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Marijuana Supporters: "Obama's Website Should Be Called Same.Gov"

Marijuana Supporters: "Obama's Website Should Be Called Same.Gov"

The fine hippies over at StopTheDrugWar.org are furious with President-elect Barack Obama.

 

Why? Because he doesn’t plan to legalize marijuana in the foreseeable future—if ever.

 

Their red-eyed outrage began with Obama’s homepage, Change.gov, which solicited questions from Obama supporters and determined the popularity of each one based on the...

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Weed Decriminalized in Massachusetts

Weed Decriminalized in Massachusetts

Election time is full of news, and it's important, but the consequences of voting will take a while to come to fruition. 

 

One bit of election news that may be more relevant for Massachusetts residents is the status of Question 2.

 

It's not yet final, but it's looking like Question 2 is going to pass in Massachusetts.  All of the votes have no...

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8 Movie Characters Who Would Be Perfect as Yale's New Alcohol and Substance Abuse Director

8 Movie Characters Who Would Be Perfect as Yale's New Alcohol and Substance Abuse Director

By fall 2009, Yale hopes to hire their first-ever director of alcohol and substance abuse initiatives director.

 

According to administrators, the AASAI director will be tasked with raising awareness of substance abuse on campus and providing resources/information to the student body, not enforcing Yale’s alcohol and drug laws.

 

In other words,...

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Marijuana Is Good For You - No, Really!

Marijuana Is Good For You - No, Really!

Smoking pot can make you feel good. I know, I know, you’re thinking tell me something I don’t already know. But pot can make you actually feel good, as in healthy!
 

A new study found that marijuana seems to fight infections. Compounds in the drug, including THC, have the power to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as MRSA, an illness that...

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Top 10 Reasons to Not Vote

Top 10 Reasons to Not Vote

I'm sure you have seen the commercials about voting or becoming deceased. According to The Man, college students do not vote enough. Whether it be apathy or laziness, the government wants you to change your evil ways and vote! Here's 10 reasons why you shouldn't.

 

10. Your Vote Doesn't Count

No matter how you slice it, your vote doesn't count. ...

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UConn Student Arrested for Allegedly Selling Marijuana From His Dorm Room

UConn Student Arrested for Allegedly Selling Marijuana From His Dorm Room

The fall semester has begun, and students around the country are wasting little time getting arrested.

 

Last Sunday, a University of Connecticut staff member received an anonymous tip that 19-year-old sophomore Keith R. Cameron was selling drugs from his dorm room in Buckley Hall North. When the police investigated Cameron’s room, they found se...

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8 Great Stoner Movies: Pineapple Express Ed.

8 Great Stoner Movies: Pineapple Express Ed.

I can smell the sweet stench of cannabis already. It looks like Hollywood is going green, grass green that is. With the recent premiere of Pineapple Express, another movie has been added to the long list of stoner movies. Is it really that funny to watch tripped out belligerent fools as films' protagonists? Absolutely!

Here’s OTR’s comprehensi...

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Marijuana Decriminalization Coming Soon?

Marijuana Decriminalization Coming Soon?

Hippies, stoners and potheads, rejoice! Thanks to Representative Barney Frank [D-MA], marijuana may finally become legal – at least, on the federal level.

 

Frank’s decriminalization bill, HR 5843, would make it legal for “responsible adults” to carry up to 100 grams of marijuana and smoke as much as they want in their homes without the fear of ...

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Energy Drinks to Blame for World Problems

Energy Drinks to Blame for World Problems

Be careful before you put a little extra pep in your step. A new study out of the University of Buffalo warns that energy drinks are linked to risky behavior among college students.
 

People who frequently consumed these beverages were more likely to smoke cigarettes, abuse prescription drugs, be in a physical fight, have an alcohol-related prob...

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Girl Scout Cookie's Secret Ingredient Revealed

Girl Scout Cookie's Secret Ingredient Revealed

This week, a Girl Scout Camp in Indiana was busted by the police. Why? Athough we'd like to tell you it was because of a mass catfight over pins ("But I sold more cookies!), Camp Ella J. Logan was actually revealed to be harboring a massive marijuana farm.

 

Over 5000 marijuana plants were growing on camp lands! Although no Girl Scount camp offi...

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