” REPEATEDLY SAYS THAT LINE “FIRE
UP THAT LOUD.” LOUD IS A STREET NAME FOR MARIJUANA, ESPECIALLY HIGH QUALITY MARIJUANA. ADHOW HIGH VENTURA COUNTY. © POTSHOTS MONTHLY REPOR T. JUNE 2014.
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DITIONALLY, THE SONG “STAY HIGH” BY TOVE LO, SUPPOR TS GET TING HIGH TO NUMB
PAIN AND INCLUDES LYRICS SUCH AS, “HIGH ALL THE TIME / TO KEEP YOU OFF MY
MIND.” A THIRD SONG, “WASTED” BY TIESTO, DOES NOT REFERENCE MARIJUANA SPECIFICALLY BUT DOES INCLUDE THE LINE “I LIKE US BET TER WHEN WE’RE WASTED.”
ARTICLE:
JUSTIN BIEBER’S CONDO IN BEVERLY HILLS -- THE BIEBS ALREADY HOTBOXED NEW
HOME
SOURCE:
TMZ, JUNE 24, 2014
ABSTRACT:
JUSTIN BIEBER HAS LOADED UP HIS TRUCK AND MOVED TO BEVERLY HILLS ... AND HIS
NEIGHBORS ARE ALREADY PISSED. WE'VE LEARNED BIEBER IS RENTING 2 UNITS IN A
NEW, FANCY BEV HILLS CONDO BUILDING. IT 'S A LIT TLE STRANGE ... HE'S RENTED
BOTH A PENTHOUSE UNIT AND THE UNIT ON THE FLOOR BELOW, EVEN THOUGH THE
UNITS DON'T CONNECT. THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED THE HOA
BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE NOISE AND MARIJUANA.
ARTICLE:
ROB KARDASHIAN INTO SIZZURP AND WEED...DEEP -- FAMILY PUSHING REHAB
SOURCE:
TMZ, JUNE 26, 2014
ABSTRACT:
ROB KARDASHIAN'S FAMILY WANTS ROB TO GET HELP FOR WHAT THEY SAY IS A VERY
BAD DRUG PROBLEM, SOURCES DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE FAMILY TELL TMZ.
PHOTOS DURING A DRUG-FUELED PAR TY A FEW DAYS AGO. THE AR TICLE INCLUDES
PHOTOS OF ROB AT TENDING A DRUG-FUELED PAR TY A FEW DAYS AGO.YOU CAN SEE
ROB HOLDING A DOUBLE CUP -- THE CONTAINER OF CHOICE FOR SIZZURP, A DRINK
CONCOCTION WHICH INCLUDES PRESCRIPTION-STRENGTH COUGH SYRUP. HE'S
ALSO SEEN SMOKING WEED AND HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN CALLING REHAB FACILITIES,
BUT HE REFUSES TO GO.
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SECTION #4 OF 12: LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS (VENTURA
COUNTY)
ARTICLE:
CHP MAKE 2,000-POUND MARIJUANA BUST DURING TRAFFIC STOP
SOURCE:
LOS ANGELES TIMES, JUNE 25, 2014
ABSTRACT:
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP IN IMPERIAL
COUNTY ALSO MADE A RECORD FIND: 2,000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA STASHED
INSIDE A CHEVROLET PASSENGER VAN. THE POT, WOR TH ABOUT $1 MILLION, WAS THE
L ARGEST IMPERIAL COUNTY BUST FOR THE CHP IN FIVE YEARS, AGENCY SPOKESMAN
GERMAN L AZARIN SAID.
SECTION #5 OF 12: NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENTS (L A + SB)
ARTICLE:
NIKKI HALEY SIGNS MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL INTO L AW
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
SOUTH CAROLINA GOV. NIKKI HALEY (R) SIGNED THE MEDICAL CANNABIS THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT RESEARCH ACT INTO L AW MONDAY, CLEARING THE WAY FOR
CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EPILEPSY TO USE CANNABIDIOL OIL (CBD), A NON-PSYCHOACTIVE DERIVATIVE OF CANNABIS, TO HELP REDUCE THEIR SEIZURES IF RECOMMENDED BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
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ARTICLE:
SANTA ANA CONSIDERS LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA
SOURCE:
L .A. BIZ, JUNE 6, 2014
ABSTRACT:
SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA. THE
CITY HAS ABOUT 50 MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES OPERATING ILLEGALLY, ACCORDING TO THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. THE MEDICAL CANNABIS RESTRICTION AND LIMITATION INITIATIVE HAVE GARNERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO SECURE
A PL ACE ON THE NEXT BALLOT. THE MEASURE WOULD ALLOW DISPENSARIES TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY AND PAY A 2-PERCENT TAX.
ARTICLE:
HOW DOWNTOWN CAME TO BE WEEDTOWN
SOURCE:
L .A. DOWNTOWN NEWS, JUNE 9, 2014
ABSTRACT:
WITH MORE THAN 30 MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES AND DELIVERY SERVICES
OPERATING IN DOWNTOWN L.A., THIS LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN NEWS EXAMINATION ANSWERS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS -- EVERY THING FROM
HOW THERE CAME TO BE SO MANY SHOPS TO WHAT THE CITY CAN, SHOULD AND
WILL DO ABOUT IT.
ARTICLE:
MAN DIES OUTSIDE HOTEL NEAR L AX AFTER BEING SHOT AT POT SHOP
SOURCE:
L AIST, JUNE 25, 2014
ABSTRACT:
ONE MAN WAS FATALLY SHOT AND A WOMAN WAS INJURED IN A POT SHOP SHOOTING THAT SPILLED OVER INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A HOTEL NEAR L AX THIS AFTERNOON.
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ARTICLE:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FARMERS MARKET TO OPEN IN L.A.
SOURCE:
REUTERS, JUNE 26, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE WORLD’S FIRST MEDICAL MARIJUANA FARMERS MARKET IS SET TO TAKE PL ACE IN
L.A. FROM JULY 4-6, ALLOWING PATIENTS TO PURCHASE CANNABIS DIRECTLY FROM
GROWERS. THE MARKET HOPES TO CREATE A BET TER REL ATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROWERS AND PATIENTS, GIVING THEM A NEW WAY TO SAFELY ACCESS MARIJUANA FROM
TRUSTWOR THY SUPPLIERS.
SECTION #6 OF 12: STATE POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
(CALIFORNIA)
ARTICLE:
CALIFORNIA'S THIRD-L ARGEST CITY JUST CRACKED DOWN ON POT SHOPS, EXPOSING A L ARGER PROBLEM
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
AFTER MONTHS OF DEBATE, L AWMAKERS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, HAVE PASSED
AN ORDINANCE THAT IMPOSES STRICT NEW RULES ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY -- SO STRICT, IN FACT, THAT SOME ADVOCATES HAVE CALLED
THE MOVE A DE FACTO BAN. THE CL ASH OVER REGUL ATIONS IN SAN JOSE MIRRORS
WHAT 'S BEEN HAPPENING IN OTHER CALIFORNIA CITIES AND IN OTHER STATES GRAPPLING WITH AMBIGUOUS MEDICAL MARIJUANA L AWS.
ARTICLE:
I GOT A WEED LICENSE IN MINUTES
SOURCE:
THE DAILY BEAST, JUNE 24, 2014
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ABSTRACT:
DANIEL A DRAKE, THE AUTHOR OF THE AR TICLE, WROTE, “OBTAINING A MEDICAL
MARIJUANA LICENSE IN VENICE, CALIFORNIA, HAS LONG BEEN RUMORED TO BE
REMARKABLY EASY (TAKING NO MORE THAN 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO GET APPROVED).
I WAS STAYING AT THE BEACH FOR A FEW WEEKS, SO I WANTED TO SEE FOR MYSELF.
IN CASE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS ARE STUMPED AS TO HOW THEY MIGHT BENEFIT
FROM CANNABIS, THE CLINIC MANAGEMENT HAD CONVENIENTLY LISTED A SAMPLING OF CONDITIONS THAT MARIJUANA MIGHT TREAT. I SELECTED INSOMNIA,
WHICH WASN’T A LIE. ‘MEDICAL RECORDS ARE NOT NECESSARY,’ I WAS INFORMED
BY A STAFFER—WHO THEN QUICKLY RESUMED PL AYING KRAZY TAXI ON THE COMPUTER AND RESISTED ANSWERING ANY FUR THER QUESTIONS. NONE OF THE SHIR TLESS
SURFERS WAITING IN LINE HAD ANY MEDICAL RECORDS WITH THEM EITHER. THE PROCEDURE WAS REMARKABLY SPEEDY—PATIENTS WERE IN-AND-OUT OF THE EXAM
ROOM IN MINUTES...WITHIN MINUTES, I HIT THE VENICE BOARDWALK WITH THE OFFICIAL LET TER OF RECOMMENDATION STATING THAT I COULD BENEFIT FROM USING
WEED.”
ARTICLE:
SAN JOSE MARIJUANA ORDINANCE PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON DISPENSARIES
SOURCE:
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, JUNE 26, 2014
ABSTRACT:
SAN JOSE DOVE DEEPER INTO A RUNNING NATIONAL DEBATE ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY REGUL ATE THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY WHEN IT PASSED AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING MARIJUANA DISPENSARY LOCATIONS, IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL SECURITY
MEASURES, AND MANDATING THAT MARIJUANA BE GROWN LOCALLY. MOST CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE WILL CUT DOWN ON MARIJUANA-REL ATED CRIME AND MARIJUANA SALES TO UNDERAGE PEOPLE. OPPONENTS, THOUGH,
DO NOT BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES A WORKABLE SOLUTION. "THIS IS A DE
FACTO BAN," SAID SEAN DONAHOE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. "WE ARE LOOKING FOR A WORKABLE ORDINANCE TO
END THE GRAY AREA. A WORKABLE ORDINANCE IS NOT A DE FACTO BAN."
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SECTION #7 OF 12: NATIONAL POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
(U.S.)
ARTICLE:
2016 RNC BID: IS LEGAL MARIJUANA DENVER’S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM?
SOURCE:
THE DENVER P OST, JUNE, 09, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THERE'S NO ESCAPING COLORADO'S STATUS AS THE POSTER CHILD FOR LEGAL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WHEN VISITORS COME TO TOWN, EVEN — OR ESPECIALLY —
WHEN DENVER IS TRYING TO SELL ITSELF AS THE PERFECT SITE FOR THE 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. COLORADO'S MARIJUANA REPUTATION ISN'T THE
KIND OF INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS ARE HYPING AS THEY
SEEK THE PAR TY 'S CONVENTION IN 2016.
ARTICLE:
MEXICAN PRESIDENT HINTS MAY BE OPEN TO CHANGE IN MARIJUANA L AWS
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES CANNOT PURSUE
DIVERGING POLICIES ON MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION,
MEXICAN PRESIDENT ENRIQUE PENA NIETO WAS
QUOTED AS SAYING ON SUNDAY, HINTING HE MAY BE
OPEN TO FOLLOWING THE LEAD TAKEN BY SOME U.S.
STATES IN CHANGING DRUG L AWS.
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ARTICLE:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STAR TED, FINAL BILL POSSIBLE BY
MONDAY, L AWMAKER SAYS
SOURCE:
SYRACUSE.COM, JUNE 11, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISL ATURE IS POISED TO VOTE ON ALLOWING MARIJUANA
FOR MEDICAL USE BY NEXT WEEK, ACCORDING TO A KEY SUPPOR TER OF THE BILL.
ARTICLE:
SENATORS RAND PAUL AND CORY BOOKER TO OFFER GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL
MARIJUANA AMENDMENT ON SENATE FLOOR
SOURCE:
THE DAILY CHRONIC, JUNE 19, 2014
ABSTRACT:
SENATORS RAND PAUL (R-KY) AND CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) WILL OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO A FEDERAL SPENDING BILL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE DEPAR TMENT OF JUSTICE AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION FROM UNDERMINING STATE MARIJUANA L AWS. THE HOUSE APPROVED A SIMIL AR BIPAR TISAN MEASURE ON MAY 29 TH .
ARTICLE:
THIRD WAY FLOATS THIRD OPTION ON POT LEGALIZATION
SOURCE:
WALL STREET JOURNAL , JUNE 24, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A LEFT-OF-CENTER THINK TANK IS URGING CONGRESS TO STAKE OUT A MIDDLE
GROUND ON DRUG POLICY BETWEEN “JUST SAY NO” AND YES. IN A REPOR T TO BE
RELEASED TUESDAY, THIRD WAY IS RECOMMENDING THAT L AWMAKERS GIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE PROSECUTION OF STATES THAT REL AX
THEIR MARIJUANA L AWS — BUT ONLY IF THERE ARE SUFFICIENTLY STRICT REGUL ATIONS IN PL ACE.
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ARTICLE:
FDA TO EVALUATE MARIJUANA FOR POTENTIAL RECL ASSIFICATION AS LESS DANGEROUS DRUG
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS REVIEWING THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE SURROUNDING THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MARIJUANA, A PROCESS THAT
COULD LEAD TO THE AGENCY DOWNGRADING THE DRUG'S CURRENT STATUS AS A
SCHEDULE I DRUG, THE MOST DANGEROUS CL ASSIFICATION.
ARTICLE:
HOUSE REPUBLICANS BLOCK FUNDING FOR D.C. MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION
SOURCE:
THE WASHINGTON P OST, JUNE 26, 2014
ABSTRACT:
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ON WEDNESDAY BLOCKED
FUNDING FOR A NEW D.C. L AW THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE THREAT OF JAIL TIME FOR POT POSSESSION,
LEAVING THE FATE OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST
LIBERAL DECRIMINALIZATION EFFOR TS UNCLEAR. THE
D.C. L AW, WHICH IS TO TAKE EFFECT NEXT MONTH,
MAKES POSSESSION IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF JUST $25. A SPOKESMAN FOR
MAYOR VINCENT C. GRAY (D) SAID THE CITY WOULD
PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE L AW EVEN AS ITS
AUTHORITY TO METE OUT THE SMALLER PENALTIES
BEYOND OCTOBER REMAINS UP IN THE AIR.
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ARTICLE:
USDA TELLS EMPLOYEES IT WILL STILL DRUG-TEST FOR WEED, EVEN IN STATES WHERE
IT 'S LEGAL
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. DEPAR TMENT OF AGRICULTURE WHO LIVE IN STATES WHERE
RECREATIONAL OR MEDICAL MARIJUANA HAS BEEN LEGALIZED, BE WARNED. YOUR
EMPLOYER DOES NOT WANT YOU SMOKING POT. A RECENT MEMO FROM USDA TO ITS
MORE THAN 100,000 EMPLOYEES MAKES CLEAR THAT EXISTING DRUG-TESTING POLICIES HAVEN'T CHANGED, EVEN IN STATES WHERE MARIJUANA HAS BEEN LEGALIZED
FOR MEDICAL OR RECREATIONAL USE.
SECTION #8 OF 12: L AW ENFORCEMENT/ARRESTS
ARTICLE:
CANADIANS INVENT WEED BREATHALYZER TO CATCH DRIVERS
SOURCE:
R T, JUNE 17, 2014
ABSTRACT:
SMOKING MARIJUANA AND DRIVING WILL NOW MAKE YOU JUST AS VISIBLE TO THE
POLICE AS A DRUNK-DRIVER, THANKS TO A FORMER CANADIAN COP’S IDEA – THE
WEED BREATHALYZER. IT STILL HAS TO UNDERGO FIELD TESTS AND A PATENT IS STILL
PENDING, BUT ITS CREATORS HOPE TO PRESENT THEIR CREATION TO THE MINISTER OF
JUSTICE AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 18
MONTHS.
ARTICLE:
WHY STONERS SHOULD WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW WEED BREATHALYZER
SOURCE:
VICE, JUNE 18, 2014
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ABSTRACT:
MIKE PEARL, THE AUTHOR OF THE AR TICLE, ARGUES, “IF STONERS KNOW WHAT’S
GOOD FOR THEM, THEY NEED TO PUSH FOR AN ACCURATE AND SANE FIELD POT TEST
TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ALL JURISDICTIONS...[BECAUSE] IT DETECTS STONED DRIVERS,
NOT JUST DRIVERS WHO HAVE SMOKED WEED L ATELY...CURRENT FIELD TEST KITS...AREN’T ACCURATE, GIVING FALSE NEGATIVES AND FINDING MORE POSITIVE RESULTS IN
NEW SMOKERS THAN THOSE WITH A HIGH TOLERANCE, ACCORDING TO THE NEW
YORK TIMES. RAV ML AIT, THE CEO OF WEST POINT RESOURCES, WHICH WILL LICENSE
THE PRODUCT IN NOR TH AMERICA, TOLD VICE NEWS, SAYS, “THE [NEW] DEVICE WILL
DETERMINE THC LEVELS, AS OPPOSED TO CANNABINOIDS, WHICH CAN STAY IN THE
SYSTEM FOR 72 HOURS.”
ARTICLE:
KEEP THOSE POT PL ANTS POT TED: NO MORE RIPPING WEED
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
POLICE IN SOME MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATES WHO
ONCE ROUTINELY SEIZED ILLEGAL POT PL ANTS BY RIPPING THEM OUT BY THEIR ROOTS AND STASHING THEM
AWAY IN MUSTY EVIDENCE ROOMS TO DIE ARE NOW
THINKING TWICE ABOUT THE PRACTICE. FROM COLORADO AND WASHINGTON STATE TO CALIFORNIA AND
HAWAII, POLICE ARE BEING SUED BY PEOPLE WHO
WANT THEIR MARIJUANA BACK AFTER PROSECUTORS
CHOSE NOT TO CHARGE THEM OR THEY WERE ACQUIT TED. CONCERNS OVER LIABILITY HAVE PROMPTED
SOME AGENCIES TO EITHER FORGO ROUNDING-UP
THE PL ANTS ALTOGETHER OR TO IMPROVISE BY COLLECTING A FEW SAMPLES AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE
REST TO USE AS EVIDENCE FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES.
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ARTICLE:
WARRANTED SEARCH UNCOVERS L ARGE MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
SOURCE:
TIMES-STANDARD, JUNE 26, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW ROAD IN KNEEL AND CONTAINING 880 PL ANTS AND A HASH MANUFACTURING L AB WAS FOUND BY THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY DURING A WARRANT SEARCH,
WITH STATE OFFICIALS ALSO INVESTIGATING DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE,
LT. STEVE KNIGHT SAID THURSDAY. KNIGHT SAID DEPUTIES FOUND THAT WATER WAS
BEING DIVER TED FROM A NEARBY CREEK THAT THE DEPAR TMENT OFFICIALS SAID
WOULD NORMALLY FLOW IN THE MAD RIVER. A L ARGE AREA OF THE PROPER TY HAD
ALSO BEEN ILLEGALLY GRADED AND CLEAR CUT, WITH SEVERAL TREES UP TO TWO
FEET IN DIAMETER BEING CUT DOWN.
SECTION #9 OF 12: MARKETING/BRANDING
ARTICLE:
TOBACCO INDUSTRY ONCE HAD HIGH HOPES FOR MARIJUANA BUSINESS
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
NEWLY DISCOVERED DOCUMENTS FROM TOBACCO COMPANY ARCHIVES AT UC SAN
FRANCISCO SHOW THAT MAJOR COMPANIES IN THE CIGARET TE INDUSTRY INVESTIGATED JOINING THE MARIJUANA BUSINESS IN THE L ATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S. THE
COMPANIES WERE DRIVEN THEN BY THE SAME SHIFT IN PUBLIC AT TITUDES THAT IS NOW
PUSHING LEGALIZATION AROUND THE COUNTRY. ONE COMPANY EVEN ASKED A FEDERAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS OFFICIAL TO SECRETLY SECURE MARIJUANA FROM THE
GOVERNMENT FOR RESEARCH.
ARTICLE:
NEW ADS TARGET MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO OPPOSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEASURE
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SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATES ARE TURNING UP THE HEAT ON HOUSE L AWMAKERS WHO L AST WEEK VOTED AGAINST AN AMENDMENT TO BLOCK THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION FROM CRACKING DOWN ON STATE-LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOPS AND PATIENTS.
ARTICLE:
MARIJUANA COFFEE PROMISES DIFFERENT MORNING JOLT
SOURCE:
USA TODAY, JUNE 05, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A COMPANY IN WASHINGTON STATE WILL INTRODUCE MARIJUANA COFFEE THIS
SUMMER. THE PRODUCT FOR SALE WILL GIVE THE DRINKER MORE OF A HEAD HIGH,
MORE ENERGIZING.
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ARTICLE:
HERSHEY SUES EDIBLE MARIJUANA COMPANY
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
THE HERSHEY CO. HAS SUED A COLORADO MARIJUANA EDIBLES MAKER, CL AIMING
IT MAKES FOUR POT-INFUSED CANDIES THAT TOO CLOSELY RESEMBLE ICONIC PRODUCTS OF THE CHOCOL ATE MAKER.
ARTICLE:
HERSHEY HITS MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTOR WITH TRADEMARK SUIT
SOURCE:
MONDAQ, JUNE 11, 2014
ABSTRACT:
AN EDIBLE MARIJUANA BUSINESS, SEAT TLE CONSCIOUS CARE COOPERATIVE, SELLS
SEVERAL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS UNDER NAMES THAT ARE TWISTS ON OTHER COMPANIES' TRADEMARKS, FOR INSTANCE, "REEFER'S CUPS" INSTEAD OF "REESE'S CUP"
AND "MR. DANKBAR" INSTEAD OF "MR. GOODBAR." IN AN AT TEMPT TO PUT AN END
TO WHAT IT BELIEVES IS AN INFRINGING USE OF ITS TRADEMARKS; HERSHEY 'S HAS
FILED A TRADEMARK SUIT AGAINST SCCC TO PREVENT IT FROM SELLING REEFER'S
CUPS AND MR. DANKBARS.
ARTICLE:
BEWARE OF BIG MARIJUANA
SOURCE:
BLOOMBERG, JUNE 12, 2014
ABSTRACT:
MARY DUENWALD, THE AUTHOR OF THE AR TICLE, CONSIDERS THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE GROWING MARIJUANA INDUSTRY
WILL BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE CURRENT TOBACCO INDUSTRY. SHE SUGGESTS
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THAT FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION COLL ABORATE ON AN
EFFOR T TO FULLY UNDERSTAND MARIJUANA'S HARMS AND ANTICIPATE THE EFFECTS
OF ITS INDUSTRIALIZATION.
ARTICLE:
BIG MARIJUANA — LESSONS FROM BIG TOBACCO
SOURCE:
THE NEW ENGL AND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, JUNE 18, 2014
ABSTRACT:
KIMBER P. RICHTER AND SHARON LEVY, THE AUTHORS OF THE AR TICLE, ARGUE THAT
THE LEGALIZATION OF CIGARET TES PROVIDES SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA USE WILL FAIL. THEY ARGUE THAT MARIJUANA INDUSTRY HAS
FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE CIGARET TE COMPANIES. THEY STATE THAT IN
THE EARLY 1900S THE CIGARET TE INDUSTRY TOOK STEPS TO INCREASE THE ADDICTION
RATE AND INCREASE POTENCY AMONG USERS. “MILDER TOBACCO BLENDS AND
NEW CURING PROCESSES ENABLED SMOKERS TO INHALE MORE DEEPLY, FACILITATED
ABSORPTION BY LUNG EPITHELIA, AND BOOSTED DELIVERY OF NICOTINE TO THE
BRAIN.” THEY ARGUE THAT THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IS TAKING COMPARABLE STEPS
WITH CANNABIS. MOREOVER, AS TOBACCO USE REMAINS THE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA A SOUND POLICY.
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ARTICLE:
CANDY’S DANDY, BUT POT’S SCARY : AS MARIJUANA L AWS EASE, THE RISKS GROW
SOURCE:
THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 20, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A BASIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSIGHT ABOUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IS THAT THE
EFFECT OF A DRUG IS A RESULT NOT JUST OF BIOLOGY, BUT ALSO OF CULTURE. THE
CL ASSIC ARGUMENT ON THIS IS “DRUNKEN COMPOR TMENT,” A 1969 BOOK IN WHICH
CRAIG MACANDREW AND ROBER T B. EDGER TON SAID THAT THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL DEPENDED ON LOCAL EXPECTATIONS. HOW PEOPLE ACT WHEN DRUNK, THESE
ANTHROPOLOGISTS ARGUE, IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE LEARN WHAT IT IS TO
BE DRUNK AND WHAT DRUNKENNESS PERMITS. RIGHT NOW, FOR MANY PEOPLE, MARIJUANA CONJURES UP THE MELLOW CALM OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH. BUT THAT
MELLOWNESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SET OF CULTURAL CUES THAT MAY NOT BE
SHARED BY ALL WHO BUY LEGAL CANNABIS. ALCOHOL IS A FACTOR IN ABOUT 40
PERCENT OF VIOLENT CRIMES, ACCORDING TO SURVEYS OF PERPETRATORS. LET’S
HOPE THAT THE MEANING OF BEING HIGH DOESN’T MIGRATE.
ARTICLE:
COMPARING THE PRICES OF MARIJUANA GETS EASIER
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
WIKILEAF, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PRICELINE OF POT, ALLOWS MEDICAL MARIJUANA
PATIENTS TO COMPARE POT COSTS AT 1,100 DISPENSARIES IN SIX STATES.
ARTICLE:
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR L AYS DOWN MARIJUANA L AW: NO CAR TOONS ON SALES
PACKAGES
SOURCE:
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, JUNE 25, 2014
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DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE SAID WASHINGTONIANS MAY BE ALLOWED TO
SMOKE MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE, BUT THAT DRUG SALES AND MARKETING PACKAGING PUT TOGETHER UNDER HIS WATCH WON’T BE ALLOWED TO CARRY
CAR TOON IMAGES, OR HIT THE STORE SHELVES WITHOUT SOME SOR T OF TAMPER-PROOF DEVICE TO KEEP OUT THE KIDS.
ARTICLE:
THIS MARIJUANA FOOD TRUCK CAN GET YOU HIGH
SOURCE:
TIME, JUNE 26, 2014
ABSTRACT:
CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOUR CANNABIS-INFUSED MEALS
FROM A MARIJUANA FOOD TRUCK AT JET CITY FARMER’S MARKET IN THE CITY OF
EVERET T, WASHINGTON.
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SECTION #10 OF 12: EMERGING ISSUES
ARTICLE:
STUDY : MEDICAL POT FARMS DRAINING STREAMS DRY
SOURCE:
RENO GA ZET TE-JOURNAL , JUNE 01, 2014
ABSTRACT:
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY DROUGHT-STRICKEN STREAMS IN NOR THERN CALIFORNIA’S
COASTAL FORESTS ARE BEING SUCKED DRY BY WATER-GUZZLING MEDICAL MARIJUANA FARMS — AN ISSUE THAT HAS SPURRED AT LEAST ONE COUNTY TO TRY TO OUTL AW
PERSONAL GROWS.
ARTICLE:
DON’T HARSH OUR MELLOW, DUDE
SOURCE:
NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 3, 2014
ABSTRACT:
NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST MAUREEN DOWD PUBLISHED AN ACCOUNT OF HOW
SHE HAD EATEN ONLY "A BITE OR TWO" OF A MARIJUANA-INFUSED CHOCOL ATE BAR
BEFORE FALLING INTO A "HALLUCINATORY STATE" THAT L ASTED EIGHT HOURS. DOWD
WROTE THAT SHE FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY FROM A WORKER AT AN EDIBLES FACTORY THAT THE PSYCHOTROPIC CANDY BAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPLIT INTO 16 PIECES
FOR BEGINNERS.
ARTICLE:
WHY MARIJUANA NEEDS CHEMICAL QUALITY CONTROL TESTING
SOURCE:
P OPUL AR SCIENCE, JUNE 4, 2014
ABSTRACT:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ISN'T ALWAYS AS ADVER TISED—AT LEAST NOT IN THE SEAT TLE
AREA, AS ONE L AB FOUND OUT. THE L AB, ANALY TICAL 360, RECENTLY WORKED WITH
MEDICAL-MARIJUANA PATIENT JESSICA TONANI TO TEST SAMPLES FROM 22 AREA
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DISPENSARIES AND GROWERS, THE SEAT TLE TIMES REPOR TS. THE SAMPLES WERE ALL
SUPPOSED TO BE OF A STRAIN OF MARIJUANA CALLED HARLEQUIN THAT HAS LOW
LEVELS OF INTOXICATING CHEMICALS, BUT HIGH LEVELS OF THERAPEUTIC ONES.
INSTEAD, FIVE OF THE SAMPLES WERE THE OPPOSITE. AS MORE STATES HAVE LEGALIZED MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE, THERE'S BEEN GROWING INTEREST IN MAKING SURE POT PRODUCTS ARE CLEAN AND CONSISTENT AND OFFER CUSTOMERS THE EFFECTS THEY WANT.
ARTICLE:
COLORADO UNSURE HOW TO EXPL AIN YOU SHOULDN’T EAT THE ENTIRE WEED
CHOCOL ATE BAR
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
IF YOU’RE PL ANNING ON EATING ONE OF COLORADO’S LEGAL WEED TREATS, MAKE
SURE TO READ THE L ABEL CAREFULLY FIRST -- IT MIGHT CONTAIN UP TO TEN TIMES THE
RECOMMENDED DOSE OF POT.
ARTICLE:
COLORADO’S NEW POT BANKING L AW WON’T SOLVE
CASH PROBLEMS
SOURCE:
TIME, JUNE 6, 2014
ABSTRACT:
COLORADO GOV. JOHN HICKENLOOPER SIGNED A
BILL FRIDAY DESIGNED TO CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST
STATE-LEVEL BANKING SYSTEM FOR LEGAL CANNABIS
COMPANIES, WHICH HAVE COMPL AINED THAT THEIR
L ACK OF ACCESS TO BASIC BANKING SERVICES CREATES DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS RISKS. BUT THE
FINANCIAL INDUSTRY QUICKLY CAST DOUBT ON
WHETHER THE LEGISL ATION WILL ADDRESS ISSUES
FACED BY MARIJUANA BUSINESSES IN THE STATE,
WHERE RECREATIONAL POT BECAME LEGAL THIS YEAR.
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SECTION #10 OF 12: EMERGING ISSUES
ASKED WHAT IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH, COLORADO BANKERS ASSOCIATION CEO
DON CHILDEARS SAID: “BASICALLY, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.”
ARTICLE:
MARIJUANA PL AYING L ARGER ROLE IN FAT TAL CRASHES
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
AS MORE STATES ARE POISED TO LEGALIZE MEDICINAL MARIJUANA, IT 'S LOOKING
LIKE DOPE IS PL AYING A L ARGER ROLE AS A CAUSE OF FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS PERFORMING A TOXICOLOGY EXAMINATION
OF NEARLY 24,000 DRIVING FATALITIES CONCLUDED THAT MARIJUANA CONTRIBUTED
TO 12% OF TRAFFIC DEATHS IN 2010, TRIPLED FROM A DECADE EARLIER.
ARTICLE:
WITH MARIJUANA LEGALIZED, A CITY IN WASHINGTON STATE SAYS, ‘NOT SO FAST’
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
THE WASHINGTON STATE AT TORNEY GENERAL HAS SAID LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN
REGUL ATE MARIJUANA UNDER THE STATUTE LEGALIZING ITS RECREATIONAL USE AND
AT LEAST 10 CITIES AND COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON HAVE GONE EVEN FUR THER, BANNING MARIJUANA BUSINESSES OUTRIGHT. SHAUN PREDER, A WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENT, FILED A L AWSUIT AGAINST WENATCHEE COUNTY—A CENTRAL WASHINGTON
COUNTY THAT DENIED HIM A LICENSE TO SELL MARIJUANA—CHALLENGING THE
RIGHTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO BAN MARIJUANA BUSINESSES.
ARTICLE:
COLORADO ACTIVISTS DON’T WANT TO PAY POT TAXES
SOURCE:
TIME, JUNE 11, 2014
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A L AWYER REPRESENTING VARIOUS MARIJUANA ACTIVISTS IN COLORADO HAS FILED
A L AWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE’S GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR OF DENVER, CL AIMING THAT RESIDENTS BUYING OR SELLING POT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TAXES,
BECAUSE THAT AMOUNTS TO SELF-INCRIMINATION IN THE EYES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
ARTICLE:
AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF SALES, HERE’S HOW MUCH COLORADO HAS MADE OFF OF
MARIJUANA
SOURCE:
P OLICYMIC, JUNE 15, 2014
ABSTRACT:
JENNA KAGEL, THE AUTHOR OF THE AR TICLE, REPOR TS THAT IN THE FIRST THREE
MONTHS OF LEGALIZATION, COLORADO COLLECTED $7.3 MILLION FROM JUST RECREATIONAL TAXES AND $12.6 MILLION IN LICENSING AND FEES.
ARTICLE:
CHANGING POT L AWS PROMPT CHILD-ENDANGERMENT REVIEW
SOURCE:
NBC NEWS, JUNE 15, 2014
ABSTRACT:
IN COLORADO, MICHIGAN, AND NEW JERSEY PARENTS
HAVE LOST CUSTODY DUE TO GROWING OR POSSESSING LEGAL MEDICINAL MARIJUANA. WHILE THESE
CASES WERE EVENTUALLY DECIDED IN FAVOR OF THE
PARENTS, THE INCIDENTS UNDERSCORE A GROWING
DILEMMA: WHILE A POT PL ANT IN THE BASEMENT MAY
NOT BRING CRIMINAL CHARGES IN MANY STATES, THE
SAME PL ANT CAN BECOME A PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN
CHILD CUSTODY OR ABUSE CASES.
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ARTICLE:
THAT 'S A LOT TA POT! COLORADO MULLS POTENCY RULES FOR EDIBLES
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
COLORADO IS REVIEWING HOW MUCH POT IS A REASONABLE AMOUNT TO HAVE IN
EDIBLE MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, SUCH AS CANDIES, COOKIES AND BEVERAGES. THIS
AR TICLE INCLUDES SOME OF THE POTENTIAL RULES THE STATE HAS CONSIDERED.
ARTICLE:
AMERICANS AREN’T TOO CONCERNED BY EDIBLE MARIJUANA HORROR STORIES
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
SINCE SALES OF LEGAL MARIJUANA BEGAN IN COLORADO IN JANUARY, STUDIES
HAVE SUGGESTED AN UPTICK IN HOSPITALIZATION FOR MARIJUANA-REL ATED INCIDENTS, SOME INVOLVING CHILDREN WHO HAD ACCIDENTALLY EATEN POT-L ACED
SNACKS. A NEW HUFFPOST/YOUGOV POLL SHOWS THAT MOST AMERICANS AREN'T
TOO CONCERNED. THEY THINK EATING A POT BROWNIE IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS
SMOKING MARIJUANA -- IN OTHER WORDS, NOT VERY. ASKED TO COMPARE SMOKING MARIJUANA WITH EATING IT, 39 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SAID BOTH METHODS
ARE EQUALLY DANGEROUS, WHILE 22 PERCENT SAID NEITHER IS DANGEROUS AT ALL.
ANOTHER 14 PERCENT SAID THEY THINK EDIBLE MARIJUANA IS MORE DANGEROUS,
WHILE 14 PERCENT SAID SMOKING IT IS THE RISKIER METHOD.
ARTICLE:
REVIEW: ‘EVERGREEN’ DOCUMENTARY SHEDS LIGHTS ON WASHINGTON’S I-502
DRUG POLICY REFORM CAMPAIGN
SOURCE:
THE DENVER P OST, JUNE 19, 2014
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ABSTRACT:
RILEY MOR TON AND NILS COWAN'S DOCUMENTARY " EVERGREEN: THE ROAD TO
LEGALIZATION" LENDS A VOICE TO THE INDIVIDUALS AT THE CRUX OF WASHINGTON
AND COLORADO’S LEGALIZATION DEBATE. THE DOCUMENTARY GIVES AN ENGROSSING BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT HOW WASHINGTON STATE WENT FROM A POLITICALLY POL ARIZED BAT TLEGROUND TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST STATES TO PAVE THE WAY
FOR DRUG REFORM IN THE U.S.
ARTICLE:
FOOD SAFETY A NEW FRONTIER FOR LEGAL POT
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
THE MARIJUANA IN THOSE POT BROWNIES ISN’T THE ONLY THING THAT CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE CONSUMERS SICK. THE INDUSTRY AND REGUL ATORS ARE TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK AT HOW POT-INFUSED EDIBLES ARE ACTUALLY MADE. THE THRIVING
EDIBLE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IN COLORADO IS PREPARING FOR NEW TESTING
REQUIREMENTS — DUE TO TAKE IN EFFECT IN OCTOBER — TO MAKE SURE THE PRODUCTS ARE SAFE TO EAT AND DRINK. STILL, ACTIVISTS, PRODUCERS AND OFFICIALS
AGREE THAT SAFETY TESTING IS LONG OVERDUE FOR A SECTOR OF THE NEW POT
MARKET THAT, ACCORDING TO ONE INDUSTRY ESTIMATE, HAS SEEN THE SALE OF AT
LEAST 8 MILLION PIECES THIS YEAR.
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ARTICLE:
FEDS TRY TO FIX DAMAGE FROM EL ABORATE POT FARM
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
FEDERAL OFFICIALS RECENTLY SHUT DOWN AN ILLEGAL MARIJUANA GARDEN WHERE
NEARLY 2,000 POT PL ANTS SPROUTED UP FROM U.S. RANGEL AND IN REMOTE WILDERNESS IN NOR THEAST NEVADA’S SNAKE MOUNTAINS. THE DRUG-TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS WHO REMAINED IN FEDERAL CUSTODY MONDAY LEFT BEHIND A MAKESHIFT
CAMPGROUND FILLED WITH GARBAGE AND CAUSED AN ESTIMATED $60,000 WOR TH
OF DAMAGE TO AN ASPEN GROVE ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF THE UTAH LINE, BUREAU
OF L AND MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SAID.
ARTICLE:
MORE AMERICANS USE CANNABIS, SEEK TREATMENT: UN DRUGS AGENCY
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
MORE AMERICANS ARE CONSUMING CANNABIS AS THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE
HEALTH RISKS DECLINES, THE U.N. DRUGS AGENCY SAID ON THURSDAY, SUGGESTING
LIBERALIZATION MAY FUR THER INCREASE ITS USE AMONG THE YOUNG. IN A FINDING
THAT COULD FEED INTO AN INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ON THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF
MARIJUANA, IT SAID MORE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING IN NOR TH
AMERICA, WERE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR CANNABIS-REL ATED DISORDERS.
ARTICLE:
COLORADO DETOX FACILITY SEES 50% BUMP IN POT DUIS
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
NEARLY SIX MONTHS AFTER RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED IN COLORADO, THE FIRST STATE TO ALLOW ITS PURCHASE HAS SOME NEW NUMBERS TO CRUNCH
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IN EVALUATING ITS PROS AND CONS. ARAPAHOE HOUSE, A DENVER DETOX FACILITY,
SAID 15% OF THEIR PATIENTS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WERE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA, UP FROM 8% IN THE SAME TIME
PERIOD IN 2013, ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED WEDNESDAY.
ARTICLE:
POLITICIANS’ PRESCRIPTION FOR MARIJUANA DEFY DOCTORS AND DATA
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
THE LISTS OF CONDITIONS QUALIFYING PATIENTS FOR MARIJUANA TREATMENT VARY
CONSIDERABLY FROM STATE TO STATE. LIKE MOST OTHERS, NEW YORK’S INCLUDES
CANCER, H.I.V./AIDS AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT MARIJUANA CAN RELIEVE NAUSEA, IMPROVE APPETITE AND EASE PAINFUL SPASMS IN
THOSE PATIENTS. NEW YORK STATE'S LIST ALSO INCLUDES PARKINSON’S DISEASE, LOU
GEHRIG’S DISEASE AND EPILEPSY, CONDITIONS FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO
HIGH-QUALITY TRIALS INDICATING MARIJUANA IS USEFUL. IN ILLINOIS, MORE THAN
THREE DOZEN CONDITIONS QUALIFY FOR TREATMENT WITH MARIJUANA, INCLUDING
AL ZHEIMER’S DISEASE, LUPUS, SJOGREN’S SYNDROME, TOURET TE’S SYNDROME,
ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION AND NAIL-PATELL A SYNDROME. EXPER TS SAY, L AWMAKERS AND THE AUTHORS OF PUBLIC REFERENDUMS HAVE ACTED L ARGELY ON THE
BASIS OF ANIMAL STUDIES AND HEAR T-WRENCHING ANECDOTES. THE RESULTS HAVE
SOMETIMES CONFOUNDED DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS. THIS DYNAMIC IS MOSTLY
DUE TO A DEAR TH OF INFORMATION REGARDING MEDICAL MARIJUANA’S USEFULNESS. RESEARCH INTO MARIJUANA’S EFFECTS IS THIN NOT BECAUSE OF A L ACK OF
SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, BUT CHIEFLY BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS LONG
CL ASSIFIED IT AS A SCHEDULE 1 DRUG WITH “NO CURRENTLY ACCEPTED MEDICAL
USE.”
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SECTION #11 OF 12: TALKING TO YOUR TEEN
ARTICLE:
DO KIDS WHO SMOKE MARIJUANA GET LOWER SCHOOL GRADES? THE POSSIBLE
EFFECTS OF WEED ON COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
SOURCE:
MEDICAL DAILY, JUNE 7, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A NEW STUDY, PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ENGL AND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, LINKS
SMOKING MARIJUANA IN KIDS WITH LOWER INTELLIGENCE AND POORER FOCUS,
AND MAY TRANSL ATE INTO LONG-TERM EFFECTS. A RECENT NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON
DRUG ABUSE (NIDA) REPOR T SAYS THAT IN 2013, AN ESTIMATED 22.7 PERCENT OF
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE SMOKING WEED, WITH 6.7 PERCENT OF THEM SMOKED
IT DAILY.
ARTICLE:
MILLENNIALS LIKELY HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT YOUR OFFICE’S MARIJUANA RULES
SOURCE:
FOR TUNE, JUNE 11, 2014
ABSTRACT:
WORKPL ACE OPTIONS, A COMPANY THAT DESIGNS EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (EAPS) AND OTHER CORPORATE WELLNESS EFFOR TS, GOT A SURPRISE WHEN
ITS RESEARCHERS POLLED EMPLOYEES ABOUT THEIR AT TITUDES TOWARD WEED.
WORKERS AGED 30 AND UNDER ARE A LOT MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR OLDER COWORKERS TO SEE SMOKING POT AS NO BIG DEAL.
ARTICLE:
COOL KIDS LOSE, THOUGH IT MAY TAKE A FEW YEARS
SOURCE:
NPR, JUNE 12, 2014
ABSTRACT:
DATING, FLOUTING AUTHORITY AND SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH GOOD-LOOKING FRIENDS MAY MAKE YOU POPUL AR WHEN YOU'RE 13, ACCORDING TO A STUDY
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PUBLISHED ONLINE WEDNESDAY. BUT DON'T BELIEVE THE MEDIA HYPE, PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY. KIDS WHO TRY TO ACT COOL IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE ARE MORE LIKELY
TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, AND HAVE TROUBLE MANAGING
FRIENDSHIPS, AS THEY GROW OLDER. AND THEIR POPUL ARITY TENDS TO FADE BY THE
TIME THEY 'RE 22.IN EVALUATING ITS PROS AND CONS. ARAPAHOE HOUSE, A DENVER
DETOX FACILITY, SAID 15% OF THEIR PATIENTS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE WERE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA, UP FROM 8% IN
THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2013, ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED WEDNESDAY.
ARTICLE:
STRICT PARENTING MAY ENCOURAGE KIDS TO SMOKE WEED
SOURCE:
GAWKER, JUNE 12, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE ASKED KIDS
FROM SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ABOUT THEIR HOME LIVES, THEN L ABELED THEIR
PARENTS WITH ONE OF FOUR TYPES: AUTHORITARIAN (STRICT, INFLEXIBLE), AUTHORITATIVE (FIRM, WILLING TO REASON), INDULGENT (PERMISSIVE, EMOTIONAL), AND
NEGLECTFUL (EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE). ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE
STUDY, AUTHORITATIVE AND INDULGENT PARENTS HAVE MORE LUCK CONVINCING
THEIR KIDS NOT PAR TAKE THAN THOSE WHO ARE NEGLECTFUL OR AUTHORITARIAN.
ARTICLE:
TEENAGERS BELIEVE LEGALIZATIONS OF MARIJUANA ENCOURAGES EXPERIMENTATION AND MAY LEAD TO FUR THER DRUG USE
SOURCE:
CHICAGO TRIBUE, JUNE 19, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A NEW STUDY COMMISSIONED BY ROSECRANCE SHOWS THAT THE LEGALIZATION OF
MARIJUANA MAY ENCOURAGE TEENAGERS TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE DRUG, ALONG
WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES. THE ONLINE STUDY, CONDUCTED BY WAKEFIELD RESEARCH
AMONG 400 U.S. TEENAGERS AGES 13 TO 17, FOUND THAT 76 PERCENT OF TEENS
BELIEVE THAT WITH THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA, TEENAGERS MAY BE MORE
LIKELY TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE DRUG. THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT 73 PERCENT OF
TEENAGERS BELIEVE HAVING EASIER ACCESS TO MARIJUANA MAY ACCELERATE
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SECTION #11 OF 12: TALKING TO YOUR TEEN
TEENS IN TRYING OTHER DRUGS, AND 61 PERCENT SAYS THAT TEENAGERS WHO USE
MARIJUANA ARE MORE LIKELY TO TRY HEROIN, A POTENTIALLY FATAL DRUG.
ARTICLE:
WHY TEENAGERS ACT CRAZY
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
ADOLESCENCE IS PRACTICALLY SYNONYMOUS IN OUR CULTURE WITH RISK TAKING,
EMOTIONAL DRAMA AND ALL FORMS OF OUTL ANDISH BEHAVIOR. UNTIL VERY
RECENTLY, THE WIDELY ACCEPTED EXPL ANATION FOR ADOLESCENT ANGST HAS BEEN
PSYCHOLOGICAL. BUT THERE IS A DARKER SIDE TO ADOLESCENCE THAT, UNTIL NOW,
WAS POORLY UNDERSTOOD: A SURGE DURING TEENAGE YEARS IN ANXIETY AND
FEARFULNESS. L ARGELY BECAUSE OF A QUIRK OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, ADOLESCENTS, ON AVERAGE, EXPERIENCE MORE ANXIETY AND FEAR AND HAVE A HARDER
TIME LEARNING HOW NOT TO BE AFRAID THAN EITHER CHILDREN OR ADULTS.
ARTICLE:
STUDY : TEENS ARE NOT FLEEING FACEBOOK: YOUTH SOCIAL MEDIA HABITS MAY SURPRISE YOU
SOURCE:
ADWEEK , JUNE 24, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE IDEA OF TEENS FLEEING FACEBOOK HAS BECOME ALMOST SOCIAL MEDIA
GOSPEL. WHILE THERE IS TRUTH TO THE CL AIM—EVEN FACEBOOK ADMITS A LIT TLE
DIP—FORRESTER’S POPUL ARITY POLL SAID IT’S OVERBLOWN. ALMOST 80 PERCENT OF
TEENS ARE THERE, AND THEY ARE MORE ACTIVE ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK THAN ANY
OTHER, ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY OF 12- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS.
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ARTICLE:
COOL AT 13, ADRIFT AT 23
SOURCE:
THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 23, 2014
ABSTRACT:
JOSEPH P. ALLEN, A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, IS
THE LEAD AUTHOR OF A NEW STUDY, PUBLISHED THIS MONTH IN THE JOURNAL CHILD
DEVELOPMENT, THAT FOLLOWED THESE RISK-TAKING, SOCIALLY PRECOCIOUS COOL
KIDS FOR A DECADE. IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR SOCIAL STATUS OFTEN PLUMMETED,
THE STUDY SHOWED, AND THEY BEGAN STRUGGLING IN MANY WAYS. IT WAS THEIR
EARLY RUSH INTO WHAT DR. ALLEN CALLS PSEUDOMATURE BEHAVIOR THAT SET THEM
UP FOR TROUBLE. NOW IN THEIR EARLY 20S, MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES
WITH INTIMATE REL ATIONSHIPS, ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA, AND EVEN CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY. “THEY ARE DOING MORE EXTREME THINGS TO TRY TO ACT COOL, BRAGGING ABOUT DRINKING THREE SIX-PACKS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THEIR PEERS
ARE THINKING, ‘THESE KIDS ARE NOT SOCIALLY COMPETENT,’ ” DR. ALLEN SAID.
“THEY’RE STILL LIVING IN THEIR MIDDLE-SCHOOL WORLD.”
ARTICLE:
YOUTH REGUL ARLY RECEIVE PRO-MARIJUANA TWEETS
SOURCE:
MEDICAL XPRESS, JUNE 27, 2014
ABSTRACT:
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN YOUTH ARE FOLLOWING MARIJUANA-REL ATED TWIT TER ACCOUNTS AND GET TING PRO-POT MESSAGES SEVERAL TIMES EACH
DAY, RESEARCHERS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS
HAVE FOUND. THE TWEETS ARE CAUSE FOR CONCERN, THEY SAID, BECAUSE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE THOUGHT TO BE ESPECIALLY RESPONSIVE TO SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCES. IN ADDITION, PAT TERNS OF DRUG USE TEND TO BE ESTABLISHED IN A PERSON'S
L ATE TEENS AND EARLY 20S.
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SECTION #12 OF 12: MISCELL ANEOUS
ARTICLE:
INSIDER NOTES ON MARIJUANA’S HUGE VICTORY
SOURCE:
HIGH TIMES, JUNE 03, 2014
ABSTRACT:
MIKE SAGER, A RESIDENT OF SAN DIEGO AND A SELF-PROFESSED MARIJUANA USER,
GIVES HIS IMPRESSION OF THE RECENTLY BILL THAT CONGRESS RECENTLY APPROVED
TO END FEDERAL RAIDS ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE 22 STATES
THAT HAVE LEGALIZED MEDICINAL MARIJUANA.
ARTICLE:
LOBBYISTS, L AWYERS JOSTLE FOR POT BUSINESS
SOURCE:
CBS MIAMI, JUNE 04, 2014
ABSTRACT:
TALL AHASSEE LOBBYISTS AND L AWYERS FROM L ARGE AND SMALLS FIRMS HAVE THEIR
EYES ON FLORIDA’S NEWEST REGUL ATED INDUSTRY. WITH FLORIDA ON THE VERGE OF
BECOMING THE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO LEGALIZE ANY FORM OF MARIJUANA, LOBBYISTS ARE PITCHING THEIR REGUL ATORY EXPER TISE AND INSIDE CONNECTIONS WITH
AN EYE NOT ONLY ON NAILING DOWN NEW CLIENTS BUT POSSIBLE OWNERSHIP
STAKES IN WHAT, AT LEAST FOR NOW, MAY BE A LIMITED INDUSTRY.
ARTICLE:
ROOM FOR DEBATE: DID COLORADO GO TOO FAR WITH POT?
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
THIS DEBATE SERIES DISCUSSES WHETHER COLORADO MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
WAS TOO EXTREME. THIS SERIES FEATURE SIX OPINION PIECES RANGING FROM AN
ACADEMIC AT THE COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO A DRUG POLICY REFORM ADVOCATE.
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ARTICLE:
WHY EATING A MARIJUANA CANDY BAR SENT MAUREEN DOWD TO PARANOIA HELL
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
DAVID DISALVO, THE AUTHOR OF THE AR TICLE, EXPL AINS THAT MAUREEN DOWD’S
MARIJUANA EXPERIENCE HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF THC
HIT TING THE BRAIN’S DANGER ALER T SYSTEM. DISALVO STATES, “I THINK THERE’S A
LESSON IN DOWD’S EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH LEGAL SELLERS AND USERS OF MARIJUANA. FOR SELLERS, PROVIDING DOSING INSTRUCTIONS WOULD BE A SPLENDID IDEA,
AS WOULD ENFORCE QUALITY CONTROL STEPS TO ENSURE THAT EDIBLES HAVE CONSISTENT LEVELS OF THC THROUGHOUT THE PRODUCT. FOR NEW USERS, THE LESSON IS
THAT TAKING IT IS VERY EASY—NO MAT TER WHAT FORM OF MARIJUANA YOU’RE
INGESTING—IS WELL-ADVISED, UNLESS YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE A VERSION OF
DOWD’S PARANOIA HELL.”
ARTICLE:
COLORADO EXPANDS MANDATORY POTENCY TESTING FOR RETAIL MARIJUANA
PRODUCTS AT NEWLY-LICENSED L ABS
SOURCE:
THEDENVER CHANNEL , JUNE 12, 2014
ABSTRACT:
MAKERS OF POT EDIBLES AND MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SAMPLES OF THEIR
PRODUCTS TO NEWLY STATE-CER TIFIED INDEPENDENT
L ABS FOR POTENCY TESTING BEFORE THEY CAN BE
SOLD. THE COLORADO DEPAR TMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DR. L ARRY WOLK SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW
TESTING REQUIREMENTS IS TO GIVE CONSUMERS
MORE CONFIDENCE THAT THE PRODUCT THEY 'RE
BUYING CONTAINS THE AMOUNT OF THC THE L ABEL
CL AIMS, AND THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS INDEPENDENTLY TESTED IT TO MAKE SURE.
PotShots
JUNE 2014
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ARTICLE:
TEEN MARIJUANA USE REMAINS FL AT NATIONWIDE AS MORE STATES LEGALIZE
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
AS MARIJUANA'S NATIONAL POPUL ARITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND MORE STATES
HAVE LEGALIZED EITHER MEDICAL OR RECREATIONAL USE OF IT, A NEW FEDERAL
SURVEY FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SHOWS THAT
THOSE SHIFTING AT TITUDES HAVE NOT PRODUCED A SURGE IN TEEN USE. UNFOR TUNATELY, THE CDC SURVEY DID NOT REPOR T SPECIFIC COLORADO OR WASHINGTON
DATA IN 2013, SO A LOCALIZED LOOK AT HOW RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA L AWS
ARE AFFECTING THOSE STATE POPUL ATIONS IS NOT AVAIL ABLE.
ARTICLE:
IN SECOND TERM, OBAMA USES POT PAST TO PUSH REFORMS, REACH YOUTH
SOURCE:
TIME, JUNE 14, 2014
ABSTRACT:
MAYA RHODAN AND ZEKE MILLER, THE AUTHORS OF THE AR TICLE, OUTLINE HOW
OBAMA HAS BECOME MORE VOCAL ABOUT HIS PAST DRUG USE TO PUSH DRUG
POLICY REFORM AND TO CONNECT WITH YOUNG AUDIENCES.
ARTICLE:
FLORIDA GOVERNOR SIGNS L AW ALLOWING LIMITED MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOT T SIGNED A L AW ON MONDAY ALLOWING FOR THE
LIMITED USE OF A SPECIAL STRAIN OF MARIJUANA TO TREAT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND
OTHER DISEASES. THE “COMPASSIONATE MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT” WILL SEVERELY
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LIMIT MARIJUANA SALES, KEEPING THEM WELL BELOW THOSE IN COLORADO AND
WASHINGTON STATE, WHERE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA HAS BEEN LEGALIZED.
ARTICLE:
FORGET COLORADO — MARIJUANA USE MAY SOON BE PERMIT TED IN JAMAICA
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
AFTER MONTHS OF DISCUSSION, THE ISL AND NATION’S PARLIAMENT IS EXPECTED TO
VOTE THIS FALL ON A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW THE POSSESSION OF UP TO TWO OUNCES
OF MARIJUANA. IT WOULD MAKE POSSESSION OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF GANJA FOR
PERSONAL USE A“TICKETABLE INFRACTION.” AND IT WOULD “DECRIMINALIZE” THE
USE OF GANJA FOR MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES.
ARTICLE:
CUOMO REJECTS NEWLY AMENDED NEW YORK MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL, SAYS
SOME CONCERNS REMAIN
SOURCE:
THE REPUBLIC, JUNE 17, 2014
ABSTRACT:
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO QUASHED A
NEWLY AMENDED BILL THAT WOULD LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA, SAYING TUESDAY HE WOULD NOT
SIGN THE BILL INTO L AW IF IT PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS
OF THE LEGISL ATURE, EVEN AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUED. CUOMO SAID THE BILL STILL DOESN'T ADDRESS SOME OF HIS CONCERNS, INCLUDING BANNING SMOKING OF THE DRUG AND REQUIRING THE
PROGRAM TO BE EVALUATED IN FIVE YEARS.
PotShots
JUNE 2014
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ARTICLE:
CANNABIS, INC.
SOURCE:
ABC NEWS, JUNE 17, 2014
ABSTRACT:
CANNABIS, INC. IS A 28-MINUTE ABC SPECIAL ON THE GROWING MARIJUANA BUSINESS AND THE CONCURRENT MOVEMENT TO STOP IT. THE SPECIAL BEGINS BY PROFILING TWO YALE GRADUATES WHO HAVE BEGUN A MARIJUANA EQUITY FIRM. IT THEN
PROFILES FORMER REP. PATRICK KENNEDY AND OTHER ANTI-POT ACTIVISTS WHOSE
CENTRAL ARGUMENT IS THAT LEGALIZATION ALLOWS BIG MARIJUANA COMPANIES
TO PROFIT OFF PEOPLE’S MARIJUANA ADDICTION, WHICH INCENTIVIZES THESE COMPANIES TO TRY AND INCREASE ADDICTION RATES.
ARTICLE:
HILL ARY CLINTON JUST SAID THE ONE THING MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION SUPPOR TERS
HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
SOURCE:
P OLICYMIC, JUNE 18, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE TOPICS OF RECREATION AND MEDICINAL MARIJUANA CAME UP DURING A CNN
TOWN HALL EVENT ON TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH HILL ARY CLINTON LIMITED HER SUPPOR T
TO A "WAIT AND SEE" APPROACH, HER COMMENTS MARKED A SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURE FROM HER PREVIOUS OPPOSITION TO DECRIMINALIZATION — ESPECIALLY FOR
SOMEONE WHO MAY BE MULLING A PRESIDENTIAL RUN. IN REGARDS OF MEDICINAL
MARIJUANA, CLINTON TOLD THE CROWD. "I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE ENOUGH
RESEARCH YET...THERE SHOULD BE AVAIL ABILITY UNDER APPROPRIATE CIRCUMSTANCES." AS FOR RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, CLINTON DISPL AYED A SIMIL ARLY
CAUTIOUS BUT OPEN APPROACH. "ON RECREATIONAL...HAVE AT LEAST TWO STATES
THAT ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE
EVIDENCE COMING OUT OF THOSE STATES."
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ARTICLE:
FLORIDA LEGALIZES USE OF CBD MARIJUANA STRAINS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
SOURCE:
INSIDE COUNSEL , JUNE 19, 2014
ABSTRACT:
FLORIDA PASSED A BILL THAT ALLOWS FOR THE USAGE OF A LOW POTENCY STRAIN
OF MEDICINAL MARIJUANA THAT HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR ITS SUCCESS TREATMENT OF
EPILEPSY, LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE AND CER TAIN CANCERS. KNOWN AS CBD OR
“CHARLOT TE’S WEB,” THE STRAIN HAS BEEN PROCESSED TO REMOVE MUCH OF THE
HIGH-INDUCING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL TYPICALLY FOUND IN MARIJUANA, AND
IS OFTEN USED TO TREAT CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THOSE AILMENTS.
ARTICLE:
POPE FRANCIS CONDEMNS LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA
SOURCE:
NBC NEWS, JUNE 20, 2014
ABSTRACT:
POPE FRANCIS CAME OUT STRONGLY AGAINST THE LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL
DRUGS ON FRIDAY. THE PONTIFF TOLD MEMBERS OF A DRUG ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE MEETING IN ROME THAT EVEN LIMITED AT TEMPTS TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL DRUGS "ARE NOT ONLY HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE FROM A LEGISL ATIVE STANDPOINT,
BUT THEY FAIL TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECTS."
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ARTICLE:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA OIL BILLS APPROVED IN NOR TH CAROLINA, FLORIDA
SOURCE:
MSNBC, JUNE 19, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE STATE HOUSE IN NOR TH CAROLINA APPROVED A MEASURE THURSDAY TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA EXTRACT AS TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE FORMS OF EPILEPSY. THE BILL WOULD NOT ONLY ALLOW THE TREATMENT, BUT WOULD PROHIBIT
DOCTORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE FROM BEING PROSECUTED FOR DISPENSING THE
MEDICINE.
ARTICLE:
POPE FRANCIS SL AMS DRUG LEGALIZATIONS, BUT U.S. CATHOLICS ARE MIXED -- AT
LEAST ON POT
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
POPE FRANCIS DISMISSED LEGALIZATION POLICIES — LIKE THE ONES IN COLORADO
AND WASHINGTON — AS NAIVE AND INEFFECTIVE, IN REMARKS TO THE HEADS OF
WORLD ANTI-DRUG AGENCIES AT THE 31ST INTERNATIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT
CONFERENCE IN ROME. HOWEVER, ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF AMERICAN CATHOLICS
FAVORED FORMS OF LEGALIZATION IN A JANUARY WASHINGTON POST/ABC NEWS
POLL AND AN APRIL 2013 POLL FROM THE PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
BOTH ALSO FOUND AGE CORREL ATED WITH VIEWS, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DECLINES IN
SUPPOR T AMONG RESPONDENTS OVER AGE 65 REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. (FRANCIS IS 77 YEARS OLD.) CATHOLICS ARE SPLIT ON THE MORALITY OF THE
USING THE DRUG ITSELF, WITH 46 PERCENT SAYING IT’S MORALLY ACCEPTABLE AND
41 PERCENT SAYING IT’S WRONG. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL CATHOLICS — 55 PERCENT — DISAGREED WITH THE IDEA THAT IT IS A GATEWAY DRUG IN AN APRIL 2013
PEW RESEARCH POLL.
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ARTICLE:
WHERE THEY STAND: A Q&A WITH COLORADO GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
SOURCE:
THE REPUBLIC, JUNE 21, 2014
ABSTRACT:
THE FOUR REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CONTENDERS IN TUESDAY 'S PRIMARY
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT POLICIES THEY 'D PURSUE IF ELECTED. HERE, THEY
TALK ABOUT MARIJUANA.
ARTICLE:
E-SPLIFF: DUTCH COMPANY DEVELOPS WORLD’S FIRST ELECTRONIC JOINT
SOURCE:
YAHOO NEWS, JUNE 23, 2014
ABSTRACT:
A DUTCH COMPANY HAS INVENTED THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRONIC JOINT. DUTCH
MANUFACTURERS E-NJOINT BV CL AIM THE E-SPLIFF IS HARMLESS AS IT CONTAINS NO
TOBACCO, NICOTINE OR TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL.
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ARTICLE:
URUGUAY’S FIRST MARIJUANA CLUB SEEKS RECOGNITION
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
A GROUP HAS TAKEN STEPS TO BECOME THE FIRST OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED MARIJUANA-GROWING CLUB IN URUGUAY, WHERE L AWMAKERS HAVE MADE THEIR COUNTRY THE WORLD’S FIRST NATIONAL MARKETPL ACE FOR LEGAL POT.
ARTICLE:
A BIT TER HARVEST: CALIFORNIA, MARIJUANA AND THE NEW JIM CROW
SOURCE:
TRUTHOUT, JUNE 25, 2014
ABSTRACT:
"A BIT TER HARVEST " FOLLOWS THE EYEWITNESS NARRATIVE OF MONICA BELL, A
YOUNG FARMER IN NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WHO READ THE NEW JIM CROW
WHILE WITNESSING THE INFLUX OF WHITE MARIJUANA WORKERS INTO HER AREA
DURING THE FALL HARVEST SEASON. BELL'S CANDID AND PERCEPTIVE ACCOUNT IS
COMPLEMENTED BY INTERVIEWS WITH MICHELLE ALEXANDER, STEPHEN GUTWILLIG
(DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE), AND THE L ATE VINCENT HARDING (RENOWNED VETERAN
OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT). EACH OF THESE VOICES HELP
CRACK OPEN THE QUESTION OF WHY AND HOW CALIFORNIA'S MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE RACIAL INJUSTICES OF THE SYSTEM OF MASS INCARCERATION.
ARTICLE:
BILL CLINTON: ‘THERE’S A LOT OF EVIDENCE’ IN FAVOR OF LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA
SOURCE:
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ABSTRACT:
FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SPOKE OUT IN FAVOR OF LET TING STATES DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA, POINTING TO "A LOT OF EVIDENCE"
SHOWING THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAN HELP PATIENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF
SYMPTOMS.
ARTICLE:
EDITORIAL: LEGISL ATURE SHOULD FIND THE WILL TO FUND TEENAGE MARIJUANA-USE
PREVENTION
SOURCE:
SEAT TLE TIMES, JUNE 28, 2014
ABSTRACT:
AFTER SPENDING 18 MONTHS WORKING ON REGUL ATIONS, GOV. JAY INSLEE’S ADMINISTRATION HAS FINALLY L AUNCHED A PREVENTION CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS TEEN
USAGE. AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY, INSLEE SAID THE STATE WAS TRYING TO
GIVE PARENTS “TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.” HOWEVER, MORE
WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE NEEDS TO BE A BROADER, DEEPER CAMPAIGN TO
MITIGATE A POTENTIAL INCREASE IN TEEN USAGE. A TEMPL ATE IS AVAIL ABLE: A
DECADE OF TEEN TOBACCO-PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS, PAID FOR BY THE INDUSTRY,
DROPPED THE RATE OF DAILY 12TH-GRADE SMOKERS FROM 29 PERCENT IN 1997 TO
9 PERCENT IN 2013.
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ARTICLE:
ON POT EDIBLES, WASHINGTON STATE CHEWS OVER COLORADO’S EARLY STUMBLES
SOURCE:
CBS DENVER, JUNE 27, 2014
ABSTRACT:
WASHINGTON STATE HAS ADOPTED COLORADO AS ITS GUINEA PIG FOR POT, AS THE
PACIFIC NOR THWEST STATE PREPARES TO BE THE SECOND STATE TO WELCOME LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SALES EARLY NEXT MONTH. COLORADO’S SUCCESSES AND FAILURES HAVE GIVEN WASHINGTON MUCH TO CHEW ON — ESPECIALLY
HOW IT TREATS MARIJUANA EDIBLES. “WE’LL MAKE SURE THERE ARE PRODUCT WARNINGS ABOUT HEALTH EFFECT AND THE DEL AY OF THE EFFECTS FROM THE EDIBLES,”
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE (D) SAID AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY. “AND WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE ALL PRODUCTS ARE TESTED BY L ABS THAT
FOLLOW STRICT PROCEDURES SO THAT, IN FACT, WE CAN GIVE CONSUMERS WHAT
THEY DESERVE, WHICH ARE SAFE, WELL-REGUL ATED PRODUCTS.” HE ALSO SAID
WASHINGTON WILL BAN IMAGES ON EDIBLES THAT APPEAL TO CHILDREN AND WILL
ALSO HAVE STRICT L ABELING RULES.
ARTICLE:
WE NEED TO STAR T CHILD-PROOFING POT
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
IN A L AT OP-ED, DAVID SACK, THE AUTHOR OF THE AR TICLE THAT DISQUIETING NEW
TRENDS AND STATISTICS ARE PROVING ITS UNIQUE DANGERS FOR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO ITS EFFECTS: CHILDREN. ONE SUCH STATISTIC IS A SPIKE IN CALLS TO
POISON CONTROL CENTERS. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL POISON DATA SYSTEM,
CALLS ABOUT ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF MARIJUANA IN CHILDREN 9 AND YOUNGER MORE THAN TRIPLED IN STATES THAT DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA BEFORE 2005.
ADDITIONALLY, ACCORDING TO A STUDY OF COLORADO TEENS IN SUBSTANCE-ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS, 74% SAID THEY HAD GOT TEN MARIJUANA FROM
SOMEONE WHO QUALIFIED FOR IT MEDICALLY. SACK ARGUES THAT THIS STATISTIC
PROVES THAT INCREASED LEGALIZATION ALSO MEANS EASIER ACCESS FOR ADOLESCENTS. L ASTLY, LEGALIZATION MAY ALSO BE ENCOURAGING MORE KIDS TO CONSIDER TRYING MARIJUANA. IN A RECENT STUDY OF THOUSANDS OF HIGH SCHOOL
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SENIORS, 10% OF NONUSERS SAID THEY WOULD TRY MARIJUANA IF THE DRUG WERE
LEGAL IN THEIR STATE.
ARTICLE:
LOCK ‘EM UP NATION: MANDATORY SENTENCING FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
IN AN NY T OP-ED, TIMOTHY EGAN, THE AUTHOR OF THE AR TICLE, AT TEMPTS TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION, “HOW DID THE UNITED STATES, L AND OF THE FREE, BECOME
THE WORLD’S TOP JAILER?” IN ANSWERING THIS QUESTION, HE HIGHLIGHTS A FIVE
WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENTS -- 70-YEAR-OLD L ARRY HARVEY, HIS WIFE, TWO
FAMILY MEMBERS AND A FRIEND -- WHO ARE FACING MANDATORY 10-YEAR PRISON
TERMS FOR GROWING MEDICAL MARIJUANA — OPENLY AND, THEY THOUGHT,
LEGALLY — ON THEIR FARM NEAR THE LIT TLE TOWN OF KET TLE FALLS.
ARTICLE:
NO UNDERAGE POT SALES REPOR TED IN COLORADO
SOURCE:
WASHINGTON TIMES, JUNE 26, 2014
ABSTRACT:
COLORADO MARIJUANA REGUL ATORS SAY THAT NO
SALES TO MINORS WERE DISCOVERED DURING RECENT
UNDERCOVER DISPENSARY CHECKS. THE STATE
DEPAR TMENT OF REVENUE ANNOUNCED THE UNDERCOVER AGE COMPLIANCE CHECKS THURSDAY. THERE
WERE 20 COMPLIANCE CHECKS IN DENVER AND
PUEBLO. THE AGENCY PRAISED DISPENSARIES FOR
DOING A GOOD JOB MAKING SURE CUSTOMERS ARE
21 OR OLDER. COLORADO L AW PROHIBITS SALES AND
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR MINORS.
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ARTICLE:
WEEDLESS IN SEAT TLE: WASHINGTON’S LOOMING POT SHOR TAGE
SOURCE:
ABSTRACT:
WASHINGTON’S STATE-LICENSED POT STORES ARE EXPECTED TO STAR T OPENING NEXT
MONTH, BUT THEY WON’T HAVE MUCH TO SELL. A SLOW STATE LICENSING PROCESS
FOR MARIJUANA PRODUCERS, COMBINED WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING
LOCAL APPROVAL FOR GROW OPERATIONS, WILL RESULT IN SHOR TAGES THAT ARE
APT TO BE MORE SEVERE THAN THOSE SEEN IN COLORADO AFTER RECREATIONAL
SALES BEGAN THERE IN JANUARY. THE RESULT COULD BE PRICES ALMOST TWICE AS
HIGH AS THOSE CHARGED BY MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND BL ACK-MARKET DEALERS.
ARTICLE:
CANNABIS CUP A HIT A FAIRGROUNDS IN SANTA ROSA
SOURCE:
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, JUNE 29, 2014
ABSTRACT:
AN ESTIMATED 5,000 PEOPLE AT TENDED HIGH TIMES MAGAZINE'S CANNABIS CUP, A
TWO-DAY CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS MARIJUANA AT THE SONOMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. IT WAS THE SECOND EVENT OF ITS KIND AT THE VENUE SINCE DECEMBER'S
EMERALD CUP.
ARTICLE:
WHY LEGAL POT WILL BE SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE
SOURCE:
REASON, JUNE 30, 2014
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ABSTRACT:
A SLOW STATE LICENSING PROCESS FOR MARIJUANA PRODUCERS, COMBINED WITH
THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING LOCAL APPROVAL FOR GROW OPERATIONS, WILL
RESULT IN SHOR TAGES THAT ARE APT TO BE MORE SEVERE THAN THOSE SEEN IN COLORADO AFTER RECREATIONAL SALES BEGAN THERE IN JANUARY. THE RESULT COULD
BE PRICES ALMOST TWICE AS HIGH AS THOSE CHARGED BY MEDICAL MARIJUANA
DISPENSARIES AND BL ACK-MARKET DEALERS.
ARTICLE:
CANNABIS: A NEW JOB FRONTIER FOR WOMEN?
SOURCE:
CBS NEWS, JUNE 30, 2014
ABSTRACT:
AT THE CANNABIS BUSINESS SUMMIT IN DENVER, A GROUP OF FEMALE BUSINESS
EXECUTIVES POINTED TO SOME OF THE NEW OPPOR TUNITIES AVAIL ABLE FOR WOMEN
ENTERING THE BURGEONING MARIJUANA INDUSTRY. THESE WOMEN, MANY OF
WHOM HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE LEGAL SIDE OF THE CANNABIS BUSINESS FOR
YEARS, HAVE BEEN MAKING NAMES FOR THEMSELVES NOT ONLY AS PIONEERS IN A
FAST-EVOLVING INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO AS THE VANGUARD FOR A RISING FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN THE CULTIVATION, TESTING, MARKETING AND SALES OF MARIJUANA.
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